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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1946
Page
6
The article notes clocks were invented in 966 by Pope Sylvester I but did not become common in Europe for about four centuries. It also mentions a naval custom on U.S. warships where powder magazine keys are sent to the captain each night for safekeeping, a practice tracing back to John Paul Jones.
The week features multiple filmings with Paulette Goddard in Diary of a Chamber Maid and Gene Tierney in Dragonwyck, plus a variety of cartoons and shorts. Notable shows include Blondie’s Luck Day, I Love a Bandleader, Texas Panhandle serial, Blue Dahlia, and Capta in Skidd with a rich lineup across venues.
The film Dragonwyck presented by Darryl F. Zanuck opens Wednesday at the Center theatre. Based on Anya Seton’s novel, the drama is set in the early 19th century anti-rant rebellion era and follows a secret love that brings rapture and terror. Gene Tierney stars.
Hollywood gossip notes the Hedy Lamarr theft and a rash of dressing room larcenies affecting Lina Romay Fran ch Tone and Shirley Temple. Johnny Weissmuller returns for a water show in Chicago and Turhan Bey proxies a premiere. Peggy Cummins with Vic Orsatti and Ellen Ross and Bob Anderson linked. Lana Turner romance chatter and Forever Amber romantic scenes cited.
Tony Quinn faces punishment after stopping for a horse with a rope around its neck. He tied the rope to his car and drove, prompting police to ask for full ID before clearing him of horse theft. Short items note Ann Dvorak turning from brunette to blonde and back, Elliott Nugent playing a doctor, Desi Arnaz opening at Copacabana, Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard composing new songs, and Carlton E Morse’s long running One Man's Family scripts insured for $50,000.
The article highlights Miranda's tough return following her Seousaal performance in Leave Her to Heaven and notes she remains unwilling to refuse a demanding role.
Critics hail Gene Tierney in Dragonwyck as her greatest triumph in a role unlike her past work. Walter Huston shines as the stern father, Vincent Price plays the aristocratic egomaniac, and Glenn Langan is Dr. Jeff Turner. Anne Revere, Spring Byington, and Connie Marshall round out the notable cast on the Hudson river estate.
The Diary of a Chambermaid opens today at Center theatre with Paulette in a top role as Celestine at a Provencal chateau circa 1885. Captain Mauger is played by Edith and Hatfield with Lederer in supporting, while Judith Anderson Florence Reginald Owen and Irene Yan appear in top featured roles. Zoologically speaking apes are more like man than monkeys.
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