Louella Parsons in Hollywood Wounded Vets Show Amenability
Hollywood notes reveal actor Roman Bohnen linked to Jennifer Jones and a new industry program rotating plays with wounded veterans in hospital settings. William Bendix faced financial strain. Henry Stefanotti funded his Newark hardware shop honorably. News spans Wards, recoveries, and industry tidbits with sporadic casting and travel updates.
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Cobra Woman film review mocks its own excesses
Gene Farmer savages the 1944 action fantasy Cobra Woman starring Maria Montez and Jon Hall. He notes melodramatic plot, Sabu jungle feats, and temple opulence while praising Montez’s dance and joking that Abbett and Costello would roast it better.
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Secret Command Unabashed Hoopla With Pat OBrien
A 1945 film review notes Pat O’Brien as an FBI agent undercover as a shipyard worker to thwart Nazi saboteurs in Secret Command. Carole Landis, Chester Morris, Ruth Warrick, and Barton MacLane appear in a plot mixing espionage, romance, and action scenes including fights and a high dive. Joan Davis stars in the co feature Kansas City Kitty with Bob Crosby and Jane Frazee.
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Barton MacLane
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Jane Frazee
Bob Crosby
Friday Theater Schedule Highlights and Late Changes
The Gazette notes feature times announced by theater management for Friday. Paramount shows In Society with multiple daily showings, plus short subjects. Other listings include Iowa Secret Command Kansas City Kitty Cobra Woman Hatcheck Honey Rationing First Wife Rialto Bandit Ranger You re in the Army Now Times You Can t Escape Forever Madame Curie Marion The Uninvited and Ladies of Washington with varied times and prices.
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Plagiarism Suit Mentioned in Frank Fernest Note
An item references Fernest R cover story about a plagiarism suit and an elastic check incident, noting it ends well and hints at trouble making. The fragment suggests a retrospective remark without specific dates or further names.
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Sweeping Raids On Jap Bastions
Pacific fleet headquarters reported air raids Sunday through Tuesday with zero American losses. Ventura planes hit Paramushiru storage areas, sank one small vessel offshore, damaged another, and shot down a plane. Yap island, Marians bases Pagan and Rota, Agiguan near Tinian, Nauru, Wolje and Mille atolls were attacked by Liberators and Marines aircraft in coordinated strikes.
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Allies reportedly try landing on Mapia Island
Tokyo radio claimed Allied forces attempted a landing on Mapia Island off New Guinea’s northwest coast. There was no independent Allied confirmation of activity. the same report said the assault occurred Thursday morning but failed by noon with heavy losses.
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Convict’s Tale Links Revolver to Hotel Slaying Case
Stateville convict Wal ter Brown told investigators he once gave a .25 caliber Iver Johnson pistol to Chicago officer Adolph Valanis and fired rounds to test the weapon. Police sought bullets from the drug store theft and the Williams murder weapon to compare with the deadly rounds. Brown cautioned he might misidentify the gun as he has not held the firearm for 11 years.
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Unidentified Woman Slays Hotel Guest in Red Hair Ornament
In 1939 a woman fired on Mrs. Williams in her eighth floor suite at a fashionable hotel, fatally wounding her. Patricia Goodbedy, daughter of the victim, witnessed the shooting but was uninjured. Mrs. Bennett, who had been tested after a gun loaned by Valanis, faced trouble tied to a dress shop robbery attempt.
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Actress Jean Parker postpones honeymoon after marriage
Hollywood gossip reports actress Jean Parker postponed her honeymoon with Dr Curtis Gretter a former Czechoslovak newspaper correspondent after their Thursday wedding. The couple planned a military camp tour in the south and east.
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