Little Theater Opens Dover Road This Wednesday
The Middletown Little Theater launches its mid winter season with The Dover Road at Roosevelt auditorium showing Wednesday Thursday and Saturday February 15 16 and 18 curtain at 815 pm No Friday show due to a basketball game The cast led by Louis Frank Peg Rosing Darrell Hodge Ruth Thomason and Bill Webster is coached by Glenn Webster with backstage help from Susan Breiel Liz Bailes Catherine Ulrich Ernest Buckles Martha Finkbone Myrna Grey Anne Guthman Phyllis Price Podge Clark Dick Olsen and Bob Heck This is the third play of the season following Night Must Fall and preceding My Sister Eileen
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Middletown
Little Theater
Roosevelt Auditorium
Dover Road
The
A. A. Milne
Milne
Room Service
Louis Frank
Peg Rosing
Darrell Hodge
Ruth Thomason
Bill Webster
Glenn Webster
Susan Breiel
Liz Bailes
Catherine Ulrich
Ernest Buckles
Martha Finkbone
Myrna Grey
Anne Guthman
Phylliss Price
Podge Clark
Dick Olsen
Bob Heck
My Sister
Eileen
Two Pop Bands Return With Neo Music Styles
Jazz leaders Stan Kenton and Frankie Carle deny retirement rumors as they restart active work with new music directions. Kenton tours coast to coast with a progressive jazz band and plans a Carnegie Hall appearance. Carle resumes Broadway engagements with his orchestra and features vocalist-daughter Marjorie Hughes, amid fresh recordings and solo projects.
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New York
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Frankie Carle
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Carnegie Hall
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Seiyee
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Tarzana
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Hotel Statler
Marjorie Hughes
Carlet Orchestra
True-to-Life Ideas Feature Engel's Films
Gene Handsaker profiles Sam Engel a Hollywood producer with a New York pharmacist license using real life incidents in his movies He juggles ten scripts at Fox Works weekends lacks vacations for four years and believes a good script is a better tonic than a vacation Engel born in Widdrridge New York began as a hosiery wholesaler errand runner at 13 and moved into film making with a knack for drawing from daily life into whodunits and comedies
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Hollywood
Sam _ Engel
New York State
Sam
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20Th- Century-Fox
Clifton Webb
Engel
Robert Young
Wi Ddridge
N.Y
New York City
Movieland Gagsters Pick Last Season Laughs From Hope to Benny
Hollywood gossip writer Erskine Johnson recalls top jokes from radio stars. Alan Ladd detour, Benny gag about deflation in England, Gracie Allen’s masked party bits, and Bergen show quips headline a chaotic day of celebrity humor.
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NEA
Hollywood
Paramount
Alan Ladd
al Schwartz
Marvin Fisher
Bob Hope
Hope
Marvin
Goodby
Lacey’s
Paul Henning
Burns and Allen
Paul
Gracie
George
Jane Russell
Shrine Circus Strikes Taft Auditorium With New Talent
Cincinnati's Taft Auditorium hosts the 1950 Syrian Shrine Polack Brothers Circus from February 15 to 25. George F. DeSilver says it’s the greatest Shrine show yet, featuring world champion bareback riding, equestrian feats, aerial acts, and a roster of clowns and animal acts. Multiple daily performances include 2 and 8:15 pm on weekdays, with three shows on Fridays and Saturdays.
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Melitta
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Shyrettos
Hubert Castle
Seven Brannocks
Alfred Landon
Pallenberg
Nana. Woolford
Harry Dann
Hollywood Lets Get Go By To Achieve Film Realism
AP reports producer Carl Kreuger predicts a shift to on location filming outside Hollywood by year end. He cites cost control and audience interest as benefits while noting Hollywood crews remain essential for expertise. Krueger shot The Golden Gloves Story entirely in Chicago in eight and a half weeks without building sets.
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Krueger
Chicago
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Grable's Fan Mail Reaches 572000 A Week in 1949
Hollywood AP reports Betty Grable receives about 1,000 fan letters weekly, totaling 572000 for the year. Her studio notes that her best weekly average is 10200, and she has been named the nation's top box office attraction for girls four times.
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Miss Grable
Ginger Rogers releases compilation of all dance numbers
Ginger Rogers presents a film compiling every dance she performed since 1931's Flying Down To Rio with Fred Astaire. The Motion Picture Academy sought a 24 hour composite for special showings, but Rogers declined due to the extensive release clearances required from composers and performers.
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All Dances Hollywood
Rio
Fred Asteire
The
Motion Picture Academy
Miss Rogers
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