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...Hollywood, NBC's Al Jolson said he was getting out in May, complained: "I don't like going on the air and doing the show direct. Frankly, I don't know music and I can go flat. I'd like to do radio just like pictures-leave the imperfect stuff on the cutting-room floor...
...Burlesque (a hit revival on Broadway in 1947-48), had its title changed to When My Baby Smiles at Me. There would be a remake of Little Women, with June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O'Brien and Janet Leigh as the four March girls. A sequel to The Jolson Story was announced; this time Al Jolson would play himself...
...move the trial when the defense contended that a jury of federal employees would be "intimidated" by the committee. He refused to hear Producer Dore Schary as a character witness, ruling that Lawson's character and political beliefs were not at issue. He refused to see The Jolson Story or any of the other Lawson films which the defense had stacked in cans outside the courtroom door. And he indignantly brushed aside a defense contention that he was guilty of misconduct in asking the purpose of the Thomas Committee's inquiry, which the defense contended would "bias...
...Jolson Story (Columbia...
...18th Century Scotland (which apparently never had a dour day) but still it's just another western. In fact, a few of the grizzled old clansmen lapse into an occasional drawl. Even Hero Larry Parks appears to be still playing in his most successful picture. The Jolson Story: at one point he declaims vibrantly: "Ah luhvs yuh!" But no oater-fan is likely to object to any of the escapes and chases and pounding hooves...