Hollywood flares spotlight stars and studio moves
FLICKERS FROM THE FILMS HOLLYWOOD AS I SEE IT notes Anna May Wong backed by Paramount in Land of Lost Men while Carrol Naish and Anthony Quinn seek roles. It highlights talent minds like Akim Tamiroff joining Paramount after years, co stars Fred MacMurray and Madeleine Carroll, and producer decisions at Last and company, with studio plans for new screen careers and coaching by veteran actors.
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Anna May Wong
Paramount
Alley Rileiy
John Archer
Jo Lunky
Hollywood
Mien
RKO Radio
Fat Puree
Anne Shirley
Eslwaot Emm
Akim Tamirof
Inge
Fred MacMurray
Madeleine Carvall
Jef Lastrus
Calla Lilies Destroyed in Final Scene of The Girls from Mexico
Over 200 Calla lilies were destroyed in the final scene of RKO Radio's The Girls from Mexico as Lupa Velez uses her bouquet to push through a club crowd. Hollywood florists emptied stock, keeping blooms fresh in a portably cooled ice chest moved to the location on a busy street corner.
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RKO Radio
Mexico
Lupa Velez
Hollywood Florists
The Invisible Man Returns Tops Universal Fall Lineup
Universal announces The Invisible Man Returns as the leading attraction of its new season. The film is described as a sequel to HG Wells’s The Invisible Man, revered as a landmark science fiction work. Joe May will direct, with Kurt Stodmak writing the screenplay.
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Shesker
Universal
HG Wella
Joe May
Kurt Stodmak
D Picture Premiere Promises Glitzy Hollywood Event in Dodge City
Hollywood stars flocked to the Dodge City premiere as Warner Bros presented The Women in a lavish event. The Santa Fe Railway organized transport for 10 000 attendees. Photographs of all cast members were used to build the film’s sets with reports of fashion, beauty, and a rare glimpse into gender dynamics in cinema.
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West
Duxige
Wwe
Warner Bros
Wien
Hollywood
Meddliax
Evra Wynn
Olivia de Havillaras
Bruce Oxbory
Ann Sheridan
Woon MtrLing
Fragmented OCR Note on a Public Figure
A garbled excerpt discusses a public figure in screen roles and personal history with unclear context. It mentions identity, choices, and possible events but lacks coherent details, names, dates, or places. The readable text hints at reflection on career and identity without firm specifics.
Fashion Hotel and Virginia Field Rise in Studio Notes
Bonita Granville, noted for Snow 16, is described as meticulous with hand care and outdoorsy in her routine. Virginia Field lands the romantic lead opposite Douglas Fairbanks Jr in Universal's The Sun Never Sets, aided by W P Lipscomb who wrote the screenplay. Henry Hull Lee Bowman and Virginia Grey join Miracles For Sale at MGM with Tad Browning directing.
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Bonita Granville
Warner Broa
Bonita
Angela
Virginia Field
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Universal
Mie Field
W. P. Lipscomb
Vienna
Lipscomb
Virgina
Rowland V. Lee
Henry Hull
Lee Bowman
Vigina Grey
Meds Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Tad Browning
Voice a Part of Beauty and Speech Training Refined
A fragmentary discussion on breathing, vocal exercises, and diction for women. It cites Bette Davis and 19th century fashion, urging deep breaths, flexible, musical speech, and careful pronunciation of consonants as a daily practice for clearer voice projection.
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Bette Davis
Bette
Jetpelie
Warner Bros Prop Shop Crafts Impossible Projects
At Warner Bros prop shop a crew builds 6th century cannons, submarine sections, and camera-friendly car interiors for film sets. They fabricate stage couches for James Cagney, wooden tubs for Alan Hale, and split railway mail cars. Government property objections limit some builds but the team persists with period wagons and royal couches for Wings of the Navy and Dodge City era films.
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Warner Bfc
Raiman
Navy
James Cagney
Alan Hale
Dodge City
Saat
Prap-Shop
Strati 4
James Gibbons
Warner Bros
Arinp
A.C Wilson
Uuke
Property Department
Mead
United States
Jesse James
Marie Antoinette
Jilstee
Mexia
Way
Parsnip Recipe Promoted by Movie Star Marie Wilson
Hollywood figure Marie Wilson promotes parsnips as tasty when prepared with a pineapple layering method. The recipe uses four washed parsnips, salt, sliced parsnips, pineapple, brown sugar, cinnamon, butter, and meat stock baked until hot, intended for a flavorful hot dish.
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Marie
Lund
Unclear OCR fragment hints at equestrian gear critique
Fragmentary text describes a rubber composition upper half of a horse and rider experiences. Mentions expert horsemen and a close-up view of faces, noting a propuhop achievement and a ten minute ride. Source unclear and partial.
MEGGS MIRRORS MOVIELAND AT PARAMOUNT FILMING
Hollywood artist Charlex Winfield Meags sketches impressions from the Paramount romance The Lady's From Kentucky on location. The drawings feature George Ratt Ellen Drew Hugh Herbert ZaSu Pitts and Louise Beavers from the cast.
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Charlex Winfield Meags
Hollywood
Paramount
Kentucky
George Ratt
Ellen Drew
Hugh Herbert
ZaSu Pitts
Louise Beavers
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