Hollywood Quarrels Prompt Five Year Costello Split
Louella Parsons reports Lou Costello signs a five year contract without Bud Abbott, signaling a serious rift. Eddie Sherman warns against breaking their business tie, noting Laurel and Hardy's split as a cautionary tale and citing ongoing negotiations with Universal. Also mentions a forgery case linked to detective Ray Schindler and tangential Hollywood industry chatter.
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Lou Costello
Bud Abbott
Eddie Sherman
Laurel and Hardy
Alana
London films released here during postwar era
The writer notes that British films have been released in the country, with many London-made pictures shown locally. He observes England produced few films since World War II, as war activities absorbed many studios.
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London
England
Sign of the Cross reissued with new prologue at State theater
Cecil B DeMille presents The Sign of the Cross with Elissa Landi Fredric March Claudette Colbert and Charles Laughton. The reissue includes a prologue featuring the army air corps song and Rome burning imagery. The reviewer notes strong religious moments but harsh torture scenes and questions DeMille’s taste for spectacle.
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Cross
Cecil Debfille
Elissa Landi
Fredric March
Claudette Colbert
Charles Laughton
Robert Lowery
Phylus Broo
State Theater
NLINE
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Cecil B. DeMille
Army Air Corps
Rome
Nero
Marcus Superbus
Marcus
DeMille
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Metropolitan Opera House
Sign of the Cross retells brutal torture with modern taste
The critic notes DeMille’s film hinges on vivid torture scenes and dramatic effects, particularly the final Romans’ slaughter motif. Despite a strong cast and religious theme, changing audience tastes over 13 years and lack of tech color reduce its impact on reissue. Nadine Subotnik.
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DeMille
Nadine Subotnik
Paramount Times and Movie Schedule Wednesday
The Gazette lists Wednesday theater times for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto and Marion venues. Showings include Between Two Women Tarzan and the Amazons The Sign of the Cross and Mrs Parkington with various shorts and late screenings. Jungle Woman Hat Cheer Honey and other titles appear with listed start times.
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the Gazette
Marion
Gasoline salesman keeps planes aloft in wartime tale
The piece likens a B 29 flight engineer to a gasoline salesman who conservative fuel use keeps the bomber flying over the Pacific. It draws a parallel to civilian care for cars, urging readers to maintain their vehicles for national war effort and safe transportation.
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Jon
Pacific
Sam
Paramount Honors Musical Instruments With Free Tickets
Paramount theater invites any person with a musical instrument in good condition to donate it for wounded servicemen. Instruments are collected for a week starting Friday, with donors receiving two tickets to Music for Millions. The film features Margaret O'Brien, Jimmy Durante, June Allyson, and Josett Turbi.
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Paramount
Harry Moore
Margaret O'Brien
Jimmy Durante
June Allyson
Jose Turbi
Hitler Worked Stamp Racket Revealed by Allied Inquiry
ROSENHEIM Germany AP Adolf Hitler concealed salary through postage stamp overcharges, financing his private estate and guest houses. Allied authorities plan to burn many stamps and replace them with occupation postage. Heinrich Hoffmann, Hitler's photographer and adviser, claims the Fuehrer used the scheme for personal funds and built a vast fortune through distributing images of Hitler.
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Rosenheim
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Reich
Heinrich Hoffman
Hoffman
Evangelical United Brethren Merger Vote Passed
In Westerville Ohio the quadrennial United Brethren conference voted 227 to two to merge with the Evangelical church and form the Evangelical United Brethren church. The union now goes to 28 U S annual conferences and about 430000 members for ratification. The Evangelical general conference has approved the union pending annual conference approval from its 275000 members.
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Westerville
Health in Western Europe Better Than Expected
Paris AP reports health conditions in Germany and European countries freed by western Allies are generally better than expected while France and Belgium near normal. Maj. Gen. Warren F. Draper, deputy surgeon general, notes the food situation is grim across Europe and could become serious in Germany within 60 days. He cautions that hunger remains a risk despite improving health.
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Paris
Germany
France
Belgium
Warren F. Draper
Public Health
Civil Affairs Division
Draper
U. S. Public Health Service
Europe
War nutrition and mortality trends under occupation
The report notes that mass hunger was not as extreme as feared in recently liberated areas of Holland and that malnutrition remained widespread among those without money. It cites Europe wide food access for paying households and indicates falling death rates in France and areas under German occupation in later war years.
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Holland
Europe
France
Frances Farmer Recommitted to State Hospital
Frances Farmer once a film actress was ordered recommitted to a state hospital by a sanity commission on Tuesday in Seattle.
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Seattle
Frances Farmer
Sanity Commission
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