New Look Scheduled For Old Sorg In 200000 Remodeling
The Sorg Building in Middletown will undergo a $200,000 remodeling to become The Colonial theater with a single 300 seat balcony on the main floor for 500 seats. The plan includes a new lobby, south entrance, men and women lounges, a modernized air system, and new elevators. Northio Theater Corp. leases will transfer to new management under Jack Keegan with Finkleman firms.
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Ruby Keeler Ready To Return To Movies After Ten Years
Hollywood veteran Ruby Keeler reflects on aging, family life, and a potential screen comeback as she recalls her Jolson era and the shift away from backstage plots in musicals. She notes her children now require less care and expresses willingness to dance again if the right project appears.
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Fuller Brush Girls Spin 14000 Anecdotes For Film
Hollywood report notes that 7000 Fuller Brush field women contributed 14000 humorous incidents for The Fuller Brush Girl. A Wisconsin anecdote told of a Ful lerette selling vast quantities of hand cream, with failures in checking orders. Farmers reportedly used creams on cow udders to prevent chapping in cold weather.
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Eyrie Auto Accident Scene At Ventura and Lankersheim
Hollywood crews staged a late night auto crash on Ventura and Lankersheim Boulevards drawing a large crowd as a real collision occurred when an impatient driver braked suddenly. Police and crew worked about an hour to clear wreckage before filming could continue.
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Silent star Ramon Novarro returns to cameras with role
Lon Ramon Novarro, who paused film work years ago, is back before the cameras. Arthur Freed cast him with Cary Grant in a crisis drama and predicts a renewed major career as a character actor.
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John Wayne Retreats Into Busy Schedule Through 1953
Hollywood reports John Wayne remains in high demand after signing a 1940 deal with Howard Hughes for one film per year for five years. With four studios bidding and several projects in development, Wayne plans to produce The Alamo and star in The Quiet Man and Real Brava. He intends a vacation in 1953.
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1953
Ballad Singer Plans Houseboat Residence
Hollywood ap reporting Burl Ives, once a New York East River houseboat resident, seeks a return with an elaborate floating home built on an army surplus hull. Plans by John Lloyd Wright include a TV show titled Bul Ives Houseboat, aiming for the river dwelling as a base.
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Oldsters Chase Love in Hollywood with Veteran Actors
Charles Cobain and Edmund Gwenn both over seventy play lovers in Louisa as they duel for Spring Byington’s affection. A dressing room sign reads what’s Gable got that we can’t remember, revealing lighthearted backstage rivalry.
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Edmund Gwenn
Spring Byington
Gable
Bulky Sound Gear Replaced by Tape Recorders at Paramount
Hollywood AP Loren G. Ryder says magnetic tape recorders simplify sound track work on studio sets. bulky outside generator trucks become unnecessary as two boxes and a small control panel replace old dial desks. Tape syncs with camera automatically. end of day transfers to film soundtrack. Reward Reindeer Bonanza Gene Autry declined publishing Rudolph despite two million sales.
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Gene Autry
Rudolph
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Parrots Trained to Squawk Film Title in Theaters
Hollywood reports Universal International plans to train a flock of parrots in Central America to squawk Oh Franc is in lobby crowds of 100 cities. The stunt echoes a 1930s Mae West publicity gag that was abandoned when the film’s title changed on opening day. The parrots were recalled and returned to the jungles after the failure.
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