Thank you Tony, I will contact them and see if they have any info.
Kind regards,
Brenda
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> On 8 Oct 2014, at 2:40 am, Dennis Rooney <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Dear Brenda,
>
> After polling several acquaintances with expertise in theatre and musical
> comedy, the consensus is that there was no documentation of the 1949 TONY
> Awards. There is a remote possibility that a listener to Mutual's broadcast
> could have recorded it off-the-air; however, tape recorders were few in
> number in April, 1949. No recording is known to exist.
>
> In answer to your several queries, my contacts reiterated that the event
> was done entirely ex temp ore, so no scripts or other paper records likely
> survive. You may wish to reach Jane Klein at the Paley Center for Media in
> New York, who might have some information on the broadcast. I regret my
> inability to supply all the information you are seeking.
>
> DDR
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Brenda Clarke <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Any information re transcripts for 3rd
>>>
>>> I am doing some research on the original KISS ME KATE production that
>> won 5 Tony Awards in 1949.
>>> I was wondering if anyone had any material from that evening on SUNDAY
>> 24th APRIL 1949.
>>> Did COLE PORTER make an acceptance speech?
>>> Does anyone have any Transcripts available from this broadcast?
>>> What song did ALFRED DRAKE sing on the night of the Broadcast?
>>> Thanking you for your assistance with this.
>>> kind regards,
>>> Brenda Clarke
>>>
>>> Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom
>>> Broadcast on radio station WOR and the Mutual Network
>>> Production Supervised by Arthur Knorr
>>> Masters of Ceremonies: Brock Pemberton and James Sauter
>>> Performers: Yvonne Adair, Anne Renee Anderson, Carol Channing, Alfred
>> Drake, Bill Eythe, Nanette Fabray, Jane Froman, Lisa Kirk, Mary McCarty,
>> Lucy Monroe, Gene Nelson, Lanny Ross, Lee Stacy, Lawrence Tibbett, Betty
>> Jane Watson, Paul Winchell.
>>> Music by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra
>>> The silver Tony medallion, designed by Herman Rosse, is awarded for the
>> first time. The face of the medallion, carrying an adaptation of the
>> traditional comedy and tragedy masks and the reverse side carrying a relief
>> profile of Antoinette Perry, is engraved with the award citation and the
>> name of the winner.
>>
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