Hollywood News Saroyan and the Human Comedy on screen
Hollywood gossip notes William Saroyan’s The Human Comedy in development at MGM with Mickey Rooney and Lionel Barrymore, plus Grace McDonald and others in upcoming projects. Brief items report on Dorothy Burgess’s comeback, Hedy Lamarr’s stolen car, Alexis Smith’s Texas trip, and Sam Wood’s plans after For Whom the Bell Tolls.
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Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Mrs. Miniver
Jimmie
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Mickey Rooney
Lionel Barrymore
Mickey
Paw Raintar
HH Eitinere
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Elos Af
Hollywood
Hedy Lamarr
Alexis Smith
Texas
Craig Stevens
John Hubbard
Secrets of the Underworld
Republic
Sam Wood
Theatre Schedules Prompt Busy Film Lineups Today
Paramount Orchestra Wives and Nightly features headline itineraries at multiple houses. Iowa presents The Pride of the Yankees and Mexican Spitfire’s Elephant while Rialto books The Westerners and Murder in the Big House among others across matinees and late shows.
Army's New Tank Destroyer Proved Worth Patterson
Camp Hood Texas AP Undersecretary Robert P Patterson disclosed that the army has three new model tank destroyers in production or development. He spoke at the opening of a tank destroyer training center noting deliveries have started on one improved model and praised current equipment for its action in Bataan. He warned Americans against complacency saying the war effort must go further and harder.
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Camp Hood
Texas
Robert P. Patter
Gon
War Department
Army
Patterson
Bataan
Pride of the Yankees biopic praised at Town theater
The film portrays Lou Gehrig’s life with Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright. Babe Ruth and Walter Brennan appear. A closing Yankee Stadium tribute scene is highlighted, while the second feature is Mexican Spitfire's Elephant with Lupe Velez and Leon Errol.
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Gary Cooper
Teresa Wright
Babe Ruth
Walter Brennan
Leon Errol
Lupe Velez
New York
Yankee Stadium
Lou Gehrig
Yankee
Bill Dickey
Mark Koenig
Bob Meusel
Larrupin
Lou
Yankees
Gehrig
Cooper
Miss Wright
Babe
Columbia Flash
Carl Koehn
Nelson Names WPB Iron and Steel Head
War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson announced the appointment of Hiland G. Batcheller, president of the Allegheny-Ludlum steel corp of Pittsburgh, as head of WPB's iron and steel branch.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson Friday
Hiland G. Batcheller
Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corporation of
Pittsburgh
WPB
Iron and Steel
Glenn Miller Proves Great Maestro In Orchestra Wives
Nadine Subotnik reviews Twentieth Century Fox film Orchestra Wives at Paramount. Glenn Miller shows strong musical presence but acting falls short, with notable turns by Cesar Romero and Lynn Bari. Ann Rutherford and George Montgomery carry romance. the plot pivots to the orchestra wives. The program also features a short titled Mrs Blabbermouth.
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George Montgomery
Ann Rutherford
Lynn Bart
Cesar Romero
Carole Landis
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Sonja Henie
Kalamazoo
Miller
Lynn Bari
Miss Rutherford
Mr. Montgomery
Romero
Mister Miller
Mrs. Blabbermouth
Nadine Subotnik
Four Soldiers Drown Crossing Flooded Stream in Maneuvers
Leesville La. Fourth Army officials report four soldiers drowned while crossing a flood swollen stream during maneuvers. The victims were Sergeant Delcorsa 24 from Pittston Pennsylvania Private Evans M Reynolds 23 from Graham Texas Private Mike Pleyer 25 from Chicago Illinois and Private Gerald Van Ort 25 also from Chicago.
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Leesville
Third Army
Sergt, Delcorsa
Pittston
Evans M. Reynolds
Graham, Tex
Mike Pleyer
Chicago
Gerald van Ort
Night of Deception at Wanderslay Ball
Kit Stone and Ginnie Riven confront a web of theft and loyalty as Jerry, Ginnie’s brother, plots with the Fosdykes and Saint d Alain. A hidden packet of pearls, a service door in Wanderslay, and a tense wedding night drive the couple toward upheaval and a guarded fate.
