Behind the Scenes Hollywood Feud Populates Westerner Crew
Hollywood writer Harrison Carroll reports tension after a wrestling match in Arizona where G Cooper faced hecklers. Cooper, aided by a dozen cowboys, escaped a planned melee as friends intervened. Doctors say McCarey will play piano again. Rosemary and Priscilla Lane exchange watches for Christmas with inscribed messages.
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Harrison Carroll
King Features Syndicate
Hollywood
Cal
Goldwyn
G. Cooper
Arizona
Twinkle Little Star stars long‑gone actress Charlotte Green wood
Long legged Charlotte Greenwood attempts her first straight role in years as an on the waning actress guiding Linda Darnell to a start. The piece notes her prior screen absence since 1931 and recalls director Leo McCarey’s fragile condition after a crash, highlighting career pressures and public reaction.
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Charlotte Greenwood
Linda Darnell
Charlott
Zasu Pitts
Edith Cavell
Charlotte
Leo McCarey
DeMille Seeks Mounties Aid for Texas Ranger Manhunt
Co. B. DeMille plans a trip to Ottawa to present script concerns to Northwest Mounted Police leaders and requests permission for a Texas ranger to collaborate with the mounties on a man hunt in his story.
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Co. B. DeMille
Ottawa
Northwest Mounted Police
Texas Ranger
Missouri Seeks Photo Exhibit Of Brenda Joyce Rise
Missouri plans a photographic record for a museum exhibit in Jefferson City to trace Brenda Joyce's rise to stardom. She is a native of Excelsior Springs. Twentieth Century Fox will provide sample stills from The Rains Came and Little Old New York plus early Hollywood arrival photos.
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Missouri
Brenda Joyce
Missouri Resource Museum
Jefferson City
Brenda
Excelsior Springs
Twentieth Century- Fox
New York
Hollywood
Golf and gossip mix in Hollywood vacation chatter
Bob Taylor seeks weight loss through golf a hobby Barbara Stanwyck will not share as she does not play. Fifi Dorsay argues with Art La Shelle at the House of Murphy with Marjorie Kyle Mark Hellinger and Gladys Einfeld present. Einfeld drinks iced coffee to explain sobriety while sipping a champagne look. The Kays plan to adopt a baby and Dudley Murphy escorts Mary Rogers to La Conga as rumka begins.
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Bob Taylor
Barbara Stanwyck
Fifi Dorsay
Art la Shelle
House of Murphy
Marjorie Kyle
Mark Hellinger
Gladys Glad
Charles Einfelds
Mark
Frankie Gallagher
Einfeld
Dave Kays
Junior Laemmle
Dudley Murphy
Mary Rogers
Talent Nights Led by Prinz and Pantages Attract Interest
Leroy Prinz and Lloyd Pantages will oversee talent nights. Many of the Earl Carroll beauties want dates with Herman Hover, the producer's lawyer, but Vonnie Shaw is the main reason they don’t.
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Leroy Prinz
Lloyd Pantages
Earl Carroll
Herman Hover
Vonnie Shaw
Near-miss plane drama endangers Eddie Norris return flight
Eddie Norris ex-husband of Ann Sheridan flew from Santa Barbara toward Los Angeles when his motor faltered fifteen minutes from the city. He chose to attempt a landing in darkness and the next morning a mechanic found an intake valve had blown. The accident would have been fatal if it occurred in flight.
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Hollywood
Eddie Norris
Ann Sheridan
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Norris
Engagement Gag Shocks Victor Hugo Table
Nancy Kelly Ken Murray Frances Langford and Jon Hall sat nervously as Garwood Van announced an engagement joke to the crowd. Five photographers and a columnist documented the scene while Nancy worried about her real romance with Edmund O’Brien and the columnist’s feigned belief in the ruse.
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Nancy Kelly
Ken Murray
Frances Langford
Jon Hall
Hall
Garwood van
Nancy
Murray
Edmund O’brien
Gene Fowler Rebounds To Offer Stunt Car Turnovers
Gene Fowler, recovering in hospital after an auto crash, wired Darryl Zanuck to announce that he and Leo McCarey are free as stunt men. They advertise a specialty in turning over cars, offering their services to the film unit.
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Gene Fowler
Darryl Zanuck
Leo McCarey
Destry Rides Again Sparks Dietrich Casting Interest
A preview notes Marlene Dietrich drawing multiple studios for film roles after Destry Rides Again. She reaches out to producer Joe Pasternak, joking the phone rings for jobs rather than dinner. The piece highlights Dean Markham’s new Valley Community project with a group of young people.
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Destry
Marlene Dietrich
Joe Pasternak
Dean Markham
New Valley
Hall Family Ties Highlight Paris Blackout Film Plans
In a theater note Ella Hall and her children Emory and Ellen are mentioned along with relatives Phyllis Weisenfrued Ty rone Power cousin Anabel Hafen and Beverly Andre Joel McCrea's secretary. Alan Mowbray announces his directing debut on January 3 for Paris Blackout a project featuring several Negro actors in the cast.
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Ella Hall
Emory
Ellen
Paul Muni
Phyllis
Hollywood
Alan Mowbray
Paris
Young Brother’s Abbey Players Honor for Dublin Course
Maureen O'Hara celebrates a letter from Ireland as her brother Charles, 15, earns a two year Abbey Players course in Dublin a special honor for the family and for the aspiring actor.
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Maureen O’hara
Ireland
Hollywood
Charles
Abbey Players
Dublin
Wendy Barrie says she and Rudy Vallee are not dating
Wendy Barrie laughs at romance rumors about Rudy Vallee. She notes she meets him about every six months to read scripts and judge if they would suit him in films. She adds they know each other too well to be romantic, joking she can tell his thoughts by the back of his head.
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Wendy Barrie
Rudy Vallee
Wendy
Rudy
Hollywood Rumors And Career Moves Stir Tinsel Town
Bill Lundigan heads east to renew an old friendship with Dorothy James, daughter of Pennsylvania’s governor. Joan Fontaine and Brian Aherne vow a honeymoon after My Son My Son. Virginia Bruce earns Red Cross nurse qualification after exams. Ernie Westmore visits Slapsy Maxie’s Lorraine De Wood nightly. The Trocadero opens before holidays with restaurateur John Steinberg back. Dutch baroness Harriet Hulswit teams with Imboden Parrish in a new pairing. Spencer Tracy Jr seeks a 16 millimeter family film, sister Susie holding out despite bribes. Garbo could fetch $3.50.
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Bill Lundigan
Dorothy James
Pennsylvania
Joan Fontaine
Brian Aherne
Virginia Bruce
Red Cross
Ernie Westmore
Maxie
Lorraine de Wood
Hollywood
John Steinberg
Harriet Hulswit
Imboden Parrish
Spencer Tracy
John
Susie
Spencer
Garbo
Buick sales highest on record in November 192X
Flint Michigan December report shows domestic Buick retail deliveries in the last 10 days of November totaling 10 385 units, lifting November total to 29 292 the season’s top. W F Hufstader notes the month beat October by 3384 and surpassed April’s 21 343, with 34 5 percent rise over last year.
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Flint
Mich
Buick
W. F. Hufstader
Hufstader
United States
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