Oscar the Academy Award Revealed in Interview
Oscar speaks in Hollywood lore about the Academy Award, from origin to fame. The statuette’s birth in 1927, designer Cedric Gibbons and George Stanley’s sculpting, its seven pound heft, and a current $60 bargain price contrasted with a potential million dollar boost for winning films.
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Hollywood
Oscar
Wise Boys
Dean Jagger
Mercedes McCambridge
King’s Men
The
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science
Margaret Herrick
Academy
Bette Davis
Harmon Nelson
Cedric Gibbons
George Stanley
Los Angeles
Finland to ship timber pulp and news print to Britain
Finland has agreed to supply Britain with additional timber pulp and news print this year, expanding bilateral trade in essential industrial materials. The arrangement aims to bolster Britain's paper and packaging sectors amid ongoing supply concerns.
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Finland
Britain
Every body Does It at Paramount Theater
Darnell Douglas and Holm star in a Brightly performed Paramount feature with Linda Darnell Paul Douglas Celeste Holm and supporting cast. The plot tracks a house wrecking husband turned baritone as he tours with Darnell and faces stage fright and reconciliation with his wife in a lively musical comedy revival.
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Paul Douglas
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Twentieth Century-Fox
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Nunnally Johnson
Mildred Mitchell
Celeste
Darnell
Fatima
Millard Mitchell
Lucille Watson
Paramount Prefers Lamour In Sarong And Who Doesn't
Hollywood gossip notes Dorothy Lamour may reappear in a sarong for a big South Sea musical at Paramount while Rita Hayworth eyes a Columbia return in April. Oscar bets lean Kirk Douglas Brad Crawford Richard Todd. Margo Wood resume career after two children. Gary Coopers tour Europe in June. Evans Arden shifts away from comedy.
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Rita Hayworth
Kirk Douglas
Brad Crawford
Richard Todd
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Joan Leslie
U. of Louisville
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John Ford
King Vidor
Eve Arden
Margo Woode
Bill Burton
Gary Coopers
Europe
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Adele Jergens
RKO
Rossellini
Greek Soldier Howard DeSilva in Tripoli at Paramount
Howard De Silva will play a Greek soldier of fortune in Pine-Thomas' Tripoli filmed in Technicolor. Maureen O'Hara and John Payne co star with Payne as Marine Lieut Presley O Bannon, a renowned Marine Corps hero. Globe-News Want Ads Get Results.
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Tripoli
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Maureen O'Hara
John Payne
Presley O'Bannon
Marine Corps
Beauteous Jan Sterling Plays Brooklyn Gangster Moll
Jan Sterling, famed for Union Station with William Holden, shifts from Broadway ingenue to a Brooklyn gangster moll in Paramount's Union Station. The veteran performer has appeared in 17 Broadway plays, adapting to a tougher screen role.
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Jan Sterling
William Holden
Paramount
Moll
Jane Cowl Aims to Move From Stage to Screen Writing
Hollywood star Jane Cowl plans to expand her film career into writing. She has handed two stories and a play to her agents, drawing on a history of magazine articles and co authoring Smilin Through and Lilac Time. She also previews a forthcoming book Here Is My Contract on acting technique.
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Hollywood
Jane Cowl
Barbara Stanwyck
John Lund
Paramount
DeMille Awarded Certificate of Merit for Samson and Delilah
Hollywood the Southern California Motion Picture Council awarded Cecil B. DeMille its Certificate of Merit for Samson and Delilah described as a magnificent presentation with strongly implied spiritual sequences. The Technicolor epic stars Victor Mature Hedy Lamarr George Sanders Angela Lansbury and Henry Wilcoxon.
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David Harum Featured at Esquire Theater Today
Will Rogers classic film David Harum returns to the Esquire Theater today. The skinflint banker hero is revealed as charitable in disguise, with Rogers delivering a tailored performance that pleased fans worldwide.
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Will Rogers
Evelyn Venable
Kent Taylor
Esquire Theater
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Ton Orse
Rogers
Reed Back For Tripoli Starring Reed and O’Hara
Philip Reed returns to the screen after a stage appearance with Ann Harding to star with Maureen O’Hara and John Payne in Pine Thomas Tripoli a Paramount Technicolor release Reed plays an Egyptian Pasha in the adventure film set in a colonial theater context.
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Philip Reed
Maureen O’hara
John Payne
Pine- Thomas
Tripoli
Paramount Technicolor
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Pasha
Lucille Ball Describes Dream Role as Dramedy
Lucille Ball says she prefers roles that mix comedy with serious intent while co starring with Bob Hope in Paramount's Fancy Pants. The term dram edy reflects her view that humor can carry weight and meaning in film.
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Lucille Ball
Bob Hope
Paramount
That's My Boy and Harpoon Captiol Screen Offerings
Capitol screens present Jimmy Durante in That's My Boy and John Bromfield in Harpoon. Durante delivers musical comedy, song numbers, and a lighthearted caper, while Harpoon presents an Arctic adventure filmed in northern locales with Bromfield and Cardwell performing their own stunts and battles.
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Jimmy Durante
John Bromfield
Crisp
Jimmy
James Cardwell
Hollywood
The Exile and Corvette K-225 At Rialto Today
Rialto Theater presents The Exile set in 1600s England with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Maria Montez. Corvette K-225 shows naval action with Randolph Scott and Ella Raines in a Realart release.
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Max Opuls
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Realart
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James Brown
Barry Fitzgerald
Robert Mitchum
Ella Raines
Thomas Gomez
Richard Lane
Andy Devine
Fuzzy Knihet
Scott
Port of New York at State Theater Promises Intense Drama
A suspenseful drama opens at State Theater portraying a brutal manhunt surrounding port security. Directed by Laszlo Benedek, the film blends fact and documentary style with strong performances by Scott Brady K T Stevens and Richard Rober.
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Richard Rober
New York
Scott Brady
le Lion
Port of New York
State Theater
Lasso Benedek
America
K.T. Stevens
O'Hara and Wayne Reteam for Tripoli at Paramount
Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne are set to co star in Paramount's Tripoli a Techni color Pine Thomas production Payne will play Marine hero Lieut Presley who led a Libyan desert native army in 1805 O'Hara will play a diplomat's daughter
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Pine-Thomas
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Gilbert Roland Stars in The Furies With Stanwyck Cast
Gilbert Roland, paired with Barbara Stanwyck and Wendell Corey, stars alongside Walter Huston in Hal Wallis film The Furies, noted for Roland's expertise in boxing and fencing.
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Gilbert Roland
Barbara Stanwyck
Wendell Corey
Walter Huston
Hal Wallis
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