[News Script: May Wynn Egg Challenge]

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Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about actress May Wynn attempting to fry an egg on the concrete at Love Field. Wynn, who played the only female role in the film The Caine Mutiny, was on a personal appearance tour to advertise the film.

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2 p. ; 28 cm.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) July 13, 1954.

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  • Main Title: [News Script: May Wynn Egg Challenge]
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Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about actress May Wynn attempting to fry an egg on the concrete at Love Field. Wynn, who played the only female role in the film The Caine Mutiny, was on a personal appearance tour to advertise the film.

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2 p. ; 28 cm.

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  • Preferred Citation: NBC 5/KXAS News Scripts (AR0787), University of North Texas Special Collections

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[News Clip: May Wynn Egg Challenge]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about actress May Wynn attempting to fry an egg on the concrete at Love Field. Wynn, who played the only female role in the film The Caine Mutiny, was on a personal appearance tour to advertise the film.

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  • July 13, 1954

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: May Wynn Egg Challenge], script, July 13, 1954; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc726804/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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