Hollywood Stars Weigh In On Judy Garland And Ty Power
Hollywood snippets from Erskine Johnson note Judy Garland likely back before November and Tyrone Power leaving The Australian Story for Mr. Roberts in London. Tony Martin rebounds to fame after a singing slump while Mae Murray fends off gossip about Valentino.
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Cars and Trucks Fail to Beat Horses in Filming Mud
In the Colorado Rockies during RKO Radio's Mad With Much Heart crews faced mud from melting snows. Ida Lupino Robert Ryan and others argued cars will never fully replace horses as teams of farm horses hauled personnel and gear when trucks bogged down.
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Tarzan’s Peril filmed near Nairobi with Lex Barker
African tribesmen in the Sol Lesser RKO film Tarzan’s Peril demand living cattle as payment for acting in jungle warfare scenes shot near Nairobi. The Masai are described as one of Africa’s savage clans in the production notes.
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Blue Lagoon at the State Theater Today and Tomorrow
The State Theater presents The Blue Lagoon with Jean Simmons and Donald Houston in a Technicolor South Seas romance. Shipwrecked stars grow up on a tropical island, fall in love, and plot an escape. The piece notes absence of major stars but praises Simmons prior Hamlet fame and the film’s overall performances.
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Theodora Lynch at the Liberty theater
Theodora Lynch stars in Forgotten Women at the Liberty Friday and Saturday. She is noted for forming a company that ships Hereford water to Hollywood in glass lined railroad cars. Elyse Knox also stars.
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Movie Star Becomes Texas Rancher and VP of Penny Poke
Hollywood reports Marion Brando has become vice president of Penny Poke Ranch Inc with range near San Antonio Texas and land in Brown County Nebraska. The venture stems from proceeds of his film The Men and Mar's Dough Inc which bought 1600 cattle. The ranch will graze Brando’s herd and those of small ranchers lacking pasture.
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Santa Fe Furnishes Museum Pieces for Western Film
Hollywood, Aug. 4. Two of four freight cars carrying props from Hollywood to Cottonwood, Arizona for the Scott Brown Technicolor film Santa Fe appear in actual production. The pair are 1870s period pieces from the Santa Fe railroad era, linked to two additional locomotives known in Western history as the Little Buttercup and the C. K. Holliday, which feature prominently in the Columbia picture. The cars and engines were borrowed from the Santa Fe museum for use in the road construction saga.
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Irene and Andy Reunited After 16 Years On Set
Trene Dunne and Andy Devine met on the RKO Radio set of Come Share My Love marking their first meeting since appearing together in Stingaree sixteen years ago.
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Ferrer Advises Actors To Seek Sidelines For Livelihood
Hollywood August 2 Special Jose Ferrer told Pasadena Community Playhouse graduates that stage actors should take sideline work such as ditch digging or selling insurance to survive between paying theater gigs. He cited limited long term theater earnings and his own Cyrano de Bergerac venture as example. He noted occasional radio and TV work helps, and that movie work can pay as much in a month as a whole theater season when near Hollywood.
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Fencer Cavens Also Actor in New RKO Film Duel
Al Cavens son of fencing master Fred Cavens stars in a sensational duel with Cornel Wilde in the RKO Radio picture. He also assists his father in coaching cast members who use rapiers. Father and son have worked together on more than 50 films.
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William Gentry Joins Three Secrets Mountain Rescue Role
William Gentry, former Our Gang star, appears in Warner Bros drama Three Secrets as a mountain rescue squad member. Now 21, he headlines a brief featured role amid the film's tense scenes.
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Louisa Sneak Preview At Amarillo Theaters
Amarillo audiences have two sneak previews this week, starting with Louisa a 1950 comedy praised for its star studded cast. The Paramount will follow with another preview tomorrow night at 8 o clock. Spring Byington plays a loving mother in law in a lively romance with Ronald Reagan and a witty ensemble including Ruth Hussey Charles Coburn and Edmund Gwenn.
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Paul V. McNutt Becomes United Artists Chairman
Paul V. McNutt, famed lawyer, governor, and public official, is named board chairman of United Artists Corp. He holds 90 percent of the stock as trustee for principals, while Frank L. McNamee becomes active head and chief decision maker. The move signals McNutt’s growing influence in the film company amid its ailing status.
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Capitol era film industry faces slump and leadership shift
A major movie company, operating since 1919 and losing up to $20,000 weekly, brings in a new head as industry woes persist. McNutt remains hopeful that strong pictures and management can reverse the downturn, while Karlson wins a Columbia contract for Lorna Doone with Resolute Pictures Technicolor.
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