Radio and film notes from Mary Pickford to Danny Kaye
Mary Pickford selected as the Mutual program queen inspired a TV film idea about 24 hour Queens. Mary invited Mer vy n LeRoy’s mother, who called her son to support a Technicolor project. Susan Hayward left Paramount and signed with Walter Wanger for seven years to star in Can yon Passage with Dana Andrews. Barry Wood to host a new radio show with Ray Block orchestra. The Marx Brothers plan Night in Casablanca stage sketches for Pacific coast venues, previewing a future film. Other items include Jack Douglas’s baby shower, Goetz opposing long features, Berkeley Square remake with O’Hara Peck Crain, Oscar lineups for The Strange Adventure, and multiple TV and film projects in development across Warners, Fox, RKO, and CBS.
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Mary Pickford
Mutual
Mary
Mervyn LeRoy
Peter Cookson
Warren William
Anne Gwynne
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Roland Young
Miss Skinner
Barry Wood
Ray Block
Cpl
Michel Panaieff
Wareners
Coast Guard
Gig Young
Warners
Adintance
Bette Davis
20thentury-Fox
Allyn Josslin
Peggy Ann Garner
Diz Davis
Randolph
Judy
Hugh Herbert
RKO
Emperor’s voyage to the west and modern Japan
A historical reflection recalls Hirohito and the 1921 voyage to England and France. Witness Renzo Sawada, chosen for language and age, accompanies the crown prince in a voyage that challenged imperial isolation. The piece notes his Paris subway push and public Paris speech, with broader notes on Japan’s shift from sacred ruler to modern leader.
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Japan
Renzo Sawada
Hirohito
Sawada
Tokyo
Imperial Council of Education
Ama
Perry
England
France
Yokohama
Heavenly Isles
London
Paris
Metro
Metro French
Reconversion plan delays spark interdepartmental clash in Washington
The Mead committee criticizes the government’s reconversion effort while senators privately push Truman for stronger action. Internal bickering, lack of a unified plan, and labor management tensions threaten the return to peacetime production as prices rise and wage controls falter.
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Washington
Mead Committee
Truman
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Potsdam
Mead
CIO
PWA
John W. Snyder
Schwellenbach
OPA
Space Saver Racks For Closet Doors
Advertises two door mounted racks under three inches deep with curved front for hats and a lower rack with hanger rod. Claims suitability for children’s toys and other small items and notes pattern 283 with actual-size cutting guides and assembly directions.
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Western Newspaper Union
Virginia Vale
Susan Hayward
Paramount
Walter Wanger
Yon Passage
Dana Andrews
Brian Donlevy
Universal
Jess Barker
Casablanca
Pacific Coast
Jack Douglas
Phil Harris
Harris
John Douglas Jr
Ronald Colmans
Ruth Hussey
Constance Moore
William Goetz
International Pictures
Agin
Tomorrow Is Forever
Claudette Colbert
Orson Welles
George Brent
Twentieth Century-Fox
Berkeley Square
Leslie Howard
Heather Angel
Maureen O’hara
Gregory Peck
Jeanné Crain
Clark Gable
Greer Garson
Thomas Mitchell
Victor Fleming
Joseph Rutenberg
Fred Uttal
CBS
Fred
Fruman
Russia
John J. O'Connor
Christian Front
Willam O’dwyer
Edward Curran
O'Dwyer
Brooklyn
Puerto Rico
L. W. Robert Firm
Atlanta
Democratic National Committee
Harry 8S. Truman
Admiral Leahy
Byrnes
Cordell Hull
Pearl Harbor
Westinghouse Electric
Stratovision
Island of Peace
Switzerland
Swiss Alps
Elisabeth Metzger Howard
Doubleday, Doran & Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Keo Nakama
Ohio State
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Boeing
B. F. Goodrich
California
Union
Michigan State Highway Department
Wiz
Soretone
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Kydia E. Pinkhamis
Wakefield
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