Vivien Leigh cast as Scarlett O'Hara sparks debate in Hollywood
Jimmie Fidler reports protests over David Selznick's casting choice for Gone With the Wind. He notes the film's potential cost near $2,000,000 and the need for strong business in Britain to turn a profit, given the American subject and delayed casting. Henry Fonda signs a new contract at Twentieth Century-Fox.
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Hollywood
David O. Selznick
Vivien Leigh
Scarlett O'Hara
Jimmie Fidler
Mr. Selznick
United States
England
Scarlett O’hara
Miss Leigh
Henry Fonda
Twentieth Century-Fox
Hollywood gossip and stars in crossfire of rumors
The column parcels rumors about Margaret Lindsay and Eddie Norris, Ann Sheridan’s ties to Bob Abbott, and Alexander Korda’s England departure with Merle Oberon. It notes Ginger Rogers and Claudette Colbert filming and traveling, Lucille Ball’s health rest, Tala Birell’s citizenship path, a Gunga Din premiere, and Sylvia Sidney’s latest styling moves in Hollywood gossip style.
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Jesse James
Margaret Lindsay
Eddie Norris
Ann Sheridan
Bob Abbott
Alexander Korda
England
Merle Oberon
Sun Waller
Ginger Rogers
Claudette Colbert
Luc
Ile Ball
Tala Birell
Natalie Ford
Hollywood
Sylvia Sidney
War, Music, and School Notes From Local Pages
A collage of snippets from area schools and stations lists performances, open houses, contests, and upcoming events. Mentions Oberlin College, Mike Studdin, John Presenta, and Narcotics First. notes about Value music parades, youth programs, and community showcases. includes theater, dance, orchestra, and matinee plans with varied local figures.
Cleveland Stations Sunday program notice 1939
Cleveland radio page lists a Sunday program for January 22 1939 with a note Programe Subject to Change. The fragment indicates station listings and schedule hints for the day with unconfirmed changes.
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Cleveland
Hollywood Dishes on Sets and Secrets of 1939
In a lively montage of studio chatter, stars like Wendy Barrie Richard Greene Maureen O Sullivan and Gene Autry are noted for stage and screen projects while onlookers debate secret marriages and backstage mishaps. A Tarzan shoot yields a costly eggs prop fiasco highlighting the quirks and costs of film making.
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New York
Wendy Barrie
Richard Greene
Alan Lane
June Travis
Exles
Maureen O'Sullivan
California
Florida
Russia Township Farm Woman's Club Holds Regular Meeting
About forty members gather at Grange Hall on Jberlin Road Oberlin Road for the Russia Township Farm Woman's Club. New president Mrs Leonard Berg assigns committees for year including Membership Ways and Means Social and Sunshine chairs. Hostesses greet members and attendance prizes are awarded to several members.
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Oberlin Road
Russia Township
Extension club honors Berg and others at January gathering
Berg and her assistant Mrs. Harry Gibson were remembered for extension work while Mrs. Feakins received a gift for two years of faithful service as president. Miss Eckert demonstrated electrical appliances as the club planned its February 15 meeting focused on extension work and a quilt project for a needy family.
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Alta Arrington
Airs
George Bailey
Rose Barnard
Anta Berg
Eva Berg
Suburban Calendar of Community Meetings and Events
South Ridge hosts a community club meeting at the school Friday evening with program and refreshments. East Oberlin holds a box social at the church at 6 30 p m. North Olmsted features a card party sponsored by the Universalist Ladies Aid at the Shipley home on Detroit Road Friday. Columbia sees Acme Grange at the town hall 8 p m with a dance and card party for members and families. South Ridge D D Club meets Saturday afternoon with Mrs Milton Eppley. Columbia Altruist Class Baptist Sunday School party at the Stearns home 8 p m. Grafton White Eagle Club dance in the Grafton Ballroom Saturday. postponed from last week. N Ridgeville Grange card party at Grange Hall 8 15 p m. Avon Lake Council at Park Hall 8 p m. County Lorain Cooperative Youth Council at LaGrange town hall Monday evening with Prosecutor Howard Butler as guest speaker. Grafton Just Between You and Me Club meets with Mrs Bourke Monday evening. Grafton Mother Singers meet at the school Monday evening. North Olmsted Kiwanis at Parish House 6 30 p m.
