[Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Re: Request help accessing New York Herald Tribune ProQuest database in 1951 (Variety 1951 would be helpful too) (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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> Subject:      Re: Request help accessing New York Herald Tribune ProQuest
>               database in 1951 (Variety 1951 would be helpful too)
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> Below are details that provide some context for the quotation. Also, thanks to Bill for the IBTD data. It is odd that Jay Robinson was not
> listed in the cast. In fact, the cast listing in the newspaper article also omitted Robinson.
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I think it's possible (likely?) that Robinson wanted to be in the cast, and set up the production that way, and while the play was being developed he was dropped for another actor because he was not "adequate" to the role.
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