Word: robert
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...money, big-bill payers demand big-name stars of Broadway and TV. So the Concord shells out $6,500 for one night of Berle; the G imports Pat Suzuki, Robert Merrill, George Jessel (its smaller nightclub keeps its budget down to $2,000 for individual acts). There are some 50 hotels in the Belt, and top entertainers-Georgia Gibbs, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Martin, Red Buttons-make the rounds. Says Comedian Gene Baylos, who is spending the summer playing the Belt: "You're facing the toughest audience. They become connoisseurs, and they're very critical. Hell, they...
...history, and for Harry Houdini, existence itself was a search for escape. First he had to break away from his family; life on Manhattan's East Side as Ehrich Weiss, son of scholarly Rabbi Mayer Weiss, was not for him. So he studied the memoirs of French Magician Robert Houdin, changed his own name to Houdini, learned a little clumsy sleight of hand, and started to play the dime museums and carnivals that flourished in the late 19th century. He was a flop, and he had to break out of that situation, too. He concentrated...
Without gifted performers, however, it would be all for naught. Mr. Goldwyn has fortunately secured the services of Robert McPherrin and Adele Addison to sing the title roles and some of the top stars in the business to do the acting honors...
...Harvard's distinguished historians will teach courses on television this Fall. Robert C. Albion, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History, will offer "European Imperialism," while Crane Brinton '19, McClean Professor of Ancient and Modern History, will give "The Anatomy of Revolution...
...major success of the evening is due to a dynamic and powerful performance by Robert J. Lurtsema as Eddie Carbonne, the Italian longshoreman. When Eddie allows two of his wife's immigrant cousins who have entered the country illegally to stay in his home until they get settled, the younger cousin, Rudolpho, falls in love with Eddie's niece, Catherine, whom he has raised with over-protective care. When Rudolpho, who enjoys singing, sewing, and cooking, as well as working on the piers, is accused by Eddie of being a homosexual seeking to marry only for his citizenship papers...