Broadway Producers Send Shows On Road This Summer
Broadway producers shift to national tours as hits like Lost in the Stars Caesar and Cleopatra and I Know My Love depart for San Francisco Los Angeles and fall returns. Key stars Todd Duncan Leslie Banks Cedric Hardwicke Lilli Palmer Mary Scott plan summer and fall moves to sustain audiences beyond Times Square.
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Hollywood Johnson Dines Through Movie Snacks Protest
NEA columnist Erskine Johnson recounts dining seven courses at Encino Theater while watching Shelley Winters in South Seas. An anti-popcorn audience protests turns into refunds for eight angry patrons, as Johnson finishes a flaming Cherries Jubilee and exits to a lobby shaken but gleeful at the stunt.
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Thurber Pens 20 Page Criticism Of 24 Page Screenplay
Hollywood reports James Thurber wrote a 20 page memo critiquing the Frank Tashlin draft of Thurber's story The Catbird Seat. Harold Hecht Burt Lancaster and Tashlin read the notes. Thurber finally approved the script saying the notes were given without criticism on his part. Lancaster quipped how long it would have been if he hadn't approved it.
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Oscar Winning Film Will Be Shown Here
Two 1949 Oscar winners headline at the Paramount Theater this week. Olivia DeHavilland returns in The Heiress Thursday through Saturday while Dean Jagger appears in 12 OClock High today through Wednesday.
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Changes Her Name Gets Role In Film Career
Gina Janss daughter of Harold Janss, a California realtor, studies acting with Queenie Smith for a film career. She found initial rejection until she changed her name to Virginia McKay and secured a job in New York.
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French Star Reconsiders Movie Role
Hollywood gossip reports Corinne Calvet retracts from My Friend Irma Goes West after a tantrum over the part. She jokes about American slapstick and says her husband John Bromfield will fish for tuna between films.
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Calvary Guild Plans Second Season Drama Opening
Calvary Methodist Drama Guild announces the first spring production Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas for April. Lead Bobby Merrick is played by Bob Housh with Dr Hudson’s conscience guiding him after a fatal surgery. New cast members Jack Wagner Marlyn Mann Sylvia Alexander join Frances Mayo Barbara Tannreuther George Strodtbeck Janet Sebald Benny Weaver Jayne Coulter Ed Cary Fenton. backstage Bob McLaughlin oversees, Weaver handles publicity. The cast meets after morning church services to organize rehearsals. SPRING SHOES Patent leather will be among springtime footwear trends.
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Hollywood Realism Ousts Child Stars From Box Office
Hollywood shifts toward realism reducing child stars as box office force. Talent pools exist but fewer youngsters achieve star status due to longer shooting, higher budgets, and California rules limiting young actors. Economic pressures and evolving tastes favor adult narratives over sentimental kiddie fare.
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Wartime Pin-Up Girl Honored By GI Unit
The 96th Infantry Division based in Chicago honors its wartime pin-up Marjorie Main with a large floral birthday remembrance. She cried upon receiving the flowers on the Ma and Pa Kettle Back Home set. In Hollywood, wrestling debuts on a Zomba Cafe floor show refereed by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.
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