Morningside High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Inglewood, CA)

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3, Curious Savage The second play at MHS was also a comedy which took place at a sanitarium. The Curious Savage starred Barbara Edwards as Mrs. Savage and featured Dave Childress, Judy Burke, Carol Bruce, Mike Rogers, Doreen McCarthy, Joy Briggs, Dan Lewis, Jean Aquilino, and Mike Gisonno. The plot concerned the hiding of ten million dollars worth of bonds. They belong to Mrs. Savage and her relatives keep trying to obtain them. Mrs. Savage makes friends with the in- habitants of the sanitarium and decides to stay there even though she is sane. dede Qfecvzzfa Warne ,, , 1 ,- f -,.4- .-Q-' '., y , 4435 sw, rx,-V . . V ff- -, ,. , , . .. ,, ..,. . . H T..-....... wiwug' ' ' -1'6 ,- 1k bf'f- 5 21 - f-1-y,,.,. Q- 1 s, W, - , v - , . t , - '.x..r.r.1'-fr .- , f if , , v v.-.,!v:A::k:, :-M' lov-1 1,960 U ff-4.51 Finian' Rainbow

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L... 2 I. 9 fn .Nara A Degazlmente a 77Zaw6a9a6de, The Music and Drama departments combined to produce Morningside's first musical produc- tion this year. Starred in Finian's Rainbow were Nancy Thomas, John Musgrave, and Bob Perrine. The show was extremely successful. lt was performed Friday, March l8, and Saturday, March 19. The auditorium was sold out on Friday night, and came close to being sold out on Saturday night. All of Saturday's receipts were profit which will be put toward next year's production. Participating in the show was the A Cap- pella Choir. Staff supervisor for the choir, Don G. Fontana, directed the show. The company rehearsed from January to the March performance date. Assisting Mr. Fontana in the direction were teachers Mrs. Betty Walker, Ken Ton, Bill Mar- vel, and Ron Broaclwell, all Morningside faculty members. The Music and Drama departments are look- ing forward to equally successful musicals in future years. 'f 'lf , --7 ,

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All My Sons For the second time in MHS's history All My Sons was presented here. The play was given several years ago in the lecture hall but the new production was given in the auditorium on April l and 2. The play starred Joanne Premack, Bruce Giuliano, Judy Berry, and Martyn Agens. Also featured were Tom Nobles, Tom Nardini, Al Lehman, Lynne Heckman, Marie Penovich, Dick Popko, and Tony DiFraia. The story concerned some defective airplane parts that were made during World War ll by Bruce. The defects were covered up and the parts were shipped out as good and placed in war-planes. The planes with the bad parts crashed and the pilots were killed. Bruce pushed the responsibility off onto his partner during the trial that followed and the partner was sent to iail. Tom and Judy played the son and daughter of the uniustly-sentenced partner, and Joanne and Martyn played the wife and son of Bruce. The play was written by Arthur Miller, one of Amer- ica's foremost modern playwrights. lt was the most serious play ever to have been presented at Morning- side High and was considered, by all who saw it, to be one of the finest. Mr. Roberts, remembered as a hilarious and well produced show, closed the drama season. The performances of stars and bit players were equally excellent. Starring were John Musgrave, Paul Wood, and Bruce Guiliano. The entire football team performed in the production as the crew of the Navy transport ship in which the comedy takes place. A fanatically strict captain, a witty but frustrated officer, and a romantically inclined ensign made up the three main characters. One of the most popular iand talentedl members of the cast was the goat, who figured importantly in the story. The problem of a home for the goat during rehearsals was solved when the Army radar base across the street from Morningside agreed to give him room and board, which no doubt makes the goat the only United States citizen to have served in both the Army and the Navy. Mr, Roberts