Film Daily 1941 Famous Fives Awards Highlights
Film Daily lists 1941 top male and female stars, supporting actors and actresses, juvenile performers, directors, writers, and photographers. Notable honorees include Gary Cooper, Orson Welles, Vivien Leigh, Katharine Hepburn, and James Gleason with mentions of Gable, Chaplin, Joey Rooney, and Brennan across major studios and classics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Cooper
Sergeant York
Warner Bros
Orson Welles
Rko-Mercury
Clark Gable
Charles Chaplin
Spencer Tracy
Vivien Leigh
James Gleason
Here
Mr. Jordan
Columbia
Walter Brennan
Jack Oakie
Ua-Chaplin
John Doe
Wb-Capra
Ua-Goldwyn
Olivia de Havilland
Gone With the Wind
M-G-M-Selzanick
Margaret Wycherly
Roddy McDowall
20Th Century-Fox
Dickie Moore
Bobs Watson
Virginia Weidler
M-G-M
Carolyn Lee
Paramount
Theresa Wright
Rko-Goldwyn
Katherine Grayson
Andy
Government as Usual in Wartime Woes and Woes
Edson notes the shift to defense projects under WPA NYA and CCC and praises OCD reforms while criticizing boondoggling. He highlights missteps from uniforms to youth programs emergency foods and a separate garden effort, arguing civilian defense should focus on training firemen wardens and police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edson Washington
WPA
NYA
CCC
Office of Price Administration
Civilian Supply
Harriet Eliott
Office of Civilian Defense
Fleanor Roosevelt
Tolan
OCD
weMare
War Leaders Quote Pair sparks Morale Debate
A wartime press feature quotes Stimson Mussolini and King George VI on duty and sacrifice. The remarks frame soldier morale, moral principles, and public service during conflict.
Studio tightens security for Japanese villains in films
In Hollywood war with Japan spawns new on screen foes. 20th Century Fox issues rules for Noel Madison and 20 other actors playing Japanese agents in Secret Agent of Japan. Measures include guarded entrances, no leaving sets in uniform, and limited use of guns. Madison and others are Caucasian, with makeup shaping their villainous look.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Moore
United Press
Hollywood
Japan
Vine Street
Hollywood Boulevard
20Th Century-Fox
Noel Madison
Madison
St Pierre and Miquelon Change Hands Count Tenth Time
Free French forces recently seized St Pierre and Miquelon marking the tenth transfer of administrative control since 1660. The islands near Newfoundland are a center of French Atlantic cod fisheries with a population near 4000 and fishing season from May to October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Newfoundland
North America
France
Britain
Paris
Manners Quiz on War Time Social Etiquette
A set of five questions about wartime social behavior with authoritative answers. 1 No to forbidding war talk if guests focus on it. 2 No to asking a new acquaintance about enlistment. 3 Yes to allowing a brief radio news broadcast if guests consent. 4 No to apologizing for entertaining during war. 5 Yes to considering loyal Americans born abroad. preferred solution is ending a call politely with a planned callback.
Crackers Questions on Editorial Page 1
Rostov, a key Russian city, fell to Germans but the Red Army expelled them soon after. Luzon, the Philippine island, was the site of the first Japanese attack on American territory. Sarawak, an oil and rubber rich British colony, lies on Borneo and could join Japan’s New Order. Guam, a small U S outpost, was the first American possession to fall. Kobe stands as a major Japanese industrial city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rostov
Caucasus
Red Army
Luzon
Philippine
Sarawak
Borneo
Guam
U. S
Pacific
Kobe
Japan
TODAY'S PUZZLER HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CLUES
Pictured late poetess Mrs Aline appears. 14 pair of horses . 16 crawled. 18 commit to memory. 20 old woman is. 22 Hoosier state. 23 aromatic apiaceous garden herb. 24 doctor abbr. 25 symbol for nickel. 26 New England abbr. 27 Tone D. 28 loan. 30 compass poir. 32 therefore. 33 symbol for samarium. 35 mountain of Larissa Greece. 38 feline house pet. 41 French article. 43 roof finial. 44 Indian answer to previous puzzle mulberry. 45 Indo Chinese language. 46 distinguished. 49 concord. 51 governor of a province in Egypt. 2 native metal. 4 medicine used to tone up the body. 5 gems of true olive shrubs. 67 oil reservoir of a lamp. 58 clay. 59 type of vulture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
MORE McLEMORE The War Changes Florida Attitudes
Palm Beach columnist Henry McLemore humorously notes Florida now praises California amid wartime unity. He recalls past mutual jabs between the states, mocks California weather hype, and jokes about upcoming trip to cement relations, despite odd feuds over fruit and sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Fla
Florida
California
Pacific Coast
San Diego
Orange Brigade
Orlando
Sanford
Salinas
Miami Beach
Malibu Beach
Bible Quotations and Proverbial Sayings Compilation
A short collection of biblical verses and a George Macdonald adage on trust. Includes Psalm 4 8 as a prayer for peace and safety, Job 5 2 on wrath and envy, and a proverb about trust versus love attributed to Macdonald.
