Hollywood Column Recaps Postwar Film Moments and Moments
The column highlights scenes from various films including Annie Get Your Gun Baby The Men Sunset Boulevard The Big Lift and The Third Man. It notes performances by Betty Hutton Gene Nelson Gloria Swanson Spencer Tracy and others with references to memorable set pieces and chase sequences.
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Paul Kane
Betty Hutton
Annie
Gene Nelson
Betsy Drake
Spencer Tracy
Gloria Swanson
Sunset Boulevard
Paul Douglas
Tempelhof
Black Hand
White Tower
Duchess of Idaho
East Side
West Side
Barricade
Uth
Stromboli
Joe Palooka
Humphrey
Byrd Expedit ion To Antarctic Area Postponed for Now
Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd says the Korean crisis halts plans for a South Polar expedition. He notes a prior Joint Chiefs report on potential mission to study cold weather operations and uranium. He cites risk of Russian propaganda and lack of public interest as reasons to delay.
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Richmond
J Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Polar
United States
Harry F. Byrd
Chief of Naval Operations
Russia
Bill to bar one armed bandits aims for federal act
The House cleared a bill to bar slot machines from interstate commerce. A companion Senate bill nears final passage with minor differences. The measure would stop import of new machines unless states act to exempt it from the federal act, mostly affecting the District of Columbia and federal territories. Accumulations of lint or hair in closets described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Congress
White House
Senate
District of Columbia
United States Territories
Bus scene ends with kiss and departure at curb in Chicago
A bus stops as a young man says goodbye to a girlfriend then boards. The driver quips about a real kiss and the man laughs. A separate Q A confirms a trainee must make at least 20 jumps from a jumper training tower wearing a harness.
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Chicago
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