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Hollywood Stars and Productions Highlight Wartime News
The piece covers studio moves and star ventures including William Bendix at a Birmingham hospital bazaar booth selling groceries, Bing Crosby Productions launching with The Great John L. as first project, Gary Cooper’s producer ambitions, and the March of Time Underground Report on Nazi life. It notes Laraine Day’s Hollywood exclusive theater circuit, Lily Pons and Andrew Kostelanetz USO tour, Anne Seymour earning Stage Door Canteen pins, Maurice Costello in Heavenly Days, Anne Shirley’s long screen career celebration, and other industry tidbits from the era.
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Illiam Bendix
Blue Network
Riley
Hairy Ape
New Birmingham Hospital
San Fernando Valley
Bendix
William
Bing Crosby Productions, Inc
Bing
John L
John L. Sullivan
Frank Tuttle
United Artists
Germany
Europe
Anne Shirley
RKO
Dickie Kimble
Homer
Aldrich
Fearlace Ford
Pat O’brien
Pat
Allan Jones
CBS
Girls In the Waves
WAC
SPARS
Marines