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P: Asked at a Manhattan luncheon why he had changed the music in the movie version of the Broadway musicomedy Guys and Dolls, Producer Sam Goldwyn explained: "I put in three new songs to make the show better, and, to prove my point, two of the songs are already No. 1 on the Hit Parade."

P: Prosperity-in-Hollywood note: as a result of increased TV film production, the Screen Actors' Guild has had the greatest rise in membership in its history: from 8,370 in 1954 to 9,832 this year, an increase of almost 20%. P: While the Roman Catholic bishops of the U.S. cracked down on "a rising tide of moral laxity in movies," and called for a revitalization of the aims and purposes of the National Legion of Decency, the Motion Picture Association vigorously protested to Congress that movie censorship had "seriously eroded" the constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression. P: In Detroit, Brace Beemer, radio's Lone Ranger for 20 years, turned a couple of six-shooters on the heroes of movie westerns because they are too "pure" and "slicked up." "It's a shame the way western heroes have been painted for kids," Beemer complained. "Sure, no smoking or drinking is a good idea. But no work, no women, gives the kids the wrong idea. It makes the men look abnormal."

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