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The musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with music by Jule Styne, and starring Carol Channing, is presented at The Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 740 performances.
The Count Basie Orchestra plays the last of six nights at The Regal Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.The film Young Man With A Horn [aka Young Man Of Music], opens in cinemas in Japan. The film, based loosely on the life of Bix Beiderbecke, stars Kirk Douglas as a troubled young jazz trumpeteer, and includes acting roles for popular vocalist Doris Day, and songwiter Hoagy Carmichael.