Bagels and Yox

This is a flier for the number one entertainment for the American-Jewish people, "Bagels and Yox." This particular run was to open on Sunday, May 11, 1952 at the Blackstone Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

I can't find too much information on this particular run of the show. I did find a 1951 review of the play in the New York Times theater section. The Blackstone Theatre is still around but is now known as the Merle Reskin Theatre.

The Moon Is Blue

Chicago Stagebill from The Harris Theatre for The Moon Is Blue by Otto Preminger. The show began running on Sunday, March 30, 1952. The show was written by F. Hugh Herbert and starred Leon Ames, Maggie McNamara & Biff McGuire. In 1953, the play was made in to a movie that was directed by Otto Preminger and only Maggie McNamara reprised her role from the stage.
According to Wikipedia:
Otto Preminger had directed the 1951 Broadway production of F. Hugh Herbert's play with Barbara Bel Geddes, Donald Cook, and Barry Nelson in the lead roles. Its successful run of 924 performances prompted him to contract with United Artists to finance and distribute a screen adaptation over which he would have complete control. He deferred his producer's and director's salaries in exchange for 75% of the film's profits.[
Preminger cast David Niven over the objection of studio executives, who felt the actor's career was in a decline. The director cast him in a West Coast production of the play to prepare for the film.[2] Last of the leads to be cast was Maggie McNamara, making her screen debut in a role she had played on stage in Chicago.
Herbert's play had been a huge success in Germany, and Preminger decided to film English and German language versions simultaneously, using the same sets but different casts. The director estimated this method would increase the filming schedule by only eight to ten days and production costs by only 10 to 15 percent. The budget for both films was $373,445.[4]
On July 13, 1951, the Breen office contacted Herbert and advised him his screenplay was in violation of the Motion Picture Production Code because of its "light and gay treatment of the subject of illicit sex and seduction." On December 26, Preminger submitted a revised draft of the script which, due to numerous lines of dialogue exhibiting "an unacceptably light attitude towards seduction, illicit sex, chastity, and virginity," was rejected on January 2, 1952. Contrary to later legend, the words "virgin," "mistress," and "pregnant," all of which had been in the original play's dialogue, were not singled out as objectionable. On January 6, Preminger and Herbert advised the Breen office they disagreed with its decision and would film the screenplay without further changes.

Atomic Blast Preparedness

These first few images are a series of photos taken in Los Angeles in the early 1950s showing how to "survive" an atomic blast. The last few images are just miscellaneous goodies from Los Angeles about an atmoic attack.

All photos from the UCLA Library collection Changing Times: Los Angeles in Photographs, 1920-1990.



UNEXPECTED-- An atomic bomb (presuming United States and Russia reached state of open war) could explode above and behind you without warning. Lora Elliot and Lyle Bettger, Paramount studio actors, demonstrate



FLASH--First indication of an atomic air burst is a sudden and tremendous increase in the general illumination. First natural reaction to overcome is a tendency to look at the light source. Here the couple resist impulse to look at deadly ray



TIME TO RUN--After 10 seconds the couple rise and look quickly for better cover against flying wreckage. These pedestrians dash around corner into a doorway



PROTECTION--They drop instantly to the ground, covering as much of body as possible against searing rays. Coat thrown over face will help. Air blast which causes wreckage arrives some seconds after instantaneous light flash



JUST AFTER--Whirling away from window, she drops to floor and huddles under her desk, thus obtaining protection from light rays and flying glass. She remains beneath the protection of desk for a least a minute



Atom bomb drill at school in Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1951



Charles Caudle using puppets and props for lecture on the do's and don'ts during an atomic bomb attack in Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1951



Three women standing before Alert America (civil defense) posters in Los Angeles, Calif., 1952

Bananas Need Cold Weather Protection

This is a 1952 mini-brochure from the Fruit Dispatch Company tell people how to properly store and display bananas. Bananas were a fairly new fangled fruit in America in 1952. Remember - Color Sells Bananas.