Top Money Makers at 1944 45 Box Office
Virginia Vale notes Showmen's Trade Review ranking Greer Garson and Van Johnson as top money makers for 1944 45. Bing Crosby leads male stars last year, with Spencer Tracy Gary Cooper and Roy Rogers also high. Judy Garland Betty Grable Betty Hutton and Margaret O'Brien lead female stars, while Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo tops the overall list with National Velvet second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Showmen’s Trade Review
Greer Garson
van Johnson
Bing Crosby
Spencer Tracy
Gary Cooper
Roy Rogers
Judy Garland
Betty Grable
Betty Hutton
Margaret O’brien
Tokyo
Bob Hawk's Monday Night Show Adapts After War Era
The CBS Bob Hawk Show shifts to a new format with a five questions first prize and a five part second half. The wartime Thanks to the Yanks segment is replaced as the host enters a postwar phase. Meanwhile Margaret O'Brien draws scrutiny over her singing duties at a young age, styled after Jimmy Durante.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hawk
Margaret O’brien
Jimmy Durante
Louis Hayward Lands Key Role In The Strange Woman
Postwar star Louis Hayward signed for a top part opposite Hedy Lamarr in The Strange Woman after Hunt Stromberg’s Young Widow sneak preview co-starring Jane Russell. Hayward, a Navy captain of a photographic unit, filmed Tarawa. Sheik and California required dual stand-ins for rearing and falling. color scenes needed bleaching to match. Exploring the Unknown gains honors as an Armed Forces transcription program, distributed by NYU Film Library to schools, with the American Cancer Society using it in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Hayward
Hedy Lamarr
Hunt Stromberg
Jane Russell
Marine Corps
Tarawa
Palomino Bay
California
MBS
Armed Service Forces
G.i.s
New York University Film Library
American Cancer Society
Kate Smith Sings to Record-Setting Studio Crowd
The article notes Kate Smith will perform her Friday night Kate Smith Sings program from CBS Playhouse 4 before an audience of 1,100 with a West Coast repeat for 1,100 more, aiming to catch up with demand in about 45 weeks. It mentions Dave Elman’s Radio Auction selling famous historic items and the Radio Writers Association praising the show as novel. Additional items profile Drew Allen’s stage birth registration, Geoffrey Barnes’s Mystery Theater material, Dick Jones’s Army enlistment in Alaska, and Paramount’s The Searching Ind, marking a diamond jubilee with 75 films in 15 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Smith
CBS
Playhouse 4
West Coast
Kate
Drew Allen
Monogram
Stephen
Boby
Geoffrey Barnes
NBC
Mystery Theater
New York
Dick Jones
Henry
Aldrich
Alaska
Young
Paramount
Hollyow
Montana Mineral Resources Seen Growing Gradually
Dr. Francis A. Thompson says Montana’s mineral wealth runs to billions but the Treas ure State inventory shows a steady, calculated development rather than booms. The 68 minerals listed emphasize gold, silver, lead, iron, zinc, copper, coal and petroleum with coal reserves pegged at 400 billion tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Montana
Francis A. Thompson
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Bureau
Sam Ford
Thompson
Forest Service charts long range timber and land plan
The forest service outlines a long-range program to rebuild timberlands and ranges hit by wartime drain. President Truman asks Congress for 3 million dollars yearly to buy private forest lands and a 10 million dollar budget increase. Proposal totals include 38,251,500 for 1947, plus 1,072,000 for investigations and other allocations for protection, research, highways, roads and fire cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Forest Service
Truman
Congress
Livingston Doctor Named to State Chiropractic Board
Dr. L. R. Getchell of Livingston is named by the governor to the state board of chiropractic examiners for a term ending January 9, 1949. Montana’s building materials list expands to include agate antimony arsenic asbestos travertine cadmium calcite brick clay tungsten vanadium vermiculite alongside existing stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Getchell
Livingston
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Montana
Officers May Re-Enlist At Reserve Bank
Bozeman reports the U S Army recruiting office outlines reenlistment options for enlisted reserve corps members and former officers. Eligible personnel must enlist by January 31 to retain ranks and may return home for rehabilitation furlough after reporting back. Officers released after May 12 1945 may enlist in first grade within 20 days of release. final deadline is January 31 1946. Contact 109 East Main Street or call 1822 Bozeman for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
United States Army Recruiting Office
East Main Street
Dusting Off the Old Ones From Pioneer Files
Jan 24 1918 notice列 marriage license issued to Hjelmar Egeland and Mae Sandsness. Births include twins Pat and Mike Lamach. a son for Mr and Mrs Alex Harper. Mentions Dr T Busha aiding war effort. brothers in military service. travels and local events. travel due to bad roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hjelmar Egeland
Mae Sandsness
Melville
John W. Lamach
Gibson
Pat
Mike
Alex Harper
T. Busha
Teddy
Fort Wright
Wash
Tom
Camp Lewis
Homer
163Rd
Montana
France
Normal Rail Traffic Seen By Spring
Washington reports that Pull man sleeping cars will run on all railroad routes by March 15 and travel restrictions may be eased. Col J Monroe Johnson says a Feb 15 review will decide whether to lift the 70 percent space reservation for veterans on west to east coast flights. He expects ODT active transport duties to end by May 1 if conditions allow. Sleeping car ban on short routes to end gradually starting Feb 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
War Department
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Virginia Vale
Dave Elman
Mutual
Elman
Hitler
Marie Antoinette
Radio Writers Association
STATE
Reserve Bank
Pioneer
Pioneer Files
Elmer M. Arneson
Jean
Arneson
Seattle
J. T. McIntyre
Alex Watson
George W. Smith
Will Greig
Robert Burns
Elks Hall
O. P. Flare
Helena
Emery C. Jones
Mary Belle Jones
Harvey Cort
The
Ole Motor Co
L. J. Wilder
Carney
C.so. United Steel Workers Union
Steel Company
American Iron and Steel Institute
Fifth Avenue
New York, N. Y
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