Pickfair and Brazil on Screen in 1940s Newsreel Gossip
Hollywood notes reveal RKO used Pickfair as a backdrop for That Hunter Girl with Laraine Day and Alan Marshal as schedules shifted for lighting and water pipes. Republic Pictures promotes the musical Brazil with Tito Guitar and the Veloz Yolanda team plus Horton. Carole Landis hosted a dinner for Having Wonderful Crime cast and crew before Del Monte location shoot. Jack Plangini, ex cook, rejoined for a night before sailing in the merchant marine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veryone
Pickfair
White House
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Beverly Hills Knoll
RKO
Mary
Hunter
Laraine Day
Alan Marshal
Marshal Hunt
Alyn Jostyn
Carole Landis
Pat O'Brien
George Murphy
Bob Fellows
Eddie Sutherland
del Monte
Jack Plangini
Merchant Marine
Classified swap plea from Tojo era
Global Classifieds Party seeks barter of guns swords maps planes and co operation tasks for circus outfit running shoes skid chains headache powders and Houdini escape book. Consider full plan change. Bear trap lost with special label Can’t Miss initials A. H. on spring reward offered. Munich contact A Schickelgruber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Houdini
Tojo
Japan
A. H
A. Schickelgruber
Munich
For Sale S: Large and handsome collection of chest medals rib bones iron crosses and costume jewelry for sale in all sizes shapes and models Safe clasps on each Also trunks of white military uniforms patent leather boots and belts Owner changing tastes
Unclear notices show multiple items from world leaders offering odd goods and services including stiletto throwing gear military relics and armor buyers sought isolation in jungles and moats Goebbels Mussolini Quisling Franco Gaulle involved in fragmented classifieds and cryptic appeals to contact for information about missing animals and outfits
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Goering
Berlin
Toscanini NBC Symphony Hour Joys Naples Listeners
Italian natives and Allied troops enjoy a daily hour of Toscanini and the NBC Symphony over Naples radio, directed by Allied authorities. The program uses recorded selections from Sunday broadcasts and other sources.
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Arturo Toscanini
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Naples
Folding Stands and Trays of Plywood Pattern No 208
Easy instructions for making a set of folding stands and plywood trays. Cut parts at one session then assemble for outdoor meals under the trees or porch. Mrs Spears provides an actual-size pattern with materials list and illustrated directions. pattern No 208 sent for 15 cents plus mailing.
Noble Ancestors Urgently Seek Contact From Nippon
A terse note from Nippon appeals to unnamed noble ancestors for communication. The message expresses confusion and alarm and urges immediate contact. No specific names, dates, or locations are provided.
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Nippon
Conversation Between Adolf and Wilhelm
Dialogue fragment shows Adolf laughing and declaring sarcasm as Wilhelm exits to make room. The brief exchange hints at tension and shifting power between the two figures.
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Adolf
Wilhelm
The Ideal American in Pursuit of Victory
A portrait extols a quiet leader who avoids publicity and boasts only about delivering results. He remains calm under pressure and focuses on producing outcomes to win a war, shunning public pulse and loud rhetoric. The piece trusts a discreet, steadfast approach over sensational press.
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Ballyhoo Boys
Laugh Makers Unlimited aims to aid service hospitals with comedy shows
Cass Daley plans a non profit entertainment venture bringing together comedians from film and radio to perform for West Coast service hospitals. The piece notes a six reel war picture Attack showing the Arawe beach assault from inception to culmination with dates December 15 and December 25 toward Cape Gloucester.
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Cass Daley
Comedienne
Laugh Makers Unlimited
U. S. Signal Corps
New Britain
Arawe
Cape Gloucester
Kay Kayser to Take NBC Vacation in July
Kay Kayser will be absent from NBC for eight weeks starting July 6, with Phil Harris replacing him. The band and soloists stay on, and Kayser’s overseas trip remains a military secret. Verbal notes mention Bergen and McCarthy replacement plans with Gracie Fields and Bill Goodwin as announcer.
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Kay Kayser
NBC
Phil Harris
Kyser
Bergen
McCarthy
Gracie Fields
Bill Goodwin
Lou Bring
Veronica Lake
Sonny Tufts
Eddie Bracken
Starrin
Paulette Goddard
Meredith
Alana Ladd
Alan
Fair Warning and the Garden Talk
A shopper narrator notes playful phrases and garden chats shifting with words like snaps mums and pets as the piece hints at misunderstandings. Lucius Brann is praised as a super guy while Elmer Twitchell muses on postwar plans and international relations. The OPA cuts the prices of cheese and watermelon altering outlooks.
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John C. Diggs
Allan Westervelt
Benjamin Scheinman
Stephen Ware
Great Britain
Missimo
Chiang Kai-shek
Chungking
Kirtland Field
Albuquerque
N. M
Roger M. Ramey
U. S
Theodore Green
Rhode Island
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Chapman Rivercomb
West Virginia
Corp
Frank Petz
U. S. Army
Washington
Cook W. William H. McKinley
Thomaston, Ga
McKinley
Tulagi
Brickers
GOP
John Bricker
Chie
Bricker
Indiantown Gap Army Reservation
Hershey
Pacific Area
Carl O. Clark
Jeep
Sanford
Lene IE
Screensa
Virginia Vale
Western Newspaper
Union
Republic Pictures
Brazil
Tito Guitar
Cert
Veloz
Yolanda
Edward Everett Horton
Tito Guizar
B. Mussolini
V. Quisling
Winnie
Franco
Wotan
Chas. de Gaulle
North Africa
Jean Heather
Paramount
Dan David
Don Barry
Republic
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Willys
Bill
Churchill
Winston Churchill Guest
Marine Corps Reserve
Petunias
Wonderman
Lucius Brann
Elmer Twitchell
Earth
C.O.D
OPA
Nepiton CO
Tacoma
Lydia E. Pinkhimt
Pinkhunt
Pinkhiam
Lydia E. Pinkham
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