Rainer career sparkles in aging starlet debate
Amid nostalgic chatter a columnist weighs Luise Rainer's Hollywood arc from award acclaim to perceived affectations. Comparisons to Bette Davis surface as the piece laments private life headlines and hints at renewed chances if temperamental storms ease, while studio plots and other stars flicker in the background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Rainer
Lon@a
London
Wood
la Rainer
Hollywood
Mereen
Bette Davis
Bette
N.B.C
Miss. Rain
Miss Daron
Luise
Rainer
Orson Welles Pursues Independent Five Kings Project
Rumors say Orson Welles accepted a four way film deal to fund his own play Five Kings which lacked Broadway buyers. Zornia plans to drop autumn film for Goldwyn and stage a Rogers Hart Broadway musical. Stepin Fetchit faces income tax inquiries after a public brush with authorities.
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Orson Welles
Zornia Will
Stepin Fetchit
Radio Schedule Highlights Across WTAM WHR WGAR
A readable fragment lists station lineups for WTAM WHR and WGAR with times and performers. Mentions include Gene and Glenn Orphet Div Mid Audorn, Luther Layman, Jack Starr, Blondie, George, Dr Quix Maxic, Guy Lombardo, Larry Clinton, Tom Tucker, Ben Bernie, Glen Gray, Del Courtney, Glen Miller, Ella Fitzgerald, Ted Weems, and Elmer Andrewes among others. The entry notes Tuesday August 1 with program changes possible.
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WTAM
WHR
WGAR
Bergerer
Pat Gilmore
Elmer Andrewes
Alice Blair
Vincent Gomez
Jonathan
Lowell Thomas
Franklin’ Lewis
Gene
Glenn Orphet
Audorn
Luther Layman
George
Jack Starr
Ricardo
Blondie
Otto Thurn
Wessie
Pearce
Tae Ye
Margaret
Kev Howard
Shelton Tia TF
Dr. Quix Maxic
A. Hollyw
Ced O
Ehevaniers
Guy Lombardo Rage
Lese Hemplin
Larry Clinton
America
Fred Warin
Barry Winton
Amos
Andy
Cabinneers
Tom Tucker
Ben Bernie
Glen Gray
Slant del Courtney
Glen Miller
Bob Kelley
Sportsman F. Lewis, Jr
Tom Dorsey
Orrin Tucker
Jan Garber
Ella Fitzgerald
Ted Weems
Suburban Calendar of Tonight's Community Meetings
Suburban calendar lists events in multiple towns tonight including Boy Scouts at N Ridgeville School 7 30 p m Kiwanis 6 30 p m Garden Clubs in Columbia and North Olmsted at 11 30 a m lunch and 2 p m tea in Ridgeville Districts show a mix of civic club, church, and fraternal gatherings with times ranging from early afternoon to evening notes include Garden Party at Chaham Methodist and Firemen meeting in Sheffield many entries conclude with 7 30 p m or 8 p m start times and locations such as Verdant Ward streets and local halls
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N. Ridgeville
Boy Scouts
R. Ridgeville—Kiwanis Club
Coe
Columbia—Garden Club
Vida Martin
N. Ridgeville—Garden Club
L. C. Denison
North Olmsted — Garden Group
Harvey's
Rochester—Homebuilders
The
Methodist Church
Homer Anderson
Sheffield
Buckeye Sewers
American Legion Auxiliary Hall
New London
Woman’s Relief Corps
Floral Lodge
Masonic Temple
Avon Lake
Oddfellow Temple
Idol Chatter and Hollywood Snips on Beer Deductions and Stars
Uncle Sam’s men mock a beer deduction claim as a business expense and note a colorful mix of Hollywood tidbits. Fetchit’s beer write off draws grins while Weissmuller and Gracie Allen spark offscreen chatter. The column riffs on clippings about Gable, Myrna Loy lookalikes, and Shirley Temple’s mother in breezy public gossip.
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Uncle Sam
Fetchit
Johnny Weissmuller
Barber
Gracie Allen
Powells
William
Eleanor
Elaine Barrie
Clark Gable
Myrnie Loy
Spencer Tracy
Pat O'Brien
Garbo Wall
Dolores de Rios
Shirley Temple
Mama
Gummo Marx’s Eastward Brother and Schoolboy Identity Tale
A fragment recalls Gummo Marx’s brother in the East with a son who jokes he is Groucho’s offspring after being asked to fill an ID card. The piece weaves in quotes about Bette Davis and studio access, with notes on Hollywood publicity, a Goldwyn hire, and a Pennsylvania reader touting Martha Ray gum concession as a quick riches quip.
