[N.B.C trade releases]. (1957)

Page scan 000255 from [N.B.C trade releases].

Record Details:

Title:
[N.B.C trade releases].
Date:
1957
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : National Broadcasting Company]
Volume:
[N.B.C trade releases].
Leaf #:
000255
Language:
English
Subjects:
National Broadcasting Company -- Periodicals, Television programs -- United States -- Periodicals","Radio programs -- United States -- Periodicals","Press releases
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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NBC TELEVISION NEWS September 13, 1957 "ANNIE GOT HER GUN, DREW A BEAD ON AUDIENCE, AND CAPTURED IT" — THAT ' S A SAMPLING OP BRAVOS FOR MARY MARTIN -JOHN RAITT HIT THAT'S HEADED FOR NBC THANKSGIVING EVE COLORCAST "Annie got her gun on Thursday evening at the Curran Theatre (San Francisco), drew a bead on the heart of the audience, and im¬ mediately captured it." Thus wrote Paine Knickerbocker in the San Francisco Chronicle following the recent opening of Irving Berlin's smash musi¬ cal "Annie Get Your Gun." Since NBC-TV will offer the same show with the same stars - Mary Martin and John Raitt - and with the same wondrous Berlin song as a two-hour Thanksgiving Eve colorcast Wednesday, Nov. 27 (8:30-10:30 p.m., EST), potential viewers might be interested in what the San Francisco papers had to say. "Annie Hits Bulls-Eye" was the headline over critic Bob Hall's review in the Call-Bulletin; and this is the way he started his story: "There may have been more exciting nights than the opener of 'Annie Get Your Gun.' "But we can't remember when. (more ) PRESS DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK 20, NEW YORK