Hollywood to Broadway Casts and Movie Moves Hit Stage Plans
Fredric March set to play Major Joppolo in a stage Bell for Adano ahead of the film. Leland Hayward aims for a September Broadway opening buoyed by Maggie Sullavan’s Voice of the Turtle success. Joan Crawford negotiating for Bella Donna lead as drama primes her career. Fas PITTS returns to film after years on Broadway in Ten Little Indians. Nita Loos recalls testing with Mervyn LeRoy. Dick Irving Hyland sells The Gay Echo for 10000 and rapid rise with six stories in sixteen months.
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Phillips Resigns As Ike's Adviser
The state department announced that William Phillips, political adviser to General Eisenhower, has resigned. He has served in London and at SHAEF and will return to the United States next month for urgent family reasons. Phillips was formerly undersecretary of state and ambassador to Italy.
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Food Dealers Picnic Features Circus and Racing at Hawkeye Downs
Linn County Retail Food Dealers association hosts a Sunday picnic at Hawkeye Downs with harness racing, trot and pace events beginning at 2 p.m. Purse total about 600 dollars, plus 50 dollars in kids races. The Jay Gould circus performs at 8 p.m. Grandstand seats are free and refreshments available. Tickets sold through local grocery stores.
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Rolling wedding on skates in Harrisburg
Cpl. Martin E. Blackwood and Edna May Weader were married on roller skates at Rainbow Rink in Harrisburg with 500 guests in attendance. The couple met on skates after dating at the rink, and the double ring ceremony featured an organist and wedding music as they exchanged vows. It is believed to be the first such ceremony in eastern Pennsylvania.
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Between Two Worlds at State Theatre Probes The Afterlife
A vintage stage to screen drama on a ship carrying dead souls. John Garfield Eleanor Parker Paul Henreid lead a strong cast as they confront Judgment Day with Edmund Gwenn as the patient steward. The film blends ghostly suspense with prewar restraint and solid performances.
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Faye Emerson
Dennis King
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Nelson musical combination functions in second feature
The article describes Nelson’s musical combination used in the second feature titled "Hi, Good-Lookin" with Gene Farmer as a key figure. It notes the performer duo and the working title of the segment.
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Old Folks' Day Proposed by Senator Pepper
Poet Edgar A. Guest notes Senator Pepper's plan to name the second Sunday of October as Old Folks' Day to honor grandparents. The verse recalls family holidays and the desire of elders to be celebrated with gifts and affection, while playfully imagining older guests dancing and enjoying renewed youth.
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Paramount and Rialto Show Double Features in Friday Schedule
Friday theater times list multiple double features across six venues. Paramount presents Double Indemnity and short subjects. Iowa and Palace feature Mr Skeffington Lifeboat and Crime School. State shows Between Two Worlds and Hi Good Lookin. Rialto offers Blazing Frontier Beautiful But Broke. Times screens New Voyager Miracle of Morgan's Creek. Marion features The Fighting Seabees and The Falcon Out West.
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Mr Skeffington Retains Bette Davis in Aging Romance
Bette Davis stars as Fanny Skeffington in a Warner Brothers drama directed by Ferne Gater. Claude Rains co stars as Job Skeffington in a tale of love ambition and decline spanning 1916 to after the war. The plot follows Fanny’s failed marriages and social ascent as beauty fades and memory of love endures.
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Mr. Skeffington shines with strong performances
The review praises Bette Davis with Claude Rains and supporting cast in Mr. Skeffington. It lauds the sympathetic portrayal and strong psychological drama, noting Walter Abel as Cousin George and Marjorie Riordan as Fanny Jr. The program also includes She's a Soldier Too with Beulah Bondi and Nina Foch.
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Marjorie Riordan
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Mandy
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Fire Devours Half of Historic Harbor Grace Town
A $2,500,000 blaze devastated half of Harbor Grace Newfoundland as a jam factory fire on Thursday sparked rapid spread through tinder dry buildings. The town, once noted as a transatlantic flight takeoff point, saw the inferno move east along the waterfront street with a brisk breeze.
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Waste Paper Drive Calls for War Work Support
Waste paper is needed for war work. Deposit it in receptacles at school grounds or fire stations. Call 3-2601 and OCD truck will call if the load is sufficient to warrant a trip.
Turns on Faucet And Strikes Oil
In Aurora Illinois Mr and Mrs H C Bivin found oil flowing from every faucet in their home after turning on the tap to wash dishes The oil gushed for 36 hours before stopping Experts from Aurora College confirmed the oil and began tests The house sits two miles north of the city and has an electric pump and a 240 foot well
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Fox River blasting linked to possible oil seepage claim
Land Bivin theorizes that recent blasting across the Fox river may have opened a fissure in the earth, allowing oil to seep into his water supply.
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