Seeing Around Hollywood Santa Costello Proves It
A cluttered desk brings a festive round up of Hollywood stars and holiday notes. Lou Costello is hailed as Santa after a doctor’s signal that he is well. Lucy McAleer from Los Angeles joins James Mason in A Star Is Born. Tessa Prendergast makes her American film debut in His Majesty O Keefe as a Fiji native. Anne Francis joins Susan Slept Here as a Pasadena society girl seeking Dick Powell. Greer Garson flies into Dallas for Christmas with FE Fogelson. Eleanor Parker’s children receive “do not open until Christmas” gifts before Valley of the Kings filming in Egypt. Howard Keel hopes to show his children a white Christmas at Lake Arrowhead. Esther Williams and Ben Gage host a family dinner for Benjie and Kimmie. Ava Gardner tours Spain then Rome for a new film. Tony Martin is feted by Cyd Charisse.
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RKO
20th-Century Fox
Susan
Pasadena
Dick Powell
Lana Turner and Mate Remarried in Family Ceremony
Lana Turner and partner Lax Barker renewed their vows for the second time in four months at their Los Angeles home before Judge Henry H. Draeger. The Turin civil ceremony last September prompted the re marriage to occur for a family friendly setting. Barker’s prior wife Allene Dahl filed for divorce a month after the turner marriage. Turner’s former husbands include Artie Shaw Steven Crane and Bob Topping.
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Los Angeles
Lana Turner
Lax Barker
Turin
Italy
Henry H. Draeger
Barker
Six DC-6Bs Purchased by French Airlines
Douglas Aircraft announced that six DC-8B airliners will be sold to three independent French airlines Transports Aeriens Intercontinentaux Compagnie General Transport Aerien Air Algerie and Air Azur each buying two planes. Delivery to begin in summer 1955. The sale will give France more DC-6 type aircraft than any other foreign country, according to Douglas spokesmen.
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France
Gene Tierney Faces Christmas Decision On Aly Khan Marriage
New York actress Gene Tierney, returning from Europe with her mother and daughter, said she is still undecided about marrying Prince Aly Khan. She is thinking it over and has no idea how long it will take to decide. Tierney, divorced from Oleg Cassin, will spend Christmas with relatives in Connecticut.
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Géne Tierney
Europe
Prince Aly’ Khan
Miss Tierney
Belgium
Aly
Oleg Cassin
Connecticut
Showing Times in Long Beach Theaters Today
City cineplexes list new offerings with start times for Friday and Friday night shows in Long Beach. Details appear fragmented but include theater names and film titles alongside scheduled start times.
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Long Beach
Top Writers of Jokes in Sour Moods on Fifth Ave
New York report finds Christmas season gloom among television joke writers as pay drops and job scarcity bite. Sid Reznick notes less TV comedy versus radio and the rise of panel shows and crime busting formats. He cites past stars and recalls the shift in the industry.
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Sam Levinson
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Night Club Acts Cheer Patients at Harbor General Hospital
Long Beach entertainers led by Bob Thomas and Al Best performed five shows at the Long Beach Branch for Harbor General Hospital. The act included a four piece band with Richard Askam and Harry Uhlman, plus vocalists Scotty McGregor Jose Lopez and Frankie Liberman, and comedians Eddie Zero and Frankie Liberman under the Four Bits of Harmony.
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al Best
Long Beach
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Howard Deboe
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Jose Lopez
Frankie Liberman
Eddie Zero
Retired Colonels Build and Sell Real Estate
The University of Denver lists 10 retired Army colonels enrolled in building and real estate courses as part of a program to translate military experience into civilian housing ventures.
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University of Denver
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