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Entertainers

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Month/Day/Year: October 11, 1950

Segment Number: 10

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Comedian Gil Lambs performs during the entertainment part of the Food Show. Another star of the show, Connee Boswell, sits outside with Master of Ceremonies Lanny Ross. The show is sponsored by the Milwaukee Retail Grocer's Association.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #1.

Month/Day/Year: November 8, 1950

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Jimmy Durante, Donald O'Connor and Joyce Holden were guests at the Pabst Blue Ribbon luncheon. School teacher Antionette Newton won a date with Durante by writing a prize-winning poem.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #1.

Month/Day/Year: January 10, 1951

Segment Number: 22

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Actresses Kerry Vaughn and Joan Shawlee stop in Milwaukee during a promotional tour for the movie "The Prehistoric Woman." The two had lunch at the Schroeder Hotel.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #3.

Month/Day/Year: February 14, 1951

Segment Number: 2

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Spike Jones arrived in Milwaukee and was greeted by some students and RCA Victor representative Harold Reetz.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #3.

Month/Day/Year: February 28, 1951

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Actor Dick Powell arrives in Milwaukee via train. He is in town to promote his latest movie. Powell is interviewd by reporter Marian Wilhelm as he walks to the car.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #24.

Month/Day/Year: April 4, 1951

Segment Number: 16

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Members of the West Milwaukee High School band greeted Liberace at the train station as he arrived home.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #4.

Month/Day/Year: May 2, 1951

Segment Number: 7

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan and Lola Albright took part in a benefit show for the American Cancer Society at the Wisconsin Theatre. They had lunch at the Schlitz Brown Bottle with other performers and local organizers. See script for names.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #5.

Month/Day/Year: May 2, 1951

Segment Number: 17

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Fred Waller brought his Cinerama camera to Milwaukee. He is seen with director Robert Flaherty. Actress Joan Blondell, daughter Ellen and ex-husband Michael Todd were also in town. Alderman Fred Steffan did a sketch of Joan Blondell.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #5.

Month/Day/Year: July 11, 1951

Segment Number: 13

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Barbara Gutkowski and Robert Koepp were the winners of the dinner with a movie star contest. Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie joined Gutkowski and Koepp for dinner at the Schlitz Brown Bottle.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #18.

Month/Day/Year: July 18, 1951

Segment Number: 8

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Francis, the talking and laughing mule, made a stop in Milwaukee. Model Kay Reimer was Francis' escort while he was in town promoting a movie. Francis also had a female mule companion.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #18.

Month/Day/Year: July 25, 1951

Segment Number: 5

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Wrestler Walter Talun, who plays Goliath in the movie "David and Bathsheba," made a stop in Milwaukee to promote the movie. Children and adults not only got to meet "Goliath," they also got to see costumes and a preview of the movie.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #20.

Month/Day/Year: September 5, 1951

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. A large group of people wait at the airport for the silent movie star Francis X. Bushman. The group met Bushman as he got off the plane. Bushman was in town to promote his latest movie, "David and Bathsheba."

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #20.

Month/Day/Year: September 12, 1951

Segment Number: 7

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The festivities re-opening Wisconsin Avenue continued with entertainment along the avenue. Richard Herzfeld honored boxing champ Ezzard Charles for refereeing a special bout. Duke Ellington and Louie Bellson played for the crowd.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #19.

Month/Day/Year: October 3, 1951

Segment Number: 8

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Jazz musician and Milwaukee native Woody Herman came home to help kick off a fundraiser for his alma mater, St. John Cathedral High School. Alderman John Fleming is the co-chair of the campaign. See script for other names.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #21.

Month/Day/Year: October 31, 1951

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Actor Basil Rathbone, who portrays Sherlock Holmes in movies, talked with Mrs. Ludwig Kaphan of the Women's American ORT at a fundraiser.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #21.

Month/Day/Year: November 7, 1951

Segment Number: 6

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Television stars Burr Tillstrom and Fran Allison visited Milwaukee and joked around at the Miller Brewery's Champagne Room.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #21.

Month/Day/Year: November 7, 1951

Segment Number: 9

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Amateur Hour host Ted Mack held his show in Milwaukee and was the guest of honor at a reception at the Brown Bottle. Allen Sager and Dr. Harry Bylan, two of the local organizers, and Robert Uihlein attended the reception.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #21.

