It's a Man's Year in Pictures by Jerry Hoffman
Hollywood notes on 1985 as a man's year in film with many male leads and acclaimed performances. Mentions Paul Muni, Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Noel Coward, and others, praising The Groundrowe and The Scoundrel while noting Noel Coward's acclaimed return to American cinema.
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Hollywood
Paul Muni
Fredric Marthio
Gery Cooper
Benge Center
Mister Mefogen
Noel Coward
Idusky
Hams
Ber
Laos
Ste
Alexander Woolcvit
Oreaby Jule Baydon
Stanley
Martha Sleeper
Hope
Ins
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John Ford
Mictor McLaglen
Ford
Jean Parker Grows Up in The Informer Cast
Hollywood recalls Jean Parker rising from a playful child actress to a serious star in The Informer era. She leads opposite Chester Morris in Pride and passion with Graham and Ford delivering strong supporting turns. Parker discusses hard work, dieting, and shifting from dancing to screen craft, while the film showcases notable performances and studio attention.
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Hollywood
Jesu Parker
Fits Nolden
Priicass O'Hara
Chester Morris
Margot Graham
Preston Foster
Ung O'Connor
McLaglen
Graham
Wallace Ford
Mr. Kerengan
Desperate Audition Touts Toward Miserables Casting in Hollywood
On a rainy night in Los Angeles a black sedan carries job seekers into a decrepit building near the Rivoli theater. Producers seek 200 scarred, bearded men for the film Les Miserables while stars and radio programs loom large, revealing Hollywood’s reach into the lines between dreams and hunger.
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Daryl Wanure
Hollywood
Dowmite
Los Angeles
Frederis March
Xte
Zauit Ducer
Fiehard Bolestiwister
Low Schireiter
Wil
Twentieth Coutacy Pictures
Bere
Rome
Prederic Marek
Taether
Dlasere
Clark Gable
Garr Cooper
Rivoli Theater
Movie Roundup and Hollywood Party Delights
A lively table of gossip from Hollywood includes the looming release of Warner Brothers production A Mid Summer Night's Dream, and notes on Shirley Temple's postponed birthday party due to illness. Henry Hull comentaries, Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonda tensions, and Arn Harding suggesting autographs in stockings to ease star-spotting crowds.
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Luella
Faelons
Los Angeles
Vindersrom
Reinhart
Ana Qin Dé
Pax Atudio
Ehlsby
Dayihiers
Sors
Fats
Dam Told
the Childres
Shirley
Henry Hull
Ets
Gahenter
Inari
Ali
Sig
Tie
Hult
Tull
Linkacwe Ikgly
Janet Gaynor
Henry Fonda
Janet
Fonda
Fousla
Gaynor
Harding
Americanizing Gay Nineties Biopics Sparks Debate
Hollywood reports a new cycle of biographical sketches of glamor icons like Diamond Jim Brady and Lillian Russell. The writer questions casting choices, noting English actress Binnie Barnes as Russell while praising American figures shaping the Gay Nineties cinema and promising further portraits including Stephen Foster.
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Louella
Parsons Mollom
Universal Servies
Cupystedt
Ly Univeral Kerview
Hollywood
America
Washington
Brady
Mees
Lilian Russell
Blonde Beauty
Binnie Barney
Lillian Russell
Baynes
Miss Russell
Eldan Russell
Universal
Ulss Hames
Win
Frezener
Henry the Eighth
Hes
Nergel
Binnie
London
Ax 2
Fannie
Katherine
Henry Lar Fightin
Diamond Dim Brady
Stephen Foster
Domestic Trade Revealed in Burns and Allen
George Burns and Gracie Allen reveal a playful domestic routine in which Burns approves Gracie’s songs and outfits while Allen selects his suits. Burns notes their long collaboration and mutual trust, saying their system has worked for nine years.
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George Burns
Gracie
George
Iss Allen
Saramount
Oracie
Toasie Pebler
Workers Cheat Death in Fall on Film Set
Arilne didge, director, and Lannie F. Diora, assistant, narrowly escaped injury when a 300 pound wooden beam, 20 by 12 feet, fell from a cabin set on which they sat filming College Beandsin at Patn amount. The beam dropped about 29 feet toward their back moments as they leaned forward to adjust a new camera setup.
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Arilne Didge
Actuas Eltioré Nugent
Lannie F. Diora
College Beandsin
Patnamount
Fox Film retains Rudolph Mate for Dante's Inferno project
Long term contract secured by Rudolph Mate for the year’s prize cinematic assignment in Dante's Inferna series. Billy Beven, a rotund comedian, will star in Fox Film production Black Sheep in a forthcoming screen role.
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Rudolph Mate
Dante
Fox Film
Billy Beven
Ecae- Wan
Fox
Crosby Twins Fingerprinted by City Police
The Los Angeles Police Department fingerprinted twins Phil Lip Lang and Dennis Michael Kreéniom, under the direction of Superintendent A. L. Bariaw. Officials note possible future matches may reveal identity, while early prints show limited similarities.
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King Crosby
Cap A. L. Bariaw
Record and Identification Bureau
Ing Angeles Police Department
Phillip Lang
Dennis Michael
Kreéniom
Bulb
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Margaret Sullavan
Katherine Hepburn
Walter Huston
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Ripley
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