Comedies Take Lead On Theater Row
Betty Gose reviews Duffy's Tavern at Parramount with Archie Gardner and a parade of stars. Her Highness and the Bellboy at State Theater is a sweet fairy tale about a princess and a bellboy with a changing romance. Other reviews mention A Thousand and One Nights at Capitol and a slate of upcoming films.
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Theater Row
Betty Gose
Archie) Gardner
Archie
Parramount
State Theater
Hedy Lamarr
Warner Andersen
Ray Milland Starts Career On Potato Boat
Ray Milland, then an alcoholic hero in The Lost Weekend, took his first paid job aboard a potato boat supplying English Channel ports.
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Ray Milland
English Channel
LIMBY AGAIN In Take This Woman Teresa Wright Debuts
Teresa Wright appears as an English girl in Take This Woman marking her first post Oscar role since Mus. Miniver. The piece notes her Academy Award win for portraying a Britisher.
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Teresa Wright
Sincce
Theaters Showcase Four Premieres This Week
Robert Benchley narrates a bedtime tale for the Crosby kids in Duffy's Tavern at the Paramount Theater. A Thousand and One Nights opens at Capitol with Evelyn Keyes as the Genie and Cornel Wilde wooing Adele Jergens. The House on 92nd Street stars Lloyd Nolan as FBI Inspector Briggs at the Paramount. Marine Raiders debuts tomorrow at Leon Theater with Frank McHugh as the cook. June Allyson dreams of her prince in State Theater program with Robert Walker and Rags Ragland.
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Robert Benchley
Crosby Kids
Paramount Theater
Genie
Evelyn Keyes
Aladdin
Cornel Wilde
Armina
Adele Jergens
Frank McHugh
Leon Theater
June Allyson
Robert Walker
Rags Ragland
State Theater
Tufts Mother Finds Garage Cleaning A Curious Hobby
Sonny Tufts says his mother Mrs. Bowen Charleston Tufts II arrived in Beverly Hills to visit at his ranch home and helped clean the garage. The visit was her first since Sonny and Bar Lara moved in and she also visited the film set for Cross My Heart with Betty Hutton.
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Bowen Charleston Tufts II
Boston
Sonny Tufts
Beverly Hills
Sonny
Hidden Valley
Betty Hutton
Ambition Motto Hangs In Welles Dressing Room
On the set of Tomorrow Is Forever at RKO Radio a framed motto in Orson Welles dressing room urges constant work. It proclaims that every ambitious person should labor every minute to reach the top and endure days nights and holidays.
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Orson Welles
RKO Radio
Welles Paints Clowns In To morrow is Forever
Orson Welles, toying with painting before acting, spends spare time on clown portraits. His friend Joseph Cotten, a clown art collector, patrons his work and collects pictures photos and figures of clowns as a hobby.
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Orson Welles
Joseph Cotton
Albert Basserman Book Aids Nazi Burnings Prompting Caution
During a Rhap sody in Blue interview Albert Basser lent a Swiss press correspondent a self biography about him titled Albert Basserman His Way and Work by Julius Bach, Leipzig 1929. The work later faced Nazi fire orders as Basserman opposed the regime.
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Albert Basserman
Juluis Bach
Leipzig
Germany
Basserman
Never Met Gershwin Says Robert Alda
Robert Alda who portrays George Gershwin in Rhapsody in Blue has long theater tenure and says he never met Gershwin. He studied Ira Gershwin and George’s friends for characterization and mannerisms.
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Gershwin Robert Alda
George Gershwin
Mr. Gershwin
George
Ira
Amusement Calendar Highlights Radio Stars in 1940s Screens
A drop-in guide to current screens and nightclub acts listing Duffy’s Tavern with Ed Gardner and stars, Lamarr, Walker, Allyson, Allen, Benny, Hall, Stanwyck, Morgan, Davis, RoGers, Mitchum, Jeffreys, Bogart, Henreid, and more. Open nights feature Carl Scales band and Fritz Cowan.
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Paramount
Pantex
Connecticut
Barbara Stanwyck
Dennis Morgan
Leon
Ann Miller
Glenn Gray
Alvino Rey
Ae Davis
Joan Lorring
John All
Texas
Lloyd Nolan
Michael O'Shea
Ginger Rogers
Tim Ryan
Hedy Lamarr
Paul Henreid
Nevada
Bob Mitchum
Anne Jeffreys
Humphrey Bogart
Alexis Smith
Tiny electric motor built by Wayne Hunter in Colton Oregon
Wayne Hunter of Colton Oregon reports the creation of a compact electric motor about the size of a pen. The demonstration highlights a potential advance in miniature machinery and portable devices.
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Wayne Hunter
Colton
Ore
Sam Goldwyn reorganizes motion picture firm
Sam Goldwyn announced that 50 percent of the stock in his motion picture company was acquired by his employer. He said the company would be reorganized and he would relinquish the presidency to James A. Mulvey while remaining as chairman of the board.
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Hollywood
Samuel Goldwyn
Ben
James A. Mulvey
Goldwyn
Von Tablets Bring Comfort to Indigestion Sufferers
Advert says Von Tablets ease excess stomach acid and related symptoms. Satisfied users report relief from indigestion heartburn belching and sour stomach. Trial size offers one dollar twenty five with larger options also available at druggists.
Betty Hutton Receives Portable Dressing Room On Stork Club
Gift to star Betty Hutton a new portable dressing room with a rehearsal piano given at the opening of The Stork Club.
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Betty Hutton
Ingrid Bergman Encounters a Soldier Far Apart
Ingrid Bergman meets a blond GI while touring the European theater of war. He recalls living next door to her in Stockholm and later in Benedict Canyon near Beverly Hills. He worked at MGM next to her Selznick studio in Culver City.
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Ingrid Bergman
Germany
Ingrid
Stockholm
United States
Benedict Canyon
Beverly Hills
Cal
Miss Bergman
MGM
Selznick
Culver City
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