Glash Preview RKO London Home Tale
RKO presents a London home saga spanning 1804 to 1941 with an all star cast. The production traces generations and pivotal events around the residence and its occupants in a period drama format.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1943
Page
10
RKO presents a London home saga spanning 1804 to 1941 with an all star cast. The production traces generations and pivotal events around the residence and its occupants in a period drama format.
On the set for Twentieth Century Fox coldblooded fog machines overproduced causing Joan Fontaine to get lost in mist near the Yorkshire castle. Two assistants rushed to rescue her as director Robert Stevenson fretted over the imperfect weather in Hollywood.
Hollywood front line shows a bird's eye view of new spring outfits. Jean Arthur wears a pink lightweight wool dress with a luminous jacket and chalkline embroidery. Irene Manning, Sheila Ryan, Annabella, Maureen O Hara and others showcase hats, suits, caps, and accessories in vivid colors and fabrics.
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Review notes Abbott and Costello deliver a wacky universal vehicle It Ain't Hay with catchy tunes pretty girls and madcap antics Tea Biscuit horse race plot drives the comedy while Grace MacDonald and Leighton Noble headline a lively cast The second feature Ladies Day stars Eddie Albert Lupe Velez and Max Baer with romance and baseball chaos highlighted by a bridge to Ginger Rogers husband Jack Briggs
Carl Esmond, famed for Nazi villain parts, plans to abandon unsympathetic characters once he becomes a United States citizen. He currently stars in Attack By Night and will soon join Paramount for a sympathetic lead in Dr. Wassell under Cecil B. DeMille.
Susan Hayward rose from Brooklyn to Hollywood after winning a $75 NYC school contest and pursuing dramatic training. She starred in Hit Parade of 1943 and is under contract to Paramount on loanout to Republic. Dick Foran has left Westerns, pursued comedies and stage, and reportedly married a non performer after leaving Universal.
The piece notes Franchot Tones and his wife finally acknowledging a long whispered event tied to Mrs. T s wardrobe shopping at the Anticipation Shop owned by Garbo. It also mentions other Hollywood gossip involving Grayson Shelton Reeve Dann Di Maggio and Kay Kyser tied to public life and romance.
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