Frankie Bailey ends penniless at 91 in Santa Monica
Film figure Frankie Bailey born Franconia Walters rose in 1890s vaudeville and early cinema. She toured with Weber and Fields at the Music Hall and earned fame for legendary tights and legs. In 1949 she died penniless at the Mar Vista Rest Home in Santa Monica after a long career in film and stage.
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Richard Talmage
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Mary Pickford
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Mar’ Vista Rest Home
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India Temple Raided by Four Gunmen
Four gunmen broke into the Temple of Malahaxmi in Bombay and wounded three temple servants. They made off with about 1000 dollars worth of jewels.
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India
Bombay
Malahaxmi
White Tower on Mont Blanc stars Ford and Valli
The White Tower is filmed on Mont Blanc in Technicolor with Glenn Ford and Hedy Valli leading a multinational six person ascent tale. Claude Rains Sir Cedric Hardwicke Lloyd Bridges appear as guides officers and a romantic plot unfolds amid Alpine conflicts and a final climactic twist.
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Sid Rogell
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Lotte Stein
All-star Baseball TV and radio broadcast planned tomorrow
The all star game will be shown on television and broadcast on radio across the eastern and midwestern states. Air time is 11 25 p m with 11 15 start ahead of the game. Mel Allen and Jim Britt will host the radio team while Jack Brickhouse leads Chicago television coverage on WGN TV.
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Armed Forces Radio
York
Broadway Producer Ben Boyar Plans Melody Fair Tent Theater
Broadway producer Ben Boyar, longtime Max Gordon associate, shifts from Broadway to Danbury Connecticut to stage a twelve-show musical tent theater at the fairgrounds. He recounts past ventures and a Havana 1933 encounter, illustrating his persistence and dealmaking in show business.
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Fleet Leaders Hold Hawaii Conference Visit by Harris Aboard
Maj. Gen. Field Harris commanding general leads top fleet officers during a Hawaii conference after arriving from the mainland by air Friday morning to discuss operations, readiness, and coordination with local and regional commands.
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Hawaii
Field Harris
Broad Roles Recalled in Paying Them Origin
Former cast and crew members reflect on the origins of Paying Them and the roles they played on the Broad project, detailing how early contributions shaped the final production.
Jane Powell Gets First Grown-Up Film Role
AP reports Jane Powell finally lands a grown up movie part after years of juvenile casting. She plays Fred Astaire’s sister in a new film, dancing beside stars once slated for Judy Garland, Esther Williams, and more, with Powell noting Astaire is patient and understanding.
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Wife Will Hunt for Lost Flier in Canada
Mrs. M. F. Straley of Fort Worth Texas arrived in Prince Rupert to search desolate Princess Royal Island for her husband missing since a bomber crash six months ago. She planned to charter a power boat and stock provisions as rescue parties had failed to locate the missing U. S. Air Force crew. Seventeen men bailed out when an engine failed last February. five were rescued.
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Budd Co Workers Strike After Negotiation Breakdown
Several thousand Budd Co production and maintenance workers walked out early today in Philadelphia after their international representative failed to win an extension of negotiations. The walkout follows a vote by more than 000 workers for an immediate strike.
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