Hollywood Glamour Found On Broadway in 眀ew York
Hollywood stars migrate to Broadway led by Frances Farmer signing to appear in Clifford Odets The Manly Art. Frederic March Katharine Hepburn Sylvia Sydney Elissa Landi Dudley Digges Henry Fonda Constance Cummings Katherine Alexander and others head to new productions across the Rialto with Star Wagon and To Quito and Back among season highlights.
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York
Hollywood
Broadway
Kleig Hghts
Frances Farmer
Clifford Odets
Lou Ambers
Barney Ross
Rialto
Frederic March
Florence Eldridge
Jean Muir
Elissa Landi
Katharine Hepburn
Sylvia Sidney
Dudley Digges
Henry Fonda
Constance Cummings
Katherine Alexander
Frederic Marches
Richard Steele
Jane Eyre
Hollywood Buzz and Censors Stirring Studio Humor
A lively Hollywood column reports on censorship changes for chest wigs and bathing trunks in films, Mae West script edits, casting rumors for Marie Antoinette, and star chatter. It notes Peter Lorre testing as Louis XVI, Garbo gossip, Errol Flynn in Robin Hood, and Julia Withers side gigs. The piece details budgets, delays, and wardrobe strains on major productions and mentions industry figures and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Errol Flynn
Robin Hood
Yacht Club
Broadway's Superlative Directory of New York Notables
A survey of Broadway figures names many prominent personalities with superlative labels. It highlights Mrs Katzenberg as a secretive chief first nighter and figures like Fannie Hurst Anna May Wong and Elsa Maxwell among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
Katzenberg
Fannie Hurst
Windsors in New York City Eye Broadway Nightlife
George Ross reports on the Duke and Duchess of Windsor visiting New York and speculates which city entertainments might attract them. The couple is thought to favor American singers and revues, with possible stops at top Broadway cabarets and the Cotton Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ross
New York
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Manhattan
Baltimore
White Way
David Windsor
Duchess
Certe
Suess
Park Avenue
Edward
Wally
Eurly Broadway
Times Square
Edward VIII
Duke of Windsor
Cotton Club
Drei Viewéel
Gilbert Muller
John C. Wilson
George
Margaret
Tobacco Road
America
George If. Cohan
Baby Telephones Joan Blondell Son Learns to Use Phone
A light note describes Joan Blondell receiving a noonday call from her two and a half year old son Norman Scott on a telephone, highlighting his new skill during her workday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Blondell
Miss Blondell
Norman Scott
Huston Seeks Son to Play Lincoln in Film
Walter Huston refused to star as Lincoln in a lecture and suggested his son John for the part. John Huston, formerly a screenwriter, has been acting in summer stock back east and even played Lincoln in a John Drinkwater production. A New York test could bring him to Hollywood for the movie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garbo Conquest
Leopold
Stokowski
Greta Garbo
East
New York
Europe
Hollywood
Lincoln
Walter Huston
M. G. M.ers
John
John Huston
John Drinkwater
Broadway Plays Welcome Hollywood Stars on Stage
Katharine Hepburn brings Jane Eyre to New York, Burgess Meredith stars in The Star Wagon, Henry Fonda headlines Blow Ye Winds on Broadway. Elissa Landi struggles in The Lady Left, Constance Cummings plays Madame Bovary heroine, Fredric Marches join A Christian Hero, Sylvia Sydney appears in To Quito And Back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia
Sylvia Sydney
Ben Hecht
Charles Mac‘Arthur
Dudley Digges
Ethel. Barrymore
Sidney Howard
Henry Fonda
Constance Cummings
Gustave Flaubert
Katherine Alexander
Broadway
Hollywood
Katharine Hepburn
Jane Eyre
New York
Jean Muir
Burgess Meredith
Maxwell Anderson
Elissa Landi
Center Oval
Fredric Marches
Quito
Waitress Prefers Stars To Stand In Hollywood Luncheon Service
A Hollywood waitress favors stars over stand ins and laments quick service at public studios eateries. She recalls waitresses knowing stars tastes and how big names are treated, while she dislikes bit players extras and slow service. She hopes her husband finds work so she can quit serving.
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Hollywood
Carlos Molina and Band At Danceland
Latin American rhythm returns to Danceland with Carlos Molina and his orchestra performing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at no price increase. The ensemble blends Latin rhythms with American dance tunes, having previously appeared in Chicago venues and Los Angeles cocoanut grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Molina
Molina
Stevens Hotel
Blackhawk
Aragon and
Trianon
Chicago
Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Rudolph Valentino
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Historic Empire
Lillian Gish
Anderson
Berkeley Square
H. G. Wells
Lillian
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Buck
Samuel Goldwyn
Moss Jiatt
George 8
Kaufman
Mitzi Green
Helen Golden
Maurice Evans
Rat
Robert Benchley
Ben Blue
Mae West
Charles Vaughton
Marie Antoinette
Peter Lorre
Oscar Homolka
Louis XVI
Metro
Mary
Sidney Solomon
Solomon
Central Park Casino
Simone Simon
Gene Markey
Helen Hayes
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Herbert Marshall
Lee Russell
Wendy Barrie
John Barrymore
Jane Withers
Don Ameche
Jimmy
Warners
W. C. Fields
Clark Gable
Joan
Crawford
RKO
Phyllis Kennedy
Garbo
Walewska
Boyer
Edgar Kennedy
San Fernando
Burbank
van Nuys
Pacoima
Dr. Dafoe
Jean Hersholt
Hersholt
Dionne
Goldwyn
Catalina
Jon Hall
Captain C. E. Andrews
Pardner Jones
Duke Leo
John Ford
Hall
Lily Pons
Taylor
Vienna
Marlene Dietrich
Jon
Norma Shearer
Jack Benny
Clifford Fischer
Eva le Gallienne
Jock” Whitney
Morris Gest
David Belasco
Lou Gehrig
Diamond
Peter Arno
Clem McCarthy
Joe Lewis
John Ryland
Maude Adams
Elsa Maxwell
Jose Iturbi
George Vanderbilt
Clubs
Nyack
Brooks Atkinson
Windsors
Huston
Son
Danceland
Colombia
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