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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 18, 1947
Page
17
Actress Pat Dane seeks divorce from bandleader Tommy Dorsey on grounds of mental cruelty. Dorsey, still friends, presents a Cadillac limousine as a parting gift. The pair were previously in headlines for a 1945 Hollywood home dispute and a court case tied to an affray with actor Jon Hall.
Jane Wyman and Ronald Reagan welcomed their first child, a three months premature daughter weighing 11 pounds at birth with the father in hospital with flu. Also noted are divorce actions involving Edward Arnold and John Loder, and rumors about Kathryn Grayson marrying Johnnie Johnston. Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth divorce proceedings hinge on her return from England with a July 28 departure listed.
Jeanne Crain ages 18 to 34 in Margie the technicolor comedy drama. Fox technicians and make up artists achieve the youthful and motherly looks showing her as a 16 year old and later as mother to a 14 year old daughter.
Alan Ladd sings for the first time on screen in Variety Girl and shows a lively singing style. Dorothy Lamour Bing Crosby and Bob Hope join the road picture Road To Maureen O'Sullivan will star in The Big Clock directed by John Farrow. Betty Hutton lands two assignments including Dream Girl and The Sainted Sisters. Donald Crisp and Elsa Lanchester are also featured in The Big Clock alongside Charles Laughton.
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