Hollywood Gossip Roundup From Erskine Johnson
Hollywood notes report a pink elephant and three yellow mice sighting at a bar opening time. Gary Cooper pursuing a Montana ranch. Simone Simon returns to Paris. Gene Fowler backs Zachary Scott for a Barrymore role in Good Night Sweet Prince. Gail Patrick to Toronto for Bush Pilot. Nina Ross lands another MGM film role as Greer Garson's mother in Lady in the Lake.
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Forgotten man Jack Beutel recalls hayloft scene in The Outlaw
Jack Beutel explains the hayloft love scenes with Jane Russell saying the passion was not real attraction but his asthma from hay exposure. He discusses how the filming moment became a talking point in the famous Western.
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Hollywood Actress Couples and Stars Change Looks and Roles
Maria Montez now shares baby photos while Ray Milland is referenced as the origin. Susan Hayward and Joan Crawford star as alcoholics in new pictures. Shirley Temple tops a What Every Young Bride Should Know. Peter Lawford Vera Ellen pair at Russ Mor gans Biltmore Bowl opening. Frank Morgan on a slimming diet. William Powell forbidden to smoke cigars. Robert Alda overhears a tailgate party chat about pre atomic talk.
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Susan Hayward
Joan Crawford
Shirley Temple
Peter Lawford
Vera Ellen
Frank Morgan
William Powell
Robert Alda
Hollywood glamor promises 1946 girl. Snooper dolls shock
Hollywood booster Russell Birdwell introduces glamor girls as Vivien Leigh Ingrid Bergman and Jane Russell at a cocktail party. Snooper a colorfully dressed stuffed toy dog appears during the event. Irene predicts skirts will drop to calf length soon. Mexican governors raise over 200000 for a Franklin D Roosevelt monument in Mexico City honoring the Good Neighbor policy.
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Director Spoils Assistant's Trick
In the early era of sound films director George Stevens recalls how experts claimed to read sound tracks. He and allies exposed a fakir who guessed film subjects from stray reels, using a staged test that backfired when the lion logo roared from MGM.
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Music for Millions at Hollywood Theater
A repeat showing features MGMs Music for Millions starring Margaret OBrien with June Allyson and Jimmy Durante. The story follows a young girl who joins her sister and Iturbis band in the city, becoming part of their life and of Iturbi and Durante. Also shown Barbary Coast Gent with Wallace Beery.
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Jose Iturbi
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Larry Adler
Barbary Coast Gent
Wallace Beery
Leave Her to Heaven at the Lincoln with Wilde and Tierney
Cornel Wilde stars in Leave Her to Heaven at the Lincoln theater with Gene Tierney and Jeanne Crain. Darry F. Zanuck presents this technicolor drama based on Ben Ames Williams novel about a wife who will stop at murder to secure her husband’s attention. The Crimson Canary with Noah Beery Jr. and Leis Collier is the companion feature.
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Lincoln Theater
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Cornel Wilde
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Lost Weekend at Roosevelt Sunday
The Roosevelt theater to open a three day run this Sunday featuring the Academy Award winner Ray Milland in Lost Weekend along with Song of the Prairie a color cartoon and Stooge Comedy Lost Weekend praised as a top box office attraction while Milland earns new honors in his lead role prominent radio stars participate including the Hoosier Hot Shots.
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National Barn Dance cast leads with Curtis Story and Clyde
Gen Curtis and June Story head the cast of screen personalities with Andy Clyde prominent in the many comedy sequences. A parents' guild of courtesy will be established in Hendon England following the Mayor's courtesy campaign for children.
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