Word: jolson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Jolson, 62, indefatigable entertainer of troops in World War II, asked the Government to send him to Korea, scoffed at the prospective discomforts: "I been to Guam. You got to sleep high on Guam or the rats will bite you. But hell, I'm used to that around here...
...Radio Theater (Mon. 9 p.m., CBS). Jolson Sings Again, with Al Jolson and Barbara Hale...
Jack Benny Program (Sun. 7 p.m., CBS). Guest: Al Jolson...
Born. To Cinemactor Larry Parks, 34 (The Jolson Story), and Musicomedienne Betty Garrett Parks, 28 (On the Town): Their first child, a son; in Los Angeles. Name: Garrett Christopher...
...gave a different verdict, reflected in Variety's list of the year's biggest grossers. Some were holdovers from 1948, but even among those of 1949's crop (including some good ones), not one was even mentioned by the New York critics or the National Board: Jolson Sings Again, Pinky, I Was a Male War Bride, The Snake Pit, Joan of Arc, The Stratton Story, Mr. Belvedere Goes to College, Little Women, Words and Music, Neptune's Daughter...