Down Memory Lane Recalls Canine Stars and a Wild Visitor
The author remembers canine film stars Strongheart Rin Tin Tin and Peter the Great with anecdotes from early pictures. He recounts Biotto the police dog and a fatal shooting of Peter the Great, then narrates a late-night detour to Trabuco Canyon where a wild baby coyote named Ernie is being raised, showing calm progress and a playful scene.
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Strongheart
Rin-Tin-Tin
Peter the Great
Biotte
Theater Magazine
Hollywood
Cutie
Biotto
Blotte
Ed Faust
George Kempin
George
Trabuco Oaks
Calif
Kempin
Peter
M-G-M
Eleanor Boardman
Raymond McKee
Fread Cyrlack
Lankershim
Cyriack
Memory Lane
Trabuco Canyon
Holy Jim Canyon
Tom Jr
Borden
Tommy
Ernie
Ernest Thompson Seton
Movie Stars in Jeans Irk Sidney Blackmer
Sidney Blackmer criticizes male stars dressing like ranch hands in Hollywood noting changes since his return to film. He cites Rudolph Valentino John Barrymore John Gilbert as immaculately dressed romantic stars and points to Marlon Brando as an exception. He recounts near-MGM contract and a divorce linked to choosing wife over film deal.
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Irk N. Y
Sidney Blackmer
Ollywood
Holace
Rudolph
Valentino
John Barrymore
John Gilbert
New York
Alfred Lunt
Dennis King
Marlon Brando
Blackmer
Broadway
Hollywood
Fortune
M.-G-M
Irving Thalberg
Lenore Z Ulrich
Lana
Ulrich
Clark Gable
T. K
Hollyiood
American Legion Show Red White and Blue Comes to Long Beach
The American Legion presents the professional revue Red White and Blue with three perf or mances at Municipal Auditorium on October 28 and 29. Veterans and relatives form the cast directed by Hollywood producer Leroy Prinz. Proceeds support veterans rehabilitation and child welfare. ticket sales begin with advance openings in Los Angeles and Pasadena before the Long Beach run.
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Long Beach
Army
American Legion
Municipal Auditorum
Hollywood
Leroy Prinz
Frank McFarland
Legion
USC
Los Angeles
National
The
Pasadena
Debra Paget Mother Describes Path To Movie Stardom
Debra Paget is being groomed as a Hollywood glamour figure by her mother Mrs. Margaret Griffin who stresses years of training and the right connections. The build up includes lessons in swimming and stunt readiness as Debra, age 16, prepares for Bird of Paradise in Hawaii while press agents downplay her age in sawdust theater chatter.
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Hubbard Keavy
Bob Thomas
PBS
Debra
Debra Paget
Publicizy Weyer Urcur
Margaret Griffin
Pagets
Debra Lee
Paget
Nirs
Griffin
Istock
Ivan Kahn
Zanuck
Mrs. Griffins
Ivan Kahns
Hollywood
Enoug
Hawaii
Sixteen Pilgrims Drown Near Imroz Island Dardanelles
ISTANBUL July 29 Sixteen Greek Orthodox pilgrims drowned when their rowboat sank off Imroz Island near the Dardanelles during the St. Anne celebration voyage. A party of twenty had set out. four, including a ten year old boy, swam to safety.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Imroz Island
Dardanelles
Imroz
St. Anne
Piryos
Job for A bomb Target in Marin County
Marin Sheriff Walter Selmer seeks a veteran of an atom bomb attack to advise and train 500 volunteer civilian defense workers in San Rafael on July 29. The role calls for firsthand experience to guide local disaster readiness efforts.
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San Rafael
Marin County
Walter Selmer
Dawnese Speech Style Shapes Judy Holliday Persona
Hollywood reports note a new diction trend dubbed Dawnese linked to Judy Holliday as Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday. The relaxed delivery, echoed by fans, becomes a badge of familiarity and a marketing asset across screen and stage, with parallels to Davis and West.
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Ollywood
Dawnese
Dawn
Billie Dawn
Judy Holliday
Miss Holiday
Ethel Barrymore
Mayvie
Tallulah Bankhead
Mae West
Marlene Dietrich
Miss Holliday
Miss H
Billie
L A Starts Inventory of Medical Supplies
Los Angeles launches city wide inventory of medical supplies led by Mayor Bowron and Health Officer Uhl with Red Cross. The effort seeks to gauge equipment on hand for disaster response, much of it sourced from the Office of Civilian Defense and stored in schools basements churches and casualty stations.
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Los Angeles
Valy
Fletcher Bowron
George M. Uhl
Red Cross
Whi
Office of Civilian Defense
Martin and Lewis Sneak Comedy Into Army Film
Hollywood reports that Martin and Lewis star in In the Army with zany wartime humor. Lewis plays a clumsy corporal while Dean Martin is a poster boy sergeant, as the pair lampoons draft life. Producers joke about shocking the Russians with monkey trainers.
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Martin and Lewis
Lewis
G. S
Kremlin
Dean Martin
Abbott and Costel
Army
Martin
Stamp Collectors Meeting Features Exhibits and Trade
The Long Beach Stamp Collectors Club will showcase stamps by Andy Hartman Roy Barrett and Dr Albert Lalathe at 7 30 p m tomorrow at 951 Locust Ave The program includes trading time Reports from stamp meetings in Los Angeles and Santa Ana by Harry Rickard Public is invited.
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Andy Hartman
Roy Barrett
Albert Lalathe
Long Beach
Stamp Collectors Club
Locust Ave
Los Angeles
Santa Ana
Harry Rickard
Pubiie
New Zealand Warships Leave Hong Kong for Korea Exercises
Warships Tutira and Pukaki from New Zealand departed Hong Kong on July 28 for naval exercises off Korea. Officials offered no details beyond the move to join allied forces in the region.
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Hong Kong
New Zealand
Tutira
Long Kong
Korea
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