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Marx
Gummo
Groucho Marx
Pop
Jane Bryan
Bette Davis
Jane
Variety
Hollywood
Fred Stone
Washington, D. C
Samuel Goldwyn
Grafton Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Picnic
Members of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society met at Mrs. F. F. Shriver's home for their annual picnic. A brief business session opened mite boxes and a social period followed. Supper was served in the dining room at six due to rain. Mrs. Roy Lang will host the society in August.
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Grafton
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
F. F. Shriver
Roy Lang
Bel- Day Quilting Event Brings Local Crafters Together
Bel- community members gathered Thursday for a day of quilting, sharing techniques and completing several projects. Volunteers supervised stations, while attendees contributed fabric and patterns, strengthening neighborhood ties and showcasing local handiwork.
Birthday Party for Miss Janice Preston at Wellington Grange
Blue and white crepe decor filled the Wellington Grange hall for a birthday party honoring Miss Janice Preston on the seventeenth anniversary. Felix and Mardelle Fuller provided music for sixteen couples as hostesses Mrs. Ben Preston and Misses Janet Carino and Mary Jane Brouse arranged the event and presented gifts along with ice punch wafers cake and potato salad in buffet style.
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Wellington
Wellington Grange Hall
Janice Preston
Felix
Mardelle Fuller
Ben. Preston
Janice
Janet Carino
Mary Jane Brouse
Homebuilders Class Holds Covered Dish Supper
Thirty members of the First Methodist Homebuilders Sunday school class gathered for a pre program covered dish supper. Charles Friend presided in the absence of president Artie B. Jones. Mrs Ernest L. Sharp led devotionals. Outdoor games were arranged by Charles S Shepard and indoor quiz bee games were led by Mrs Sharp.
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First Methodist Church
Charles Friend
Artie B. Jones
Ernest L. Sharp
Charless. Shepard
Sharp
Birthday Quilt Club meets at Obitts home in Grafton
Mrs. Charles Friend and Mr. Charles Smith hosted a birthday Quilt Club gathering at Mrs. James Obitts’s home in Grafton. The group enjoyed a splendid noon dinner with two guests, Mrs. Edna Hastings and Mrs. A H Powers of La Grange, while all but one member attended.
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Charles Smith
Grafton
Charles Friend
James Obitts
Edna Hastings
A. H. Powers
la Grange
Lat-a-Lot Club Tea At North Eaton Home
Ten members of the Lat-a-Lot club gathered Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Harley Johnson’s North Eaton home for needlework and social time. A refreshment course was served by the hostess to close the gathering. Next meeting place not decided. Guests of Dr. and Mrs. J A Schurgot on Wednesday included Mr. and Mrs. George Murphy and sons of Akron, Mrs. Ida Burr of Canton, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cook of Ripton, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Braun, Mr. and Mrs Geo Stahlecker and Mrs. A C Heilman of Lorain. Mrs. Carl Tomasheska and several girls are spending the week at Vermilion and will return Sunday. Misses Arlene and Joyce Trenchard Audrey Jones Helen Kazmieczak Ruth Furnish and Betty Lee Taylor.
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Harley Johnson
North Eaton
J. A. Schurgot
George Murphy
Akron
Ida Burr
Canton
Harry Cook
Ripton
Ward Braun
Geo. Stahlecker
A. C Heilman
Lorain
Carl Tomasheska
Vermilion
Arlene
Joyce Trenchard
Audrey Jones
Helen Kazmieczak
Ruth Furnish
Betty Lee Taylor
Neighborhood Dinner Social Honored Guest Gifts
A Sunday home gathering featured a picnic style meal for eighteen attendees. The honored guest was presented with handsome gifts and the afternoon was spent in social conversation.
Reverend Green to address Wellington Townsend club meeting
Reverend John H. Green, pastor of the First past church, is scheduled to address the Wellington Townsend club at their Tuesday evening meeting in Grange Hall. Public invited. Mrs. Brittie Crosier of Montrose, Ohio, spent the past week with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Baumgardner. A one room brick school building at Pittsfield center and the land it sits on will be sold at public auction next Tuesday at 1 p.m. The property, a fraction of an acre, belongs to the Wellington village board of education, gained through a transfer of part of the Pittsfield township school district. Proceeds will be used for school purposes. The land lies on Route 58, beside the Pittsfield center Methodist church.
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John H. Green
First Past
Wellington Townsend Club
Grange Hall
Brittie Crosier
Montrose
O. J. Baumgardner
Pittsfield Center
Wellington Village
St Patrick's Church Picnic Draws Large Wellington Crowd
About 41,000 people attended the Wellington Fair Grounds yesterday for St Patrick's Church annual picnic. More than 500 chicken dinners were served. The afternoon featured games and contests with prizes awarded to winners.
