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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1955
Page
10
A fragment from a dramatic note hints at an imaginative play titled The Immortal Husband. Poet Mark Barron is referenced in a cryptic lineup with contact details and stray text fragments suggesting a theater workshop or reading.
Sober review notes James Merrill's comedy blends lyrical dialogue with puzzled passages as Aurora grants Tithonus eternal life across settings 1834 England 1894 Russia and 1954 America while actors Anne Meacham Taina Elg lead a Hollywood bound cast amid a lengthy feature on cast and production details.
Finnish dancer Taina grew up amid wartime disruption as her concert-pianist parents fled Russian bombardments. She later trained with Sadler's Wells Ballet in London and learned English, while recalling Finland's winter war and territorial losses before seeking safety in Sweden.
Bob Crosby is home from St Vincent's Hospital after a bout with pneumonia. The Bing Crosby brother left the hospital in a bathrobe with wife June and their 12 year old son Christopher. He plans to return Monday to The Bob Crosby Show on CBS TV while singer Jack Smith filled in.
Harry Berman, 56, West Coast entertainer known as Bob Berman, died Monday after three weeks in hospital from cancer. A renowned schnauzer breeder and member of the American Guild of Variety Artists, he composed the hit novelty song TL Fan Down and Go Boom. Funeral services will be held Wednesday.
Las Vegas announces Mario Lanza will perform two weeks at the New Frontier Hotel starting April 4 with a weekly rate of 30000, claimed as the highest ever for a night‑club artist. Pianist Liberace at the New Rivera Hotel is set for 50000 weekly in a package deal with his brother and orchestra.
An autopsy surgeon says several days of toxicological tests are required to determine the cause of actress Abigail Adams death. The 37 year old former fiancée of comedian George Jessel was found dead in her Beverly Hills apartment Sunday. Dr. Alexander Griswold said the post mortem examination did not disclose any apparent pathological cause.
Hollywood star Joanne Woodward, after an appendectomy, plans two weeks rest before resuming rehearsals. Born in Greenville South Carolina, she grew up in New Jersey and New York, then signed by 20th Century Fox for a co starring role with Van Heflin in Calico Pony. She prefers stage work over movies, aims to return to New York and hints at a Broadway future with the Champions in Three for Tonight.
A brief rundown of Long Beach movie houses lists Tuesday February 15 starting times. The notice names offerings and indicates a mix of film titles and times, reflecting local theater schedules.
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