Hollywood Couples Prove Happy Home Life Despite Spotlight
A montage shows Lupe Velez and Johney Morro, Weissmullers, Gracie Allen and George Burns, Stuart Erwin, June Collyer, Alfred Lunt, Lynne Fontanne, Boris Karloff, Edward G Robinson, Joe E Brown, Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Don Ameche, Ann Dvorak, Leslie Fenton, Joan Crawford, and Franchot Tone enjoying domestic bliss.
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Hollywood
Moreland
Lupe Velez
Johnee
Mrs. Weissmuller
Lupe
Boris Karloffs
Mr. Karloff
Bad Man
Edward G. Robinson
Joe E. Brown
Jack Benny
Mary Livingstone
Don Ameche
Ann Dvorak
Leslie Fenton
Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Bits About Hollywood H
A collage of quick Hollywood notes on actors and studios. Sigrid Gurle debuts under a new name in a Goldwyn project while avoiding glamour billing. Marion Davies rumors of retirement swirl as olive trees are planted on the Warner lot.
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Sigrid Gurle
Samuel Goldwyn
Universal
Goldwyn
Marion Davies
Warner
Carl West To Play Tonight At Cedar Park Ballroom
Carl West and eleven recording artists headline at Cedar Park Ballroom with a big university audience in the east. The program includes Commander on Tuesday and Court Hussey’s broadcasting orchestra on Wednesday, Doc Lawson’s electric organ Thursday, and Al Sky’s musical stars for three nights next weekend.
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Carl West
East
Cedar Park Ballroom
Court Hussey
Doc Lawson
Lawson
Danceland
Freddie Martin
Broadway Melody of 1938 at Paramount with Rob ert Taylor
Hollywood stars Robert Taylor and Eleanor Powell headline Paramount's Broadway Melody of 1938 to run four days starting Friday. The musical features singing and dancing by the leads, supported by George Murphy Binnie Barnes Buddy Ebsen Sophie Tucker Judy Garland Igor Gorin Raymond Walburn Robert Benchley Willie Howard and Charles Grapewin with six new songs by Brown and Freed. The 1938 entry aims to surpass Born to Dance and The Great Ziegfeld and follows last year's successful Melody pairing.
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Hollywood
Robert Taylor
Eleanor Powell
Paramount Theater
Ziegfeld
George Murphy
Binnie Barnes
Buddy Ebsen
Sophie Charlies Tucker
Judy Garland
Igor Gorin
Raymond Walburn
Robert Benchley
Willie Howard
Charles Grapewin
Nacio Herb Brown
Arthuresponsible Freed
Lastear
Tamiroff’s Make-Up Mastery Taught in New York
Akim Tamiroff, trained at Moscow’s Art Theater, directed the American Academy of Stage Make-up in New York City. Among his pupils were Katharine Hepburn and Jean Muir, linking theater training to early film stardom.
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Tamiroff
Akim Tamiroff
Art Theater
Moscow
American Academy of Stage
New York City
Katharine Hepburn
Jean Muir
Movie Actors Called Poor Escorts by August Screen Land
Ted Peckham of the newly opened Hollywood escort service criticizes actors for poor dress, limited sophistication, and bad taste. He cites Tyrone Power Fred Astaire James Cagney George Raft Johnny Weissmuller Robert Taylor and Larry Crabbe as examples and names Franchot Tone Buddy Rogers Leslie Howard and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as desirable escorts while noting many actors lack regular work and dance skill.
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Hollywood
Ted Peckham
Screenland
Mr. Peckham
Tyrone Power
Fred Astaire
James Cageney
George Raft
Johnny Weissmuller
Robert Taylor
Larry Crabbe
Franchot
Buddy Rogers
Leslie Howard
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Sightseeing Cars Racketeers Target Hollywood Stars
Hollywood stars’ homes will be walled off as independent sightseeing car operators push a racket. Tourists from Pennsylvania pay 10 dollars to tour and 5 more to meet a star, while drivers woo star exposure and even use stunts like a limousine on Dick Powell’s lawn.
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Hollywood
Pennsylvania
Dick Powell
Mr. Powell
Pittsburgh
Circus Comes To Town In Cedar Rapids
Rika Loyal has toured the world with circuses but says her best ride is Yasso the East Indian elephant at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. The Greatest Show on Earth arrives in Cedar Rapids on Monday August 30 with 2 and 8 pm performances and a vast menagerie.
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Rika Loyal
Europe
Yasso
Ringling Bros. and
Barnum& Bailey
Cedar Rapids
Erika
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey
India
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Darryl Zanuck
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Jeanette McDonald
Mitchell Leisen
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Ritz Brothers
Ritz
Mary Maguire
Warners
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Manuel Yigorin
New York
Peru
Lew Ayres
Harlow
Dorothea Kemp
Gary Coopers
Gary
Sandra
Goldwyn’s
Marco Polo
Cooper
Bill Powell
Kansas City
Bill
J. H. Pullian
Denver, Colo
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Napoleon
Marengo
Cedar Park
Paramount Books
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