Stand-ins Duplicating Stars Highlight Film Sets
A survey of Hollywood stand-ins shows how look alikes fill on set roles before filming. Leah Ray Hubbard mirrors her daughter Leah Ray, while Judi Parks and Marjorie Weaver pair as stand-ins.
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Sand Sparkles If Hollywood Has Any Hand In The Matter
Hollywood film tricks reveal how sand is made to sparkle on screen by mixing rock salt with beach sand and how gunfire is shown using blanks and magnesium for visible flashes. The piece notes the average man speaks about 4.5 million words yearly.
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Bright Bits From Movietown
Hollywood gossip notes on Tyrone Power dating adventures. Production details for Lucky Piece a one reeler by Columbia employees. Studio rain stunts on Paramount sets and on You and Me. Gone With the Wind bidding tale with David Selznick. A foreign director’s home life drama and music film projects at Fox and Warner Brothers. Louis XVI casting shifts to Robert Morley in Marie Antoinette.
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George Hamilton to Perform at Danceland Thursday Night
George Hamilton and his band arrive from six months at the Trocadero Hollywood to play at Danceland Thursday from 9 to 1. The NBC broadcasts from Hollywood carry their music nightly. The orchestra’s name the Music Box Music comes from a genuine 1886 music box used to start the band. Carl Nebbe and his band perform tonight at Danceland.
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Ancient sponge industry noted in Greek literature and Bible
The sponge industry ranks as one of the earth’s oldest trades. It is mentioned repeatedly in ancient Greek writings and referenced in the Old Testament, underscoring its long historical prominence.
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Bette Davis Eyes Dotted Before Being Shot
Hollywood report notes makeup experts tint eye irises to photograph blue or light eyes. A tiny red dot is painted in the corner of each eye to darken the iris and improve visibility. Bette Davis is highlighted as needing this treatment for scenes.
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Alice Faye the Horse Wins After Studio Bets Gone Bad
Director David Butler's horse Alice Faye finally wins a race after Miss Faye and nearly everyone at the studio lose money betting on the outcome. The day ends with a horse fly buzzing the microphone as actress Alice Faye endures ribbing, then whinnies in anger.
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Practical Jokes Fly Back At Him On Set
Hollywood tale shows director W S Van Dyke pranking stars Robert Young Franchot Tone on Marie Antoinette set. Young and Tone moved chairs into camera range, Van Dyke shouted for them off set then invited them to sit with him. Priest adviser helped calm the situation before a $2 5 million production resumed.
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Iodine content in seafood far exceeds land foods
A U S bureau of fisheries report states seafood contains from fifty to two hundred times as much iodine as foods grown on land, highlighting a strong mineral disparity between marine and terrestrial sources.
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Tunesmiths Go Wrong On Guesses
Hollywood songwriters misjudge hits in Waikiki Wedding and The Big Broadcast of 1938. Bowed by Bing Crosby, Leilani trusted with over 16000 dollars, while Sweet Is the Word for You failed against Blue Hawaii. Jerome and Scholl misses Ever Since Eve despite heavy promotion and several prior successes.
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Prologue To Glory Captures Lincoln Youth On Broadway
Helen Craig praises E P Conkle's Prologue To Glory a WPA backed play about Abraham Lincoln as a young man. Stephen Courtleigh's Lincoln is a near perfect match, guiding the tale from Indiana farm to New Salem and onward to Springfield amid love with Ann Rutledge and early political ambition.
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