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South Ridge—Community Club
Oberlin Road
East Oberlin
North Olmsted
Universalist Ladies Aid
Columbia- Acme Granze
South Ridge
D. D
Milton Eppley
Columbia—Altruist
The
Baptist Sunday School
Milo Stearns
Grafton
White Eagle Club
N. Ridgeville
Grange Hall
Avon Lake
Former New London Man Named Supreme Court Commissioner
L Stanley Ford of Hackensack New Jersey, formerly from New London, has been appointed Supreme Court Commissioner. He holds multiple secretaryships in bar associations, participates in the American Bar Association, and serves on NJ bar conference committees and trusteeships. Ford is a well known New Londoner, educated locally, and is the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Ford, formerly of New London.
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New London
Supreme Court
L. Stanley Ford
Hackensack
N. J
Bergen County Bar Association
Bergen County Lawyer's Club
Ford
Section of
American Bar Association
Lawyers and Bankers Conference Committee
New Jersey
County Bar Association of
New Jersey State Bar Association
New
William Weston Weds Painesville Girl
New London reports the marriage of Miss Carla Elizabeth MacIntire of Painesville to William W. Weston of New London. The ceremony took place in Louisville Kentucky on August 6 officiated by Rev Horace A Sprague at the parsonage. Mrs Weston is a Mentor High School graduate and former student at Philadelphia Rice College in Oak Bluff Mass. Weston after New London High School graduated and attended Cleveland College and now studies music under Ray C Vacha in Cleveland.
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New London
Carla Elizabeth MacIntire
Charles S. MacIntire
Painesville, O
Wiliam W. Weston
G. W. Weston
Louisville
Horace A. Sprague
Trinity Methodist Church
Weston
Mentor High School
Phidelah Rice College of Literature and Dramatic Art
Oak Bluff
Mass
New London High School
Cleveland College
Ray C. Vacha
Cleveland
The Silent Observer and Odd Bits of Wit
A collection of whimsical snippets and anecdotes from different eras. A guest professor at Princeton prompts a confused station encounter. A Newark area woman reports a theft after keys are returned by a finder. Jokes and light quips span from class examples to European travel comments and horse warfare notes.
Clipshy Pace and Quick Snippets From Daily Life
A collection of humorous vignettes from Pinehurst and surrounding scenes. A nurse jokes the Dionne children progress is a “great clip” while a fall at three miles per hour and a crash at 200 miles per hour produce light mishaps. Dialogue bits feature a nervous used car dealer, a juror’s life-and-death line, a teasing classroom scene, romantic banter between Fern Flighty and Dora Dazzle, and a wry note on Hardy workers and picnics.
Town Sends 8 Twins To Wittenberg College
Springfield Ohio reports a new intercollegiate twins record at Wittenberg College. Eight twins from Anchorage Kentucky are enrolled this term, four sets from a single Kentucky high school. Three twin pairs are children of Palmer Ball, and the fourth from B H Arterburns.
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Springfield
Wittenberg College
Kentucky
Palmer-Ball
B. H. Arterburn
Anchorage
Blondie Comedy Stars Penny Singleton at Capitol Theatre
Penny Singleton Arthur Lake and Larry Simms head the Blondie cast in a new comedy now showing at the Capitol Theatre. The lighthearted farce features the familiar film trio in a stage adaptation capturing the same cheerful tone.
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Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Larry Simms
Capitol Theatre
Stand Up and Fight at Rivoli Theatre
Wallace Beery and Robert Taylor star in Stand Up and Fight, a thrilling action picture now playing at the Rivoli Theatre.
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Rivoli
Wallace Beery
Robert Taylor
Rivoli Theatre
Grocery's Paper Bags Hark Back To Dewey Anniversary
MT VERNON New Hampshire village store patrons carried purchases in Manila paper bags featuring George Dewey. Arthur P. Temple proprietor and postmaster said the bags marked the 40th anniversary of the Manila Bay battle. An unopened package on a shelf remained pristine since the bags first printed Dewey's picture nearly twenty years ago.
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MT. Vernon
N. H
George Dewey
Arthur P. Temple
Manila Bay
Dewey
Badger in Hotel Room Disguised Skunk Confuses Officer
Fresno police visit Jas Boust's hotel room after a report of a badger. The officer discovers instead a skunk with a black body and white stripe. Boust urges action, and the patrolman exits noting the animal is a skunk. The city pound keeper removes the creature.
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Skunk
Fresno
Cal
Jas Boust
Boust
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