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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1942
Page
3
Flash preview notes MGM drama Crossroads set in prewar France starring William Powell Hedy Lamarr with Basil Rathbone and Claire Trevor.
A lavish Paramount film stars Bing Crosby Dorothy Lamour Fred MacMurray and Mary Martin with Cecil B DeMille and Preston Sturges directing. Victor Moore plays a gateman who disguises as Paramount president Cecil Kellaway. Walter Abel satirizes a big producer as he endures a sharp rebuke then wonders if he is going nuts.
Margaret McKay notes fashion trends drawn from cinema eras from Old South snoods to Arabian Nights Oriental gowns. She cites Maria Montez gowns inspiring shawls and slitted gowns, Casablanca influence on Moroccan jackets and pill-box hats, and celebrity looks from Irene Dunne, Bette Davis, and Dorothy Lamour at high profile events.
A glowing appraisal of Orson Welles The Magnificent Ambersons praising Tim Holt Joseph Cotten and Dolores Costello for standout work Agnes Moorehead and Ray Collins also notes a presidential closing message. The piece also mentions Newsreel unit Unite We Stand and Universal s Lady in a Jam a light screwball comedy.
Five cents buys a photograph of Mary Astor William Holden Janet Blair Brian Aherne Irene Dunne Cary Grant Bing Crosby Betty Grable Rita Hayworth Victor Mature Robert Montgomery Sally Wadsworth Charles Boyer Jean Arthur Tyrone Power Carol Landis Humphrey Bogart Ann Sheridan Errol Flynn Joan Leslie Barbara Stanwyck with Robert Taylor Buck Jones Roy Rogers Tex Ritter Bill Boyd Bill Elliott Charles Starrett Gene Autry. Send to Hollywood Today Crossroads of the World Hollywood California to cover mailing costs. Mention this newspaper.
A 1928 Harvard applicant named Broderick Crawford abandons college to pursue acting. Born to a theatrical family, he pursued vaudeville and stage work before landing a Hollywood contract via Punches and Judy, then the role Lennie in Of Mice and Men and later Broadway.
The reader learns Lloyd Nolan stars in Manila Calling at 20th Century Fox and Abbott and Costellos Pardon My Sarong at Universal. Howard Hughes plans an August release for The Outlaw amid censorship battles, with limited road-showing in smaller cities. Loraine Day, real name Loraine Johnson, born October 18 1920 in Roosevelt Utah, rose from Poly High to MGM and later MGM Kildare series fame, with a noted height and features.
A montage of Hollywood notes covers Errol Flynn stunts and Ann Sheridan ties, Joe E Brown and Judy Canova chase a plane, Leavitt and Sheridan gifts, Signe Hasso and Carmen Miranda career moves, Don Ameche directing ambitions, and plans for charting stars at MGM. Genealogies of media buzz mix with jokes and future projects.
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