High Seas Introduces Doris Day in Technicolor Romance
A Paramount musical features Doris Day in her screen debut with Jack Carson Janis Paige and Don DeFore. The plot follows a farcical South American cruise caper as Day shines with sparkling numbers and ballads including It’s Magic. Carson and DeFore deliver strong scenes as romantic leads in this lavish production.
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Jack Carson
Janis Paige
Don DeFore
Dorta Day
Paramount Theater
Doris Day
Miss Day
Measuring life by the hours you live
Reader's Digest on sale in August features Stuart Chase explaining how he divided his time into alive and dead hours. The piece describes a method to measure life and gain more satisfaction from daily activity, condensed from the Nation.
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Reader's Digest
Stuart Chase
Capone Parolee Gioe Arrested for Parole Violation
Chicago report says Charles Gioe, one of four Capone era parolees prompting a congressional probe, was arrested for a parole violation. He is en route to a federal prison. A warrant exists for Louis Campagna, also from the four, not yet in custody.
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Chicago
Charles Gioe
Capone
Gioe
Louis “Lattle
New York
Romance on the High Seas and a Parade of Films
Friday theater listings show Paramount as Romance on the High Seas with showtimes plus short subjects. Other venues screen River Lady Guns of Hate Northwest Outpost Abilene Town Tarzan and the Amazons Jezebel Les Miserables Slave Girl Adventures of Silverado Blue Steel Lone Wolf in Mexico High Wall Tuxedo Junction with multiple showings.
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Thoss
Westen Oo
Abslene
Jezebel
Mexico
En graver finds $1000 bill on New York sidewalk
An engraver noticed what appeared to be a dollar on the sidewalk in New York. He picked it up and discovered a genuine $1000 bill. If unclaimed after 90 days, he will receive the money.
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New York
Sound-Wired Hollywood Perils of Mobile Recorders
Hollywood buzzes with wire recorders from powder rooms to offices as devices capture every word. Actors, producers, and even homes use mikes in doors, under tables, and behind steps, sparking treachery and hilarity as conversations surface in public and on set.
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Hollywood
Mike
Cathy O'Donnell Signs Contract For The Greatest Show on Earth
Hollywood report says Cathy O'Donnell signed a long term deal with David Selznick for his film The Greatest Show on Earth despite tabloid tales of temper. Cathy denies hostility with Sam Goldwyn and explains she declined a role she did not want. Also in brief, Parkyakarkus reportedly paralyzed from the waist down since a 1947 spinal operation remains backstage on his radio show with guards and two nurses. Rita Hayworth's daughter Rebecca left town on Thursday.
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INS
David Selznick
Cathy O'Donnell
Cathy
Sam Goldwyn
David
Jennifer, Jones
Dorothy McGuire
Valli
Shirley Temple
Parkyakarkus
Parky
Wire recorders lure writers from typewriters to sound
A humorous note on wire recorders drawing writers and performers to record at home. It mentions Wally Beery at a Wyoming ranch making animal noises, Ernest Lehmann sending notes to Hollywood friends, and a teacher recording lessons while working. A secretary retypes work, then a child records over the draft, prompting a return to the typewriter.
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England
Wally Beery
Wyoming
Bob Taylor
Warners
New York
Ernest Lehmann
Hollywood
Hollywood News Briefs Stir With Stars And Studio Moves
Fred MacMurray and his children plan a summer at the MacMurray ranch on the Russian River. Kathlyn Grayson headlines MGM night at the Hollywood Bowl in a glamorous maternity gown. Gary Cooper may star in Tall Man from Texas after receiving the script from Harry Sherman. Roy Rowland cools off in Hollywood amid Chicago White Sox scenes for The Monty Stratton Story. Barbara Bel Geddes wears a $27,000 pastel mink coat in The Luckiest Girl in the World. Charles Lederer checks in at 20th to script I Was a Male War Bride. George Sanders moves to Paramount to play Saran in a Cary Grant comedy.
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MacMurray
Russian River
Kathryn Grayson
MGM
Hollywood Bowl
Harry Sherman
Gary Cooper
Texas
Coop
Roy Rowland
Chicago White Sox
Monty Stratton
Hollywood
Barbara Bel Geddes
Teitelgaum
Charles Lederer
Cary Grant
Appointing Cathryn Dre Estate Administratrix in Linn County
On July 22 1948 the court appointed and qualified the undersigned as Administratrix of Cathryn E Dre deceased of Linn County Iowa. Creditors must pay debts to the estate and claimants should file claims with the Linn County Clerk of the District Court. Attorney Pred W Hann represents the estate.
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Linn County
Cathryn E. Dre
Iowa
District Court
Administratrix
W. Hann
Philistines Plot to Capture Samson in Stage Script
The text describes the Philistines and characters Silah Vic and Georgie plotting to capture and destroy Samson in a script scene. Hedy Lamarr is mentioned as an innocent bystander between scenes.
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Del
Silah
Georges
Vicl
Hedy Lamarr
Vic
Georgestander
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