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...thing that all of NBC's musical spectaculars have in common is tiny (5 ft. 6 in.) Max Liebman. A showman of 25 years' experience, Liebman has been so successful as producer, director and general mastermind of the specs that last week NBC signed him to a new five-year contract...
...Australia entertainment relay was started by a 35-year-old Florida showman named Lee Gordon. He found that most of the entertainers touring Australia were British or else molto serioso musicians. But he also found that most of the local films and records were made in the U.S., decided that Australia was hungry for American entertainers. By booking big names into big boxing stadiums, he could afford to pay expensive air fares and still show a profit...
...contrast to Miss Monroe, Mitzi Gaynor adds a bright and pert performance. A few pounds lighter and no longer sassy, she is pleasing for the first time. Another member of the Dailey-Merman family is Johnnic "Cry" Ray, surprisingly cast as a religiously serious showman who becomes a priest. Although his chin wags abnormally when he sings, Ray's style is unique and entertaining...
...into full bloom. Today Takarazuka is a thriving city of 35,000, and the railway (also serving other suburban stops) carries some 700,000 passengers a day. Two of the four Takarazuka troupes (named Snow. Moon, Flower, Star) stay at home, while the others tour the rest of Japan. Showman Kobayashi, now a multimillionaire, also owns theaters, restaurants, a baseball club and a movie company...
...musical empire humming, brings eminent Western concert stars to the town (e.g., Singers Marian Anderson and Helen Traubel, Violinist Yehudi Menuhin). Early this year, he will repossess Takarazuka's Tokyo branch, which the occupation forces had turned into the famed Ernie Pyle movie theater. Last week the old showman ventured forth to take in a special show with a Christmas finale. Sample lyric...