Columbia’s cost cutting reshapes Hollywood practice
Hollywood columnist Jimmie Fidler eavesdrops on Columbia Pictures where lean staffing and off campus shoots cut overhead to about 16 percent of costs. He predicts sequels and star salaries may shrink industry wide if other studios copy the plan amid on set action with Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck in The Mad Miss Manton.
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Hollywood
Settin
Columbia
RKO
Jimmte Fidler
Miss Manton
Henry Fonda
Barbara Stanwyck
Penny Singleton
Barbara
Henry
Movie Set Gossip and Star Chats From Hollywood Column
A lively Hollywood column recounts on set banter and anecdotes from film locations. Anne Shirley and Nan Grey discuss romance in a Girls Shout scene at Columbia catching up with aging memories, while George OBrien recounts a deer-related car crash. Joan Fontaine, Pandro Berman, and a Joe Penner political quarrel on set are also noted in humorous, light tones.
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Columbia
Anne Shirley
Nan Grey
Anne
Nan
Boy Knows Answers Melbourne
Among 200 children who lost their parents during an air pageant, police recovered one who was described as the perfect lost boy. Although only 5, he knew all the answers. He told them promptly his father's telephone number, the number and make of his father's car, his name and address, and where his parents would probably be. The Mahammedang believe in as heaven, hell and resurrection.
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Melbourne
The Silent Observer and Quick-Witted Jokes Row
A collage of humorous exchanges and sharp one liners. It opens with a playful exchange about fat men and jollity before pivoting to a classroom quip about heat and expansion. A recruit on guard duty delivers a pun, followed by two hats and carpets ads. The piece closes with biblical verse, pioneer hardship reminiscence, drought humor, and a granddad tale about onions and potatoes surviving a drought through wet eyes.
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Lorraine
Wardlaw
Rogers
Ark
Dad
Grandmas
Praple
Granddad
Real Estate Transfers Reported by Local Trust Company
Real estate transfers dated August 10 1938 involve multiple parties in Oberlin Amherst Lorain and Elyria townships with transfer action including Lot No 71 Center Ridge Road West 19th Street Ridge Road and various subdivisions. Parties include William L Woodruff Robert N Fauver Nellie Woodruff Hattie Meech Jennie Meech Koehnle Amelia Hollstein Lawrence Schuster Lyman Knowles Victor Zehel Alfred Talley Carrie Leimbach Decker Walter Meyers Jay C Cowing Leonard Hastings C F Strohmeier Lula Strohmeier Floyd K Babcock and others with institutions The Oberlin Savings Bank The Citizens Home and Savings Association The Atlas Finance Co and College Heights Realty Co listed as transferors or buyers.
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Court Street
William L. Woodruff
Robert N. Fauver
Oberlin
Nellie Z Woodruff
Hattie B. Meech
Jennie Meech Koehnle
Center Ridge Road
Ridgeville
S. H. Squire
Banks of
Ohio
Amelia M. Hollstein
Amherst Township
H. N
E. P. Steel
North Amherst
Frank O. Gott
Lawrence Schuster
Elyria- Grafton Road
Carlisle Township
Joseph Svete
Lyman L. Knowles
West 19Th Street
Lorain
O. A. Hateley
Victor C. Zehel
Clifton St
Sheffield Township
James Talley
Alfred Talley
Hogan's 4Th Addition
Oberlin Savings Bank Co
Carrie Leimbach Decker
South Pleasant Street
Citizens Home and Savings
Association Co
Walter F. Meyers
Whitney Clan Holds Annual Reunion at Kipton School Grounds
Descendants of John Whitney met Sunday August 7 at Kipton school grounds. About 100 attendees hailed from Kin ton Elyria Cleveland Mulan Wake man Norwalk Brighton Amherst Toledo Pittsfield Henrietta Fremont and more plus guests from Saginaw Michigan Darville Knox and Port Clinton. Officers elected Fremont area named Scott Kipton treasurer Charles H Cleveland historian and others.
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Camden
Hipton
Kinton
Elyria
Cleveland
Mulan
Wake‘man
Norwalk
Brighton
Amherst
Toledo
Pittsfield
Henrietta
Fremont
Mary A Tompson
Saginaw
Mich
Orval J ,Whitney
Harper
Kansas
H C Whine
Darville
Knox
On Wamppole
Port Clintor
L Kennan
Sigan
Kipton
Scott
C. L. Kenven
Rand Mass
Gladys Whitesville
Charies H Cleveland
Historrany
Wesexs
Kigton
Suburban Calendar Events Thursday and Friday notices
A column of community calendar items lists meetings and gatherings across Chatham Eaton Grafton Lake Avenue and surrounding towns for Thursday and Friday. Topics include Grange and Ladies' Aid meetings, card parties, picnics, tea and programs, and a Canberra salary raise note for Federal Parliament members.
