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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1951
Page
20
The Long Beach Community Chevers stage a premiere at the new STA center stage theater 5021 FB Anite St opposite Recreation Fick. Noted personalities attend as members and officials outline plans, praising the 200-seat Playhouse with modern dressing rooms, proj reams, and lighting.
Ambiguous notes mention Wayne Morris visiting in East, with fragmented text and scattered names. The readable segments imply a local event or schedule but lack clear dates, places, or outcomes.
The husky actor Cum Mefaglen, brother of Victor, appears before cameras signaling a return for a new Tarzan project. He had been away with Bol Lesser taking a Hollywood trip to the Dark Continent to film the latest Tarzan picture for TTR Martin.
William Kapell the young American pianist will perform the Rachmaninoff Concerto No 2 in C minor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Alfred Wallenstein at Concert Hall Municipal Auditorium. The program includes Britten The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra with William Hartshorn narrator and Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 in A minor the Scottish Symphony. Sponsoring the four concerts is the Long Beach Women’s Committee of Southern California Symphony Association led by Mrs Walter C Groshong. Final Long Beach appearance will be Friday March 16. Single seats on sale at Humphrey’s Music Store and at the Auditorium box office tomorrow night.
Polish born lyricist Mack Gordon, famed for Hits like Chattanooga Choo Choo and You'll Never Know, shares tips for writing hits. He urges an ear for music, collaboration with a pianist, simple wording, vernacular language, and daily song thinking while noting secrecy due to his attorney and fears of plagiarism.
Layvis Jean Hayes, a Broadway actor, stars as the second most important male in RKO Radio's Roadblock. He supports Charles McGrawn and Joan Dixon. Heydt portrays an insurance investigator who unmasks his best friend as a crook and killer.
Los Angeles viewers favor locally produced TV shows with Texaco Star Theater as the only non local entry among the top 20 for January. Eleven top slots feature Joyal live shows or TV films, including Spade Cooley and The Lone Ranger. A New Year survey logged 550,800 sets for the Rose Parade across five stations and 411,600 for the Rose Bowl on KTLA.
Ida Lupino, costarring with Robert Ryan in RKO Radio's Mad With Much Heart, plays the sister of a murderer. She says the role is among her most challenging and interesting, noting men are pushed off the beaten path more often than women and praising the opportunity to extend herself.
Western film star Whip Wilson, fresh from Abilene Trail for Monogram, has ordered seven new outfits for a nationwide personal appearance tour. The total bill runs to 1597 dollars, a hefty cost he finds distasteful yet necessary for his public persona.
The Vienna Choir Boys on their ninth US tour present a costume operetta at Wilson High School Auditorium tomorrow night February 19 under the Long Beach Civic Music Association. The troupe of over 20 boys ages seven to 12 will sing sacred works from the 16th and 17th centuries and secular and folk songs. Only season ticket holders for the series will be admitted.
During the war era some Japanese unwittingly aided a future film. About 1500 feet of damaged Japanese film showing a bombing of American ships after the Philippine invasion is used in Allied Artists “I Was An American Spy,” a David Diamond production. The footage also includes Claire Phillips’s espionage exploits in Manila with U S Signal Corps footage of air raids on Japanese forces.
Virginia Hewitt, a blonde actress featured in Monogram's Bowery Battalion with Leo Gorcey, discusses designing a television dress for a future scientific laboratory setting. She portrays Carol in ABCs Space Patrol and explains envisioning work wear a century ahead.
Jear Kuhns of Long Beach to give recital on February 17 at Polytechnic High School Auditorium. The program includes Schumann Fantasia Op. 17, Bach Sonata in G minor, Chopin mazurkas, and Bartok Microcosmos selections. Long Beach City College Madrigal Singers will perform. tickets from local music stores and members of the Music Teachers Association. High school students admitted free with ticketed adult present.
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