Hollywood Fidler lists only one bonafide 1939 star
Jimmie Fidler contends Hollywood produced exactly one true box office star in 1939, Vivien Leigh, while naming other promising actresses and noting Oscar status does not guarantee crowd drawing. He remarks on various studios and stars, plus a rapid round of insider notes from Washington and Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hollywood
Lana Turner
Laraine Day
Hedy Lamarr
MGM
Simmie Fidler
Linda Darnell
Mary Healy
Brenda Joyce
Nancy Kelly
20Th Century
Jane Bryan
Warner's
Jeffrey Lynn
Eddie Albert
John Garfield
Ellen Drew
Mary Martin
William Holden
Robert Preston
Paramount
Robert Donat
Laurence Olivier
Maureen O'Hara
Robert Stack
Vivien Leigh
Suburban Calendar of Meetings and Socials Tonight
Community groups across Avon Lake, Grafton, North Olmsted, Ridgeville, New London, and surrounding towns host tea, dances, grange gatherings, and church events tonight. Highlights include Mothers Study Group in Avon Lake, Ridgeville exchanges, I O O F and Odd Fellows activities, and a Townsend Club program in Ridgeville with Cleveland’s Youth Caravan entertainment.
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Avon Lake
Jim Butterworth
John Christ
New London
I O O. F
Oddfellow Temple
Leroy
Oo. E. S
Masonic Temple
North Olmsted
Ladies Aid
Clague Road
Ridgeville
At & P
Lagramage
Edith Hastings
Tyndon
George Edwards
Grafton
Lake Avenue
North Elyria
Grange Hall
Townsend
Cleveland
Columbia
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Hubert Morlock
Sheffield
Community Child Welfare Club
Brookside School
Columbia—Baptist Church
Avon Aces
Hank Jackson
LA Grange —Circle No 2
Ad Society
A. S Wilcox
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Musa Artz
E. F. Croskey
North Olmsted Congregational Church
Haughwout
Gone With the Wind at Rivoli Theatre shines in faithful film
At the Rivoli Theatre the film Gone With the Wind opens. touted as the most faithful filmazation of a novel in Hollywood history. Margaret Mitchell's tale of the Old South stars Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara and Clark Gable as Rhett Butler. Seventeen, Booth Tarkington’s famed tale, opens Thursday at the Capitol Theatre with Jackie Cooper and Betty Field leading the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rivoli Theatre
Hollywood
Margaret Mitchell
Old South
Clark Gable
Rhett Butler
Vivien Leigh
Scarlett O'Hara
Jackie Cooper
Betty Field
Booth Tarkington
Capitol Theatre
Hob Goblin House at Wellington schoolhouse
Rehearsals for the high school cast stage Hob goblin House at the Wellington school auditorium this Friday night at 8. The play features Aunt Priscilla Carter and ghosts in a spooky routine directed by Miss Lois Van Blargen with a large local cast. Proceeds help fund the Hy Times annual.
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Hobgoblin House
Wellington O
H! Times
Lois van Blargen
Priscilla Carter
Beverly Baker
Karl Olsen
Donald Larabee
Delilah Worts
Mary Jane Brouse
Henry Goober
Armand Ensign
Janet Carino
Darius Krupp
Thomas Reep
Bluebird
Betty Lounsbrough
Hy Times
Elyrians Offered Opportunity To Get Flying Training
Army Air Corps reports vacancies for the May 15 Flying Cadet class inviting Elyrians to apply. A traveling Cadet Board will examine applicants at 414 Federal Building Cleveland April 3–8. Lieut Brannon will provide details April weeknights. Eligibility includes citizenship, age 20–27, unmarried, good health, partial college credits. no prior aeronautical experience required. Cadets’ pay includes 75 monthly and 30 ration allowance. Easter services were well attended at the Church of Christ. Dr. Ravitch of Elizabeth NJ plans to open a Wellington dental office soon. his wife Ms Marjorie Holiday is related to local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Corps
All Corps
Federal Building
Cleveland
Brannon
Brand
Weorge Ravitch
Elizabeth
Ravitch
New Jersey
Marjorie Holiday
LE. Holiday
Elm Street
Wellington
Training Nine Months Leads to Air Corps Reserve Commissions
During nine months of training, officers are tendered commissions as second lieutenants in the Air Corps Reserve and may serve up to seven years on active duty with an Air Corps tactical outfit at a salary of 205 dollars a month.
