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Hollywood stars and stage veterans face shifting movie roles
Reporter Robert Paige climbs from radio to film in Golden Groves and Opened by Mistake before landing a lead in Dancing on a Dime opposite Grace MacDonnell. May Brittson, Ellen Drew’s grandmother in Texas Rangers Ride Again, showcases decades of stage and screen work as a salty elder. Pat O’Malley, Deanna Jobin, James Melton, Eleanor Roosevelt, and others pivot between radio and film as studios push star power in a changing Hollywood landscape.
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Virginia Vale
Western Newspaper Union
Preaes
Hollywood
Jas
Robert Paige
Golden Groves
Paramount
Hell
Grace MacDondara
May Rietzon
Ellen Drew
Texas Rangers
Bard Carroll
Emporiuya
Ken Murray
Tlose Hobart
Leeds
Cobina
Brenda
Wert Carroll Beaue
Wall
Earl Carroll