Hollywood star pair top billed in Ladies in Retirement release
Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward found co starring in Columbia's Ladies in Retirement with a tense schedule and rivalrous on set dynamics. Charles Vidor directs a cast including Elsa Lanchester Edith Barrett Isobel Elsom as the film adapts a stage hit.
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Louis Hayward
Columbia
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Elsa Lanchester
Edith Barrett
Isobel Elsom
China Fights Back portrayals under Chiang Kai-shek era
The March of Time film shows the Chinese people defending national independence and democracy under Chiang Kai-shek. It highlights the rebuilding of industry with thousands of small factories in the mountain interior after destruction.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Varied Study and the Balance of Knowledge
A reflection on learning that warns against studying only people or only books. It urges combining observation with what is read and stresses self-scrutiny while examining others. The quote attributes the insight to Colton and frames knowledge as both soul and body.
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Colton
Veronica Lake in Preston Sturges Comedy Scene Review
Veronica Lake shifts from dramatic fame to slapstick in a Sturges project. The scene features Lake shoving Joel McCrea into a pool and being pulled in by the leg, then swinging at his jaw before McCrea ducks in self defense. She ends with messy hair and gown.
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Preston Sturges
Sullavan
Joel McCrea
McCrea
Sturges
Raymond Gram Swing Extends Radio Contract
The Mutual chain announces analyst Raymond Gram Swing will remain on air Mondays and Fridays for another year with the same sponsor. At the Woman’s National Radio committee luncheon he is acclaimed “the commentator best serving the interests of democracy.”
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Raymond Gram Swing
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Jinx Falkenburg Photographers Easier Than Film Says Model
Odds and ends note Jinx Falkenburg as America's top model who did 38 magazine covers in a year and finds posing easier than a movie camera. Rita Johnson claims medal status as Hollywood’s No 1 Stewer, saying she stews about everything. Warner studios plans shorts about the Soniens constabulary with Irish actor Barry Fister slated for the next Tersen.
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Jinx Falkenburg
America
Rita Johnson
Hollywood
Stewer
Warners
Beating Defeat Quotes Roosevelt Motto for Resilience
The item presents a Roosevelt quotation about men who do not shrink from temporary defeats but instead return to wrest triumph from defeat. It emphasizes perseverance and resilience as a timeless moral.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Cruel Conqueror Prefers Forcing Gates Over Open Field
A Lucan quote describes the conqueror taking satisfaction not from open gates but from forcing his way, aiming to lay waste fields by sword and fire rather than cultivate them, and shaming himself by choosing an easier path.
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Lucan
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