Word: cartoons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bicycles to transport ballots. They distributed millions of leaflets, showing the different par ty symbols and explaining to the elector ate the simple mechanics of voting -punching a hole through the symbol of one's choice. Electoral officers plodded through the jungles to advertise the election with cartoon movies and singing pup pet shows. Sample song: "Let's all go there, brother, brother. Let's all go vote ... to be respected and defend the na tional state." At stake were 260 seats in a parliament that will govern Indonesia at least until year's end, when...
...Angeles Times managed a wry smile in a cartoon that showed Paul Chabas' famed September Morn adapted to local conditions (see cut). But smog had stopped being a joke. City health officials banned use of Los Angeles' millions of backyard incinerators, except on weekend mornings. If the smog got worse, they planned to shut down all refineries, possibly halt the sale of gasoline, to stop air contamination. But scientists are not sure just how the air is contaminated. While greyed-out Los Angeles was doing battle, a Minneapolis meeting of smog fighters from all over the U.S. suggested...
...strong bid for viewers' eyes, brings on The Mickey Mouse Club, a new companion piece to Disneyland, combining all the famed cartoon characters with live entertainment. Disneyland itself will be back with a new series about Davy Crockett and a science-fiction film called Man in Space. Wyatt Earp, billed as the first adult Western TV series, is aimed at achieving the quality of such films as High Noon and Shane. Warner Bros. Presents is an hour-long filmed show that will alternate adventure, romance and Western drama. M-G-M Parade will present shorts and film clips from...
...comedy starring British Jack-of-All-Jokes Alec Guinness, The Battle of Gettysburg by Bruce (A Stillness at Appomattox) Catton. Victor Borge in two one-man shows, Jack Benny in three original comedies, and Julie Harris in A Wind from the South. CBS viewers will also get a new cartoon series made by UPA, the producers of Gerald McBoing-Boing and Mr. Magoo, the new Phil Silvers show, long film dramas by 20th Century-Fox, a weekly mystery show produced by suspenseful Alfred Hitchcock, and a new children's series, The Adventures of Robin Hood...
...forgery, grand larceny and conspiracy. Later, a $6,000,000 civil judgment was returned against him. When asked his occupation for the jail records, Tweed replied: "Statesman." With official connivance, Tweed escaped from the Ludlow Street Jail and fled to Spain, where authorities recognized him from a Thomas Nast cartoon and arrested him as the kidnaper of two American children. Reason: the cartoon had shown Tweed clutching two symbolic ragamuffins. Tweed was returned to the U.S. and died in jail...