Lanny Ross Returns To Radio April 1 On CBS
Virginia Vale reports Lanny Ross, back from 27 months overseas with four battle stars, will return to radio April 1 from 7:00 to 7:15 E S T each weeknight on CBS with Evelyn Knight and the Chittison trio. He may resume acting in Stage Door Canteen while Will George Sanders discusses curls in Bel Ami not resembling his hair. Virginia Reilly, a British actress, arrives in Hollywood for RKO and crosses aboard a 14 day voyage, stowing away and helping paint the captain's quarters while awaiting Carnival theater release.
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Gracie Allen Hosts Hollywood Guessing Game
In Hollywood Gracie Allen wins a game predicting what famous historical figures would do today. She jokes Shakespeare would be under contract at Warner Bros writing melodramas for Humphrey Bogart while the Borgia family heads studio commissaries and Cleopatra contest Lamour in the sarong field.
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Abbott Costello build Hollywood TV studio with film colt prospect
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are building a television test studio in Hollywood. James Warren of RKO, soon to star in Sunset Pass, tours Arizona Texas and Wyoming seeking a distinctively marked colt to partner in the studio’s next Zane Grey western. The colt will receive ranch film training and grooming for stardom.
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Lillian Fontaine Cast as Paulette Goddard’s Mother in Suddeny It's Spring
Lillian Fontaine, mother of Joan and Olivia de Havilland, widens her screen family roles. She previously played Jane Wyman’s mother in The Lost Weekend and acted in The Imperfect Lady. Now she joins Suddenly It’s Spring as Paulette Goddard’s mother.
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Paramount Promises Grand Color Musical The Emperor Waltz
Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine star in The Emperor Waltz a Technicolor musical with lavish settings and music. The studio says Fontaine's role is her most glamorous to date and promises costumes to make her look loveliest.
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Metro Signs Tony Martin In New Long Term Deal
Metro signs Tony Martin to a long term contract after his role in Till the Clouds Roll By. Alfred Hitchcock reportedly lost 90 pounds on a lean meat diet. Ed Wynn is courted for a co star role with son Keenan Wynn. Reese Taylor's first radio assignment is in Young Dr. Malone and a sketch The Life of Clark Gable. Martha Vickers seeks a new home in North Hollywood for her family and six kittens.
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Houses Poured On Site by Giant Concrete Machine
A new home building method uses a mobile form and cement pourer to streamline construction. Inventor LeTourneau leads trials in Longview Texas and Vicksburg Mississippi drawing big crowds as houses are poured in hours. Fulton Missouri gains attention as Westminster College and a historic Churchill visit put the town on the map.
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Odd bits drift through a restless national page
A collage of notes shows trades for odd items from swords to nylons, remarks on labor talks, a magician’s book swap, and jokes about Hirohito and Japan. The piece touches on a nationwide phone strike, restaurant portions, and political quotes.
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