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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, June 3, 1944

Posted on June 3, 2014 by lmharnisch

June 3, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, June 2 — Red haired Arleen Whelan, who found movie acting hard going and went to New York and made a smash hit in “Doughgirls,” may have one of the plum roles of the year. According … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, May 30, 1944

Posted on May 30, 2014 by lmharnisch

May 30, 1944 Dear younger readers, Memorial Day (created as Decoration Day, a time to place flowers on the graves of Civil War veterans) used to be May 30, until Congress decided in 1968 that a three-day weekend was more … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, May 28, 1944

Posted on May 28, 2014 by lmharnisch

May 28, 1944 Gypsy Rose Lee says: “There are three types of strip teasers. The loud and brazen girl, who comes out on the stage and shrieks; then there is the demure kind, who acts scared to death, and finally … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip, Louella Parsons, May 27, 1944

Posted on May 27, 2014 by lmharnisch

Carole Landis and William Eythe play cards. May 27, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, May 26 — Ingrid Bergman is one of the few actresses who has all hits, all runs and no errors to her credit, so I am not surprised that … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, May 23, 1944

Posted on May 23, 2014 by lmharnisch

May 23, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, May 22 — Fr. Flanagan’s “Boys Town” was a big money maker. So it is no surprise to hear that MGM has bought the rights to film a movie around the idea of “Boys Ranch,” the … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip, May 22, 1944

Posted on May 22, 2014 by lmharnisch

May 22, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, May 21 — Joan Bennett laughed when I mentioned that I had heard on the Twentieth lot that she was to co-star with Fred MacMurray in “Nob Hill.” “It looks,” said Joan, “as if I am … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, May 21, 1944

Posted on May 21, 2014 by lmharnisch

May 21, 1944 Louella Parsons asks Olivia De Havilland: “Do you feel your court battle with Warners will affect your chances of getting back to the screen and good pictures?” “Certainly not,” she said. “I won and am now reading … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, May 20, 1944

Posted on May 20, 2014 by lmharnisch

May 20, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, May 19 — Don Ameche and Twentieth Century-Fox are parting company. After a series of conferences failed to bring about an agreement, Don decided to move to another studio. His contract expires the last of June. … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, May 16, 1944

Posted on May 16, 2014 by lmharnisch

May 16, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, May 15 —  A year ago Dick Haymes sat on a park bench in New York and wondered how he was going to support his wife and baby. Today he is to have the lead opposite … Continue reading →

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‘Laura’ and Jennifer Jones

Posted on May 15, 2014 by lmharnisch

May 15, 1944 Louella Parsons says: Rouben Mamoulian has asked to be released from directing “Laura” and Otto Preminger, the producer of this much discussed movie, will direct the picture. The trouble is a difference of opinion of the psychological … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, May 14, 1944

Posted on May 14, 2014 by lmharnisch

May 14, 1944 Joe E. Brown pioneered entertainment in Alaska and the South Pacific, and only Don Barclay beat him to China. Bill Gargan, who was with Paulette Goddard in China, says the name Barclay is known to every serviceman … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, May 13, 1944

Posted on May 13, 2014 by lmharnisch

May 13, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, May 12 — The warm admiration David Wark Griffith has for Preston Sturges and his delight in “The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek” will shortly result in a business association. D.W. wrote a motion picture version of … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons

Posted on May 8, 2014 by lmharnisch

May 8, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, May 7 — Susan Hayward’s radiant happiness at playing the lead in “Dark Waters” was short lived, for Susie is out and Merle Oberon is in. This is the way it happened. Before Susan was so … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, May 2, 1944

Posted on May 2, 2014 by lmharnisch

May 2, 1944 THE MANY AND ASSORTED RUMORS that James Cagney has signed with this or that studio are all denied by his brother Bill, who says five stories are lined up to star Jimmy for his independent company. Says … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood by Sidney Skolsky, April 30, 1944

Posted on April 30, 2014 by lmharnisch

Note: This is the last of the Sidney Skolsky columns for a while. There are no online issues of the Miami News for May 1944, so that’s it until June. What do you think of Skolsky? Is he a keeper? … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, April 30, 1944

Posted on April 30, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 30, 1944 The U.S. loses 63 bombers and 14 fighters in a daylight raid on Berlin. The Nazis lost 88 aircraft. Meanwhile, the RAF made its 16th consecutive nighttime raid on Germany. Louella Parsons interviews Irving Cummings, who received … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood by Sidney Skolsky, April 29, 1944

Posted on April 29, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 29, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, April 29 — Irene Dunne is the latest actress to be offered the lead in “Olympia,” but she is waiting until she can read the script … Brenda Marshall doesn’t want to do “Something for the … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, April 29, 1944

Posted on April 29, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 29, 1944 We have a deeply embedded notion that the “Greatest Generation” dutifully paid their taxes because it was the patriotic thing to do. This editorial cartoon, by Edmund Waller “Ted” Gale of the Los Angeles Examiner, illustrates the … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood by Sidney Skolsky, April 25, 1944

Posted on April 25, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 25, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, Calif. April 25 — Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon have just finished doing a scene for “Mrs. Parkington,” and watching them on the set with me is Robert Thoeren, who co-authored the screenplay with Polly James. … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood by Sidney Skolsky, April 24, 1944

Posted on April 24, 2014 by lmharnisch

April 24, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, April 24 — A funny play could be written about the Hungarian scenario writers in Hollywood. Every time I pick up a trade paper I read where a Ladislaus has sold a story to a studio. … Continue reading →

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