Alvin Childress recalls Amos n Andy star era and TV barriers
Hal Humphrey profiles Alvin Childress now aging actor once Amos Jones in Amos n Andy. He discusses career drought after the show, CBS casting control, integration debates, and his shift to LA County civil service. Childress reflects on NAACP critique of TV stereotypes and his desire to continue acting.
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Hollywood
Alvin Childress
Amos Jones
Amos ‘N
Andy
CBS
Childress
Los Angeles County Assessor
County Civil Service Commission
Beverly Hills
California
New York
Jead
James Fonda
Charles Correll
Amos
Freeman Gosden
Mr. Correll
Mr. Gosden
Fonda
Tim Moore
Spencer Williams
Kingfish
Tim
Spencer
Hazel
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Atorneys
Mississippi
John Golden
Noah
Anna Lucasta
Television Highlights Tonight on Channel Lineup
TV schedule lists 7:30 on Channel 5 90 Bristol Court with a father daughter dance and family moments. At 8:30 Channel 7 and 9 Opie mood turns when a charge purse of 50 dollars is found. Shirley Booth returns to singing on the Andy Williams Show.
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Bristol Court
Karen
Harris
Tom
Mary
Opie
Andy Griffith
Shirley Booth
Andy Williams
Johnny Mathis
Morgana King
Wendy and
Ben Casey
Slattery
Nostalgia Era Radio fans recall golden shows on NBC
The piece contrasts a five minute NBC Sunday night radio nostalgia segment with recent network TV Beatles specials. It recalls Eddie Cantor Bergen and McCarthy with fond humor and notes Fields quips. It criticizes CBS Around the Beatles and ABC Around the Beatles for weak sound and loud crowd noise. Nelson Eddy's radio performance is praised by admirers.
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New York
NBC
Eddie Cantor
Major Bowles
Bergen
W. C. Fields
Fields
Charlie
Wormwood
CBS
Carol Burnett
ABC
Nelson Eddy
Contract End Strike Reached at Avon Lake Fruehaug Plant
About 1,500 members of Local 925 Allied Industrial Workers Union returned to work at Fruehaug Corp trailer plant in Avon Lake after a 30 month contract was approved by union members on Sunday.
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Lorain, Ohio
Allied Industrial Workers Union
Fruehaug Corp
Avon Lake
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