Jefferson Drum makes luck look easy for Jeff Richards
NBC shifted 8:30 Fridays to Jefferson Drum and Jeff Richards heads a cast with Robert Stevenson both unlikely career starters. Richards, a Navy veteran, found Hollywood after a screen test refused during leave. Stevenson rose from a door to door shoe strings seller to radio announcer and actor. The unlikely rise aligns with Jefferson Drum.
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Jazz on TV Surges as Public Grows Curious
AP reports a rising TV trend for jazz as Newport festivals and NBC and other programs showcase the genre. The piece argues jazz is maturing and gaining respect, though many Americans still misjudge it and fear what they do not understand.
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Groucho Marx Best TV Comedian of the 1957 58 Season
Radio TV coverage names Groucho Marx as the top TV comedian of the 1957 58 season citing his smart shrewd persona and mockery of quiz shows. O Connor Omnibus earns best cultural program honors for its upscale drama and The Life of Samuel Johnson highlight with Peter Ustinov.
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Westerns Multiply As Gunslingers Return On TV and Film
Hollywood reports a flood of Westerns with 30 series planned for fall and ongoing film work. Stars like Gary Cooper, John Wayne, Joel McCrea, Brando, Peck, Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster and Glenn Ford are linked to new Westerns and sequels while Bette Davis and Gary Merrill pursue film work.
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Beer Can Tossers Ordered to Clean Highway Litter
Highway Patrolman Arthur Spendlove, in Ogden Utah, stopped a car whose occupants dumped trash from the window. He ordered the four adults to clear a two mile stretch of the highway. Officers noted the car’s floorboards were loaded with bottles and cans. Utah law classifies littering as a misdemeanor with fines up to 299 dollars.
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Cheyenne Aims To Clear Friend In Noose At Noon
TV listings highlight Cheyenne and Jim O Neil in Noose at Noon with Cheyenne struggling to learn the motive for a hanging. Other programs include Mr Adams and Eve on Channel 13, The Investigator color premiere on Channel 8, Wyatt Earp on Channel 8, Red Skelton Show on Channel 13, Bob Cummings Show on Channel 8, and Californians Shanghai Queen on Channel 8 with a kidnapping ring plot and Marshal Wayne undercover.
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Sophia Loren Flies In For Miami Dress Fitting
Italian star Sophia Loren rushes from Copenhagen to Miami for fittings on a new film set to shoot next week in Florida. Loren and husband Carlo Ponti, long based in Zurich, arrive ahead of production.
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Hartford Dismantling Begins at Norfolk Navy Yard
The U S S Hartford is being dismantled at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Admiral Farragut gave the famous order Damn the torpedoes Go ahead to Captain Drayton during the Mobile Bay battle on August 5, 1864.
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Tax and sympathy no kin in divorce ruling
The U S fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a deficiency assessment against Mrs Kenneth T Sullivan of Montgomery County Maryland must be paid even though the couple’s 1951 joint income tax return was filed while their final divorce decree was pending.
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Guardianship Sought for Kerr Daughters
Anthony Bartley husband of actress Deborah Kerr filed to have the couple's two children made wards of the court after Kerr announced she and Bartley were estranged. The children are ages 11 and 7.
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