Educational Television reshapes prime time culture drive
Cynthia Lowry reports on how commercial networks rush to culture and information as pay TV looms. NBC CBS and ABC add high level programs while Educational Television operates 44 stations with over 200 usable channels, reaching about 17 million viewers combined across the nation.
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Winston Churchill
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Federal Communications Commission
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Radio Television Highlights From Today’s Schedule
Prime listings include Princeton Theological Seminary president speaking on Church of the Air at 8:45. Afternoon features Easy Listening, News Monitor, Open Road and opera, with several dramas and musical performances on WHIO WLW WONE and WCPO. Notables include Billy Graham, Dinah Shore, Ed Sullivan, and Hedda Hopper special programs across stations.
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Hedda Hopper
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Ilia Lupino
Howard Duff
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Greer Gacson
WCPO
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr
Boston
Loretta Young
Dana Andrews
Red Skelton
Janet Blair
Jerry Lewis Pictures Show Basie Backstage Moment
Hollywood story recalls a 19 year old backstage photo of Jerry Lewis with Count Basie at the Brooklyn Paramount. Lewis, now star and producer of Cinder Fel la, hired Bud Fraker to rephotograph the image, producing a 40 by 50 inch color print.
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Dimes Cast Reveals Mystery Star Mix in Publicity Release
The March of Dimes organized two short films with a cast list including Eddie Albert Maurice Chevalier Shirley MacLaine Fred MacMurray Helen Hayes Jimmy Durante Zsa Zsa Gabor Jack Lemmon. A misprint listed Ad Infinitum as a star, prompting a radio station to ask if it referred to a movie or TV figure.
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Shirley MacLaine
Fred MacMurray
Helen Hayes
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Jack Lemmon
Waif cause over glamour Jane Russell weighs career against orphans
Hollywood star Jane Russell, famed WAIF founder, has driven a surge in adoptions with 8,000 placements since 1951 while balancing lobbying for uniform adoption laws and grassroots pancake fundraisers. Her associates urge more film work as WAIF grows nationally.
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Organization shines with pig fund raising events
The organization reports success in pig themed fund raising parties benefiting its community programs. Volunteers organized multiple events attracting supporters, boosting donations and awareness for ongoing charitable efforts.
Keenan Wynn Advances to Produce Autobiography Film
Hollywood reports Keenan Wynn refuses to play himself in Ed Wynn's Son while asking to produce the project He says he wants to produce and believes the story suits his launching pad as a producer and he wrote it himself.
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Keenan Wynn
Ed Wynn
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Actor Jackie Coogan pleads innocent to drunken driving
West Los Angeles AP Jackie Coogan 45 pleads innocent to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge and requests a jury trial. He suffered broken ribs when his car struck a parked auto in Brentwood on December 22. Municipal Court trial scheduled for January 28.
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Jackie Coogan
Coogan
Brentwood
Cavallaro Wife Sues for Separate Maintenance in Cruelty Case
Wanda Cavallaro sues Carmen Cavallaro in Los Angeles for separate maintenance, seeks a portion of community property, alimony, and support for two children, Paul 16 and Anita 11, while Dolores 23 is named as a third child. they wed in New York City on May 6 1935 and separated December 26 1958.
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Carmen Cavallaro
Wanda Cavallaro
Paul
Anita
Dolores
Cavallaro
New York City
Cary Grant’s Radio City record fuels Hollywood legend
Cary Grant holds 24 films opened at New York’s Radio City Music Hall and 85 weeks of screening time, far ahead of rivals. He explains how he uses the Music Hall staff to gauge receptions and promote comedies, saying star value matters as much as awards. He recalls his move from England and notes comedy is harder and often unacknowledged by Academy honors.
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New York
Radio City Music Hall
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Sylvia Scarlett
Fred Astaire
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Music Hall
Universal-International
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Cary
General Motors
Screen Writers Plan To Strike
Hollywood AP reports writers plan a strike starting January 16 against major studios. The Writers Guild of America West and the Screen Actors Guild seek a share of proceeds from TV use of films after 1948. Studios reject demands as contracts expire for writers on November 17 and actors on January 31.
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Writers Guild of America, West
Screen Actors Guild
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