Playhouse 90 hailed as top TV drama innovator by Martin Manulis
Television Week reports producer Martin Manulis praises Playhouse 90 for high technical standards and serious storytelling. He notes 20 plus ideas in development, cites Rod Serling Erick Moll and Robert Alan Aurthur as writers, and explains why TV drama can rival cinema while civil rights topics pose drama challenges.
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Rod Serling
Erick Moll
Robert Alan Aurthur
Helen Keller
Manulis
Helen Keller drama tops year’s popular stage fare
Manvlis notes the Helen Keller story as the year’s most popular drama. He also recalls Charley’s Aunt as highly seen, though he was hesitant to claim it for fear many in the country had already seen it. The piece underscores broad audience reach for both works.
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Manvlis
Helen Keller
Charley
Camera Corner Fill Flash Cuts Glare
Fill flash eases glare in bright sun and softens shadows on faces. Using flash with daylight creates natural looking portraits and a three dimensional effect, especially when subjects face away from the sun to avoid squinting.
Flying Act At Lake LeSourdsville For Six Days
The Flying Roberts perform a six day lake show at LeSourdsville Lake starting Tuesday with two daily free presentations high above the midway. Uncle Al Lewis hosts an afternoon and evening show on Wednesday as local Knothole baseball players receive proceeds from a lake show sponsored by F Kahn Sons meat dealers. Roe souvenirs prizes and hot dogs for children mark the event with Cincinnati Redlegs tickets offered to several youngsters. Clyde Trask Orchestra plays Saturday and Paul Steele band for ladies night on Wednesday. Bethany Pythian Sisters sponsor dancing Thursday evening.
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Flying Roberts
LeSourdsville Lake
Uncle al Lewis
the Lake
Clyde Trask
Paul Steele
Pythian Sisters of Bethany
Bandleaders Blamed For Decline Of Bands
Hollywood disc jockey Gene Norman blames band leaders for the decline of bands. He argues bands are dull, faulting leaders while noting kids still want to dance as in the thirties. He cites rock and roll’s beat as what attracts youth and calls for a modern Pied Piper to revive the scene.
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Hollywood
Goodman, Miller
The
Dorseys
Portugal's Longstanding Independence Since the Twelfth Century
A concise note recalls Portugal as an independent state since the twelfth century, highlighting its historic emergence as a separate realm after the early medieval era and its enduring sovereignty through the centuries.
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Portugal
Fill flash technique for any camera and film
A simple method explains using fill flash with daylight to balance shadows. Set shutter and lens as if no flash, apply the bulb’s guide number, calculate distance, and adjust with reflector position or diffuser to control intensity.
European Star Jurgens Eyes U S Women in Hollywood
European star Curt Jurgens, in Hollywood for his first American film The Enemy Below, charms locals and is tied to Las Vegas gambling tales. The 42 year old, recently divorced from Eva Bartok, says he will stay single awhile as he navigates a town eager for romance. He dates Linda Christian and Maria Schell, rents a Bel Air mansion, and plans a return to Europe after a planned U S coast visit.
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Hollywood
Curt Jurgens
Europe
Gable
Mannesty
Sir Laurence Olivier
Eva Bartock
Bel Air
Prince Rainier
Monaco
Grace Kelly
Curt
Robert Mitchum
Dick Powell
June Allyson
0. W. Fischer
Fischer
Universal International
Man Godfrey
Powell
Jurgens
Rale
Mitchum
Linda Christian
Maria Schell
Herbert Flynn
Las Vegas
Monte Carlo
Van Has Correct Job Qualifications for Me
A Vale man who wed the plano owned a Brothers salt and learned to drink dry martinis. The fragment suggests local notes about a person’s background and habits, reflecting social details of the era in a terse, obituary like snippet.
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Vale
Plano
Rosenberg Writes His Own Ticket
Hollywood reports Aaron Rosenberg, a USC guard turned famed moviemaker, now runs his own production company at MGM with a producer’s role on a percentage basis. He produced The Glenn Miller Story and To Tell All and Back, pioneered profit sharing with Jimmy Stewart, and rose from football to top studio success.
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Rosie
The
University
Southern California
Holly
MGM
Cerae
Resenbera
Glenn Miller
Audie Murphy
Rosenberg
Stewart-Rosenbere
Mo- Hen
Caution Censors Asked by ABC Newsman John Secondari
ABC newsman John Secondari argues censorship is self imposed by newsmen not external. He says caution, not censorship, drives fears of offending sponsors or alienating listeners and potentially harming a trusted news source.
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ABC
John H. Secondari
CBS
TV Guide
Secondari
Bloom Fascinated By Charles Chaplin
English actress Claire Bloom recalls her first U.S. trip five years ago to star opposite Charles Chaplin in Limelight. He greeted her at New York airport at eight in the morning and spoke with her mother from breakfast until four in the afternoon. She says she was fascinated and has never felt such a thrill since.
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Hollywood
Claire Bloom
Charles Chaplin
New York
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