Teen idol Ron Randell longs for Hollywood fans
Australian teen idol Ron Randell, 28, laments Hollywood’s quiet streets after a month in L A. He recalls frenzied fan parades in Australia and explains fan groups he categorizes as enthusiastic youths and hooligans while noting American bobby soxers have yet to discover him.
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Sunset Boulevard
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Columbia Studios
Sydney
Australian fans and teen delinquents haunt performers
The article portrays adult stage crowds and younger Australian fans as troublesome. It quotes Randell describing older teen fans called The Wolverines as manipulative and intrusive, noting their schemes to lure performers, including meeting on streets and staged fainting to gain attention.
Randell can Neave Eat a Date with Anita Louise
Randell can Neave jokes about dated romance while filming Bulldog Drummond at Bay. He recalls his fear of rival bobby-soxers and recounts a lip mustache mishap on set. He returns to work with a new glue for his lip-piece amid hopeful, swoon worthy charm.
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Australia
Columbia
Anita Louise
Anita
Edgar A Guest the Poet of the People Birth News
Poem notes the birth of a baby and the communal waiting mood. Expectant families pace and watch the doorway as a nurse announces the newborn's arrival with delight. The piece evokes universal joy and shared excitement across people and time zones.
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California Makes Up New Year's Eve Program
California presents a technicolor picture headlined by Ray Milland and Barbara Stanwyck as part of a state New Year’s Eve program.
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State “California
Ray Milland
Barbara Stanwyck
New Year Shows at State Theater
New Year's Eve program at the State Theater features a comedy mystery and a musical sketch. The Earl Car State production opens at six and runs through midnight, followed by New Year's Day performances of Home Sweet Homicide at State Theater.
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New York Critics Pick Best Years as Top Film of 1946
New York City critics named The Best Years of Our Lives best motion picture of 1946. Henry the Fifth took runner up, with Olivier as Best Actor for Henry the Fifth and Frederic March as second in Best Actor for The Best Years of Our Lives. Celia Johnson won Best Actress for Brief Encounter, with Olivia de Havilland second for To Each His Own. Wyler earned Best Director for The Best Years of Our Lives while Olivier was second for Henry the Fifth. The Open City and The Well Digger's Daughter were runners up in Best Foreign Language Film.
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New York City
Film Critics Tuesday
Henry the Fifth
Organization of 21 Film Critics of
Laurence Olivier
Frederic March
Celia Johnson
Olivia de Havilland
William Wyler
Missing $75,000 emerald ring sparks cross country search
Denver to New York search is underway for a 25 carat emerald ring set in platinum valued at $75,000. Owned by Mrs May Bonfils Berryman, daughter of the Denver Post publisher, it disappeared while in air shipment from Denver on November 19 to an eastern city for repairs. The ring was bought last May from opera singer Mme Maria Jeritza.
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Fr. Bonfils
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Denver Post
Berryman
Edgar McComb
Mme Maria Jeritza
Ring worth up to 75000 traced to Chicago
FBI agents in Chicago reported to Mrs. Berryman that the ring had been traced as far as Chicago and apparently disappeared between Chicago and New York. Officials valued the parcel at 500 dollars when shipped from Denver, with the ring valued between 500 and 75000 dollars by informants.
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Chicago
Movie Schedule Listings at Local Theaters
The Gazette this week lists daily showtimes for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times Strand Marion. Features include The Time the Place and the Girl, Blue Skies, It's a Wonderful Life, So Dark the Night, Rage in Heaven, California, Centennial Summer, The Run Around, Last of the Duanes, Swing Parade of 1946, From This Day Forward, A Letter for Evie, It All Came True, Sensation Hunters, Song of Old Wyoming, and a midnight showing.
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Heaven
California
Palace
Rialto
Evie
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