Poison at the Box Office Controversy Revisited
Hollywood columnist Jimmie Fidler argues against a theater official who blamed stars Greta Garbo Joan Crawford Marlene Dietrich and Katharine Hepburn for poor box office. He cites Ninotchka Philadelphia Story and Destry Rides Again as evidence of continued audience interest and success despite the criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Fidler
Greta Garbo
Joan Crawford
Marlene Dietrich
Katharine Hepburn
Garbo
Ninotchka
Hepburn
Dietrich
Destry
Box Office Plans In Hollywood Readiness For Stars
Crawford notes box offices in The Women remain strong as stars face renewed interest from exhibitors. A behind the scenes list shows industry chatter on star affiliations, contracts, and public appearances. The note highlights mood music and press activity influencing film fates.
Radio Programs on WTAM and Nearby Stations Summary
Radio schedules list WTAM and other stations with daily program blocks and hosts. Notable items include Dorsey, Shades in Rhythm, News, Dinner Hour, Watkins Band, Milton Berle, Bob Crosby, Sullivan Band, Jan Savitt, and regional programs on WHE, Magic Wavers, and WCLE. Also noted are sports and cultural programs, orchestral items, and public affairs features featuring Herbie Kaye and Jack King alongside educational and musical segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WTAM
Radio Day Schedule With Various Music and Talk Programs
A dense listing of radio programs and segments across stations WGAR 1390 WCLE 1450 and others. Includes mocks of variety shows, news, music, stories and entertainments featuring hosts and characters, with numerous program names, times, and advertised acts.
Torrid Zone and stars tour headlines in 1930s film culture
The piece lists Jane Withers returning from a record tour and notes other stars Joan Davis Eddie Albert Beverly Holden Irene Dunne Charles Laughton Carole Lombard Edward Arnold and Maureen O Hara. It mentions George Brent Ann Sheridan and a humor piece about Chaplin and Oakie with custard pies. It cites RKO contract quirks and Lorenzo Goes to Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Withers
P. A
Joan Davis
Indianapolis
George Brent
Ann Sheridan
Honolulu
Eddie Albert
Beverly Holden
Irene Dunne
Charles Laughton
Carole Tombard
Victis
Edward Arnold
Lorenzo
Hollywood
RKO
Lhe
All Studios
Maureen O'Hara
Chipper
Ireland
Charlie Chaplin
Hitler
Jack Oakie
Mussolini
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Avon Social Club Notices and School Honors
Avon community notices detail the Research Club meeting with talks on parliamentary law and a play visit at Western Reserve Campus, plus Pleasant Hour and Lido Club gatherings with prize winners. Also reported are a local wedding, Mrs Gates hosting, and Avon School students earning high averages from first through senior grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldred Hall
Western Reserve
Cleveland
Home
Shirley Graham
Gilpin
Father and Sons Banquet Highlight Grafton Program
The fifth annual Father and Sons banquet is set for Friday at the Grafton School auditorium with Dean Frederick Roehms of Baldwin-Wallace College as principal speaker. Senator P. H. Rogers will toast, dinner at 6:43 PM, and an opening entertainment precedes the address. A Belden Grange open meeting featured Mr. McClurg of Elyria discussing the Production Credit Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Grafton School
Frederick Roehms
Baldwin-Wallace College
Roehms
P. H. Rogers
McClurg
Elyria
Belden Grange
Production Credit Association
Herman Gest
Henrietta Grange
Lorain County
Pomona Grange
Carl Seckt
Local pastors plan pre Easter services March 10 to 15
Nova BRIEFS notes pastors from local churches plan pre Easter services March 10 through 15 inclusive with public invitation. Also mentions visits by Mrs Fanny Welch and Mrs Mabel Fullager to their sister Mrs K Trary and ill mother Mrs Earl Madison, and a dinner and theatre outing for Mr and Mrs Thomas Murray and children Patsy Lou Bille and Tommy at Elyria home of Mr and Mrs Harry Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NOVA
Fanny Welch
Clarksfield
Mabel Fullager
Mansfield
K. Trary
Earl Madi
Thomas Murray
Patsy Lou
Bille
Tommy
Harry Hall
Elyria
