Ida Lupino as Possible Oscar Hopeful in Murder Roles
Ida Lupino, the young English actress, is discussed as a potential Academy Award contender for her portrayal of a housekeeper who kills her employer in Ladies in Retirement. The piece notes her stark, unglamorous transformation and compares her to Bette Davis in The Letter and The Little Foxes, highlighting Lupino’s rising status in Hollywood.
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Bette Davis
Little Foxes
Bette
Homicide
Lester Cowan
Gilbert Muller
Ida Lupino
Miss Lupino
Flora Rabson
Ellen Creed
Lupino
Hher
Ida
Hollywood
Stanley Lupino
Connie Emerald
St George Hotel Pool Mirrors Draw Laughs in Brooklyn
At the St George Pool in Brooklyn a set of four Coney Island Mirrors on the pillars distorts reflections. Patrons laugh at elongated heads, sway-backed profiles, and pot-bellied knees, with the concave mirror showing a humorous preview of post diet looks.
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St. George Pool
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Viva O'Brien Musical Creates Broadway Splash
The Majestic Theatre unveils Viva O'Brien a musical with a swimming tank and fourteen sets. William K Wells and Eleanor Wells wrote the book with score by Madame Maria Grover. Pete Desjardins the Olympic diver stars in the opening pool sequence amid Mexico inspired scenes. The sixty member cast includes Russ Brown Marie Nash Victoria Cordova Ruth Clayton Milton Watson and others.
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Majestic Theatre
William K. Wells
Eleanor Wells
Madame Maria Grover
Pete Desjardins
Yucatan
Xochimilco
Mexico
Russ Brown
Marie Nash
Victoria Cordova
Ruth Clayton
Milton Watson
John Cherry
Ann Dere
Gil Galvan
Cyril Smith
Edgar Mason
Roberto Bernardi
Tony Labriola
Oswald
Diamond Boys
Rosalie Stewart Stars in Letters to Lucerne in New York
Rosalie Stewart arrives in New York to confer with co producer Dwight Deere Wiman on the immediate production of their new play Letters to Lucerne by Fritz Rotter and Allen Vincent. Vincent, a former Broadway and Hollywood juvenile turned screenwriter, teams with Rotter, the Viennese author of I Kiss Your Hand Madame and Two Hearts in Three Quarters Time.
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Rosalie Stewart
New York
Dwight Deere Wiman
Lucerne
Fritz Rotter
Allen Vincent
Mr. Vincent
Mr. Rotter
Dudley Diggs to Direct Dramatization of Solitaire
Dwight Deere Wiman announces Dudley Digges will direct John van Dru ten’s dramatization of Edwin Corle’s Solitaire. Digges, a renowned actor, has directed notable plays in the Theatre Guild era including Pygmalion Love Is Like That The Doctor’s Dilemma and Becky Sharp.
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Dwight Deere Wiman
Dudley Digges
John van Druten
Edwin Corle
Gay Blades Rink Opens Largest Skating Palace
Lou Brecker announces the Gay Blades rink in New York City opens early with a 200 by 85 feet surface, six daily sessions, free instruction by top skating experts, and music each session. He credits skating’s popularity to cinema and Sonja Henie’s grace, noting the season’s expected peak.
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Lou Brecker
Gay Blades
New York City
Best Foot Forward Debuts as Broadway Hit at Barrymore
Broadway bows Best Foot Forward at the Barrymore Theatre with Rosemary Lane in the lead. Critics and audiences hail the rollicking musical comedy praised for originality, gaiety, and sparkling songs by John Cecil Holm Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane.
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George Abbott
Barrymore Theatre
N. Y
Rosemary Lane
Joey
Syracuse
John Cecil Holm
Mr. Abbott
Hugh Martin
Ralph Blane
Walter Winchell
John Mason Brown
World Telegram
New York Times
Brooks Atkinson
Buried watches necklace ties Hollywood to Custer lore
Hollywood exposes a legend about a necklace of Civil War era watches buried near the Little Big Horn. Flying Cloud of the Sioux says the heirloom linked to General Custer’s 1876 fate includes a photograph seen by old tribes.
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Little Big Horn
Black Hills
Montana
Flying Cloud
Hollywood
Errol Flynn
Warner Bros
General Custer
7Th Cavalry
Custer
Sitting Bull
United States
Charlie Chaplin
Herbert Anderson
Margaret Lindsay
Forrest Tucker
National Restaurant Association
Chicago
Monty Woolley
Douglas Fairbanks
Harvard
Columbus
Ohio
Warners
Zorina
Victor Moore
Oscar Levant
Paramount
Heaven
Learn music at home with this easy method promise
Thousands have studied music at home using a private‑teacher free method that claims quick results. The ad offers a free illustrated booklet and Print-and-Picture Sample explaining how to learn tunes by note in a few lessons. Instruments supplied when needed with cash or credit from U. S. School of Music in New York City.
Panama Hattie Tops Million Dollar Box Office
The Cole Porter musical Panama Hattie starring Ethel Merman at the 46th Street Theatre surpasses one million dollars in gross, a single producer record not matched since Ziegfeld era. B G DeSylva, previously a librettist and songwriter, has produced three Broadway musical revues over two years, each earning over a million.
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Panama
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Gay Blades Rink
Brecker
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Hollywood News
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Fleischer Studio
Miami
Florida
Dave Fleischer
L Harvey Sparber
Messrs. Doodle
Pinch
Squinch
Mr. Bug
Broadway
U. S. School OF Music
Brunswick Bldg
Doan
Dean
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