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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1952
Page
15
A Vancouver stock broker urges caution for oil investments noting the rarity of fields yielding a million barrels. He cites the U S experience of many dry holes and stresses low odds for major oil discoveries.
Finger Lakes Lyric Circus presents Jerome Kern musical extravaganza Show Boat at The Tent near Skaneateles starting Tuesday night. Betty Ann Busch and Wilton Crary lead as principals with Will be sung by Busch and Crary, following the season opener in June and a recent success with Desert Song.
Recordings feature William Primrose and Sir Thomas Beecham with the Royal Philharmonic in Berlioz Harold in Italy, and Vladimir Horowitz with Fritz Reiner recording Beethoven Emperor Concerto at Carnegie Hall for RCA Red Seal. Also noted are other artists and upcoming 1953 season reservations and cast details.
An organizational meeting in summer formed the Junior Auxiliary of Civic Morning Musicals Inc. to support Syracuse music life. A fall meeting at 107 Hampshire Rd sets tentative plans and memb ship includes many local women, with scholarships offered to students.
Earl Wilson profiles Olivia De Havilland nicknamed Livvy the Lady at Beverly Hills Hotel and on the set of My Cousin Rachel. He notes her English language efforts, propriety, and close ties to son Ben and various young actors. He praises her allure, discipline, and a lighthearted Hollywood persona.
At Wright Patterson Air Force Base a guardhouse becomes a confinement facility for retrained airmen. Retrainees undergo classes, construction work, and recreation as part of a new policy to restore self respect after disciplinary trouble.
A magazine excerpt recounts Brad Crawford on a Columbia Pictures set for Born Yesterday and All the King’s Men, detailing his introverted, stubborn nature. He describes a lonely childhood, worries over being watched, and his sharp self-awareness as he acts, with anecdotes of a hurried messenger and his amused frustration on set.
Instructions outline sending a note to Muriel Stafford in Syracuse with a self addressed stamped envelope and 25 cents for a single part or 1.00 for all four parts. Part one covers mind abilities faults disposition. part two covers personality character emotional nature. part three covers marriage needs and vocational aptitude.
Broadway notes report Mary Martin resuming South Pacific study plus Gabriel Pascal's Gandhi musical film in development. Peter W. Moore notes rise of Wish You Were Here at the box office while The King and I contends for second in weekly receipts. Cinema and TV criticism cover Fatima film and Meet the Press impact, with gossip on Hedda Hopper and Norman Sper.
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