Capra HDTV Arsenic and Old Lace cast nearing final lineup
Capra tightens casting for Arsenic and Old Lace with Peter Lorre as the experimenting doctor and Cary Grant slated as the reporter. Capra wooes Maude Adams and other stage stars while Barbara Stanwyck and Olivia de Havilland timing remain unsettled. Hedy Lamarr faces concerns over her adopted son Jimmie amid divorce debates and child-protection scrutiny.
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Peter Lorre
Frank
Peter
Josephine Hull
Jean Adair
Maude Adams
Laura Hope Crews
Cary Grant
Raymond Massey
Boris Karloff
Frank Capra
Poet of the People Edgar A Guest Chides Frugality
A verse presents a bishop and others debating Friday meals and plenty. They recount fishing ventures and gathering food to feed many, concluding with gratitude that the Lord never fails. The piece frames faith and abundance despite hard times.
Dodgers First Again In Road World Series Win
New York reports the 1941 Dodgers became the first Brooklyn club to win a world series game in road uniforms. The 1916 team lost all series games in Boston and the 1920 squad dropped four straight in Cleveland.
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NEW York
NEA
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Boston
Cleveland
Sidelights of U S Rearmament from A Reporter s Notes
WW. CMAPLIN cites the machine tool industry as a key barometer of defense progress. From 930000 tools on Jan 3 1940 production rose to over 100000 in 1940 and will near 200000 this year. Defense era tools are over three times as efficient as earlier models, doubling national capacity and challenging Hitler.
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America
Hitler
Broadway Gossip From Walter Winchell’s New York Beat
On Broadway with Walter Winchell follows social whirl and celebrity sighting reports. Robert Benchley, A A Berle Jr, Damon Runyon, Gail Patrick, Errol Flynn, Mrs Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Rags Ragland, Ann Corio and Merle Oberon appear in quick vignettes across midtown venues and hotels.
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New York
Robert C Benchley
A. A. Berle, Jr
Damon Runyon
Hearst
Gail Patrick
Stork Club
Bernarr Macfadden
John Kobler
Errol Flynn
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Merle Mystery Sighting Sparks Confusion
A manager apologizes for confusion noting no one by that name, then a man recalls a possible presence of someone named Merle, hinting at a mistaken identity or hidden guest.
Midnighter riders and Hollywood names appear in headlines
Stockholders in Bing Crosby’s Delmar track look for a 20 percent return this year while gossip links Oberon and Dinah Shore to show business weather. Cary Grant and Barbara Hutton are due in about two weeks as Tex McCrary touts newreels coast to coast. Pancho Snyder battles illness in a southern sanatorium amid whispers of a Loy Hornblow split.
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Delmar
Bert Bells
Frances Upton
Follies
Dinah Shore
Cleveland
Arbara Hutton
Cary Grant
Tex McCrary
Pancho Snyder
N. Y. Giants
Myrna Loy
A. Hornblow, Jr
Movie Schedule Recorded By Theaters
Paramount shows Down in San Diego and Dressed to Kill with multiple daily times. Iowa offers Ladies in Retirement and Harmon of Michigan. State screens Navy Blues and Last of the Duanes. Palace presents A Woman's Face and Highway West. Rialto runs Too Busy to Work and City in Darkness with listed showings.
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Gazette
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Iowa
Harmon
Michigan
Navy Blues
Duanes
Rialto
Ultraviolet Lighting Aims To Aid Night Flights
At Wright Field Dayton Ohio experiments with ultraviolet light for cockpit illumination show amazing results during night flights improving visibility for pilots and crew.
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Wright Field
Dayton, C
Sugar Missed Most by British Women in Wartime Quiz
A Women's Institute gathering in wartime Britain asked fifty country women what they miss most. Sugar topped the list of missing comforts, with fruit cheese and butter also cited. meat was not mentioned though one woman missed her bathroom.
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Eorge Brent
Bette Davis
Ellen Glasgow
Warners
Bette and
George
Olivia de Havilland
Dennis Morgan
Charles Coburn
Bille Burke
London
Britain
Women's Institute
Evacuees Far From Home Miss Beloved Pets and Routines
Men and their families who fled to the country lament missing their dogs cigars and pipe tobacco. Many also miss weekend visits to the sea as they adjust to new surroundings.
Lavoptik First Aid for Sore Eyes Ad
Lavoptik offers prompt relief for sore inflamed eyes and itching with five years of success. It soothes granulated eyelids and is advertised as first aid to eyes available at all druggists.
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Lavoptik
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