Empire Announces Helen Hayes Play February 3 at Empire
The Maxwell Anderson drama starring Helen Hayes is booked for February 3 at the Empire. The show closes its Broadway run January 10 and plans a road tour including Philadelphia and Chicago. Other items note Ruth Robin with Jan Savitt’s band, Babe on Broadway, Citizen Kane named top Hollywood film of 1941, and castings for Blithe Spirit and The Crown Café.
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Leo Robin
Jan Savitt
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Babes
New York
Dee Si
Radio City Music Hall
Rkoshine
Harry Umterfort
Tarzan Jr Tops Jungle Drama as Child Star
Johnny Weissmuller praises seven year old Johnny Weissmuller Jr as the finest natural athlete he has known. The boy, son of Reginald Sheffield, climbed trees and swam with Cheeta and Bull, winning the role of the young Tarzan in Tarzan Finds a Son and the forthcoming Secret Treasure.
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Johnny Sheffield
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Johnny Weissmuller
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Johnny
Reginald Sheffield
Louise van Loon
Vassar
University of California At Los Angeles
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Victor Moore
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Los Angeles
New York
Broadway
Peter Holden
Dwight Deere Wiman
Dudley Digges
California
Florida
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Jungle
Dithaattion
Loew's
Diana Barrymore Seeks Lead in Eagle Squadron
Hollywood gossip notes Diana Barrymore lines up the feminine lead in Eagle Squadron for Walter Wanger with a stage run obstacle over a clause in her contract. Michael Redgrave seeks an autographed photo of Hedy Lamarr as he advances an airplane career in Britain. Virginia Hill halts her party plans. Tony Martin joins the Navy as a petty officer.
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Louvella D. Parsons
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Aeshan Mann Tarte Sore
Jawn
Diana
New York
Elaine Barrie Barrymore
John
Universal
Walter
Eagle Squadron
Michael Redgrave
Hedy Lamarr
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Hedy
Redgrave
Bessie Love
Bessie
England
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Virginia Hill
Sam Goldwyn
Red
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Lady Midas
Tony Martin
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Jimmie Fidler
U. S. Navy
Howard Hughes
Fair Dorn
Warner Brothers
Zeppe ‘Marx
Richard Dix
Phillip Faversham
William Faversham
Dix
Ginger Rogers
Oregon
Dorothy Lamour
Greg Bautzer
iJune Duprez
Freddie Barthole
Strand party highlights Coast glamour and rising stars
The account notes a Strand party on the Coast where Rosemary Lane is praised for poise belying her Hollywood days. Backstage, the writer meets Maureen Cannon from Best Foot Forward, compares her to Olivia de Havilland, and says Nancy Walker already has a film contract. Betty Ann Nyman is also mentioned as a promising dancer.
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New New York
Rosemary Lane
Hollywood
Maureen Cannon
Olivia de Havilland
Nancy Walker
Betty Ann Nyman
Movie Listings at Local Theaters
Rail with multiple titles and showtimes featuring Edgar Bergen and others. Comedies, dramas, mysteries including The Maltese Falcon with Bogart and Astor, and designs for various venues like RKO Schine Paramount complexes.
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Edgar Bergen
Fieber McGee
Molly
Albert Dekker
Susan Hayward
RKO Schine-Keith’s
Rosalind Russell
Walter Pidgeon
Edward Arnold
Jinx Falkenberg
Buddy Mogers
Loew's State
Walter Huston
Simone Simon
Carole Landis
George Montgomery
Rho-Schine-Paramount
Humphrey Bogart
Mary Astor
Peter Lorre
Lupe Velez
Leon Errol
Rko-Schine-Eckel
Notable Showbiz Gossip Reveals Wartime Solidarity and Scandals
The article sketches Hollywood figures organizing aid drives for sailors, defends stars at rallies, and recalls episodes from Milton Sills to Edna Best. It notes Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond urging fans to buy defense stamps, Middleton’s defense rally trip, and dramatic misfortunes shaping careers and marriages in mid-century cinema.
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U. S
Ray Middleton
New York
Jeanette MacDonald
Gene Raymond
Milton Sills
May Robson
Nilsson
Frances Marion
Edna Best
Herbert Marshall
Screenings Show Wide Mix Across Neighborhood Theatres
Local cinemas present a range of mature and light hearted attractions including Charley's Aunt and Ice Capades at Neighborhood screens while Acme and Cameo feature mixtures of musical comedies and crime thrillers such as You'll Never Get Rich Forced Landing and Blondie Plays Cupid.
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Allen
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East
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Blondie
Fliwood
Franklin
Globe
Maisie
Harvard
Hollywood
Harmor of
Michigan
Palace
Wake Island screenplay by W R Burnett for Paramount
Hollywood writer W R Burnett author of Little Caesar and High Sierra signs to write the Wake Island Marine Corps drama screenplay for Paramount. Burnett known for crime and adventure themes joins project with studio backing and expected production in coming months.
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Hollywood
W. R. Burnett
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