Word: debutitis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the show made its radio debut on April 29, 1945, the nation was preoccupied with the approaching end of World War II. Recalls Producer Harry Mynatt: "They had a hell of a time getting an audience-had to pass out dollar bills to get people into the theater. " Now the ladies fight to get into the Hollywood studio, bolt a buffet lunch, and scribble their wishes on a card. M.C. Bailey and Producer Mynatt select the 21 likeliest wishes, and backstage interviews just before air time pick the day's five contestants to be judged by the studio...
Producers' Showcase (Mon. 8 p.m., NBC). Alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontanne make their TV debut in their Broadway play, The Great Sebastians...
...between pictures. Disclosing that he was Lanza's second singing teacher, Weede, whose Metropolitan Opera debut finally came at 33, shook his head sadly, allowed that neither he nor anyone else had taught Lanza much. "Lanza had what I believe to be the greatest vocal gift of his decade-but that gem may never...
...WHRB feature, PIANO REPERTORY, Timothy Dyk '58 presents young pianists from Harvard and the Greater Boston area. The program will make its debut Tuesday, March 26 at 11 p.m. Each week on the half-hour show, a pianist will perform and comment on the piano repertory...
...opera which did not satisfy him-namely, Soprano Herva Nelli's O Patria Mia and Ritorna Vincitor! (TIME, June 14, 1954). Last week Victor released (on three LPs) Toscanini's composite and deftly sound-doctored Aïda, the opera in which he made his conducting debut in Rio de Janeiro 71 years...