Hollywood gossip and star wardrobe tease in It Happened in Kaloha
Deanna Durbin will showcase 28 wardrobe changes eight evenings in It Happened in Kaloha while Olivia de Havilland balks at Married Pretty and Poor. Erich von Stroheim insists on trimming lines then doubles. Margarets Lind and Gilbert engagement noted. Merle Oberon reports from S Rex crossing with Alexander Korda. Ethlynne Claire to have a baby. Rudy Vallee to producer duties. Gregory Ratoff recalls a Finnish bath moment.
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Harrison Carroll
King Features Syndicate
Hollywood
Deanna Durbin
Kaloha
Kay Francis
New York
Hawaii
Warner
Olivia de Havilland
Ann Sheridan
Jane Bryan
Olivia
Merle Oberon
Alexander Korda
Gibraltar
Korda
Isa Miranda
Italy
Ethlynne Claire
Ernie Westmore
Art Frost
Rudy Vallee
the Republic
Gregory Ratoff
Bill Fields Finishes Christmas Shopping Weeks Early
Bill Fields joins the ranks of those finishing holiday shopping by November 1. His gifts emphasize novelty with some friends receiving family tree tracings. Other presents include shoe racks can openers and even surrealist paintings.
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Bill Fields
Bill
Grapes of Wrath camera work praised for realism
The piece notes unusual camera work in Grapes of Wrath with sharp realism akin to newsreels. It highlights Joe Penner's self impersonation as a two year old in Millionaire Playboy with the star dressed in a derby hat and a diaper.
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Joe Penner
Northwest Passage Sneak Preview Thrills New Rochelle Crowd
Moviegoers in New Rochelle cheer an M G M sneak preview of Northwest Passage while critics send in 500 cards praising it. Prints of Gone With the Wind delay Northwest Passage release to late February or March as technicolor labs run full. Clark Gable may skip Los Angeles premiere, aiming for New York on the 28th.
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New Rochelle
M-G-M
Northwest Passage
Spencer Tracy
Technicolor Laboratories
Clark Gable
Los Angeles
New York
Bob Armstrong
Rolf Armstrong
Bob
Reno
Hollywood
Paramount
Wesley Ruggles
Wesley, Jr
Arline Judge
Groucho Marx
Arthur Murray
Chasen’s
Shorty George
Joyce Matthews
Bentley Ryan
Vic McLaglen
Andrew
University of Virginia
Vic
Roosevelt budget fights loom after state aid proposal
The piece outlines proposals to require the government to match state grants for the needy aged up to 15 dollars monthly, plus 2 to 1 funding. It notes looming battles in Congress over defense funds, general appropriations, and the reciprocal trade program, with Roosevelt set to read the state of the union and send budget estimates. Republican leaders react to Jackson Day invite as a political gesture.
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Connally
Townsend
R-Del
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Jackson Day
Capper
White House
Mexican soldiers receive pay raise to about forty cents
Mexico City officials announce increases in military pay with day rate for soldiers rising four cents to about 40 cents. Army officers and department officials gain a 20 cent lift, now at least 60 cents per day.
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Mexico City
Crude Oil Output by Region Dips in Latest Week
Daily U.S. crude oil production fell by 316,200 barrels to 3,550,350 for the week ending December 30, per the Oil and Gas Journal. The Rocky Mountain region rose to 87,070 barrels while Texas declined by 282,206 to 1,305,885. Some
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Rocky Mountain
Texas
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Is Ud Televes
Speed
G. K. Richardson
Roswell, N. M
Jake Hinch
N. Rich
New
Cretonnes
America
Chase
Praga
Sears, Roebuck and CO
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Maysville
Chenille
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