Honor Mrs Dybo Wellington Ohio Shower Honors Mrs Rickel
Mrs Ralph Dybo the former Muriel Rickel is honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs Lloyd Irish with yellow and white decor and spring flowers. Guests include Mrs Hazel Coffin and Mrs Helen Irish among Wellington and Vermilion attendees as several moves and visits around town are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dybo
Wellington
Ralph Dybo
Muriel Rickel
Lloyd Irish
Carpenter Street
Fred Lorence
Helen Irish
Hazel Coffin
Vermlion
Lorence
Irish
Emma Newton
Emma Weber
Beulah Ward
Guy Rickel
Helen Lang
Hannah Dybo
Pearl Lang
Vermilion
Valley City Obituaries and Local Notices
Valley City mourns the death of Mrs. William Reutter in Cleveland after a sudden illness. Rev. Grunwald attends funeral in Burlington for his sister‑in‑law Mrs Glen Mortenson killed in a car crash. Wishee of Medina leads services in pastor’s absence. WC A board meeting attended by Mrs William Steck and Mrs Earl Arick in Medina. Prosenjak at Reserve Officers Dinner Dance at Hotel Statler. Students tour Cleveland landmarks including court house jail museum and radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Reutter
William Steck
Earl Arick
WC A. Board
Medina
John Prosenjak
Reserve Officers
Hotel Statler
Cleveland
Belden Just Us Club entertained by Mrs Grabenstetter
Belden reports a Tuesday afternoon gathering of the Just Us Club hosted by Mrs George Grabenstetter. Games were played with Mrs Carl Davidson and Mrs Victor Burton noted among leaders at counting time. Refreshments were served. Mrs Helen Klinect substituted for absent Mrs Mary Aldrich. The next meeting is set for two weeks at Mrs A L Wise's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Schneider
Frank Nemeth
Julius Forthofer
Belden
Just
George Grabenstetter
Carl Davidson
Victor Burton
Helen Klinect
Mary Aldrich
A. L. Wise
Dover Center Good-Time Poochle Club notices winners
Mrs Mark Thompson hosted the Good-Time Poochle Club with seven members and one substitute. Ten games were played, prizes awarded to Helen Stroud first, June Traxler second, and Grandma Krinkle third. Mary Walsh noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover Center
Mark Thompson
Helen Stroud
June Traxler
Grandma Krinkle
Mary Walsh
Suburban Calendar of Civic Meetings and Events
A dense list of upcoming local gatherings across towns like Lake Avenue, North Olmsted, Columbia, Grafton, and Carlisle. Includes dance nights, lodge meetings, club executive sessions, choruses, Girl Scouts, youth groups, garden clubs, church activities, and Grange events scheduled for Saturday through Monday and beyond. Numerous times, halls, and hosts named, with address-like locations and参加 notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Avenue
Joey Married Couples Club
Otto Jabbusch
BP. M
North Olmsted
Dover I. C. C. F. Lodge
Dover Center
Columbia
Acme Grange
Grange
Lagrange—Lyndon
Masonic Hall
Elyria Township
Winfield Scott
North Glmsted
Kiwanis Club
Coe Memorial Building
Ridgeville
Girl
Carlisle
Lambda Chi
Phyllis Ann Rhoads
Butternut Ridge
East Carlisle
Eaton—Church Chorus
Grafton
Rebekah Lodge
Grange Hustlers
Henry Bislck
Lake Avenue — Christian Endeavor
New London
Boy Scouts
Masonic Temple
James Saunders
Robert Gilchrist
Wirt
Coe Memorial
Little Old New York at the Rivoli Theatre
The Rivoli Theatre presents Little Old New York a tale of New Yorks waterfront past and its colorful maze of sailing stops the story unfolds on screen in this period piece at the newly showing venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Astaire
Eleanor Powell
George Murphy
Capito Theatre
New York
New Rivoli
New Rivoli Theatre
Cagney Star in Next Lincoln Film at Capitol Theatre
James Cagney stars as a frontier badman in The Oklahoma Kid, opening Sunday at the Capitol Theatre. An amateur show benefited the WPL AL Recreation Club at North Dover, with several Dover ladies at the Neighborly Club gathering hosted by Mrs Doris Mulls in Ridgeville. New government buildings rise in Perak British Malaya.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cagney
Capitol Theatre
Dover
WPL AL Recreation Club
North Dover
Doris Mulls
Ridgeville
Perak
British Malaya
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Bill Johnson
