Pigeons and Nazis in Hollywood Scenes and Notable Studio Moments
Hollywood scenes mix real life headlines with on set drills as Edward Robinson and Edna Best rehearse for The Man From Fiett Street while pigeons carry messages, Curly trains avian carriers, and a wildcat disrupts a trainer’s cage. Joan Bennett and Lloyd Nolan head I Married a Nazi with Johnny Russell delivering a chilling Nazi salute while classroom scenes foreshadow war guilt in Little Men.
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Hollywood
Edward Robinson
Edna Best
Fiett Street
Atory
Julius Reuter
Brussels
Aachen
Europe
William Dieterle
Robinson
Dieterle
Curly
Dave Twiford
Johnny Russell
Joan Bennett
Lloyd Nolan
Francis Lederer
Johny Russell
Miss Bennett
America
Germany
Davis recalls stage fright and a gun mishap in Broadway lead
Davis confesses a dramatic incident from his first lead role where nerves over a prop gun caused him to fire early. The actor explains the death scene was improvised as the cast ad libbed around a fallen co-star.
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Davis
Italy Orders No More Automobiles Worldwide
Rev. R A McGowan of the National Catholic Welfare Conference questions Italy's ban on private cars as a potential symptom of civilization's decline. He warns the public to rethink economic life to avoid war and cope with a possible tragic world ahead.
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Italy
Rev
R., A. McGowan
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Allies Need U S Arms Urgently War Dispatch
Five European capitals reel under spreading war as Hitler’s rulers govern from distant seats. Belgian royal children hidden. Leopold I dethroned in Paris. Christian X, Haakon VII, Wilhelmina, Charlotte, and Juliana flee to safety. Royal locations kept secret for safety.
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Associated Press
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France
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Haakon VII
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Oslo
Wilhelmina
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England
Juliana
Charlotte
Luxembourg
Warships Destroyed in Nazi Anti-Aircraft Fire
Article notes two warships among items destroyed by Nazi anti-aircraft fire. It questions what the vessels were doing in the sky gun range and urges reading the Gazette Classified Ads for details.
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