Frances Langford rises from shy student to Hollywood star
Frances Langford, discovered by Rudy Vallée, transitions from a Lakeland, Florida schoolgirl to a leading voice in radio and film. Her climb with Bob Hope’s circle, marriage to Jon Hall, and rise as “diminutive dynamite” are recounted alongside notes on her Bamboo Blonde role and on other film projects including Gregory Peck and Raymond Massey in The Turning Wheel.
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Turner
Frances Langford
Lakeland
Fla
Rudy Valee
New York
Bob Hope
Jon Hall
Francesa
Hope
Ecarthe
Bamboo Bionde
RKO
Ando
Hollywood
Film Timetable Summary From Local Theaters
LOEW'S STATE shows Gilda at 10 45 a.m. 12 50 5 15 7 36 10 05. KEITIUS presents Heartbeat at 1 55 4 02 7 08 16 16. PARAMOUNT screens Miss Susie Stagle's at 22 51 3 54 6 57 24. ECKEL offers The Well Groomed Bride at 12 15 2 45 5 15 3 45 10 45. LOEW'S STRAND presents Perilous Holiday at 31 05 1 45 4 30 2 15 10 00. EMPIRE shows Annie Oakley at 12 52 4 04 7 16 10 10.
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Gilda
Keitius
Paramount
Susie Stagle
Eckel
Loew's Strand
Empire
Annie Oakley
Barry Fitzgerald plans Hollywood rest before Rip Van Winkle
Reports say Dorothy Maguire may be imported for a role described as a honey while Barry Fitzgerald returns to Dublin to take a long vacation after leaving the Abbey for Hollywood. He expects a three month break before starring in Rip Van Winkle in Hollywood.
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Dorothy Maguire
Dorothy
Barry Fitzgerald
Dublin
Abbey Theater
Hollywood
Jewish Education Group Plans First Bureau Meeting
Alexander Fe Holstein of Syracuse Jewish Welfare Federation issues invitations for the inaugural Bureau of Jewish Education meeting. The new bureau, organized to oversee education efforts, will convene Wednesday night in the State Tower Building conference room. Officers to be elected include president three vice presidents secretary and treasurer. Haim Margolith serves as executive director.
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Alexander FE. Holstein
Syracuse Jewish Welfare Federation
Bureau of Jewish Education
State Tower Building
Haim Margalith
Six Syracuse library staff attend ALA conference in Buffalo
Six members of the Syracuse Public Library staff travel to Buffalo for the American Library Association's 45th annual conference. Mrs. Lucy Armstrong, Miss Catherine Bloomer, and Miss Doris E. Wise depart today, with Bloomer and Wise staying through Friday. Miss Ruth Phillips will leave later.
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American Library Association
Buffalo
Syracuse Public Library
Lucy Armstrong
Catharine Bloomer
Doris E. Wise
Miss Bloomer
Miss Wise
Ruth Phillips
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