All color Film Sections Seen for Newspapers
Hollywood notes report on color film sections in newspapers, Jory returning to screen in The Gallant Blade after five years on Broadway, Donald Crisp ill on Lassie set after operations, and lighting techs shaping beam intensity. Dorothy Lamour plans New Orleans premiere and mask contest. Hope tops radio ratings in Program Hoop, preparing Sorrowful Jones. Rosalind Russell Velvet Touch set, and a boredom note from Universal lot with extras watching.
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JPP
Gallant Blade
Donald Crisp
Munter
Henry Schuster
Luii Belle
Odens
Dorothy Limouravants
New Orleans
Dorothy
Hope
Paramount
Mainulis
Hollywood
London
Royal Command
Jones
Macdonald Carey
New York
Rosalind Russell
Universal-International
Central Park
Bakersfield
Brooklyn
Ex opera Star Praises Davis Despite Singing Gap
AESTRO FRANCISCO De MORO, formerly of La Scala, confirms meeting Bette Davis and says she is a fine actress but cannot sing. He describes his workaday life at Warners, pushing a camera crane for Miss Davis in a snow scene, and notes his operatic career and wish to stay in America. ENE TIERNEY will portray a Russian girl in The Curtain, adding to her varied ethnic roles in films.
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Aestro
Francisco Demoro
la Scala Opera
Milan
Bette Davis
Signor DeMoro
Warners
Miss Davis
California
la Scala
DeMoro
San Carlo
Naples
Lice
Barcelona
Metropolitan
Boston
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Philharmonic Auditorium
America
Hotte Davis
Iss Davis
Ene Tierney
Hellywood
Sol Siegel
Wiliam Wellman
20Th Century-Fox
Shanghai
Bell Foradano
Bacall Wardrobe Noted in Key Largo Costs Seventy Five
Hollywood gossip notes Lauren Bacall’s wardrobe for Key Largo totals 75 dollars for one cotton suit and one black belt. The item appears amid broader industry chatter including Burgess Meredith eyeing Cannery Row production and Ray Milland’s new 125000 home.
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Ollywood
Burgess Meredith
John Steinbeck
Bob Preston
Paramount
Alan Ladd
Ray Milland
Jacek Carson
Warner
Actress Obeys Stoop Signs in Hollywood Traffic Talk
Warner Bros Swedish star Viveca Lindfors praised English fluency then spoke of traffic issues in Hollywood noting drivers rush. She joked she follows all stoop signs and advises caution. Lindfors upcoming American film To the Victor due next April. Mae Marsh, famous silent star, appears in War Party Argosy picture.
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Warner Bros
Iis
Viveca Lindfors
Hollywood
Lindfors
Mae’Marsh
Radio
Rejenge
George Flowers
Norman Chamberlain
Live Theater Hopes For Long Beach Traffic In 1948
Long Beach entertainment notes urge Miss Hazelton and Miss Ware to bring The Tracy Theater offerings to town citing better acoustics seating and parking. Gertude Lawrence Noel Coward plays coming in February with Graham Payn replacing Coward. Spike Jones plans London Palladium run and recent local successes noted alongside memories of Lew Dockstader and Ginger Rogers in Hollywood showbiz lore.
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Sigmerwase
Gertrude Lawrence
Noel Coward
Long Beach
the Tracy
Miss Lawrence
Coward
Graham Payn
Spike
London
Palladium
Eng
Dunia Pall Auditorium
Hare
Britisher Genn Granted Bar Permit to Act in Film
In Hollywood, Leo Genn the London attorney turned actor joins Rosalind Russell in The Velvet Touch for RKO. The Itald Bar Council granted the rare permission allowing a legal professional to pursue acting duties, a first in its history. Genn has remained in good standing with the Bar Council since.
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Hollywood
Jan. A
Leo Genn
Rosalind Russell
RKO Radio
Itald Bar Council
American Bar Association
Genn
London
Bar Council
Twenty Four Writers at Work on Warner Stories
Warner Bros in Burbank reports twenty four writers at work on 21 major story properties the busiest year in 12 months. Dennis Morgan film One Sunday Afternoon and The Big Break script work by David Goodis Irving Shulman with others including Oty Bigelow Robert Richards Allen Borets Frederick Brennan and more.
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Urbank
Warner Bros
Burbank
Oty Bigelow
Robert Richards
Giv
Dennis Morgan
David Goodis
Irving Shulman
Allen Borets
Frederick Brennan
Peter Cardoza
Cantor
I. A
Buddy Rogers Conducts Own Orchestra For First Time In Years
Buddy Rogers leads his orchestra for the first time in seven years. He introduces the title song Sleep Mye from his new motion picture with Claudette Colbert and Robert Cummings Don Ameche. The film, released next month, stars Rogers with wife Mary Pickford and Ralph Cohn. David Street sings My Buddy and the lyrics by Sam Coslow accompany Sleep Mye.
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Rupr Rogers
United Artist
David Street
Sam Coslow
Claudetté Colbert
Robert Cummings
Don Ameche
Rogers
U.S Navy
Mary Pickford
Ralph Cohn
Buddy
Street
Names Films Best-Dressed Personalities
Clifton Webb leads Hollywood’s best dressed picks with six actors and four executives named. He cites Arthur Hornblow Otto Preminger Darryl Zanuck and Charlie Brackett as top dressed producers directors and writers. Webb’s wardrobe eye aims for taste over size and insists on natural style rather than illusion.
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Clifton Webb
America
Umb
Hollywood
Clifton
Robert Young
Maureen O'Hara
20Th Century-Fox
Darryl F. Zanuck
Arthur Hornblow
Otto Preminger
Charlie Brackett
Webb
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Ronald Colman
Cary Grant
Rex Harrison
Ty Power
Fred Astaire
Cutton
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Egil Buehaniin
Siesra
Bette
Paulette Goddard
Paulette
Cecil B. DeMille
Gary Cooper
Cannery Row
Miss. Goddard
Erskine Johnson
Bacall
Key Largo
Virginia Field
Las Vegas
Yvonne de Carlo
Yvonne
Canada
Carole Landis
Horace Schmidlapp
Elliott Lawrence
The
Rosalind Patton
Lina Romay
Jimmy Stack
Beverly Hills
Clark Gable
Gable
Sunset Blvd
Alda
Alli
Greer Garson
Metro
Sulla
Spencer Tracy
Maureen O'Sullivan
Charles Laughton
Maureen
John Farrow
Ireland
the Living Theater
Bert Lahr
Pacific Coast
Pike Jones
Long Beach Poly Hoo Nh
Chivazo
Studebakers Theater
Lew Dockstader
Paris
Ginger Rogers
Jean Louis
Columbia
Ginger
Champs Elysees
Jean
Warner Stories
Edna Anhalt
Harriet Frank Jr
Bernard Girard
David Lane
Jacques LeMarochal
Samuel Newman
William Saeckheim
Charles ‘Yedfor
James Webb
Thames Williamson
Buddy Rogers
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