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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1941
Page
6
A brief preview spotlights the new musical headed by John Payne and Alice Faye with Carmen Miranda Cesar Romero Cobina Wright Jr and George Barbier delivering lively moments from the studio.
William Cabanne son of director Christy Cabanne, endured three bouts of pneumonia by age thirteen on Long Island. He moved to California, became a strong swimmer and athlete, studied at USC, then worked at Northrop before joining Paramount. There he rose as an actor in Sweater Girl Louisiana Purchase and Reap the Wild Wind, often portraying the ultimate interne.
A sweeping wrap of Hollywood notes reports Sonja Henie’s contract status at 20th Century Fox, Abbott and Costello’s film plans with a South Sea backdrop, Robert Stack’s rising star appeal, Shirley Temple in Kathleen at MGM, and Jo an Crawford’s New York trip with many suitcases. Also covered are Linda Darnell’s return to school acting, Pat O’Brien’s Fox shoot, and other studio chatter from RKO, Universal, and Republic with trivia and jokes from the era.
Sterling Hayden returns a $17,000 yacht amid rumors of his resignation from acting. Walt Disney may move staff to South America for expansion, while Martha Raye toys with a stage comeback. Eddie Cantor eyes Martha in Keep Em Flying, and Roy Rogers plans western shops. Ann Sothern and Roger Pryor confirm separation. Celebrity moves, comebacks, and theater chances fill the tabloid chatter.
Hollywood Today in Hollywood California invites readers to join the Fan Club and receive a free membership card. Members obtain autographed photographs from various movie stars, available only to club members.
Free photograph promotion for Marlene Dietrich from Hollywood Today At Crossroads of the World Hollywood California. Readers must include the newspaper name and their membership number from the card. Limitations apply to stars offered in this spacer.
Hollywood preview week features two standout films. Columbia’s Ladies in Retirement stars Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward in a bleak moor drama praised for superb acting and Charles Vidor’s direction. Paramount’s Skylark with Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland is a sharp stage-to-screen triumph about a wife reasserting love amid her husband’s money worries, deftly guided by Mark Sandrich.
In Hollywood, about two hundred extras were paid to sit in a grandstand and watch rehearsals for the film Malaya at Paramount. Richard Denning faced a lion in a leopard-skin without a double while a monkey caused chaos on set and Dorothy Lamour was absent from the scene.
The article surveys current fashion trends in Hollywood with ornate hairdos, mantillas, clips, and accessories. It highlights examples from Dorothy Lamour Joan Bennett and Paulette Goddard, noting chignons, halos of ornaments, and a bold velvet rose hat paired with a black frock.
Wax Man introduces a weekly Record Review in Hollywood Today praising and critiquing wax discs, film soundtracks, and artist negotiations with ASCAP. The piece previews industry tensions during ASCAP and NAB talks and promises unbiased coverage from a veteran music industry figure.
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