Sharks Fuel Coastal Town's Rush of Riches and Risk
Rambling with Ernie Pyle describes Port Orford Oregon where shark fishing has grown fast. Fishermen target soupfin and dog sharks for liver livers fetch high prices boosting incomes. Jimmie Combs, a Harvard-educated loner, stands out for his courage and wit as the town grapples with a new peril and promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Pyle
Port Orford
Ore
Pacific
Jimmie Combs
Harvard
Peony Police and the Power of Importance
A Des Moines man solves a yard trouble with boys by making one jumper feel important. Eric O Ohman tells Harlan he will be his Peony Policeman to guard the peonies in his back yard. The tactic taps social status and yields immediate compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric O. Ohman
Fleming Building
Des Moines
Iowa
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mr. Ohman
Tibet
Timbuctoo
Harlan
Civilian Defense Program judged variable nationwide
A writer surveys hometown papers to gauge OCD success under LaGuardia. Reports show strong support on the Pacific coast and in Galveston while the Midwest and some inland areas lag. Red Cross activity appears universal, suggesting proximity to danger drives war effort engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stinnett
LaGuardia
Washington
Woods
Baltimore
Midwest
Minnesota
Indiana
Michigan
Galveston
Gulf Coast
Alaska
OCD
Red Cross
Census figures reveal vast consumption and death gaps in 1940
Census data show over a billion dollars wasted in smoke from more than 180 billion cigarettes and 7.9 million cigars, plus $7.5 million in pipes and cigarette holders. Whooping cough killed nearly six times as many infants as combined diphtheria, measles, and scarlet fever. Only 13 whooping cough deaths were reported for ages over 15. Beer from 766 million cans would form a 20 foot deep, 100 yard wide river from Washington to Bridgeport. Over 25 million pairs of rubber soles are made yearly. Hawaiian factories employ 16,642 wage earners and 2,186 salaried workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Bureau
United States
Washington, D. C
Bridgeport
Conn
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Here Comes
Seton TV. Miller
Sidney Buchman
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Aben Fenkel
Harry Chandlee
Howard Koch
John Huston
Sidney Howard
Donald Oeden Stewart
Citizen Kane
Gregg Toland
Ernest Haller
Northwest Mounted Police
Victor Milner
Duke Green
Bagdad
George Perinal
Osmond Barradaile
Gene Tierney
Twentieth Century-Fox
Samuel Goldwyn
Joan Leslie
Warner Brothers
RKO Radio
Veronica Lake
Graustark
Office of Production Management
Valley Forge
Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services
Paul V. McNutt
Department of Agriculture
Air Corps
Corps
Corps of Engineers
Signal Corps
Ordnance Dept
Chemical Warfare Service
Coast Artillery Corps
Stimson
Benito Mussolini
King George VI
Miquelo
Aline
Royal Navy Reserve
Kilmer
Buddha
More McLemore
Henry McLemore
Chambers of Commerce
Sacramento
Tallahassee
Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Arms Production
Petraes
Lee Ee Ee
I Merchant
Bill S
George Macdonald
Job
Jimmie
Coast Guard
Combs
Portland
San Francisco
Madame Litvinay
Dale Carnegie
America
Podunk
Podunk Clarion
Seattle
Burea
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