Information: - The Steve Allen Show was an American variety show hosted by Steve Allen from June 1956 to June 1960 on NBC, from September 1961 to December 1961 on ABC, and in first-run syndication from 1962 to 1964. - Miracle on 34th Street (initially released in the United Kingdom as The Big Heart) is a 1947 Christmas comedy-drama film written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story by Valentine Davies. It stars Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn. The story takes place between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day in New York City, and focuses on the impact of a department store Santa Claus who claims to be the real Santa. The film has become a perennial Christmas favorite. - Donna Reed (born Donna Belle Mullenger; January 27, 1921 January 14, 1986) was an American film and television actress and producer. Her career spanned more than 40 years, with performances in more than 40 films. She is well known for her role as Mary Hatch Bailey in Frank Capra's 1946 film "It's a Wonderful Life." In 1953, she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Lorene Burke in the war drama "From Here to Eternity". - Stephen Valentine Patrick William "Steve" Allen (December 26, 1921 October 30, 2000) was an American television personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer. Though he got his start in radio, Allen is best known for his television career. He first gained national attention as a guest host on "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts." He graduated to become the first host of "The Tonight Show", where he was instrumental in innovating the concept of the television talk show. Thereafter, he hosted numerous game and variety shows, including "The Steve Allen Show", "I've Got a Secret", and "The New Steve Allen Show", and was a regular panel member on CBS' "What's My Line?" - The Bridges at Toko-Ri is a 1954 American war film about the Korean War and stars William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney, and Robert Strauss. The film, which was directed by Mark Robson, was produced by Paramount Pictures. Dennis Weaver and Earl Holliman make early screen roles in the motion picture. - It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet "The Greatest Gift", which Philip Van Doren Stern wrote in 1939 and published privately in 1943. The film is now among the most popular in American cinema and because of numerous television showings in the 1980s has become traditional viewing during the Christmas season. - Valentine Loewi Davies (August 25, 1905 July 23, 1961) was an American film and television writer, producer, and director. His film credits included "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947), "Chicken Every Sunday" (1949), "It Happens Every Spring" (1949), "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" (1954), and "The Benny Goodman Story" (1955). He was nominated for the 1954 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "The Glenn Miller Story". - The Glenn Miller Story is a 1954 American film about the eponymous American band-leader, directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in their first non-western collaboration. Universal-International's first public announcements, early in 1953, employed the soon-discarded title, "Moonlight Serenade." - From Here to Eternity is a 1953 drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and based on the novel of the same name by James Jones. The picture deals with the tribulations of three U.S. Army soldiers, played by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Frank Sinatra, stationed on Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed portray the women in their lives and the supporting cast includes Ernest Borgnine, Philip Ober, Jack Warden, Mickey Shaughnessy, Claude Akins, and George Reeves. - The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show currently broadcast from the Rockefeller Center in New York City (and previously from various studios in the Los Angeles region) and airing on NBC since 1954. It is the world's longest-running talk show, and the longest running, regularly scheduled entertainment program in the United States. It is the third-longest-running show on NBC, after the news-and-talk shows "Today" and "Meet the Press". - Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (also known as Talent Scouts) was an American radio and television variety show which ran on CBS from 1946 until 1958. Sponsored by Lipton Tea, it starred Arthur Godfrey, who was also hosting "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends" at the same time. - Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman (May 30, 1909 June 13, 1986) was an American jazz and swing musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". - The Benny Goodman Story is a biographical film starring Steve Allen and Donna Reed , directed by Valentine Davies and released by Universal - International in 1956 . The film is based on the life of famed clarinetist Benny Goodman , who recorded most of the clarinet solos used in the film . The film captures several major moments in Goodman 's life but it has been described as less than accurate in details . Goodman 's Jewish background is implicitly mentioned , despite it playing a part in his artistic and personal endeavors for decades . In one scene , where his mother tries to talk him out of a romance with Alice Hammond , played by Donna Reed , whom Goodman eventually married , she says , '' Bagels and caviar do n't mix. '' - Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897September 3, 1991) was an Italian-American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Italy and raised in Los Angeles from the age of five, his rags-to-riches story has led film historians such as Ian Freer to consider him the "American dream personified." - Chicken Every Sunday is a 1949 American comedy film directed by George Seaton. The screenplay by Seaton and Valentine Davies is based on the 1944 play of the same title by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein, which was based on the memoir by Rosemary Taylor. - It Happens Every Spring is a 1949 comedy film starring Ray Milland and directed by Lloyd Bacon. The story of a baseball pitcher is completely fictitious, and the main character King Kelly is not based on or related to the actual player. - What's My Line? is a panel game show which originally ran in the United States on the CBS Television Network from 1950 to 1967, with several international versions and subsequent U.S. revivals. The game tasks celebrity panelists with questioning a contestant in order to determine his or her occupation, "i.e.", "line [of work]," with panelists occasionally being called on to identify a celebrity "mystery guest" with specificity. It is the longest-running U.S. primetime network television game-show. Moderated by John Daly and with panelists Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf, "What's My Line?" won three Emmy Awards for "Best Quiz or Audience Participation Show" in 1952, 1953, and 1958 and the Golden Globe for Best TV Show in 1962. After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'the benny goodman story' exhibits the relationship of 'publication date'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - 18 - 1905 - 1909 - 1921 - 1939 - 1943 - 1944 - 1946 - 1947 - 1949 - 1950 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956 - 1958 - 1961 - 1964 - 1967 - 1986 - 2000 - 25 - 27 - june 1960
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1955