Look-alikes Not Sought in Films
Hollywood avoids look alikes who resemble stars and risk infringing studio branding. Patric Knowles rose from near-mishap due to Erol Flynn likeness to top roles, now leads Paramount’s Isn’t It Romantic while remaining friendly with Flynn.
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Mary Martin
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Myrna Loy
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Virginia Wells
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Anna Sten Returns to Film in Lets Live a Life
Anna Sten resumes acting after three years with Lets Live a Life in Hollywood. She credits Cummings Hedy Lamarr and Richard Waxace for urging her return and notes her husband Eugene Frenke is the producer. Russian born Sten rose to fame in Europe before joining Sam Goldwyn in the United States.
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Act of Dying Develops Into Fine Art
In OLLYWOO March 6 the piece notes Oscar Homolka’s death scene in RKO Radio’s I Remember Mama. It compares his 20 minute passing to a crafted performance, praising his timing and the director’s and producer’s approval while noting his Broadway stint as Uncle Chris.
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Forger Ellis Signs Famed Names To Movies
Ollywood’s Griffith T Ellis, a noted forger for 28 years, signs historic and literary signatures for Warner Bros movies. He forges documents for Don Juan scripts and other titles, using graphology to match characters while insisting he only signs his own name on checks.
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Me and Molly tops Broadway with Delectable Charm
Gertrude Berg’s adaptation of The Goldbergs opens at Belasco Theater in New York to warm notices. The comedy follows a Bronx family as they juggle marriage, schooling, and a dress venture under Molly’s loving guidance. Cast features Berg, Loeb, Sorin, Mintz, Carr, Lazer, Beaury amid a theater lineup including Ezra Stone directing.
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Filming Sitcom Chaos for Sitting Pretty Scraps
On the Sitting Pretty set, actors improvise with wry humor as scriptwriter F Hugh Herbert, Darryl Zanuck and Gwen Davenport source material. Clift Webb Maureen O Hara and Richard Haydn perform playful bits while Iris plant experiments and Beatrice in a nightclub scene spark laughs.
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Robert Young
Maureen O'Hara
Richard Mayda
Darryl ¥. Zanuck
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Diana Lynn Learns Art of Cooking
Diana Lynn pursues independence and self sufficiency while living on cornflakes and milk amid Hollywood notes. The actress discusses learning to cook, managing a home, and avoiding divorce, naming peers like Tony Martin and Guy Madison as among eligible men.
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Theodora Lynch Earns Fame by Her Own Work
Theodora Lynch, famed as a newly minted star of Land of the Sky Blue Waters, insists she earned her fame and training rather than relying on family wealth. She financed operatic study by singing torch songs in a New York club and recording songs while married to oil magnate J Paul Getty, embracing a life as a society wife who prefers independence.
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New Look Fashion History and Celebrities in Vintage Style
The article surveys evolving women silhouettes from 1725 to 1969, noting three basic forms the bustle tubular silhouette and tied bell styles with periods 1760 1795 1830 1899 and 1725 1950 Fred Ruth Husacy and Tyrone Power feature in reminiscences about fashion and film stars. It also mentions Emory flashbacks Gregory Peck and Paige on set and a San Francisco restaurateur.
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