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M. P
Canberra
Bracser Family Reunion and Local Visits Near Middie Ridge
A Bracser reunion gathers relatives from Ayme to Middie Ridge as Mr and Mrs Eduwrd Bracser host and family attend. Local guests include M rs Harlan and others visiting residents of Renville area. Church and aid society events feature Mrs Wis, Mrs Ahe, and Shirley Bis d Frederica Eppley with neighbors sharing stories of recent gatherings and visits to Cleve and nearby communities.
Avon Community Events and Local Obituaries Note Highlights
Avon notices recount a busy period with a 4H club dance planning meeting on August 28 and an orchestra practice at multiple homes. Knights of St John picnic at Schneider Grove Ridgeville is noted along with visitors from Lakewood and Cold Water Michigan. Local deaths include Leo Bouder of Cleveland, formerly Avon, and several family gatherings and travels. Thomas Sample dislocated his right shoulder from a porch fall.
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Knights of St .John
Schneider
Grove
Ridgeville
Spencer Couple Married 60 Years
Spencer couple Frank and Minnie White marked sixty years of marriage on August 4 1878 in a ceremony led by Rev George Norton. The couple farm on the original homestead, have six children seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. An anniversary gathering at the White home included relatives from Elyria Brooklyn Heights Akron La Grange Grafton North Ridgeville West Salem and Elyria.
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Frank White
George Norton
Litchfield Congregational Church
Ida Elton
White
Alva
Orle
Leon
Will
Homerville
Bertha Olmsted
Elyria
Leslie
North Ridgeville
QC. Hendricks
C. Outts
Brooklyn Heights
Richard Halliwill
Akron
Melvin Halliwill
la Grange
Eugene Halliwill
Grafton
George Firestone
Reasmond Firestone
T MM. Olmstead
Harold Olmstead
Olmstead
Flindaur
Leslie White
Ernest White
West Salem
Frank Johnson
Paul Johnson
Blake Browand
Local social notes list Elyria area visits and hospital stays
Mr and Mrs Leo Han len and family were called on Wednesday evening by guests. Mareta Webber of Elyna visited friends Sunday. Mrs Mary Wendt of Lorain stayed with her brother Mr and Mrs C E Cook. Ross Miller of Elynia called on N A Balls Thursday evening. Frank Rahl of Chestnut Ridge visited Mrs Mary Eppley Wednesday. Mr and Mrs William Peabody and daughter Shirley of Elytia were guests of the parents. Clarence Peabody reported on the sick list with Mrs Mary Eppley and Anthony Delefield. Nekon Schroeder is a patient at Elyria Memorial Hospital and progressing after surgery. E Shaw is at Amherst Hospital. Margaret Baus attended a Birthday Club at Mrs A S Heimbach in Floria. Matida Dramm and Aditi Dehn attended the West Ridge schoolmates reunion at H. H. Drusendahl home. August Smith and granddaughter Annette Peabody visited the farewell supper for Ernest Struck and Russell Walker, headed to California. Avitust Lange and son Junior of Kepton visited HC Delefield and Istettd Conk. Mrs Earl Hanlon of Am visited the farmer's parents and Mrs Leo Hanlon Sunday. Mrs Miltett Eppley and son Frederick returned from a visit with her mother in Jowett. Mrs Mervin Schubert and Vera Mae called on HC Delefield Thursday. The Standard Bank of South Africa has over 370 branches and agencies through up smith, east and central Africa.
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Chestnut Ridge
Mary Eppley
William Peabody
Shirley
Elytia
Clarence Peabody
Anthony Delefield
Nekon Schroeder
Elyria Memorial Hospital
E Shaw
Anherst Hospital
Margaret Baus
A S Heimbach i
Ernest Struck
Russell Walker
California
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Sen
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HC. Delefield
Istettd Conk
Earl Hanlon
Leo Hanlon
Miltett Eppley
Frederick
C Gattshall
Jowett
Mervin Schubert
Vera Mae
HC Delefield
Picnic Dinner Gathers Many From Nearby Towns
A family gathering at a Penfield area event drew relatives from Penfield Wellington Chatham and Spencer among others. The group shared a meal as floral tributes arrived from the Maccabees of Elyria and 68 guests sat for a noon picnic dinner in a barn.
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Elyria
Cap itol Theatre screens Baxter Weaver in I'll Give a Million
Warner Baxter and Marjorie Weaver lead the cast in I'll Give a Million now playing at the Cap itol Theatre.
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Warner Baxter
Marjorie Weaver
Capitol Theatre
Her Jungle Love at Lincoln Theatre in Technicolor
Dorothy Lamour and Ray Miland star in Her Jungle Love, a Technicolor feature now showing at the Lincoln Theatre. Jim is also credited in the program as a showing name.
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Dorothy Lamour
Ray Miland
Jim
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