Read Impresario: The Life and Times of Ed Sullivan Online
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Articles
Astor, David. “Ed Sullivan Was Also a Syndicated Writer.”
Editor and Publisher
, December 7, 1991.
Baer, Atra. “Sullivan Goes On and On …”
New York Journal-American
, June 24, 1963.
Barthel, Joan. “Sullivan Survives.”
New York Times Magazine
, April, 1967.
Beck, Marilyn. “Rascals Cuts Ties with Establishment.”
Milwaukee Journal
, January 13, 1969.
Bender, Harold. “Ed Sullivan Recalls His Most Memorable TV Moment.”
Pictorial Tview
, February 18, 1962.
Bishop, Jim. “The Inside Story of Ed Sullivan.”
New York Journal-American
, March 17, 1957 (three-part series).
Crist, Judith. “His Ratings Sinking, Godfrey Drops 6 Singers, 3 Writers.” New York
Herald-Tribune
, April 16, 1955.
Crosby, John. “Last Big Laugh on Television May Be Sooner Than You Think.” New York
Herald-Tribune.
January 15, 1951.
Crosby, John. “Why? Why? Why?” New York
Herald-Tribune.
December 31, 1948.
Davis, Alvin. “The Ed Sullivan Story.”
New York Post
, March 26, 1956 (six-part series).
“Dawn Patrol Revue Heads Loew’s Bill.”
New York Journal-American
, November 2, 1935.
“DeMille is Off Sullivan Show.”
The New York Times
, March 8, 1953.
“Ed Sullivan and His Dawn Club Patrol Revue.”
The Brooklyn Citizen
[advertisement], May 3, 1934.
“Ed Sullivan Is Offering Revue at Loew’s State.” New York
Herald-Tribune
, July 7, 1934.
“Ed Sullivan M.C. at State.”
New York Journal-American.
August 24, 1942.
“Ed Sullivan [profile]”
Saturday Evening Post
, April 20, 1968.
“Ed Sullivan Revue at State.”
New York Journal-American
, October 31, 1936.
“Fearless Ed Sullivan.”
TV Guide
, June 19, 1953.
“Feud’s Fire Nips Barry Gray.”
New York Post
, March 12, 1952.
“Fiance Is with Her As Death Summons.”
Chicago American
, January 31, 1927.
Fricke, David. “It Was 40 Years Ago Today.”
Rolling Stone
, February 19, 2004.
Gardella, Kay. “CBS-TV Fighting Irishman Still in There Punching.” The
Daily News
, July 21, 1959.
“Girl Swimmer Dies, Planning to Marry.”
New York Telegram
, January 31, 1927.
“Goodbye, Ed Sullivan”
Los Angeles Times
, June 13, 1971.
“ ‘Graphic’ Just Blows, Makes No Statement.”
Variety
, July 12, 1932.
Grove, Gene. “A Sunday with Ed Sullivan.”
Tuesday Magazine
, March, 1966.
Harris, Eleanor. “That ‘No Talent’ Ed Sullivan.”
Look
, April 5, 1955.
Higgins, Robert. “The Bumbling Barnum of Sunday Night.”
TV Guide
, June 17, 1967.
Humphrey, Hal. “Second Generation Performs for Sullivan.”
The Courier-Journal & Times
, March 17, 1968.
Kilgallen, Dorothy. “Gossip in Gotham.”
New York Journal-American
, March 9, 1961.
Knickerbocker, Cholly. “Ed Sullivan Assailed for Permitting Paul Draper to Appear.”
New York Journal-American
, January 24, 1950.
Kempton, Murray. “The Reason Why.”
New York Post
, October 31, 1962.
Knox, C.M. “Why Ed Sullivan Needs Bodyguard.”
Exposed
, March, 1957.
Laguardia, Robert. “Ed Sullivan: Where, Why, and How Has He Gone.”
Show
, Summer, 1971.
Lardner, John. “A Happy Sullivan Day.”
New Yorker
[Exact date unknown; the mid 1960s].
MacKenzie, Bob. “The Really Big Shew.”
Oakland Tribune
, March 17, 1971.
Martin, Pete. “I Call on Ed Sullivan.”
Saturday Evening Post
, February 15, 1958.
“Mason Says He Will Sue Sullivan for $10 Million.”
New York Journal-American
, October 20, 1964.
“Mines of Music.”
Radio Guide
, May 12, 1934.
Mosby, Aline. “Ed Sullivanov Mumbles in Russian.” United Press International, August 4, 1959.
O’Brian, Jack. “
Comedy Hour
Anything But!”
New York Journal-American
, January 9, 1956.
O’Brian, Jack. “So What’s Ed Scowling About?”
New York Journal-American
, June 19, 1963.
“Opera Can’t Compete with Elvis, So Ed Sullivan Parts with the Met.”
New York Post
, February 28, 1957.
“Paar vs. Sullivan.”
Life
, March 24, 1961.
Pascal, John. “Ed ‘Laughs Off’ Paar, Stills Wants to Debate.”
New York Journal-American
, March 14, 1961.
Pegler, Westbrook. “About ‘Celebrities’ Who Laud Themselves.”
New York Journal-American
, July 16, 1947.
Plummer, Evans. “Plums and Prunes.”
Radio Guide
, May 5, 1934.
“Radio Reports.”
Variety
, February 2, 1932.
Rosen, George. “ ‘Vaudeo’ Comes of Age in Texaco Show.”
Variety
, June 16, 1948.