Hollywood Studio Complex Described As Factory Mindset
Jimmie Fidler catalogs the vast MGM studio as a self contained city with a 4000 worker workforce, multi acre lot, extensive carpentry and foundry shops, own transportation, wardrobe, decoration, police, cafe, furniture and jewelry holdings, a vast research library, and a printing plant, illustrating its factory like scale and complexity.
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Ollywood
Settin
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Ti Acres
Transportation Department
Movie Stars Get Starry Tales of Tastes and Trivia
The text notes changing fashion at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer idols and references Johnny Weissmuller with a hint of gray in his hair. It mentions Tom Collins in One Hundred to One and Jimmy Stewart reducing his chocolate soda intake from eight to four per day.
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Johnny Weissmuller
Tom Collins
Jimmy Stewart
Leo McCarey
Hollywood Glitter and Animal Antics in Early Films
The article recalls Melvyn Douglas as a keen reporter type after a varied career and notes on Elephant Sal and Bee in Tarzan in Exile. It mentions Frances Drake as a Drake descendant and Eleanor Powell’s sparkling smile inspiring flattering labels.
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Meliza Korjus
Eleanor Powell
Morse
Hollywood
Frances Drake
Sir Francis Drake
Bob Montgomery
Onvy
Detroit
Sal
Mes
Bee
Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn
Chicago
City News Service
Annual Kite Flying Tournament Planned at Ellis Park
The playground commission announces a Saturday event at 10 a.m. in Ellis Park for boys and girls of all ages. Contest events include largest and smallest homemade kites, most artistic design, unusual design, altitude, strongest puller, and a kite battle. The final prize goes to the last kite aloft with a special trophy and ribbons for the top three in each event.
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The
Playground Commission
Ellis Park
Nevin Nichols
Notable Judges Named for Varied Events at Park Meet
The program lists judges for the event including Billy Woods, Ellis Park custodian, Ray Frame maintenance superintendent of the playground commission, and George Masterton and Albert Earl.
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Billy Woods
Ellis Park
Ray Frame
Playground Commission
George Masterton
Albert Earl
Beetle Varieties Count in North America Reaches Twenty Thousand
A survey reports North America hosts around 20 000 beetle varieties across multiple families and habitats. Entomologists note rich diversity in forests meadows and wetlands. Researchers emphasize ongoing cataloging and conservation needs.
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North America
Set Life On the Movie Lot Brims With Tension and Laughs
A bustling film set on the It's a Wonderful World production sees director W. Van Dyke irritable while Jimmy Stewart fumbles lines under pressure. Edgar Kennedy promotes a new slow burn with a two-handed technique as cast and crew handle onset mishaps and explosions.
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W. van Dyke
Jimmy Stewart
van Dyke
Jimmy
Edgar Kennedy
Copyricht
Star of Midnight and The Lost Patrol At Theaters
Iowa screens show William Powell and Ginger Rogers in Star of Midnight and Victor McLaglen with Boris Karloff in The Lost Patrol. Paramount presents The Duke of West Point with Louis Hayward Joan Fontaine and others plus The Adventures of Jane Arden with Rosella Towne.
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Iowa
William Powell
Ginger Rogers
Victor McLaglen
Boris Karloff
Paramount
West Point
Louis Hayward
Tom Brown
Joan Fontaine
Jane Arden
Rosella Towne
Alice Faye
Nancy Kelly
Constance Bennett
Helen Mack
Robert Wilcox
Palace
Warner Baxter
Jane Withers
Rialto
Stuart Erwin
Helen Chandler
Toby Wing
Mr. Boggs
Charles Quigley
Rita Hayworth
Division and Sale Sought in Harcourt Heirs Real Estate Case
In Linn County Iowa a partition suit asks courts to divide extensive Cedar Rapids real estate of John M M Harcourt heirs. The petition lists numerous Lot and Addition plats in Cedar Rapids and names heirs Alma Johansson Louise Hoffman Engh Elinor Wallace Frank Hagglund Hans Hagglund and Kraft heirs among others. If no defense is filed by May 15 1939 a default will be entered and a sale with proceeds division ordered after costs fees and liens.
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District Court of Iowa
Linn County
Hans E. Hagglund
Plavittf
Louise Hoffman
Alma E. Johansson
Arthur
Karl Berti Evert
Kraft
Harry Gunnar_ Solomon Kraft
Clara L. Engh
Elna K. Walles
Allas Elinor Wallace
Frank S. Hagglund
Nils Erle Ekblad
Sweden
Iowa
Carpenter
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Linn, County
Hawthorne
Harcourt
John MM. Harcourt
Alms E. Johansson
Finn K. Walles
Elinor Wallace
Frank S. Hagelund
Hans E. Hagelund
Arthur S. Kraft
Karl Bertil Evert Kraft
Harry Gunnar Solomon Kraft
District Court of
Cedar Raunds
Otto L. Schiuter
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Irene Dunne
Charles Boyer
Maria Ouspenskaya
Lee Bowman
Astrid Alwyn
Richard Dix
Lucille Ball
Goofy
Wilbur
Tarzan
IPLUS
Delmer Deves
Doneld Ogden Stewart
Lee Mazing
Walt Disney
Silly Symphony
Sir Venka
Joan Crawford
James Stewart
Lew Ayres
Paramount Theater
Marjorie Weaver
Peter Lorre
Broadway
the Duke OF
Grantland Rice
Lewis Stone
the International Ice Follies
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Paramount News World Events
Darryl F. Zanuck
Jesse James
Kentucky
Alexander's
Joan Davis
Charles Farrell
Jane Wyman
Kane Richmond
Wally Vernon
Joan Valerie
Edw. Norris
20Th Century-Fox
Helen
Universal Hits
Dorothy Lamour
Maxine Suleman
Lloyd Nolan
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