Eddie Bracken and Demarest on NBC's The Story of Eddie Bracken
Virginia Vale notes onscreen chemistry of Eddie Bracken and William Demarest in The Story of Eddie Bracken on NBC at 8 30 Sunday evenings. Demarest prods Bracken into action as the youthful hero faces a whirlpool of events. Jerome Cowan recalls a humorous set moment on Return at Dawn with an early breakfast scene and a turkey dinner sequence.
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William Demarest
Moran’s Creek
E.W.T
NBC
Eddie
Demarest
Bracken
Jerome Cowan
Republic
John English
Man About Town reads and rumors from wartime gossip columns
Ex convict Williams linked to a Betty Grable kidnapping plot is named last. Betty Grable’s guard, and her father and husband, are described as armed. Treasury warns against rumors on bonds and debt, while subversive activity is blamed. Donald Nelson’s marriage to a widow is hinted, VFW chief investigates a subversive, and many wartime socialites and gossip items are noted with playful innuendo.
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Betty Grable
Williams
O.D.T
Coochoos
Newspaper Guild
Celyum
U. S. Treasury
U. S. Gov’t
Congress
Gov't
D. W. Bell
Treasury
Washington
Donald Nelson
Colbourne
Paul Strashan
America
J. A. Brunner
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Claudette Colbert in aging roles and Shirley Temple impersonator
Claudette Colbert delivers convincing elder performances in Remember the Day and Tomorrow Is Forever. A coast to coast radio salute required a Shirley Temple impersonator. Mary Jane Wong, twenty, a Chinese performer, provided the perfect likeness for the seven year old Shir ley in Baby Take a Bow.
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Claudette Colbert
Claudette
Shirley Temple
Shirley
Letter Perfect
Mary Jane Wong
Crosby Paints Lifeboat on Set in Here Comes the Waves
Bing Crosby coats a life raft during sailor chores on the Here Comes the WAVES set. A visiting gob jokes that another coat would sink the raft. Ingrid Bergman co stars in The Bells of St Marys with Crosby as a priest and Bergman as a nun.
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Bing Crosby
Ingrid Bergman
St. Mary's
Crosby
A Song to Remember Review Overview
A vivid technicolor tale about Chopin and George Sand featuring Paul Muni Merle Oberon and Jose Iturbi as the unseen Chopin. The film is praised for music and visuals though critique notes historical liberties.
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Chopin
George Sand
Paul Muni
Merle Oberon
Jose Iturbi
Cliff Arquette Struggles for NYC Hotel Stay in 1940s Visit
Cliff Arquette arrived in New York to film Glamour Man at Radio City studios and posed for photos. He pleaded with a hotel clerk for his three week old reservation but was told the hotel was full. He slept on a friend's couch for several nights.
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Bill
Washington
Leonard Lyons
Penn Station
Florida
Cliff Arquette
New York
Glamour Manor
The
Blue
Radio City
Cliff
Broadway and Mine Faces About Town
Victor Moore moves from an exclusive Park Avenue residence back to the Broadway hotel he used during vaudeville days due to discomfort. J P Marquand gears to cover the Pacific arena as The Late George Apley creator. Petrillo aims to enter newsreel music, Luce is labeled Father Time, Nesbit dines solo at Duffy’s Tavern.
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Park Avenue Place
J. J. Shubert
Comedienne
Sue Ryan
Shuberts
J. P. Marquand
George Apley
Pacific Arena
Czar
Petrillo
Henry Luce
Father Time
Evelyn Nesbit
Duffy’s Tavern
Bradley Baker to Play Indian on Ed Wynn Show
After years of voice work Baker finally lands a human role on the Ed Wynn show when he appears as an Indian character. He performs by making three grunts to convey the part.
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Bradley Baker
Ed Wynn
Constance Bennett Produces First Film Paris Underground
Constance Bennett launches as producer and stars in her first picture Paris Underground directed by Gregory Ratoff with Gracie Fields billed as co star. Adrian outfits the production with Bennett in the lead.
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Paris
Adrian
Gregory Ratoff
Gracie Fields
Hollywood Stars Share Quick Weight Lose Plans and Plans for 1945
Gloria Blondell touts television work as a weight loss aid claiming 12 pounds shed in an hour under studio lights. Jimmy Durante aims to reinvent his screen persona for 1945 with women pursuing him. Dan Duryea grows blue ribbon sweet peas. Jack Arnheim injured cutting glass during Inner Sanctum broadcast. Karl Swenson of Grand Central Station runs one of New York's largest hive farms.
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Gloria Blondell
Jimmy Durante
Dan Duryea
Jack Arnheim
Karl Swenson
Grand Central Station
Hee Farms
New York State
Manhattan Murals and Snappy Desert Joke
A 20 year old photo of Fred Allen in a checked derby is shown in a 47th Street photographer window. Icicles on nude MoMA Garden statues amuse as a pup in military outfit eyes a scene. In a L Apres Midi dining room patrons entertain while Navy flyers in the Cub Room joke about desert sleeps using Camel packs. The punchline has a photographer quip about sleeping in hotels around the corner.
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Manhattan
Fred Allen
47Th Street
Museum of Modern Art
Pup
Pyramids
Princess Anastasia Emerges as Power Player in Yugoslav Royals
The article portrays Princess Anastasia of Greece as gaining influence within the Yugoslav royal circle and facing blame for the ongoing crisis. It notes Mussolini revealing alleged Nazi plundering in Italy and Swiss reports suggesting General Guderian may be replaced as Eastern Nazi commander after a dispute with Hitler.
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Greece
Peter
Mussolini
Italy
Gen'l Guderian
Hitler
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