Little Monte Fraser Directs Club Shows On Giant Scale
New York columnist Mark Bareon outlines Monte Fraser’s big show plan at Madison Square Garden Cafe Theater. He stages Billion Dollar Baby with two orchestras and 28 dancer chorus plus a full nightclub floor show. Fraser recalls Niagara Falls backdrop idea and lists stars Lena Horne, Dinah Shore, Benny Goodman, and more, plus past ventures like Monte’s Clam House. He also notes TV work on ABC’s Holiday Hotel and influence from Billy Rose.
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Monte Fraser
Madison Square Garden
Cafe Theater
Madison Square Gardery
Kent
Benny Goodman
Larry Clinton
Charles Barnet
Ben Bernie
Lena Horne
Dinah Shore
Proser
Jerry ‘Lewis
Milton Berle
Lewis
Herle
Berle
ABC. TV
Billy Rose
All Publicity Stunts Outworn! Leg Art Still Sells
Hollywood columnist Bob Thomas critiques overused publicity gimmicks in films. He notes gate man jokes, sequels being touted to hype new pictures, 10 best lists, near accidents, staged romances, and publicity aimed at leg art. He argues most stunts promote agents or unknown clients and mocks endless trend cycles.
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Hollywood
Geteman
Gloria Glump
Edwin Booth
David Garrick
Wiliam Shakespeare
Aristophanes
T That Stars
Portrait of Rose Cochran by Steve Cochran Completed
Steve Cochran, actor, finished an oil portrait of his mother Mrs. Rose Cochran while she visited him in Hollywood. He began the three year project in New York and notes his mother currently lives in Jus_neau Alaska.
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Steve Cochran
Days as Vagrant Taught Producer to Respect Cops
Hollywood producer Michel Kraike recalls years as a wandering hobo across the United States in the 1930s. He describes sleeping in boxcars, street life, and a jail stint for vagrancy, saying the experience honed realism later used in his films. He notes encounters from Cheyenne and New Orleans shaped his storytelling for projects including High Ground and Bedtime for Bonzo.
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Michel Kraike
Kraike
Haboes
Mississippi
Canada
Mexico
Ilfe
Cheyenne
New Orleans
Claudette Colbert
Picture Studios Offer Great Schools to Learn to Act
Hollywood studios promote acting classes as a key to film success. Robert Mitchum studies Chinese for Macao under Paul King while Tony Martin learns professional dance. Howard Hawks backs The Thing with a radar boss, and Robert Corthwaite sharpens tech on set. Sally Forrest trains under Eleanor Tennant, and Robert Ryan hones mountain man rigor for Mad With Much Heart.
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China
RKO Radio
Macao
Hob
Paul King
Dramn
Josef von Sternberg
Ani
Bob
Tony Martin
Tony
Howard Hawks
Another World
Margaret Sheridan
Keneth Tobey
Robert Corthwaite
Amer
Sts
Cornthwaite
California Institute of Technology
Daniel Campbell
Sally Forrest
Filmakers, Inc
la Jolls
Eleanor Tennant
Pauline Betz
Alice Marbie
Bobby Riggs
Sally
Robert Ryan
Colorado Rockies
RKO
Iea
Mind Tests and Popularity Booklet Ad Reflected
A fragmented reader notice discusses gender score differences in a test of 1229 youths aged 5 to 12 and notes handling of self and social adjustment. It cites adult relevance and references a promotional booklet “Popularity Booklet” by Dr A E Wigam, offering via mail response.
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Robinson Crusoe
Joseph Geist
Rockaways Playl
Alice Kutzin
A.B Wirgam
A. E. Wigeam
Indian Film Actress Marries Henry Clive
Riverside dispatch reports Indian film actress Burnu Acquanetta aged 29 wed illustrator Henry Clive 69 in Riverside California. It states they were married last August in Juarez Mexico but renewed the ceremony for legal reasons. Clive's sixth marriage and Acquanetta's second.
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Calif
Burnu Acquanetta
Henry Clive
Clive
Juarez
Mex
Brain surgery patient shows signs of waking, doctor says
Attending physician reports 11 year old Larry Zilfiox is emerging from a coma after a brain tumor operation at Community Hospital in March. His parents Don and Mrs Zilliox of Woodruff Avenue await further signs as Easter cards and flowers arrive. about 1400 cards were delivered to the hospital under the label for Larry.
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Larry Zilfiox
Community Hospital
Don W. Zilliox
Woodruff Ave
Larry
Long Beach
Red Cross Luncheon Final Report March Fund Campaign
Final Red Cross report luncheon to be held Friday at noon in Veterans' Memorial. Large attendance prompted relocation from Red Cross headquarters. Canteen volunteers will pare and serve. reservations urged. Special guests include commanding officers of local naval and Coast Guard units and city officials, per Mrs. Burton W. Chace.
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Red Cross March Fund
Veterans’ Memorial
Red Cross
Coast Guard
Burton W. Chace
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