Month/Day/Year: November 14, 1951

Segment Number: 5

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Waukesha native and musician Les Paul and wife/singer Mary Ford visit with WTMJ's Al Buettner and show him some of their recording equipment. Footage of Paul playing the guitar and Ford singing.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #21

Month/Day/Year: December 12, 1951

Segment Number: 9

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Child star Gi Gi Perreau signs autographs at Gimbel's Department Store. Perreau is only 10 years old but has appeared in 21 movies.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #21.

Month/Day/Year: January 9, 1952

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Actor Pat O'Brien came home to Milwaukee for an engagement at the Schroeder Hotel. He was serenaded by the Marquette University band. O'Brien reminisces with an old friend and talks about his family.

Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #6.

Month/Day/Year: March 12, 1952

Segment Number: 5

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Academy Award winner Ray Milland visited Milwaukee as part of a promotion for a new movie. He was greeted by E. Fitzgibbon.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to film; see videotape #6.

Month/Day/Year: March 12, 1952

Segment Number: 6

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Entertainer Sophie Tucker was in Milwaukee for an appearance at the Tic Toc Night Club. She visited with fans and signed autographs. She also talked about the last time she was in Milwaukee.

Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #6.

Month/Day/Year: March 12, 1952

Segment Number: 7

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Yiddish comedienne Molly Picon visited Milwaukee to help raise money for the Bonds for Israel campaign. She is shown entertaining at the home of Charles Lubotsky. Sophie Peckarsky is also present.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #6.

Month/Day/Year: May 14, 1952

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Movie director Cecil B. De Mille visited Milwaukee to promote his latest movie, "The Greatest Show on Earth."

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #7.

Month/Day/Year: July 16, 1952

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. A crowd of adoring fans waits for singer Johnny Ray outside the Riverside Theatre. Ray signs autographs for some fans before driving off.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #7.

Month/Day/Year: September 10, 1952

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Actress Nancy Olson arrives at the Northwestern depot. Olson is an alumna of Wauwatosa High School and is in town to promote her new movie.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #8.

Month/Day/Year: January 7, 1953

Segment Number: 6

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Actor Duncan Renaldo, also known as the Cisco Kid, visited with patients at the veteran's home at Wood including Lawrence Miller, Mike Zairn, and Billy Tansor.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #11.

Month/Day/Year: January 14, 1953

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. High school students, including Hans Kohler, James Rainke, and Virginia Westling, meet and interview Rock Hudson at the Schroeder Hotel. Hudson was accompanied by Jack Diamond of Universal Studio.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #11.

Month/Day/Year: January 21, 1953

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Movie and stage star Van Heflin was interviewed by Walter Monfried, the Milwaukee Journal music and drama critic, at the Hotel Schroeder.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #11.

Month/Day/Year: March 11, 1953

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Movie stars Audie Murphy and Susan Cabot visit the nursery of the Cerebral Palsy Clinic to spur interest in the Easter Seals Drive. Murphy and Cabot visit with Christine Biersach and Dickie Smith.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #11.

Month/Day/Year: April 15, 1953

Segment Number: 2

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. A cancer fundraiser was held at the Schlitz Brown Bottle with comedian Jack Carson and his wife actress Lola Albright. Other stars include Jeffery Hunter and Dan Daily. Robert Uihlein, Jr. is the campaign chairman.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #12.

Month/Day/Year: June 10, 1953

Segment Number: 7

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Milwaukee Journal reporter Laura Pilarski greets Sophie Tucker, the last of the "Red Hot Mamas." Tucker has a night club engagement in Milwaukee to celebrate her 50th year in show business.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #12.

Month/Day/Year: October 21, 1953

Segment Number: 6

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Liberace returns to Milwaukee for a concert, autograph signing and a visit with his family. He visited the Miller Inn with Fred Miller, his sister Ann Coles, brothers George and Rudolph, and former teacher Florence Kelly.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #14.

Month/Day/Year: October 28, 1953

Segment Number: 2

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Television, stage and screen star Robert Montgomery spoke before the annual meeting of the Better Business Bureau of Milwaukee. Montgomery spoke against more government regulation. He talked with George Lindbloom and Richard Jordan.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #14.

