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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1949
Page
1
Q and A format shows Criswell advising readers on personal issues from marriage to jobs and money. Responses promise cautious changes, eventual employment, residence shifts, and cautious business ventures with near term gains and 1950 outlooks.
Polytecnic High School will stage The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar May 18 to 20 1950 with a rewritten book and lyrics. The production features a large cast led by Hanna the Merry Widow, with all acting staging and makeup by students under teachers James A. Fortman Lillian V. Breed and Royal Stanton. The show marks Poly Highs 18th operetta since 1917 and emphasizes educational value alongside entertainment.
In Hollywood, makeup man Mel Berns argues modern glamour girls surpass old-time stars like Theda Bara and Clara Kimball Young. He credits personality, better diet and exercise, and improved complexions for evolving beauty trends while noting free expression and field access shape today's stars.
A large gift of valuable paintings and art pieces arrives at the Los Angeles County Museum Exposition Park this year, announced by director James H. Breasted Jr. The collection spans Egyptian, Greek, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and modern works, including pieces by Rembrandt, Gauguin, Van Dyck, Pippin, and Rouault, with noted items like a Byzantine beaker vase, a Tino da Camaino sculpture, a Gauguin painting, and a Breasted-listed Abraham Lincoln era textiles.
Fred Conway of St Louis, a 48 year old artist, won the $2000 first prize in the American section of the Hallmark Art Award for his Nativity scene titled Mother and Child. The piece features an expressionist Gothic window style with stained glass glow. Second American prize went to Mitchel Siporin of Brooklyn for Boy With Toys and third to Edmund D Lewandowski of Milwaukee for Three Kings. Edouard Goerg of Paris shared an international prize with Conway in a separate French section announced last June.
Elizabeth Taylor, famed for A Place in the Sun, is described as practical and superstition free. The article notes her co stars Montgomery Clift and Shelley Winters and mentions her pet cat Jeppers.
Philatelists study the validity of stamps from the United States of Indonesia formed after Dutch rule. A new four design UPU commemorative set in 10 sen 20 sen 50 sen and 1 rupiah, issued by the Republic of Indonesia, raises questions as to legitimacy amid the evolving postal administration. Volume 11 of Scott's catalogue expands listings, noting early China and Swiss issues.
The Egyptian Theater will reopen on Christmas Day after remodeling. New seats and projection gear replace old equipment, a no draft ventilating system adds comfort, and the policy of showing high quality features remains.
A first edition of Daniel Whitcomb Riley's Neighborly Poems draws attention at the Henry E Huntington Library in San Marino. Displayed in Riley's handwriting is a stanza from A Life Lesson with his signature, on a page from Charles Warren Stoddard's California author album, alongside pages inspired by Kipling Twain and Bret Harte.
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