Theater Notes and TV Spoofs in a Busy Week
The column surveys- Freedom: The Wireless dramatization and March of Time with fliers and borrowed bombs, NBC’s Just Plain Bill with Arthur Hughes, puzzles about Helen Hayes sponsors, and sharp quips from critics and writers. Wit on Broadway burlesque, gin rummy follies, bystander notes, plus film reviews Manila Calling and Counter Espionage with Carole Landis.
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March of Time
Arthur Hughes
NBC
Helen Hayes
Kay Kyser
Panama
Hattie
Ann Sathern
Red Skelton
Cole Porter
Manila
Lloyd Nolan
Carole Landis
Modern Iowa Dairy Farm Ventures Into War Production
A Iowa facility described as a dairy farm is repurposed into a wartime factory. Virginia Johnson and Cleoda Knoblauch are cited as employees. Albert City businessman June Kid Sundholm shifts from dairy imagery to manufacturing, supplying ammunition with a model farm still under construction.
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Virginia Johnson
Cleoda Knoblauch
AAA
June Kid Sundholm
Superior Manufacturing Company
Albert City
Iowa
Mr. Sundholm
Ed Sundhelm
U. S. Army
Sundholm
Celebrities in wartime film and stage roles amid USO and Blitz era
A rapid survey of Hollywood figures and projects during wartime. Neagle’s defense themed film Wings and the Women showcases women in uniform while Rita Hayworth’s USO tour earns fan mail and hospital headlines. Other items note Amy Johnson inspired plots, studio prop experiments, royal cooperation in London shoots, and stars like Ginny Simms named The Sweetheart of America’s Armed Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mna Neagle
New York
Miss Neagle
Wings
Amy Johnson
London
RKO
War Department
Ginny Simms
America
Johnny
Ginny
Grand Canyon
Well-Doing and Patience Inside Faithful Living
A compact reflection on virtue quoting J G Holland about patience as the heart of true deed. The line argues that genuine good works arise from steady temperance and trust in God rather than rapid effort.
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John Mason Brown
Dusiness
Bowery
Hugh Hombre
Wyoming
Alaska
Arthur Brisbane
Quentin Reynolds
England
Reynolds
Duca
F. B. Mann
Anon
T. Riggs
Celia Cole
D. T. Lutes
Martin Lorrin
Ernest Bucklet
Harriet Danielson
August Rebhuhn
Miss Danielson
Ann Johnson
Virgina Valu
Rita Hayworth
USO
Rita
Nancy Gates
Band of Texas Teachers College
Joel McCrea
Washington
Jean Arthur
William 2. Anderson
Jef Donnell
Jef
Columbia
Aldrich
Goldsmith Boys
Fifth Avenue
Marguerite Chapman
Mona Barne
Fred Kelsey
Hollywood
Mona
Marguerite
Don Winslow
Raymond Edward Johnson
Orn
Kenosha
Wis
Frederic March
Don Ameche
Orson Welles
Benny Goodmen
Butch Dudie
Doris
Bide Dudly
Mickey Rooney
Navy Theater
San Francisco
Errol Flynn
Warner Bros
Edge of Darkness
Milt Goodwin
Mike Fright
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
New Montgomery
Rail
Hors
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Daling
J. G. Holland
Hulman & CO
Terre Haute, Ind
U. S
Sam
Betty Weaver
Piper Airport Com
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