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Cast of the Ed Sullivan Show onstage in the U.S.S.R.
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 6; File 3; Item 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 6
- File
- 3
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 14 x 6 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- In August 1959, the Ed Sullivan show travelled to the USSR and taped a show in Moscow titled, "Invitation to Moscow". It aired September 27, 1959. Sylvia Schwartz photographed the show as she was in Moscow at the time.
- Acts that were featured at the show included Rise Stevens (a mezzo-soprano opera singer), the Barry Sisters (vocal group), Margaret Tynes (opera singer), Marge and Gower Champion (dancers), Dick Contino (accordian player) and Hubert Castle (tight-wire aerialist).
- Edward Vincent "Ed" Sullivan (b. 28 September 1901 - d. 13 October 1974) was a US entertainment writer and television host, best known as the presenter of the television variety program "The Toast of the Town," now usually remembered under its second name, "The Ed Sullivan Show." Broadcast for 23 years from 1948 to 1971, it set a record for long-running variety show in US broadcast history.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a group portrait of the cast of the Ed Sullivan Show onstage in the U.S.S.R.. From left to right: Unknown man, unknown woman, unknown man, unknown man, unknown man, unknown woman, unknown man with harmonica, Rise Stevens, Ed Sullivan, Dick Contino with accordian and one of the Barry Sisters.
- Notes
- This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s6_f3_i1.
- Name Access
- Ed Sullivan show (Television program)
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions