Cukor Slaps Shelly Winters Then Keeps Directing
Hollywood notes recount George Cukor slapping Shelly Winters after she ad libbed during a scene, a rare temper flare in his 20 years directing. He continues to work, launching The Marriage Broker at 20th Century Fox in June.
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United Press
Hollywood
George Cukor
Tallulah Bankhead
Joan Fontaine
Katharine Hun
Paulette Goddard
Joan Whord
Greta Garbo
Cukor
Shelly Winters
Ronald Colman
Miss Winters
Garson Kanin
Nored
20Th Century-Fox
Thelma Ritter
The Case Of The Chink Without Any Trousers
Western Front report from Korea recounts an American tank patrol near Hantan where a naked Chinese soldier stepped out at about 800 yards. The crew debated taking a direct shot. Captain Kenneth Dohleman chose artillery instead, sending 155 mm shells across the hillside.
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Robert Vermillion
Western Front
Korea
Hantan
Mander
Kenneth
F Dohleman
Dohleman
Fire expert Webb flames up for film stunt at barn scene
Chauncey Webb, a Universal-International special effects man, built a controlled blaze for the comedy Fine Day to fashion a convincing fire without real damage. He arranged insulation, kerosene-treated oakum, and rubber cement to burn visually while firefighters and hoses stood by. The stunt aimed to look dramatic yet leave the barn intact for reuse. The article also notes Adirondack Park in Upper New York as a regional aside.
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Chauncey Webb
Webb
Universal-International Studios
Josephine Hill
Howard Duff
Mona Freeman
Jing
Joseph Pevney
Webb Brigade
Teeth pulled with pliers shocks Charleston man
Elza Gobel, 30, pulled his own remaining teeth with pliers after deciding they drained his strength. He required hospital care and blood loss led to a transfusion. Other items note a neighborhood bully viewed as a misdirected energy, aid to rabbit breeders in Illinois, a Prince George land rush, and wartime frontline observations.
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Charleston
W. Va
Elza Gobel
Gobel
Urban Transit Peaks in 1915 City Use
The article notes that by 1915 city residents and households used about 430000 in travel by horse and foot, while streetcar trackless trolleys and buses have reduced travel frequency to around 270 times per year.
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