Month/Day/Year: November 18, 1953

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Singer Julius La Rosa arrived at the train station for an appearance in Milwaukee. He was met by a small but enthusiastic group which included reporters from local high schools.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #14.

Month/Day/Year: January 27, 1954

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The entertainer Hildegarde receives a citation from the National Safety Council from Mayor Zeidler for her work promoting a series of safety messages. She is also congratulated by Common Council president Milton McGuire.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #15.

Month/Day/Year: February 10, 1954

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Conductor Howard Barlow served as a guest conductor for the Milwaukee Pops Orchestra. He is seen at a luncheon at the Blatz Auditorium with Brian Sullivan of the Metropolitan Opera, Gertrude Peulicher and John Anello.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #15.

Month/Day/Year: February 10, 1954

Segment Number: 5

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Singer Patti Page was in town for the Auto Show. A reception at the Miller Inn was held for her. She is seen with Russell Arndorfer, chair of the auto show, A. N. Farrow and Joseph Burbach.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #15.

Month/Day/Year: April 7, 1954

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Actor Jeff Chandler holds a press conference for high school newspaper editors at the Hotel Schroeder. The teens also got autographs.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #16.

Month/Day/Year: May 19, 1954

Segment Number: 5

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis visit Milwaukee for a local personal appearance. They sign autographs as they wait to leave the train depot.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #16.

Month/Day/Year: October 20, 1954

Segment Number: 8

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Actress Esther Williams and her husband Ben Gage visit a jewelry store with a baby elephant named Darling. The elephant was accompanying Williams on a nationwide theatre tour. They went into the jewelry store to give several watches away.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #23.

Month/Day/Year: November 10, 1954

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Footage of movie star Vera Ellen arriving at the train station. She was greeted by a group of people. She was in Milwaukee to promote the movie "White Christmas."

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #23.

Month/Day/Year: 1959 Year Ender

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: Tennessee Ernie Ford, the self-styled national pea picker champion, visits Wisconsin and is presented with a pea picker scroll and set of knives for eating peas.

Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #10.

Month/Day/Year: October 11, 1961

Segment Description: Special Assignment. A movie is being filmed in Mellon, Wisconsin based of the life of Nick Adams, a character from several Ernest Hemingway stories. Actor Richard Beemer is shown filming a scene with actress Diane Baker.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #37.

Month/Day/Year: December 29, 1961

Segment Description: Special Assignment. Gypsy Rose Lee at the Swan Theatre. Gypsy Rose Lee helps with some construction at the Swan Theatre.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script.

Month/Day/Year: March 25, 1963

Segment Description: Special Assignment. Footage of the Pabst Theatre rehearsal of "Stop the World I Want to Get Off." Julie Newmar talks about her role and Joel Grey rehearses his scenes. Other cast and crew play with a dog in their off time.

Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.

Month/Day/Year: June 7, 1963

Segment Description: Special Assignment. Milwaukee's newest theatre took shape today. The musical "Guys and Dolls" will be shown at the Melody Top theatre and rehearsals start next week. Gordon and Sheila MacRae will star in the play.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script.

Month/Day/Year: June 26, 1963

Segment Description: Special Assignment. Mel Blanc, the man who is the voice of Bugs Bunny, was met at Mitchell Airport by Bugs Bunny and Sam Grecco, president of the Milwaukee Advertising Club. Blanc will speak at the club tomorrow night.

Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.

Month/Day/Year: November 18, 1963

Segment Description: Special Assignment. Ralph Zaun, the vice president of Grafton State Bank, greets Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler. Grafton Fire Department treats Fiedler to a ride on a fire truck. Fiedler talks about his love of fire engines and fire fighting.

Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.

Month/Day/Year: September 2, 1964

Segment Description: Special Assignment. Eugene Ormandy, the conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra visited Milwaukee. He talks about his life as a conductor and his love of music.

Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.

Month/Day/Year: October 22, 1965

Segment Number: 1

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Bob Hope comments on acting and politics. He thinks that President Johnson is the "John Wayne" of politicians. He sees a lot of similarities between acting and politics.