Radio and screen stars in the Hollywood spotlight
INEZ GERHARD reports on radio actors crossing to Broadway and films. The piece notes Kippee Val ez's Western movie debut at Pioneertown with Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo, Wayne Morris’s navy career and awards, Gabriel Heatter’s five year broadcast contract, and Mercedes McCambridge joining All the King’s Men. It also covers Gloria DeHaven’s loan to Universal, Betsy Drake’s debut opposite Cary Grant, and odds and ends about Robert Stack and others.
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Mercedes McCambridge
New York
Columbia
Broderick Crawford
Cobb .367 Career Batting Mark Stands Beside Legends
The piece notes Ty Cobb's lifetime .367 batting average over 24 years, comparing it with leaders like Hornsby and Jackson. It discusses Williams and Musial as possible challengers, DiMaggio's declining window, and Cobb's dominance including 13 straight AL batting titles. It mentions Wagner, Lajoie, Sisler, Ruth, and Cy Young as other enduring records.
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Ty Cobb
Ted Williams
Red Sox
Stan Musial
Cardinals
Rogers Hornsby
Joe Jackson
Musial
Williams
Johnson
Young
Joss
Walsh
Wood
Donovan
Joe DiMaggio
Joe
San Francisco
Cardinal
Cobbs
Hornsbys
Joe Jacksons
Billy Hamiltons
Hans Wagner
Nap Lajoie
Wagner
Lajoie
Cobb
Hornsby
Tris Speaker
Detroit
George Sisler
Babe Ruth
Cy Young
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WNU
Inez Gerhard
Mne Burr
Hare Wey
America
Broadway
Did
Richard Baseheart
John Lund
Philip N. Krasne
Hollywood
Western Pictures
Pioneertown
Enterprise Studios
Caballero
Kippee Valez
Duncan Renaldo
Leo Carrillo
Warners
Wayne Morris
Carrier Air Group Fifteen
Gabriel Heatter
Mutual Broadcasting System
Lindbergh
Robert Douglas
Newhall
Douglas
Gloria DeHaven
MGM
Universal International
Donald O'Connor
Baby
Horace Heidt
NBC
Jack Benny
Heidt
Betsy Drake
Cary Grant
Betsy
Paris
London
Barbara Bel Geddes
Robert Stack
Fighter Squadron
Alaska
Clark Gable
Robert
Anne Burr
England
Prince Charles
Buckingham Palace
Lady Brabourne
Philip
Duke of Edinburgh
King George
David Bowes-Lyon
Earl of
Truman
Dewey
Mitchelfield
Japan
Jacob Deshaser
Doolittle
Tokyo
Deshazer
Fred MM Vinson
Adae
Dorothy Burks
United Nations Girl's Organization
United States
William H. Arnold
Miss Burks
Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Elizabeth
Duke
Clarence House
Sieyé Smith
Cobb’s
Hercules
Melvin Johnson
Hoxie
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OPPOR
Texaco
Highway 66
W. L. Smead
Fourth
Missouri
Rolla Stephens
Virginia Avenue
Joplin
Lois McMillen
Dex
Kansas City
Melvin Coombs
Walters
Ohio
Motors Electric
H.P
Lance Electric Company
West
Seth St
Trwon City
Yeenaes
MFG. CO
Albia
Iewa
South Dakota
A. O. Nordseth
Fieldman
Clark
Kansas
P. Roark
Scott City
Kans
Lloyd Fair
Coffeyville
Kas
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Metzner Stove Repair CO
Kansas City 6
Alamo Bank
San Antonio 5
Tex
Brunswick
Ray
McAllen
Texas
Boulder
University
Denver
Boulder, Cole
Meinershagen
Higginsville, Me
American Compressed Steel, Inc
Uberty St
Missour River
U.S. Savinga Onda
Jha Bost Investment
W. H. Bull
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