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Wellington Fair Grounds
St. Patrick’s Church
Lessons From My Garden Sermon At Wellington Church
Reverend A A McAlpine preached at Wellington Methodist Church on Sunday morning with the regular pastor away on vacation at Long Lake Michigan. McAlpine resides in Elyria and led services as the stand in. Special music included a vocal duet by Mr and Mrs Everett P Johnston who sang Hark Hark My Soul. The choir performed the anthem We Praise Thee O Lord. A vocal duet In the Garden was presented by Gertrude Manning and Phyllis Yoxtheimer.
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A. A. McAlpine
Wellington Methodist
McAlpine
Elyria
Lonzo S. Green
Long Lake
Michigan
Everett P. Johnston
Shelley
Charles Edward Stephens
Gertrude Manning
Phyllis Yoxtheimer
Misses Mary Battles and Marcia Williams Take East Coast Motor Trip
Misses Mary Battles and Marcia Williams left Sunday for a motor journey to Niagara Falls via northern New York and Vermont, continuing through New Hampshire and the Maine coast to Boston and Cape Cod. They will return home through Pennsylvania.
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Mary Battles
Marcia Williams
Niagara Falls
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Boston
Cape Cod
Pennsylvania
Miss Page Visits Grandmother Then Plans Atlanta Trip
Miss Betty Jean Page left Shelby to visit her grandmother Mrs Ida. She will then travel to Atlanta Georgia to see her former college roommate Mrs B A McKinley.
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Betty Jean Page
Ida. Page
Shelby
Weekend visitors and church event noted by local readers
Despite vacation attendance, 191 attended Sunday School at the Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest V. of Bergholz Jefferson County were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Anderson. “Future Teachers of the World” meets at the church tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gardner of Ciyland were weekend guests of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Chas Gardner.
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Methodist Church
Ernest V
Bergholz
Jefferson County
Scott Anderson
Howard Gardner
Ciyland
Chas. Gardner
Sightseeing Plane Crashes. Nine Injured in Chicago
Chicago inspectors investigated a tri motor sightseeing plane crash at Municipal Airport on Sunday. The pilot Gilbert Grimm, 33, was seriously injured, eight of twelve passengers were shaken but not seriously hurt, and witnesses said one engine failed around 500 feet.
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Chicago
Civil Aeronautics Authority Today
Municipal
Gilbert Grimm
Indian singer Bob Steele leads district Bing Cros by act
Yakima Wash An Indian named Bob Steele tops tribal performances as Bing Cros by of tribes in the district. Besides singing Indian love melodies he is especially skilled at war songs and performs at virtually every tribal celebration.
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Yakima
Wash
Bob Steele
Bing Crosby
Window ad prompts bold theft of $35 outboard motor
A Toledo Ohio passerby lifted a light outboard motor advertised as so light a child could carry it. The value of the motor is listed at $35. The incident highlights a petty theft from a storefront display.
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Toledo
City crews begin cutting winter wood in Rutland lot
In Rutland Vermont a dozen city workers are felling wood in the municipal woodlot to stockpile supplies for next winter. The city says it keeps enough for general charity and leftover wood goes to the workers at no cost.
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Rutland
Treland Launches National Musical Movement
Treland has launched a national musical movement signaling cultural push nationwide. Russia plans to build 2090 railway locomotives per year by 1942, reflecting industrial expansion and strategic transport goals.
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Treland
Russia
Naughty But Nice at Rivoli Theatre
Warner Brothers film Naughty But Nice shows at Rivoli Theatre. The comedy features Ann Sheridan and Dick Powell with a summer pat tern of gay nonsense, musical interludes, and bursts of boisterous hijinks in a high spirited presenting style.
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Warner Brother
Rivoli Theatre
Ann Sheridan
Dick Powell
Maisie at Capitol Theatre Delights Audiences
The current attraction at the Capitol Theatre stars Robert Young and Ann Sothern in Maisie. The film is described as endlessly amusing with real heart and a steady stream of humorous moments.
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Maisie
Capitol
Hollywood
Robert Young
Ann Sothern
Capitol Theatre
Hotels to Lead Keynote at North American Convention
The American Hotel Association of the United States and Canada will convene in Montreal from October 9 to 14 with a seven day program. The keynote proclaims hotels as an asset to the community and a service to the nation, highlighting the industry’s value and impact.
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Monreal
American Hotel Association of the
United States
Canada
Montreal
Montreal men fined for whipping pig after calf bite
Two men appeared in Recorder's Court in Montreal and were fined 62 shillings after a passerby reported they whipped a pig that had bitten a calf. The incident prompted the charges and immediate punishment under local animal welfare rules.
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Montreal
Recorder's Court
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