Backyard Concerts Rise With Newest Albums From Stars
AP News features writer Hugh Mulligan notes backyard concerts grow as hi fi records let fans host star showcases. Columbia’s A Night With Sigmund Romberg with Earl Wrightson and Lois Hunt, plus Percy Faith Orchestra, highlights romantic scores and favorites. The piece covers Zarzuela records, Stephen Foster Songbook, and Guy Lombardo’s Song of Norway as part of the trend.
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British comic Dave King Names Daughters Cheyenne and Kiowa
Radnor Pennsylvania based comedian Dave King observes American TV Westerns from both sides of the screen. He notes there are many cowboys while revealing he named his daughters Cheyenne and Kiowa in homage to his longtime interest in cowboys and Indians.
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TV Guide Magazine
Rock Hudson Tests New Roles in Hollywood Shift
Hollywood star Rock Hudson aims to break from his straight dramatic image with This Earth Is Mine and a later comedy Any Way the Wind Blows. He says versatility keeps him top while studio bosses back the risky mid career shift.
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Rock Hudson
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Durtner
Rock
Theater Owners of America
Doris Day
New York
Texas
Meshie and Leo the Lion Highlight Museum Treasure Hunt
The American Museum of Natural History displays a corner gallery with photos and stories guiding visitors to exhibits on Joe Louis' fist cast, Meshie the chimp, Theodore Roosevelt, and a 14 year old naturalist. The exhibit also features a life like chimp portrait and models of tiny insects and an entire miniature village.
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American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Joe Louis
Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
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Leo the Lion
Army Producer Sammy Fuller to Speak at First Division Reunion
Hollywood producer and former Hearst reporter Sammy Fuller, longtime promoter of the First Infantry Division, will be the first enlisted man to serve as main speaker at the First Division reunion on August 2 in Rochester, New York. Fuller has decorated service in Sicily and Normandy and has built a career directing films that spotlight his division, including scenes and emblems tied to the 16th Infantry Regiment.
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Normandy
Hearst
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Andy Williams Seeks Fall Show After Summer CBS Run
TV star Andy Williams, praised for his summer CBS replacement for Garry Moore, hopes to land a fall or winter show. He notes the tough market for musical variety while citing strong critical and public reception and desires a monthly TV slot, akin to a Fred Astaire format.
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Andy Williams
ABC
Pat Boone
CBS
Garry Moore
Williams
Andy
Fred Astaire
Burns Predicts Hour Shows Dominate TV Lineup
Hollywood reports a shift to hour long programs as networks expand schedule space. NBC adds twelve hours including Riverboat Laramie Bonanza and Five Fingers. ABC increases to thirteen with Alaskans Cheyenne Bourbon Street Beat Adventures in Paradise Hawaiian Eye and Untouchables. CBS plans more hourlong projects though not all are ready for fall.
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Sage
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ABC
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Alaskans
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Bourbon Street Beat
Adventures In Paradise
Hawaiian Eye
Untouchables
CBS
Tup
Dragnet
San Francisco
Elizbeth Barrett Browning Showed Sonnets at Breakfast
The fragment notes how Elizabeth Barrett Browning presented her immortal Sonnets From the Portuguese to her husband as he sat down to breakfast and asked for his opinion. The anecdote highlights her collaboration with Austen or Browning’s early reception of the work.
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Elizabeth Barrett Brownin
Pearl Bailey Says She Tried Hard to Steal the Movie
Hollywood column notes Pearl Bailey the actress who plays Maria in Porgy and Bess was told she stole the film. Her reply was blunt and humorous stating she did her best to steal it.
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Hollywood
Pearl Bailey
Maria
Pearlie Mae
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