Word: jessel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Broadway-wise showman who turned Manhattan's Paramount Theater into a mint by combining its first-run movies with name bands and singers, was called in as chief talent scout. Showman Weitman brought home a choice selection of what he calls "flesh": Dancer Ray Bolger, Professional Toastmaster George Jessel, Hoofer Paul Hartman, Nightclub Comedian Danny Thomas, Child Star Brandon De Wilde, Cinemactress Arlene Dahl. All began their ABC labors during the past month in sponsored programs which are, on the whole, first-rate. Except for De Wilde and Jessel (who roams the network with two TV shows...
...happily explained in her rain-barrel bass: "Honey, I'm all booked up next year; there wouldn't have been time then." The air was damp with sentiment as a succession of old friends and fans, e.g., General James Van Fleet, Ralph Bunche, Tallulah Bankhead, George Jessel, Millon...
Comeback Story (Fri. 9:30 p.m., ABC-TV) is a tearjerker that shakes the mothballs from the once famous and tells why and how they slipped into obscurity. It is remarkably similar to Ralph Edwards' NBC weeper, This Is Your Life. Comedian George Jessel, ABC's new man-of-all-work, tells the story in his best toastmaster style as the subject under scrutiny squirms alongside. For the premiere, Jessel took former Child Star Bobby Breen in hand, told how he climbed from cold-water flats to Hollywood fame, then became a has-been at 13, when...
...George Jessel Salutes (Thurs. 9 p.m., ABC). A new variety show with Paul Whiteman's orchestra...
...Ekco Products Co. of Chicago, biggest U.S. manufacturer of housewares, thought so much of television that it made a bit of history by signing, at one fell swoop, to sponsor four new ABC network nighttime programs: The George Jessel Show, Jamie, Quick as a Flash and Comeback...