Bert Lahr Reflects On Real Comics Of The Past
Hollywood interview quotes Bert Lahr on old school burlesque and real comics. He recalls backstage rules against profanity, Omaha theater signs promising women at matinees, and contrasts with modern stand up jokes. He cites W. C. Fields Bobby Clark Ed Wynn Raymond Hitchcock and Richard Carle as unique styles, noting Jerry Lewis as a recent original.
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Spike Jones to star with Abbott Costello in Fireman Save My Child
Spike Jones joins Abbott and Costello in Fireman Save My Child, his first film in years. He will also perform a three week San Francisco Curran engagement before a planned New York Broadway run after South Pacific exits.
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New Orleans Physician Says Joshua Logan Pausing for Rest
A physician treating Broadway producer Joshua Logan reports he is in New Orleans and pausing for a rest due to physical exhaustion. Logan, known for Breakdown, remains under care as he recuperates.
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Warner Picks CinemaScope Adoption Briefed
Warner Brothers Pictures Inc announced adoption of CinemaScope to reduce audience confusion. Albert Warner said Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and other major studios also pursuing widescreen processes including Disney and United Artists.
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Palos Verdes Plan Aimed at Ideal 20th Century Community
A historic eye on Palos Verdes traces its 20 million year diatom fossil base to a planned, scenic community. Great Lakes and a diatomite mining project shape development with terraces, landscaping, and a future park friendly hill removal. The plan links mineral supply to an envisioned model town for Southern California and beyond.
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