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Lady Mary of
Wanderslay
Ginnie Riven
Jerry
Ginnie
Lou Fosdyke
Stienne d'Alain
Lady Mary
Kit
Please Let Me And Jerry Go In The Colony
In a tense library scene Ginnie pleads with her husband to release Jerry and herself. She begs for safety and recalls their past affection, while he insists on sending them away, warning of consequences. The chapter ends with her retreating, promising to obey as tension builds for tomorrow.
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Kit
Wisbech
Ginnie
Godley
Mr. Godley
Christopher Stone
Wanderslay
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Colonies
Near Disaster in India Traced to Japanese Sabotage
London reporting from New Delhi asserts a near successful sabotage campaign against India's war effort by Japanese-backed saboteurs. The Daily Mail described widespread disruptions including railway derailments, station fires, and plant shutdowns in Bombay Ahmedabad and Bihar iron and mica mines, with attacks on troop trains and mass strikes.
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London Daily Mail
New Delhi
all-India Congress
India
Daily Mail
Graham Stanford
Stanford
Sheffield Steel Company
Bombay
Ahmedabad
Bihar
Bengal
Seven Army Flyers Injured in Takeoff Crash at Bowman Field
Seven U S Army Air Corps members were injured when a bomber failed to take off at Bowman Field Louisville. The aircraft diverted and struck fences before crashing in a nearby field. Officials say the pilot swerved deliberately as the ship failed to gain lift.
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Louisville
U. S. Army Air Corps
Bowman Field
Lakeland
Fla
Argentina Orders Nazi Agent Ousted
Buenos Aires reports the government ordered the deportation of Einrich Volberg a Nazi agent and leader of the German Cultural Welfare society. Volberg arrested months ago with 19 other Germans accused of spreading Nazi propaganda in Argentina.
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Buenos Aires
Einrich Volberg
Volberg
Argentina
Broadway gossip notes and Hollywood intrigue sampler
Walter Winchell reports on Washington humor, Mike Romanoff bonds to the U.S. government, Margery Fielding’s new show at Versailles faces wig politics, Edward G Robinson meets detective Broderick and ruminates on gangster shootouts. Crumbled Eggs hints Jimmy Durante’s naval musical and a wave of showbiz updates.
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Versailles
Rose Teed
la Fielding
G. Robinson
Dinty Moore
46Th Street
Johnny Broderick
Broderick
Mr. Robinson
Charges Bund Heads Tried to Sabotage Draft
New York prosecutors opened the trial of 25 former German American Bund leaders on charges of evading the draft and alien registration. They described the Bund as a Nazi influenced group with "little Hitler" leaders who ordered anti American activity and ran camps at Nordland New Jersey and Siegfried Yaphank Long Island.
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INS
Bund
United States
U. S
Howard F. Corcoran
Storm Troopers
Friends of New Germany
Gerhardt
Wilhelm Kunze
Wilbur V Keegan
Gustav Elmer
August Klapprott
Otto Willumeit
Kunze
Hartford
Fritz Kuhn
Keegan
Elmer
Klapprott
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MIT Develops X-Ray Generator With Unprecedented Penetration
Chicago AP reports MIT researchers Dr. John G. Trump and R. W. Cloud unveiled an X-ray generator at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting. The device emits direct current X-rays at over 4,000,000 volts and claims radiation more penetrating than radium gamma rays, with an intensity exceeding world radium supply.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
American Roentgen Bay Society
John G. Trump
M.lt
R. W. Cloud
Danielle Darrieux and Dominican Official Wed in Vichy
French film star Danielle Darrieux and Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican chargé d affaires, were married Friday before the Vichy mayor.
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VICHY
INS
Porfirio Rubirosa
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