Newa
Julio Martinez
Kent State Uni
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Crossroads
Tence
Game N. B.C. Symph
Jack King
Id II
Noble Bird
Jim Dorsey
George Darty
Hoagland Band
Peerless Trio
Cloister Bells
Altar Business Met
Varanw Scoge
Prague
Nat'ns
Chelate Science
Tedia
Moe Polinh Oor
Maryin Sisters
Ben Berale
Sth Row Center
Silver Theater
St. John Sar World News World Naval District
Atty. Screen Gulla
Maaale
Today Serenade Jewel Gar
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Gabe
Watca
Hawa
W. Winchell
Mae, Hoar Parker
Trone Rich Sports
Rael
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Rabbi
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Mour Ar Chirmidhe
Danea
John Mexener
Woody Herman Armatrone
Pete
Jane Weaver
Kitty Heene
Hannak
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Mary Marlin
Ala Perkins
Pepper Yours
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Lorenzi Jones
Widder Brown
Jack Armstrong
David Adams
Lowell Thomas
Fred Wrring
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Tommy Rhee
Alec
Templat
Sammy Watkins
Roger
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Dems
Wayhe
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Broadfawt
Clut
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This Day
Ly Ours
Maury Martin
Andstream
Pepper Young Dr Malone
Van _Dyne
Judg Mat Jane Living
Oddities
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Advtra Navy Band
Orph's
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Ted Malone
Matinee
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Reggie Childs
Pinocchio
Bud Barton
Tom Mix
World News
Annie Tempo of
Pinder
Herbie Kay
Lone Ranger
Sheri Holmes
Tete Ar False Willard Music
Chriat
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Asission Bible Chat
Muate
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Builethis
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Gauchos Make Believe
Melody Cruise
Nancy Bixon Rews
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Kitty Kelly Biyrt
Marga
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Amos ‘No
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Diertz
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Ilido Club
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Fred Cromor
Find~ Jay
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Stella
Elmer
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Patty Blake
Albert Chester
Eddie Sample
Jeanne Peak
Lillian Stumphauser
Robert Buck
Elfrieda Hein
William Kessler
Norman Dekker
Evelyn Hein
Howard Smith
Dorothy Brown
Virginia Mitchell
Henry Wroblewski
Margaret Holbury
Rita Klingahirn
Regis Urig
O'Leary
Ramblers Square
Rewte
Grange News
Methodist Sunday School
E WN Butler
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Hal Rothgery
Jeanne Rothgery
Clarence Metzger
Helen Wershey
Sunshine
Dorothy Stoll
Elmer Stoll
Carl Hershey
Clifford McGill
Carl van Nostran
E . Butler
Raymond Hudson
F. E Shriver
Lakewood Hospital
Lucy Lieby
Monroeville
Tillie Figler
Mary Trenchard
Raymond Owens
Clayton Owens
Todi Hospital
Klatik’s Hayseed Tavern
Cora M. Shepard
Courtland
Raymond Neff
Knapp
Bernie Miller
Taylor Street
Clifton West House
North Main Street
Neffs
Ralph Warren
Baylor
Herrick Avenue
Horace Bassett
Norman Marquette
C. J. Marquette
W. A. Curtis
Buffalo
N. Y
Mt. Dora
Fla
Elmer Fox
Girard
O. R. Fox
Helen
S. L. Postlethwait
Akron
Charles Crile
Connie
N. J. Nichols
Esther Thudium
Huntington
F. B. Thudium
Nova-Chautauqua
H. W. Graham
Marian Brown
North Barker Street
Rogers Variety Store
Ross Robinson
Otis Mulls
Vine Street
Stanley Guyer
Mae Greetham
Barker Street
Frank Miller
Elsie Newcomber
Rollin S. West
U. S. Coats
Herrick Avenue West
Ethel Bishop
Burt Knapp
Paul Knapp
Walter J. Heddesheimer
Pittsburgh
Daise Wadsworth
Walter Gifford
Hartisburg
Heddesheimer
Wadsworth
Wellngton
Heddesheimers
Virginia
Russell Rudy
Ashland
Grace Reedel
Reed O Biges
Penfield
L. L. Be Vier
Frank Norwalk
Wellington Church News
Florence McClelland
Anna Levet
Valley City
E. Bridge St
Glen Rogers Motors
Woodford Ave
Lakewood Baptist Men's Chorus
Columbia Methodist Church
Cagney
Shorty
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