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Air Corps Reserve
Air Corps Tactical
Finland War Cabinet Resigns and New Government Formed
Helsinki March 27. Finland's war cabinet resigned today and a government to carry on reconstruction was organized immediately. Risto Ryti remains premier as the new administration takes over the wartime duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Finland
Risto Ryti
Weekend Visitors and Social Gatherings Reported
LaGrange Porter Gott and Terry Mead of Oberlin College were weekend guests at the Hastings home. Miss Dorothy Parsons entertained her sister Miss Alice Parsons of Westerville. Vernon Rundle and family and Rowan Kelner attended a party at the Johnston home in North Olmsted. Dewey Aldrich hosted Mrs Carlton Leable from Philadelphia and the Swartz family for dinner Friday night. Leable and Ira Swartz left for their east homes after visiting, while Mrs Lurancy Barer of Cleveland stayed overnight with Arch Gray. Mrs Lebbie Pomeroy visits her sons in Cleveland.
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Porter Gott
Terry Mead
Oberlin College
W. F. Hastings
Dorothy Parsons
Alice Parsons
Westerville
Vernon Rundle
Rowan Kelner
Paul Johnston
North Olmsted
Dewey Aldrich
Carlton. Leable
Philadelphia
A. Swartz
Ira
Leable
East
Lurancy Barer
Cleveland
Arch Gray
Lebbie Pomeroy
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Binnie Barnes
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DeMille
Trou
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Freddie Bartholomew
Adolphe Menjou
Ann Sheridan
Jean Arthur
Barbara Luddy
Claudette Colbert
Clark
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McNaught Syndicate, Inc
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Our Gang Cartoon News Travel
Rivoli
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Mall
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the Mind Winer
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Linda
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Pepper Young
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Jack Armstrong
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Beathrom
Morkan Hand
K. Narria Galder
Hedda Hopper
Carl George
World Today
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Andy Lum
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Tale
Paul Sultlhan Gagen
Nocturne
WHR
WGAR
WCLE
World News
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Eleanor Hanso
Mary Marlin
Dr Malone
Rosa Lee
Chase
Eimst
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George Europe
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Auk
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Lone Ranger
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Ps . We
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Happy Gang
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Tohn Duffy
Helod
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Natan Maalc
Nat'nn
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Cora M. Shepard
Tourtland
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Alvin J. Plocher
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Elyria
Oberlin
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Grand Rapids
Mich
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Betty
John Green
Jagt
WED
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Wellington School
Harrison William Webb
Chicago
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Conneaut
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Ernest Hooper Lakewood
Baldwin-Wallace College
K. Q. Townsend
Old Wellington
State of Ohio
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Doris Dangier
North Main Street
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Rochester
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Charles W Recard
Cort Palmer
Dorothy Hughes
Henry Hamser
Ramser
Helen Sutliff
Cook County Hospital
California
George Mackin
Ernest Oney
Charlene Phillips
Ashland College
Great Lakes
Berea
Ernest
Herrick Avenue West
Same
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Whipple
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Tennant
Joyce Meredith
Margaret
Hilda Schach
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Charles Allison
BIG Ben
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Cleveland Road
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Elyrians
Blue Sky
E. Bridge St
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War Cabinet of
Bulletin
LaGrange
Household Finance Corporation
Wealmorth's
R. Ritter
Mer
Coca-Cola CO
Elyria Coca-Cola
Lake Ave
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