Flynn downsizing as Hollywood buzzes over life changes
Errol Flynn has sold his plane and yacht and plans to dispose of his house, sparking Hollywood curiosity about possible life or career changes. Friends note yacht operating costs around 1000 dollars monthly, though Sirocco is in dry dock. A spate of industry incidents follows, including George Nicholas Jr. death and Lupe Velez feuds.
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Harrison Carroll
King Features Syndicate
Hollywood
Cal
Errol Flynn
Flynn
Mickey Rooney heads to Honolulu for first real vacation
Mickey Rooney sails to Honolulu for a pleasure trip after completing Young Tom Edison. The actor has previously visited New York for personal appearances, but this trip marks his first real vacation, marking a big moment in his life with MGM backing the getaway.
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Mickey Rooney
M-G-M
Mickey
Honolulu
Tom Edison
New York
Lane sisters plan legal name changes in the new year
Lola and Leota Lane will follow sisters Rosemary and Priscilla in adopting new names. They were born Mullican. The other two sisters made the change four years ago in New York. A fifth sister Martha lives in Colorado Springs.
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Lola
Leota Lane
Rosemary
Priscilla
Mullican
New York
Martha
Colorado Springs
Isa Miranda Christmas list mixup prompts Europe cable
Before Isa Miranda sailed for Italy she left a Christmas list with a major local department store. The store misplaced the list and notified her in Europe to cable a duplicate collect. Tolls on the messages amounted to 125 dollars.
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Isa Miranda
Italy
Europe
Orson Welles Maps Daily Schedule With Human Alarm Clock
Orson Welles plans every minute of the next day and employs a constant watcher who signals him to drop one problem and face another. Mercury Group members nickname this aide the human alarm clock.
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Orson Welles
Mercury Group
Welles
Ford shoots lean Grapes of Wrath film under 40k feet
An informant from Twentieth Century Fox says John Ford shot only 38,000 feet for The Grapes of Wrath, far less than typical epics like Gone with the Wind, as Ford focuses on rehearsals and few takes so the film reaches the screen close to his planned form. Lubitsch is cited as another director who keeps shooting tight to limit cutter options.
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Twentieth Century-Fox
John Ford
Ford
Lubitsch
Greta Garbo's family spends first Christmas together in 15 years
Greta Garbo marks a rare holiday reunion with her mother Mrs Anna Gustaffson, brother Sven, and Sven’s wife joining the celebrations for Christmas, the first such gathering in fifteen years.
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Greta Garbo
Greta
Anna Gustaffson
Sven
Hollywood Gossip Heats Up As Stars Eye Deals
Eric Blore pushes to move his 85 year old father Henry Blore and sister Glacys Hedley from England to America amid red tape. Jeanette MacDonald fans in Los Angeles await an April concert after her skipped local tour. Doris Bowden rejection by Fox reflects studio casting bets. Norman Mayes rises from janitor to actor after a talent scout sees him in a rival film. Eddie Norris shows up at La Conga rumba club to a loud reception amid ex wife Ann Sheridan and Nancy Kelly. Myrna Loy and Arthur Hornblow spend holidays in Mexico City as Toscanini is photographed over 200 times at Arrowhead Springs hotel.
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Eric Blore
Heaven and Earth
Henry Blore
Glacys Hedley
England
London
Surrey
America
Jeanette MacDonald
Los Angeles
Jeanette
Joe Whiteford
ITI the
Washington
R-K-O
Norman Mayes
Porter
Hal Roach
Mayes
Hollywood
la Conga
Eddie Norris
Eddie
Ann Sheridan
Nancy Kelly
Lloyd Pantages
J. Weismuller
Taryan
Jack Doyle
Movita
New York
Atlanta
Chester Moorrises
Myrna Loy
Arthur Hornblow
Mexico City
Toscanini
New
Arrowhead Springs Hotel
Hollywood Shock As Brothers In Separate Crashes
Ralph Morgan heard on Albuquerque radio that his brother Frank Morgan was in a car crash near Deming while Frank and family drove to a ranch in Mexico. The coincidence left both brothers separated by a short distance as Ralph prepared to take a role in MGM's Forty Little Mothers, likely increasing studio jitters about traffic accidents.
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Hollywood
Ralph Morgan
Albuquerque
Frank
Deming
Mexico
Ralph
MGM Rejects Million Dollar Tie Up With Hardy Family
In the past year MGM has turned down over a million dollars offered for tie ups with the Hardy Family pictures. The proposals covered comic strips serializations and radio programs. The radio offer was the largest nearly a million by itself.
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M-G-M
Hardy Family Pictures
Richard Greene Purchases Home Amidst Personal Rumors
Richard Greene buys a house, clarifying the purchase is not linked to marriage. The article notes the English star continues to monopolize Virginia Field's time, implying ongoing professional or personal entanglements between the two celebrities.
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Richard Greene
Virginia Field
Fox executives stage big sets before Christmas
Twentieth Century Fox leaders Darryl Zanuck William Koenig and other executives arranged picture schedules to maximize use of large sets in the ten days before Christmas. The plan brings work and holiday cheer to many staff and crew members.
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Darryl Zanuck
William Koenig
Twentieth Century-Fox
War Extra Echoes Amid Illusory Peace Sign
On the way to a preview of The Light That Failed, the week’s topper in irony appeared at Westwood Village where an electric sign read Peace on Earth Good Will to Men. A newsboy outside shouted War extra, highlighting conflict beneath cheerful symbols.
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Westwood Village
John Ford and Henry Fonda Return From Mexican Yacht Cruise
Director John Ford's 110-foot yacht Araner returns after a long Mexican cruise with Ford aboard and actor Henry Fonda joining by air from Guayamas. Fonda planned to stay near Hollywood due to a new baby expected early next year.
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John Ford
Henry Fonda
Ford
Fonda
Guayamas
Henry
Hollywood
Hungary Family Receives Telephonic Christmas Gift
Nilena Massey’s Hungarian parents, Mr and Mrs Frank Hajmassy, who live in a rural district, received a telephone installation as a Christmas present from the star Nilena Massey. War restrictions prevent her from calling them during the holidays.
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Bill Fields
M-G-M
Nilena Massey
Frank Hajmassy
Hungary
Death of Infant Estaneslado Najar in Hagerman
Six month old Estaneslado Najar, son of Mr and Mrs E B Najar, died at a relative’s home in Hagerman after illness since December. Funeral held at Spanish Assembly of God Church Chihuahua with burial at South Park Cemetery under Ballard Funeral Home. The Capital Parade reports on New Mexico politics, Miles fireside chat signaling early bid, direct primary impact, and a typhus outbreak note linked to war fronts.
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Estaneslado Najar
E. B. Najar
John E. Baker
Associated Press
Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Miles
Democratic Party
Robert Valdez
Supreme Court
Howard L. Bickley
E. B. Godfrey
Turkey
Greece
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John E. Miles
James Murray
Rex French
E. D. Trujillo
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