Hollywood Notes on The Stranger and Other Light News
Western Union report by Virginia Vale covers Loretta Young acrophobia scene in The Stranger with an 18 story set and Orson Welles. It notes Boris Karloff radio work, Tom Neal’s Tokyo stunt lessons, Penny Singleton fears about Blondie, and general Hollywood chatter on stars, contracts, and TV work.
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International
the Stranger
Loretta Young
Orson Welles
Welles
Alps
Hollywood
Edward G. Robinson
Loretta
Penny Singleton
Blondie
Columbia Pictures
Blondie” Pictures
Dagwood
Marie Wilson
Penny
Hunt Stromberg
Jane Russell
Navy humor and old sea tales from servicemen
A collection of naval anecdotes and jokes from sailors, including a mechanic who has never pushed his carrier, logbook pranks between an ensign and lieutenant, an admiral who misreads dead reckoning, a censor's prank with a jigsaw, a seaplane mix up, and a Utah homesick sailor's time-rhymes reflecting life at sea.
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Jones
Lord Nelson
Westminster Abbey
Navy Filers Submariner Exchange About Angels Mermaids
A brief overheard exchange sketches a Navy filer and a submariner aboard a vessel. The submariner asks what was seen above, and the filer replies there were no angels or mermaids. The fragment hints at a sailor’s curiosity about surface sights.
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Navy
Fragmented Navy Welcome Scene In New Yorker Style
Readers glimpse a chaotic vignette of sailors and hosts in a New Yorker style setting. The passage lampoons naval guest culture with flashing currency, ribbons, lipstick marks, and hushed conferences among sailors. It hints at bustling nightlife and impromptu encounters as the Navy supposedly travels rather than arrives.
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New Yorker
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Navy
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Western Newspaper Union
Virginia Vale
Robert Ey
War Activities Committee
Ision
U. S. Treasury Department
Benchley
Boris Karloff
RKO
Tom Neal
Tokyo
Neal
Constance Moore
Gloria Dean
Hollywood Mystery Time
Gina
Connie
Sans Took and Ganz
Sans Claus
Burzs and Allen
George
Whally
PeeWee
Howard Barlow
Elaine Vito
New York
Toscanini
Alex Stordahl
Frank Sinatra
Denny Keye
Jorveree
Nett Shrine
Sion Meter Lan Ous
Robert Benceley
Far Eastern Commission
State Department
Byrnes
J. A. Stone
Canada
C. A. Berendsen
New Zealand
P. E. Naggair
France
Wei Tao-Wing
China
Lord Halifax
Great Britain
Japan
U. S
Tientsin
North China
Truman
Roosevelt
Medina
Mira‘ Flores
Raul Leoni
Adm
Fernand Pe
Leyte Landing
Red
Tacloban
Leyte
P. L
Mac. Arthur
The
Philippines
Zealand
Los Angeles
Sale
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Leutenant
South Pacific
Seapower
Navy Mag
Utah
Montana Cereal CO. Billings
Thom.t
Fram
Fram Corporation
Providence
Bones
Fem Ueda SR
Ben-Gay
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Rans
Hebi
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