Postwar German film industry fights foreign competition
Frankfurt June 3 postwar Germany's film industry battles financial strain as imports from the United States Britain and France crowd out German productions. Only 105 German films since the war while over 150 American 90 British and 150 French films flood western Germany. An official laments lack of capital to produce and notes foreigners are not allowed to invest. Germans prefer stars like Ingrid Bergman and James Stewart and call German ruin films truemer filme scenes of ruins drive audiences toward overseas productions. Top American hits in Germany include You Were Never Lovelier The Best Years of Our Life Bells of St Mary's and The Song of Bernadette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Herzog Film Co
America
Ingrid Bergman
Stewart Granger
Jean Gabin
MPEA
Motion Picture Export Assn
Greta Garbo
Bette Davis
Charles Boyer
Errol Flynn
James Stewart
St. Mary’s
Bernadette
Stewarts Grander Narrowly Beats James Mason in Vote
The Eagle Lion star Stew art Grander defeats James Mason in a close contest among filmgoers. A film magazine notes Germans prefer British over U S films, favoring established stars over new faces as American studios flood markets with fresh names.
Rites Held for Charles E Brill at Jones Funeral Home
Charles E Brill died Tuesday at a daughter’s home near Herndon. Services were conducted yesterday at Jones funeral home by Rev W L Hudson and Rev L J Brown. Burial was in Mount Hebron cemetery with pallbearers Elmer Good Edward Good Lester Loy Jessie Carpenter Charles White and Edgar Rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Brill
Herndon
Jones Funeral Home
W. L. Hudson
L. J. Brown
Mount Hebron
Elmer Good
Edward Good
Lester Loy
Jessie Carpenter
Charles White
Edgar Rush
Flight of the Bumble Bee from The Tale of Tsar Sultan
The question notes Flight of the Bumble Bee as part of Rimsky Korsakoff’s The Fairy Tale of Tsar Sultan based on a Russian fairy tale. A swan princess and a disguise as a prince drive the rescue plot in this old lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. E
Tsar Sultan
Rimsky-Korsakoff
Public notice to apply for beer wine license Virginia
The undersigned will appear before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on June 3, 1949 to apply for a license to retail beer and wine of more than 3.2 percent at Albin Grocery Route No 522 Winchester Virginia. Beverages to be consumed on and off premises. Gilbert Flight 32 miles N Winchester Route No 522.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Albin Grocery
Winchester
Gilbert
Chicago FBI Chief McSwain Free on $1000 Bond
Chicago FBI chief George R. McSwain was released on a $1000 bond after three hours in custody for contempt of Federal court. He had refused to produce FBI records at a hearing where Roger Touhy sought his prison release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
FBI
George R. McSwain
U. S
McSwain
Roger Touhy
Navy personnel file numbers began after World War I
The Department of the Navy states that it started using file numbers for Navy personnel immediately following World War I, marking a shift in personnel record keeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
J. R
Department of the Navy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stacy Newlin
Virginia
Care Evening Star
Winchester, Va
Olga Stoker
W. B. Snider and Sons
N. Cameron St
U.S
Anderson
E. Boscawen St
Star
Parker’s Hardware
Ford
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Buick
Studebaker
Dodge
Montgomery Ward
S. Loudoun
Ford and Ferguson
Bickers Motor Co
Bottler
REO
Herman
REO Washington Co., Inc
Half St
S. E. Wash
D. C
Lincoln
Harry H. Willis
N. Loudoun
New Hampshire Ballets
Ellis
Southern States
Courier
Patterson Ave
E. W. Armstrong
Front Royal Road
John M. Hepfer
D. W. Greenawalt
E.o.d
McCormick-Deering
C. I. Brumip É& Sons
Bungalow
Kernstown
Joney Sargent
West Cork St
Nain
Loudoun St
Gore
Norbin J. Phillips
C.M.M. Care Star
Ed Seal
Sunnyside
Appleway Motor Court
Valley Pike
Leggett
Winchester’s Shopping Center
Washington
Curtiss Candy Co
M. K. Rial
George Washington Hotel
Call
Barr's Farmers Hardware
Stephens City
Front Royal
Care Star
Ward-Stilson Co
Greyhound Bus Station
wWaitress
Crystal Cafe
Capitol Restaurant
Loudoun
Peggy Carlisle
Rt. 1
Front Royal Rd
Mills
National Ave
V-J-O. Miller’s
Bart
Shenandoah River
Maurertown
Strasburg
Harwood
Tommy D. Lockhart
Shawnee Avenue
P.O. Box
J.R. Alexander, JR
N. Loudoun St
Rees
A. F. Rees, Inc
Berryville, VA
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Handley Schoo
H.W. Ebert
Herbert F. Schmitt
Eagle Lion
Stewart Grander
James Mason
C. E. Brill Rites
Pine Motor CO
Gibbons St
Riley's Real Estate Agency
Rouss Ave
Dial
East Ford
Shenandoah Motor CO. Inc
Handley School
Mane
G. Holsinger & Son
Rouss
Forest Homes
Route 11
Martinsburg Pike
Southern Scrap CO
Pennsylvania Railroad Yard
P. O. Box
Ford Factors
Dearborn
Ford Tractor
Bickers
Arbors Motors
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!