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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...history, it supplied Actress Katharine Cornell with a dashingly theatrical vehicle when she first played it on Broadway in 1931. Since then she has revived it twice on Broadway, besides road tours and a TV version. The present movie version is the second (the 1934 film starred Norma Shearer). It is still the romantic period piece it was, and though it seems a little tired for having been around so long, there is no apparent reason why it should not still attract large audiences. As the father, Sir John Gielgud is unrelentingly grim; as Browning, Bill Travers (in a wild...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jan. 21, 1957 | 1/21/1957 | See Source »

Famous Film Festival (Sun. 7:30 p.m., ABC). Moira Shearer in The Red Shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Program Preview, Apr. 2, 1956 | 4/2/1956 | See Source »

Famous Film Festival (Sun. 7:30 p.m., ABC). Moira Shearer in The Red Shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Program Preview, Dec. 26, 1955 | 12/26/1955 | See Source »

...weakest varsity showing was in the 40-yard dash, where B.U., led by Lloyd Bell and Captain Bill Shearer, the New England dash champion, took the first two places...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Varsity, '59 Both Defeat BU In First Track Meet, 84-24 | 12/17/1955 | See Source »

...quite sure what all the shouting is about. Says Ed Sullivan, calmly: "Everything they're promising to do is something I've done already." Opera? Ed has presented Metropolitan Soprano Roberta Peters 21 times, oftener than any other performer on his show. Ballet? Moira Shearer, Margot Fonteyn and the Sadler's Wells Ballet troupe made their first U.S. TV appearances with Sullivan (whose show was known as Toast of the Town until last month). Drama? Ed has given his viewers excerpts from more than 50 Broadway hits, including the smash successes Pajama Game, The Member...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Big As All Outdoors | 10/17/1955 | See Source »

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