Mickey Rooney Goes to Europe in Style for A Yank at Eton
Hollywood report notes Mickey Rooney will travel to Europe with valet Sylvester and a trunk of new clothes to film at a British boys school for MGM. Virginia Weidler joins in The Wom en star Billie Burke to the project, with Norman Taurog directing. Mae West declines new film until a suitable story and Hays office approval are secured after a recent 10 week personal tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louella O. Parsons
Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Europe
Sylvester
Mickey
Eton
M-G-M
Virginia Weidler
Norma Shearer
Billie Burke
England
Norman Taurog
Mae West
Universal
Hays Office
Trojan
Catherine the Great
Mae
Royal visitors secret diaries and royal lowdown
A fragment lists radio schedules from 7:00 to 12:00 with programs such as Rudy Vallee hour, Prime Primrose String Quartet, Kate Smith Variety Hour, The Green Hornet drama, It’s Up to You Quiz, A Wallenstein sinfonietta, Good News Variety, Major Bowes and Amateurs, Dancing Music Orchestra, Weber Concert Revue, American Viewpoints, Amos & Andy repeat, and dancing hours, noting a claim about royal diaries read by the Queen and King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Vallee
Nbc-Wear
Primrose String Quartet
Nbc
Wiz
Kate Smith
Cbs
Wabc
Mbs
Wor
Wjz
A. Wallenstein Sinfonietta
Nbc-Weat
Wijz
Major Bowes
Dancing Music Orches
Mbs-Chain
B. Crosby
B. Burns
Nbc-Weaf
Cbs-Wabe
Dancing Music Orchestra
Weber
Cbs-Wabee
Bob Howard
Weaf
Nbc-Red-East
Nbc-Red-West News
Nbc-Wiz News
Cbs-Chain-West
Unclear Draft on Costs Hampers Plan
A fragment notes that the current conditions make the plan too expensive to consider. It highlights financial constraints as the key obstacle without naming people, places, or organizations. The brevity reflects a partial, context-limited excerpt.
Two Women Cyclists Struck by Automobile in Dunbar
Two young women suffered leg injuries when their bicycle was struck by a car on Payne Avenue in Dunbar. The injured are Pearl Bennett, 19, and Mrs. Donalda Stearts, 21, both of Dunbar. The driver was Paul Bailes. They were taken to Charleston General Hospital by a Mays ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne Avenue
Dunbar
Pearl Bennett
Donalda Stearts
Paul Bailes
Charleston General Hospital
Mays
Radio Log with NBC and CBS Programs and Sports
A dated radio schedule lists 5:00 to 5:45 slots for NBC and CBS networks. Programs include Dance Music Orchestra, News with Edwin C. Hill, Hickman Serenade, Malcolm Claire, Howie Wing on Aviation, Jane Anderson and Piano, and Lowell Thomas Talks. Sports features balance with Console Reveries and Lynn Brandt sports segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nbc-Weaf
Nbc-Wiz
Cbs-Wabc
Edwin C. Hill
Hickman
Cbs-Chain-W
Malcolm Claire
Patricia Gilmore
Howie Wing
Jane Anderson
Mbs-Chain
Dancing Music Orchestra
Nbc-Wiz Sports
Bill Stern
Weaf
Nbc-Red-Chain
Lowell Thomas
Nbc-Wiz-Basic
Lynn Brandt
Nbc-Blue-West
Nan Wynn
The Capitan Ritz Brothers and More in 1940s Billboards
The listing highlights film showings including The Gorilla with the Ritz Brothers and Anita Louise, Pat sy Kelly, Popeye in Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, Rookie Cop with Virginia Weidler and Tim Holt Jr at The Capitol, Pete Smith and Robert Benchley shorts, and MGM cartoons. At The Virginian Wuthering Heights stars Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier in a noted engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritz Brothers
Anita Louise
Patsy Kelly
Popeye
Capitol
Virginia Weidler
Tim Holt, Jr
Pete Smith
Robert Benchley
MGM
Wuthering Heights
Merle Oberon
Laurence Olivier
Former Secretary of War Hosts Deranged Officer
Washington June 7 An army officer recalled the perilous meeting between Patrick J. Hurley former secretary of war and a mentally deranged colonel who escaped police and hospital orderlies in downtown Washington. Hurley sheltered the man at his Leesburg farm offered care and refused force until the officer insisted on returning to hospital. The encounter ended with an army salute at the hospital gate and no public security action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Patrick J. Hurley
Hurley
France
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Leesburg
West Point
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RKO
Alexander Woollcott
New York
Hennessy
Princess Elizabeth
By Edwin Cox
Bog
Annabella Robt
Youne Bridald
Walter Connolly
Reginald Owen
TE Rams
Reenbrier Ty
Ralph Bellamy
Anne Nagel
Robert Kent
Kanawha City
Martha Raye
Ray Milland
DVO
Bis
Stooge
Boeetem
Virginian A
Warner” Bros. Theatre
Samuel Goldwyn
David Niven
William Wyler
Muni. Davis
Juarez
Brian Aherne
Claude Rains
John Garfield
Warner Bros
Don Wael Z
Loretta Young
Henry Mee
W. Va
Potterfield
Gates
The
Lyric
John Barrymore
Kermit Maynard
Rialto
Alexander Graham Bell
Charlie Ruggles
Johnson Family
Nbc-Weaf-Ea
Amos & Andy
Aladdin
Max Fleischer
Host
Government Hospital
Penetro
Era Chandler
Chandler's Beauty Shop
Mt Plus
Joors
Carole Reker
Aly Ey
Fleischmann
Fleischmann’s
Eisch
Aol
Fleischmann Distilling Corporation
Peekskill, N. Y
Capitol and
Quarrier Corner
Virginia
Mercedes
Lic
Lyon’s
Delwood Petroleum Jelly
Bouque Paper Nakins
Mary Scott Rowland
Mary Scott Rowland Talcum
Madelon
Fisk Peroxide
Jergen's
San Remo
Castile
Griffin
Whelan
ALPHA
Gibson
Union Pacific
Yellowstone
Zion-Bryce-Grand Canyon National Parks
Colorado Rockies
Boulder Dam
Pacific Northwest
California
Sun Valley
Idaho
North Western Union Pacific
San Francisco Fair
West
San Francisco
Keile
Streammoliners
Chae Yaugers
Mail Today
Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago & North Western
Dixie Terminal
E. Fourth St
Cincinnati
Ohio
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