Wilshire Players Guild forms in Hollywood with golden era aim
Jimmie Fidler notes two MGM trainees launch the Wilshire Players Guild with 50c initiation and $1 monthly dues to train aspiring performers and create a talent market for studio casting directors. The group uses Hollywood contacts for sets and props, suggesting success is possible in any American town with effort and cooperation.
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Laraine Day
Joan Sayers
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Wilshire Players’ Guild
Hollywood
New York
Hollywood Roundup Notes on Stars and Name Changes
A string of quick Hollywood items notes Ginger Rogers cancelling Europe trip for Bermuda due to war scare and Richard Dix turning down 5000 for twins in Reno. George O Brien installs special telephones on sets while David Niven jokes about England rain. Lynn Roberts briefly renamed Mary Hart then back to Lynne amid publicity shifts. Albert Dekker playful about sides in bouts. Warner Baxter bikes around a hilltop tennis court.
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UFF
Ginger Rogers
Bermuda
Richard Dix
Reno
Doc Stork
George O'Brien
Medical Journal Doubts Ice Water Has Bad Effects
The Journal of the American Medical Association states there is no reliable evidence that ice water causes lasting harm. It notes cooling may briefly slow digestion and that large, rapid intakes near freezing can cause temporary throat and stomach spasms, but deems this of little practical consequence.
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Medical Journal
Chicago
The
Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal
Two-Year-Old Traveler Sets 25000 Mile Record
In Evansville Indiana AP report Richard Carr Duskey known as Rickey, aged two, has traveled over 25000 miles by car boat and air. He began with a first air trip from St. Louis to Los Angeles at two months old with his mother Mrs. Richard Duskey. The text also notes a walrus reaching one and a half tons in weight.
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Evansville, Ind
Richard Carr
Rickey
Duskey
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Richard Duskey
Noted Actor Declines Hill Cycle Training Offer
A friend suggested riding the bike up and down a hill to prepare for a role. He replied that would be too much work, showing a humorous reluctance to physical training.
Theaters Show Packed Week With Farce, Drama and Romance
At the theaters several film pairings headline the scene. Jowan Jack Holt Ralph Morgan and Katherine DeMille star in Trapped in the Sky while George Sanders and Sally Gray lead The Saint in London. Paramount features Jack Benny and Dorothy Lamour in Man About Town. Bridal Suite plays with Robert Young Anabella the Ritz brothers. Palace offers Artists and Models Abroad with Jack Benny and Joan Bennett and Spring Madness with Lew Ayres Burgess Meredith. Rialto presents The Rage of Paris Danielle Darrieux and Doug Fairbanks Jr Call of the Musketeers with Bob Livingston Ray Corrigan.
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Jowan
Jack Holt
Ralph Morgan
Katherine DeMille
George Sanders
Sally Gray
Palace
Jack Benny
Joan Bennett
Lew Ayres
Burgess Meredith
Rialto
Danielle Darrieux
Doug Fairbanks, Jr
Call of the Musketeers
Bob Livingston
Ray Corrigan
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Irving Berlin
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Tyrone Power
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Donald Crisp
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Family Story
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