Word: broadway
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Television set a furious pace that it may find hard to keep up. Most of the excitement of the week was generated by dramatic shows. CBS's Best of Broadway resurrected the 1941 hit, Arsenic and Old Lace, and filled it with a star-studded cast that Broadway today would give its eyeteeth to have. As the addlepated Brooklyn sisters who gently practice mass euthanasia on lonely old men, Helen Hayes and Billie Burke were the epitome of lethal charm. John Alexander recreated his memorable role of their nephew who believes that he is Teddy Roosevelt (and leads...
...Best of Broadway (Wed. 10 p.m., CBS). Helen Hayes in Arsenic and Old Lace, with Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Billie Burke, Orson Bean, Edward Everett Horton...
...Country Girl. A slickly made story (by Clifford Odets) about a Broadway has-been (Bing Crosby), his bitter wife (Grace Kelly) and a cynical director (William Holden) who tries to pull them apart (TIME...
What keeps authors in business is the income from book clubs, paperback re-printers, magazines and newspapers (for serialization), Hollywood, radio, TV and Broadway. These revenues now account for more than half of most writers' incomes. But some of the biggest book clubs have lost members. Although the Book-of-the-Month Club actually claims a membership increase, its guaranteed payment to publishers-of which authors get about one-half-is now down to $40,000; it was once reported as high...
...early 1950s-Robert Frost and Ogden Nash. But Frost has also taught and lectured. And Nash says: "You can make a living as a poet if you are also a panelist on Masquerade Party, make guest appearances on other TV shows, and write lyrics for a successful Broadway show." Visible Ghosts. Ultimately, the economic condition of the author is shaped by the publishers. The firms are still on the lookout for the magically popular novel, but advances are smaller than ten years ago (average: $1,500). Emphasis has shifted to nonfiction that can be tailored to sell. Says one publishing...