John Wayne Tops 1950 Star Poll in Motion Picture Herald
John Wayne named the top money making star of 1950 in a nationwide poll by Motion Picture Herald, with Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Betty Grable and James Stewart also making the top ten. Wayne’s 20 years as a film star and nine features this year boosted admissions, while other notes cover Faith Domergue leading fan mail at RKO, Lizabeth Scott contemplating a fishing boat venture, and details on the Hollywood Canteen’s anticipated reopening and Florentine Gardens expansion.
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Hollywood
Lana Turner
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Betty Grable
Jimmy Stewart
John Wayne
Wayne
Motion Picture Herald
James Stewart
Abbott and Costello
Clifton Webb
Esther Williams
Spencer Tracy
Randolph Scott
Horatio Alger
John
Danger
Faith Domergue
R.K.O
Robert Mitchum
Jane Russell
Coming Attractions Preview at Local Theaters
Previews list multiple films including Pagan Love Song starring Esther Williams and Howard Keel. The Fuller Brush Girl with Lucille Ball and Eddie Albert. Never a Dull Moment. Dallas with Gary Cooper and Ruth Roman. Destination Big House. To Please a Lady. Devil's Doorway. Broken Arrow. Tycoon. The Miniver Story. Dial 1119. Iroquois Trail. Sleeping City. Captive Girl. Frisco Tornado. Destination Moon. Pretty Baby. South Sea Sinner. Also noted: a driver transition from midget racing to stock cars and redemption.
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Palace
Irene Dunne
Fred MacMurray
Ohio
Gary Cooper
Ruth Roman
Dallas
Loew’s
Esther Williams
Howard Keel
Dorothy Patrick
Robert Rockwell
Big House
Windsor
Clark Gable
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Taylor
Louis Calhern
Western and adventure films at the Dallas theater
The bill features a Civil War era guerrilla seeking vengeance in a Texas tale with Gary Cooper and Ruth Roman in Cap tive Girl. Jungle Jim faces an evil witch-doctor while Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe star in Jungle action. Also Frisco Tornado with Rocky Lane and Eddie Waller. Broken Arrow shows an ex scout braving Apache strongholds seeking peace.
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Dallas
Georgia
Texas
Gary Cooper
Ruth Roman
Jungle Jim
Johnny Weissmuller
Buster Crabbe
Rocky Lane
Eddie Waller
U S Steel to Enlarge Furnace at Ohio Plant
United States Steel Corp. announced plans to boost blast furnace capacity at Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. Ohio works by 112000 tons per year. The upgrade will rebuild and enlarge a furnace and install two new turbo-blowers to raise wind pressure for iron making. Completion is slated for next summer.
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Youngstown
United States Steel Corp
Ohio Works
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Wartime Theater Lineup With Star Pairings
A film page lists titles and stars including Tycoon with John Wayne and Laraine Day, The Iroquois Trail Pioneer melodrama with George Montgomery and Brenda Marshall, Sleeping City with Richard Conte and Coleen Gray, and The Miniver Story featuring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, plus Marshall Thompson listed among the cast.
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Alentine
British High Command
George Montgomery
Brenda
Marshall
Richard Conte
Coleen Gray
Miniver
Drama Review Notes on To Please a Lady Start Today
A film diary notes the new drama To Please a Lady opening today. A columnist brands the leading man a murderer after an incident that sparks public debate about guilt and morality.
Dempsey criticizes photo and recalls punch sequence
Broadway era notes show Jack Dempsey furious at a published photo of him missing a right hand punch against Primo Canera during a wrestling event. He claims Primo held his left, and that the next punch would have been the decisive one. The column also covers Truman letters, Mrs. Wilson English classes, Mencken biography news, and Terms: Collier Young signing Joan Evans for a new film.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Primo Canera
Dempsey
Primo
Truman
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Bernard M. Baruch
Collier Young
Ida Lupino
Goldwyn
Joan Evans
Young
R.K.O
Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc
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Jefe Chandler
Debra Paget
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Marshall Thompson
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Strand
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John Arther
Warner Anderson
Mickey Rooney
Pat O’brien
Park
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Betsy Drake
Shelley Winters
Macdonald Carey
Moon
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Amelie
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Merry Widow
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H. L. Mencken
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Smart Sex
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Armstrong
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