Priscilla Lane Probes Movie Fans and Industry Trends
Celebrity Priscilla Lane visits neighborhood theaters to query managers on film reception and star appeal. Meanwhile industry notes cover air line previews of Flight Command, plans for on board screenings, and new technology like snow ice, plus Al Pearce and His Gang’s nine mike CBS radio show and sound effects innovations.
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Priscilla Lane
Edward J. Peters
Paramount
Charles Vidor
New York
Fred MacMurray
Mary Martin
Robert Preston
Victor
Hollywood
al Pearce
CBS
Carl Hoff
Pearce
Billy Gould
Wendell Niles
Bill Jordan
George Kent
Grew Bear-Wrangler to World Diplomat Opens Tiger Tale
Joseph C. Grew, ambassador to Japan, began with jungle exploits and tiger lore before rising through Cairo and Berlin to a long diplomatic career. The piece notes his age, service span, and family ties, including Mrs. Grew, a Perry descendant, and their daughter. It also profiles Erne Marshall, Cedar Rapids editor, and his stance on U.S. non intervention with rival editors William Allen White and No Foreign War Committee.
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Consolidated Features
York
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Grewister
Miataoka
Harvard
Singapore
Asia
China
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Grew
T. R
Cables
Cairo
Mexico City
Petrograd
Berlin
Vienna
Copenhagen
Berne
State Department
Grew
Commodore Perry
Cecil Lyon
Erne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Marshall
Iowa Supreme Court
London
London Chronicle
Mistaken Flattery and a Book Canvasser Scene
A master mocks his maid Mary about dirty hands while she jokes she is cleaner than the world. A canvasser hails Mr Jones with a provocative title claiming the husband bought a copy, prompting Mrs Jones to challenge the offer.
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Mary
Quiz shows head to CBS Pacific Network with cash prizes
Radio audiences will hear two new CBS Pacific Network programs Dont Be Personal and Talk Your Way Out of This One with studio audiences. Lurene Tuttle admires Helen Hayes and Bette Davis for acting lessons and now learns from John Barrymore on the Vallee programs.
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CBS Pacific
Lurene Tuttle
Helen Hayes
Miss Hayes
Bette Davis
Miss Davis
Lurene
John Barrymore
Odds and Ends from the Movie World This Week
Warner Brothers re issues Here Comes the Navy from 1934 with James Cagney and Pat O’Brien. George Burns and Gracie Allen renew their pledge to aid a number of youngsters at Boystown Nebraska. Donald Crisp ends a six month vacation with a role in Winged Victory. Ginger Rogers features in Kitty Foyle while Guy Kibbee takes the title role in Scat amet Baines.
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James Cagney
Pat O’brien
Warner Brothers
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Boystown
Neb
Donald Crisp
Kitty Foyle
Ginger Rogers
Guy Kibbee
Scatamet Baines
Flying ace De Sieyes aids De Gaulle in rallying Free French
Jacques De Sieyes, once a World War I flying ace who lost a leg, now serves as a personal representative for Gen. Charles De Gaulle in the United States. He, with three others on De Gaulle's American committee, asserts that Nazi political machinations will fortify France for final resistance and urges support from Free Frenchmen abroad. De Sieyes and De Gaulle were classmates at St. Cyr and reunited after De Gaulle issued his London appeal.
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Jacques de Sieyes
Fifth Avenue
M. de Sieyes
Charles de Gaulle
General de Gaulle
France
St. Cyr
Paris
London
That's Just It and Gill Stand Up For Billy
An exchange from a movie theater program shows Nick arguing for Billy's character and Gill countering by noting Billy's many good deeds. A line urges patrons who dislike usherettes to see the manager.
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Nick
Billy
Gill
Uncivil
Obituary-Reader Fears His Own Name in List
A distressed man confesses he scans the obituary list nightly fearing his own name may appear. The anxious speaker, Sambo, laments illness and anxiety as he awaits confirmation from the community.
Courtship Adage Sparks a Quiet Exchange
In brief, Horace dubs the new boss a man of few words while Christy questions the claim. The exchange centers on a chaste quip about a man pursuing a woman until she catches him, reflecting a humorous stereotype.
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Horace
Christy
Childhood Hopes Stated in Hair Combing Memory
Benny recalls wishing to be hairless while Tabby notes their mother combing his hair in childhood. The exchange reveals a sly, playful memory about self-image and family moments.
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Tabby
Benny
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