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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 29, 1944

Posted on March 29, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 29, 1944 The Private Papers of a Cub Reporter The following is an editorial from the St. Louis Star-Times titled: “Dies Committee’s Un-American Investigation of Winchell” … “The Dies committee to investigate Un-American activities, in the course of its … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, March 28, 1944

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March 28, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, March 27 — If you’ve seen “Oklahoma” you’ll remember the red-haired American named Marc Platt, who dances with the grace of Fred Astaire. Well, Marc has been signed by Columbia and is heading for Hollywood to … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 28, 1944

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March 28, 1944 Notes of an Innocent Bystander The Magic Lantern: “See Here, Private Hargrove” is loaded with familiar comedy gags, but it’s got so doggone much good feeling that you skip the stencils. Besides, it’s got a pair of … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, March 27, 1944

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March 27, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, March 26 — A lawsuit that may completely upset one of M-G-M’s most important pictures, starring Susan Peters and Robert Young, looms potent on the horizon. Today, by wire, Pauline Leader Brand, former wife of Millen … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 27, 1944

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March 27, 1944 Broadway Alien She was once taken to a New York nightclub on New Year’s Eve and didn’t enjoy herself … She believes everything she reads in the movie mags… The only time she stays up all night … Continue reading →

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In 1944 in Print — Walter Winchell vs. Rep. Martin Dies

Posted on March 27, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 27, 1944 Rep. Martin Dies (D-Texas), the head of the House un-American Activities Committee, goes on the radio to accuse Walter Winchell of being used by “one of the most sinister forces this nation ever faced.” Dies called this … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, March 26, 1944

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March 26, 1944 Louella Parsons interviews Danny Kaye and his wife, Sylvia Fine, and writes: I have seldom met two such idealistic young people. To see blond Danny, who makes funny faces and sings eccentric songs, you get no idea … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, March 25, 1944

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March 25, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, March 24 — The ink was hardly dry on the galley proofs of Mrs. Irving Berlin’s book “The Land I Have Chosen” when Jack Warner bought it. Ellin wrote the book, a story of the American … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 25, 1955

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March 25, 1944 A Broadwayite in Italy Mel Diamond files this report from Italy: Ernie Pyle was with us for about six weeks and a simpler and more unpretentious celebrity I have never known. In fact, if you didn’t happen … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, March 24, 1944

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Bill Robinson: “The Dark Cloud of Joy!” March 24, 1944 SNAPSHOTS OF HOLLYWOOD COLLECTED AT RANDOM: Staff Sgt. Jack Foisle, the 24-year-old writer who revealed the yarn about Americans shooting down their own planes, was guest at a newspaper dinner. … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 24, 1944

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March 24, 1944 Soldiers of the Press Under fire from some members of Congress, Walter Winchell says: Every crusading newspaperman has discovered that his life is just a bed of thorns. Truth is as a red flag to the bull … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — The Lyons Den, March 23, 1944

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March 23, 1944 When Walter Winchell didn’t file a column, the St. Petersburg Times ran Leonard Lyons’ “The Lyons Den” instead. All of which will be explained in a few days. At Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean’s party in Washington, Rep. … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, March 23, 1944

Posted on March 23, 2014 by lmharnisch

“Two pictures that search into the truth behind today’s moral menace!” March 23, 1944 MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN’S $2,500 PIN WASN’T intentionally stolen after all. It was all an accident — but it should be a lesson to fans who make a … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, March 22, 1944

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March 22, 1944 SNAPSHOTS OF HOLLYWOOD COLLECTED AT RANDOM: The Dick Powell–Joan Blondell rift is expected to reach the courts soon; Mrs. John Jacob Astor and her 9-year-old son were in Hollywood for the day en route home after spending … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 22, 1944

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March 22, 1944 Man About Town Lyle Talbot is getting used to civilian life with Judy Cook … Vaughn Paul, the ex of Deanna Durbin, is trying to make Joy Barlow his next … The Humphrey Bogarts are gunning for … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, March 21, 1944

Posted on March 21, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 21, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, March 20 — I’d like to give a little argument to the reviewer who recently printed that Humphrey Bogart wasn’t at his best in love scenes. For my money, Bogey has most of the hand kissing … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, March 20, 1944

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March 20, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, March 19 — Well, it looks like the diaper-washing days of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Terry (also known as Joan Crawford) are over for good or at least for a long time. The Terrys, who have … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 20, 1944

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March 20, 1944 Portraits of Patriots Jerome Hartman: 44-year-old lieutenant commander U.S.N… Hails from Dayton, Ohio … When World War I was over, he became a resident M.D. at the veterans’ hospital in Ohio. For five years, he devoted himself … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, March 19, 1944

Posted on March 19, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 19, 1944 It was old home week when I visited the first lady of the theater, Ethel Barrymore, on the “None but the Lonely Heart” set. From the Milwaukee Sentinel.

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1944 in Print — Hollywood Gossip by Louella Parsons, March 18, 1944

Posted on March 18, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 18, 1944 HOLLYWOOD, March 17 — Warners are going all out for American movies, and if you want to call that “flag waving” it’s all right with them. As Jack Warner says: “You can’t wave a better flag!” One … Continue reading →

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