Louella Parsons Hollywood Greatest Dancer Sells Her Book
Romola Nijinsky sells her life of Nijinsky to Charles Vidor after years of secrecy. She recalls Vaslav Nijinsky’s madness in Switzerland at 26 and blames Serge Draghileff for a svengali influence. Vidor plans to cast a dancer to perform Scheherazada in Nijinsky’s honor.
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Louella Parsons
Hollywood
Ins
Romola Nijinsky
Vaslav Nijinsky
Romola
Serge Draghileff
Russian Royal Ballet
Svengall
Charlie
Nijinsky
Hollywood Muscles and Beachside Gossip Nightcap
A quick, fragmentary snapshot of Hollywood life includes Clark Gable weighing film projects with major studios. Rumors touch on The Story of San Miguel and a potential Magnificent Bastard role as Lucy Crockett’s book is cited. Lana Turner Lex Barker and others mingle with Barkers, MGMers, and Universal talent. Photos tease future projects and gossip about Gene Tierney, Kay Marx, and Red Skelton.
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Clark Gable
Clark
Goldwyn
Warners
San Miguel
Magnificent Bastard
Lucy Crockett
Colonel Colin] Black
Tana Turner
Lex Barker
Lana
Lex
Irving Manheimers
Fred Sammis
Ann Higgenbotham
Photoplay Magazine
Jock
Universal- International
Cops Save Would-be Suicide From Hotel Ledge
In San Francisco Lyle Harris a 33 year old laborer stood on a seventh floor hotel ledge planning to jump at a newspaper warned the city editor. Police grabbed him from the narrow ledge just as he stepped off and pulled him back through a window after a fierce struggle. He is held for observation in the psychopathic ward.
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San Francisco
Lyle Harris
San Francisco Hospital
Ellis Street
Crossword Solving Through Clues and Wordplay
The page presents a 1954 Daily Review crossword puzzle with a dense grid of cryptic and direct clues. Listed are many short definitions and cross-references including references to Bible figures, animals, rivers, gods, and objects. The jumble indicates typical puzzle entries and numbered hints inviting solver engagement.
Area Man Sued Over Auto Death in Alameda County
Edwin Harold Dargitz of Newark died in a Nov highway crash on Route 17 when Neva C Will aged 38 as she changed a tire on his car was struck by Irvings motor vehicle. The Williams sister Alice May Bettenburt filed a $10 600 damages suit in Alameda County superior court Oakland on March 29.
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Dargitz
Sharges
Heath
Edwin Harold Dargitz
Newark
Neva C. Will
Clough Street
Irvington
Williams
Atty
Geoffrey Steel
Alameda County
Alice May Bettenburt
Superior Court
Oakland
On the Line By Considine Pop Gets Into the Act Homework
An INS dispatch weaves a playful dialogue about homework and spelling with comic banter between a father and son. It blends light, dated humor with a switch to wartime reminiscence and a marginal note about British ambassador Dixon and Adm. Halsey, tying in memories of World War II figures and a reference to MacArthur.
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Considine
New York
Hispaniiola
Hispaniola
Pete’s
Poppy
Eleanor
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Sombrero Theatre
Richard
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Red Skelton
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Dan Dailey
John Patrick
Merle Oberon
Charles Feldmans
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David Selznick
Palm Springs
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Parker
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Adam ‘Gimbell
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Cema Oe
Burt ‘Lancaster
Eerautro
Warner Annen
Sagitarius
Planet X
Marilyn Monroe
Jane Russell
Charles Coburn
S Tdaasany
Kaye
Fm Ore
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Ee Nicol Colon
Lorenzo
Gene Barry
J. Zoaten
Susan Mitchum Hayward
Chevrolet
the Daily: Review
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Faron
Patty Mornin
God
Zeus
Filver
England
Bob Considine
Pierson Dixon
K. C. MG
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U.N
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Dixon
Bill Halsey
South Pacific
United States
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Nenema
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Mimiral Halsey
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Appomattox
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Mercury
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Perkins Motors, Inc
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