Italian Lass Anna Maria Alberghetti Debuts With Crosby Film
13 year old Italian girl Anna Maria Alberghetti makes her American movie debut opposite Bing Crosby in Here Comes the Groom. She sings Verdi arias and proves a standout scene amid Crosby’s film. Her family accompanies her in New York and Italy with plans for a 1951 concert tour and potential operatic engagements.
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Traly
Anna Maria ‘Alberghenty
Bing Crosby
Crosby
der Bingle
Groom
Anna Maria
New York
Big Town
Paramount
Bing
Frank
Carla
Paolo
Pesaro
Italy
California
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Metropolitan
Rome Opera
la Scala
Milan
Arena Theater in Edison Ballroom Thrives Six Months On
The Arena theater in the Edison Hotel ballroom adapts to changing schedules with a rotating lineup, now six months old and thriving. The current revival of Arms and the Man follows past shows The Show-off Just Us Caesar and two Menotti operas. A forthcoming musical with a five piano setup is planned, while Elmer Rice's Seven Plays is newly published.
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Long Beach Community Playhouse
Broadway
David Hellweil
Derrick Lynn-Thomas
Edison Hotel
G. B. Shaw
George Kelly
Lee Tracy
Shakspeare
Justus Caesar
Basil Rathbone
Menotti
Hellweil
Lynn-Thomas
Arena
Mike Stewart
David Craig
Dean Fuller
Elmer Rice
Viking Press
Los Angeles Philharmonic Announces Pierre Fournier Cellist
The Los Angeles Philharmonic under Alfred Wallenstein opens a three concert run with guest cellist Pierre Fournier on Sunday January 14 at Municipal Auditorium. Fournier, famed for color in tone and painterly approach, will perform and discuss connections between painting and music.
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Atier
Municipal Auditorium
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Alfred Wallenstein
Pierre Fournier
Fournier
Jazz Albums Highlight Modern and Dixieland Styles
Major recent releases showcase Stan Kenton modern jazz, Stan Kenton Presents, We Called It Music, Muggsy Spanier Favorites, and film cue Margot with Russ Case. Library picks include classical works by Brahms and Haydn, plus new Joplin, Dohnanyi, Dvorak, Schubert and more in weekly additions.
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Stan Kenton
Capitol
Kenton
Tiecca
Don
Jack Teagarden
RCA Victor
Muggsy
Dipper Mouth
Danger
Russ Case
Margot
MGA
Gordon MacRar
LT Am Sove Capitol
Fran Warren
Irca Victor
Malaguena
MGM
Moore
Milton Cross
May
Rudolph
Paul Wings
Brahms
Busch Quartet
Haydn
Puccini
Dohnanyi
Dvorak
Schubert
Schumann
Mendelssohn
Suk
Rydar
Smetana
Wallensteen
Motherhood Problems to Be Theme of Movie
Hollywood moves to a baby centered drama with Maxwell Shane seeking an actress who is expecting to star in The Family Way. He aims for 40 days of filming and emphasizes authentic portrayal of pregnancy from discovery to birth, drawn from Milton Raison case histories of young mothers.
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J_oLeywood
Hollywood
Maxwell Shane
Shane
America
Studitos
Stork
Milton Raison
Dangerous Scene Stunt In The Thing Sparks Burns
In a 1950 scene from The Thing a giant alien breaks into a dorm. A crew member drenched it with kerosene while another lit a flare causing a dorm room blaze. Two stunt teams wore asbestos suits. the first team burned but the second was ready. Two stunters suffered burns.
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Jlywood
Bird of Paradise Duds Set for Easter Parade
Hollywood studio fashion chiefs predict Bird of Paradise apparel will lead the 1953 Easter Parade. New York designers and major houses prepare a nationwide launch on March 14 with exotic Hawaii inspired colors and coordinated lines from numerous brands. A gala World Premiere Fashion Show at the Hotel Shamrock in Houston will preview the styles.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Studio
New York
Paradise
Tonga
Hotel Shamrock
Houston
Texas
Bird of Paradise
Coeds Follow Leader in Clothes and Customs
ILLY WOOD Dec 23. Peggy Goodin, author of Take Care of My Little Girl, says college girls imitate leaders in dress. sorority pins belong at the neck under the chin. She notes college men also follow fashion trends, with examples of pins, bow ties, and attire influencing peers. outfits should be uniform for the film adaptation.
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Illy Wood
Peggy Goodin
20Th Century-Fox
Miss Goodin
Water soaked set for Up Front WWII battle scene
A parched San Fernando Valley field was transformed into a mud soaked Italian battlefield for the World War II sequence in Up Front. Fifty thousand gallons of water and a crew of ten spent three days soaking a half mile dirt road and a mountainside before tarpaulins kept the earth from drying, recreating a wartime scene.
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San Fernando Valley
Hed Thrice Funny Guy In Watch the Birdie at Hollywood
Red Skelton stars in Watch the Birdie playing three generations of himself in a photo shop comedy with Arlene Dahl and Ann Miller. A Mystery Submarine features a U boat off the coast and a ruthless Skipper selling services to the highest bidder with sub chase scenes and a daring rescue.
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Ollywood
Red Skelton
Skelton
Arlene Dahl
Ann Miller
Arlene
Red
Leon Ames
Miss Miller
Ames
Marta Toren
Ludwig Donath
Robert Douglas
Russia
Douglas
Simon Legree
Macdonald Carey
U. S
Nancy Guild Lands Top Supporting Role in Little Egypt
Nancy Guild completes her part in Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man for Universal-International and will support Rhonda Fleming and Mark Stevens in Technicolor Little Egypt. Former freelance artist, she is now under contract to Universal-International.
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Nancy Guild
Universal-International
Rhonda Fleming
Mark Stevens
Miss Guild
Theme Song Craze Tie to Film From Czech Roots
Actor Hugo Haas recounts how a melody his brother Paul wrote in Czechoslovakia became the film's theme for Haas's latest project Pick-Up. Paul died in 1945 in a German gas chamber. Haas, a former producer and director, escaped to the United States and later collaborated with Harald Byrns who incorporated the melody into the score.
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Hugo Haas
Paul
Czechoslovakia
Hugo
Haas
United States
Harald Byrns
Byrns
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