Hollywood Bets And Backroom Deals On Darling Daughter
Universal motion picture editor Louella Parsons reports Warner Brothers won the rights to Mark Reed’s Yes My Darling Daughter from MGM. Hal Wallis is steering the project with Olivia de Havilland possibly in the daughter role and Lucille Watson as the mother. Simone Simon’s English lessons and the Comedy Danger Love At Work with James Edward Grant set Otto Preminger to direct.
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Warner Brothers Plans for 1937 Naval Thriller S-262
Hollywood gossip notes Warner Brothers develop a patriotic submarine melodrama titled S-262 with Pat O’Brien and George Brent starring directed by Lloyd Bacon interiors shot at the Panama Canal and the Connecticut training school. Also mentions Doris Day Seiznik and other industry chatter including cast rumors and recent events.
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Tobacco Road May Be Opera At New York World's Fair
Talks of turning Jack Kirkland's drama into an opera surface as George Gershwin Kay Swift and others show interest. Taylor Holmes to star as Jeeter Lester at Cedar Rapids Shrine Temple May 10 as touring company heads east for a month in Atlantic City after weeks in Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Pittsburgh Indianapolis and Milwaukee.
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Theaters Showcase 1940s Stars in New Releases
In Iowa listings at Theaters studio titles include Mess in Exile with Dick Purcell June Travis and Strangers on a Honeymoon with Noah Beery Beatrix Lehmann. Paramount features When Love is Young with Virginia Bruce Kent Taylor and Song of the Sty with Margaret Lindsay Jeffrey Dean. New State screens Rembrandt with Charles Laughton Gertrude Lawrence and The Girl From Scotland Yard with Karen Morley Robert Baldwin. Palace presents Reunion with the Dionne quintuplets Jean Hersholt Helen Vinson and The Smartest Girl in Town with Gene Raymond Ann Sothern. Rialto shows One Rainy Afternoon with Francis Lederer Ida Lupino and Beware of Ladies with Donald Cook Judith Allen.
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Car Without Clutches Soon On British Market
London report says two pedal cars with no clutch will reach the British motor market within ten weeks. A driver will use one foot on the accelerator and the other on the brake while steering, with an automatic gear-change activated by three buttons labeled first second and third.
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Have Courage To Decide For Self About Friends
Mary Manners answers a reader about influence in friendships and the need for Helen to make her own choices rather than let Flo steer her. The column cites a pattern of doubt and social pressure and urges independent judgment for healthier relationships.
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Dear Miss Manners Advice on Going Steady and Trust
A reader asks how to handle a long distance steady relationship. Miss Manners suggests not objecting to a girl seeing others since distance limits time together. She advises dating other girls and choosing the best fit when ready.
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Motorist Defies Odds by Completing 25 Loops
Hollister California report says motorist John Enos completes 25 loops. unclear context or purpose noted by UP dispatch.
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Daredevil Aviator Survives 25-Loop Embankment Fall
A veteran aviator performing loop the loop and other stunts leaped an embankment and flipped twenty five times before landing safely at the bottom of the descent. The accident left him unhurt and the crowd unharmed as officials secure the site.
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