Hollywood Notes on Mizner, Lana Turner and MGM Moves
Louella Parsons reports Wilson Mizner’s witticisms could enliven a film if the Mizner story is acquired by David Selznick with stars like Walter Pidgeon or Joe Cotten in mind. Paramount shifts to Billy De Wolfe for Ready Willing and 4 F after Danny Kaye’s unavailability. MGM eyes Lana Turner and John Hodiak for The Postman Always Rings Twice amid Hays Office concerns. Fredric March’s career rebounds with No Trespassing as Victoria Wolfe works on the adaptation in New York.
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Broadway gossip and Hollywood ties swirl in late-night column
The column teases Walter Winchell era chatter about Erle Oberon's potential groom Lucian Ballard and June Allyson with John Durant. It notes Nancy Kelly's hopes to wed cameraman F. Jackman Jr and hints at Catholicism by a film magnate. It mentions industry figures, lawsuits, and a Parisian-urban mood with brief digressions on politics, censorship, and showbiz twists.
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Erle Oberon
Lucian Ballard
June Allyson
Dick Powell
John Durant
C. Chaplin
Nancy Kelly
Edmond O’brien
F. Jackman
Theaters Announce Evening Showtimes in The Gazette
Wednesday schedule lists Paramount Frenchman's Creek showings and shorts, Iowa Experiment Perilous and Carolina Blues, State Abroad with Two Yanks and Hi Beautiful, Palace I Love a Soldier and Make Your Own Bed, Rialto Thundering Gun slingers and They Live in Fear, Times Black Parachute and Swing in to Saddle, Marion The Conspirators and Leave It to the Irish.
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Carolina Blues
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War era gossip and Hollywood notes flood New York scene
A collage of vivid items covers social life and entertainment in New York. Beebe may join public relations, Lewis to review books for Esquire, and Zanuck backing Army charities. Mrs Reynolds recovers, a model troop of nurses and shopgirls noted, and buyers urged to support war bonds.
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Sinclair Lewis
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