Word: theaters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last week, effacing" some of war's ugly scars. The kids were excited, like kids everywhere, with a good fresh pre-Christmas snow. Some of the grownups were excited, too, for they had plans for the kids. There was going to be a Christmas party in the Admiralspalast Theater for 2,000 youngsters of the U.S., Britain, Russia, France, and their German friends. Then the grownups' plans-as grownups' plans frequently do-went awry...
...viciously with one another to decorate their Christmas programs with boughs of Hollywood, admit that they have all been outvied this season by a boyish Roman Catholic priest. The Rev. Patrick Peyton had under his Christmas tree two of radio's choicest sugarplums: his popular, weekly Family Theater (Thurs. 10 p.m., Mutual), with a performance of Anatole France's Our Lady's Juggler, and a special, Peyton-inspired, star-studded dramatization of the Nativity, The Joyful Hour, aired last week...
...Family Theater has rarely had less than three big stars. Last week's Joyful Hour had 18. Actors, musicians, writers and technicians-Catholics, Protestants and Jews-have rushed to offer their services. And Father Peyton has somehow managed to scrounge the $2,000 a week for production costs (radio peanuts for a big star hit show...
...Family Theater (Thurs. 10 p.m., Mutual). Anatole France's Our Lady's Juggler, with John Charles Thomas...
...Radio Theater (Mon. 9 p.m., CBS). A good newcomer among the Christmas fantasies: Miracle on 34th Street, with Edmund Gwenn...