Hollywood Dancers Move Between Movies Radio and Stage
Selections from a 1940s era page describe Jerry Kelly and Sharon McManus in dance plans and training, Johnny Desmond eyeing Western stardom, Audrey Totter's sister choosing Joliet over Hollywood, Billy Riley balancing Navy service with schooling, and shifts in radio shows including The Adventures of the Thin Man and Fanny Brice Show. It notes Sinatra pursuing summer musical projects and ongoing concerns of radio announcers about lines, plus backstage banter about program doors and audience reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Kelly
Anchors Aweigh
Sharon McManus
Navy
Kelly
Judy Garland
MGM
Stage Frtrance and Hollywood Notes Mix in Fragmented Review
A garbled notes filled column highlights Sonja Henley and stage events, Belmont claims, and a parade of film and radio figures. Mentions Magnificent Yankee, Benny Goodman, The Glass Key, The Panton Thief, Tokio Rose, Ingrid Bergman, Gloria Vanderbilt, Fannie Hurst, and Cornelia Otis Skinner with Ann Richards in The Searching Wind film role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonja Henle
Belmont
Caine
Inez
Logie Calhorn
Cavalcase of America
Marquess of Queensbury
Vietor Borge
Benny Gooman
Benny Goodman
Werogy
Jennifer Jones
Charles Boyer
Pat O'Brien
Texas Panhandler
Times Square
Mary Livingstone
Portland Hoffa
Embassy
Ingrid Bergman
Riviera
G. Washington Bridge
George Jean Nathan
Jessie Tai-Sing
Stork
Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski
Vth Ave
Fannie Hurst
Vienna
Ann Richards
Hollywood
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Skinner
Sallies and Sardi's Swing Street Snippets
A lively collage of New York nightlife gossip and eccentric anecdotes. Ezio Pinza explains a star’s understudy in a Mocambo dining tale while a Woollcott burp memory and other urban vignettes unfold from Sardi’s to Swing Street and Bronx movie marquees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mocambo
Ringsider
Ezio Pinza
Sardi
Woollcott
Braun
Manhattan
Kerridge
Worfic
Havana-Madrid
Saks Fifth Avenue
Mr. Foote
East 17Th
Whitten
Tremont Avenue
Bronx
Ethel Barrymore and Lionel in a playful encounter
Ethel Barrymore exits Sarai's with Lionel. she jokes about John’s odd behavior at a bar. Lionel questions the sight as Ethel notes John was “without one.” Maurice Barrymore weighs in on becoming a famous actor, pondering the first lesson as starving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linus Pauling
California Institute of Technology
Willard Gibbs
Chicago
American Chemical Society
Portland
Ore
Oregon State College
Ethel Barrymore
Lionel
Sarai’s
John
Lionet
Ethel
Maurice Barrymore
The Showfolks Heel Hille Plays Paris Casino Scene
Hea Lillie once performed a gin de fer at a Paris casino when a hiccup caused the croupier to hear banquet and award her 150000 francs in winnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hea Lillie
Paris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Johnny Desmond
NBC
Yar
Dra
Tigger
Johnny
Gow
Audrey Totter
June
Joliet, Ill
Audrey
Billy Riley
South Pacific
California
Robert Montgomery
Riley
Thin Man
Fanny Brice
CBS
Nick Charles
Les Damon
David Gothad
Les Tremayne
Claudia Morgan
Nick
Nera
Frank Sinatra
Danist Skitch Henderson
Sinatra
Alex Stor- Gshlin
Bob Williams
Paul McGrath
Worsaw
Stonker
McGrath
George
Sone Lid
Eeart
P Studio
He Orchrira
Sidewalk Assn
Poat Aarnur
Texas
Compierc
Chamber of Commerce
Port Arthur
G.i.s
Cronin
Joe Cronin
Boston Red Sox
Corky Cronin
Pop
Lake Avenue Wildcats
George Robson
Maywend
Calif
Indianapolis
Robson
Burch
Senator Glass
Thomas Granvilleirginia
Carter Glass
United States Senate
Kenneth McKellar
Tenn
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Burdh
Charles Robinson
Somerville
Mass
Medford
Everett
Chelsea
Western America
Vn AE
Ustea Weil
Aid Hite
Leb Berk
Wien
Typewriters
Ab Maerhines
Balt Lobe City
Ulan
U. S
Rene
Sullivan
O'Sullivan
Lydia
Pinkham
WNU
Tee RC
Dean
Doans
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