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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
Laughton's L Famous
Cliff Home Sold

HOLLYWOOD - Charles
Laughton has sold his famous
and beautiful home in the Paci-
fic Palisades, overlooking the
Pacific Ocean. The residence,
which has been his and Elsa
Lanchester's home for many
years, has been one of the nonted
homes of stars which tourists to
Hollywood always have asked
to see.
A few years ago, a section of
the Palisades crumbled directly
in front of it, cutting into Laugh
toms front yard. Fortunately,
however, his home was built far
enough from the edge never to
be in danger.
The actor, after completing his
role in M-G-Ms "The Bribe,
purchased a smaller home in
Hollywood, where he will live
when not residing at his cottage
in the Palos Verdes hills. Both
will be vacant for veral
months, however. while Laugh
ton is in Paris. France, to star
in motion picture to be filmed
abroad.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
Ginger Gets Brand
New STYLES

HOLLYWOOD - Ginge
Rogers will have one of the
most modern Wardrobes of the
year in M-G-Ms The Barkleys
of Broadway" Teaming with
Fred Astaire as Broadway's top
dancing team, she will have
twenty eight changes, all Great
ed by Irene, M-G-Ms famous
designer.
Outstanding of the several
evening gowns will be on of
gun-metal gray chiffon, covered
with thousands of bugle beads
in geometric design. With many
types of beads, as we'll as the
workmanship demanded. Just
now becoming available for the
first time since the war, Irene
anticipates that beaded gowns
will become more and more
popular.
Hair Stylist Sidney GuiIaroff
also announced he was planning
unusual coiffures to m a t c h
Irene's gowns, He already has
Topped six inches from the star S
golden locks, still leaving them
almost at shoulder length.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
''The Heiress'
Screenplay Finished

HOLLYWOOD - Screenplay
of William Wyler's 'The Hell
ress," to go in production soon
at Paramount, was completed
recently by Ruth and Augustus
Goetz, authors of the Broadway
stage hit which the, studio pur-
chased for the screen and which
will star Olivia de HaVilland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Goetz left re-
Gently for San Francisco, but
will return to Paramount when
"The Heiress" goes in rehearsal
later this month. Next month
they will sail for England for
the london production of the
play which has been a sensa-
sional success on Broadway for
many months.
Miss de Havilland will por-
tray the title role in the film,
with Sir Ralph Richardson max
ing his Hollywood debut as her
father, and Miriam Hopkins also
in an important featured role as
her aunt.
'The Heiress" will be Wyler's
first production since he direct
ed the Academy Ward winning
film 'The Best Years Of Our
Lives"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17

SPIES: Those spy stories in
the newspapers make exciting
reading, but nobody in the know
regards the Congressional Gin
vestigation" as more than ID
publicity for Parnell Thomas &
Co. (2) smokescreen behind
which Congressional politicians
can conceal their failures and
CD an attempt to whip up lynch
hysteria for the smashing of in
stitutions which our Fascist
fringe calls red" Those include
your union, as you know if you
have ever been on strike. The
facts are that a Federal Grand
Jury tried for many months to
find grounds for spy indictments
in the charges brought by "Spy
Queen" Bentley and others. But
no spy indictments could be
handed down. No evidence.
SPORTS: Four big fights
scheduled for September: Tony
Zale VS.. Marcel Cerdan, Jersey
Joe Walcott VS.. Gus Lesnevich,
Ike Williams VS.. Jesse Flores
and Ray Robinson VS.. Kid
GaIivan (non-title). Smart bet
tors will lay off the Zale-Cer-
dan and RObinson-G Galivan
squabbles. Zale and Cerdan
are both over the hill and hard
to figure. Robinson can name
the round against Galivan, but
may choose to make the Cuban
look good, in order to build
for a title bout in Madison
Square Garden. Williams is a
shOO-in over Flores, and Wal
colt ditto over Lesnivich. 1t
says here!
MAILBAG: A Chicago reader
wants to know if it's possible to
beat the races. The answer is
that there are many people max
ing good living by betting on
the nags. BUT-and this is a
BIG BUT-they're not doing it
with systems, hot tips, "
stable information" or by fol-
lowing the selections of news
paper pickers, none of whom
show a profit. The only way to
beat the races is to become an
expert Handicapped on your own
hook. A Handicapped is someone
who studies past performances
of horses, watching for consist
ency in winning, inherent class,
weight, present form and con-
sistent speed. It's hard work and
takes more time than the aver
age working person has to spare.
Meanwhile, if you insist on bet
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
Acts AS Agent For
His Actor Friends

HOLLYWOOD-Glenn Ford's
interest in his former associates
in the Santa Monica Little
Theater never wanes. He has
obtained a job for one Of them,
Grace Godino, as Rita Hay
worth's stand-in in Carmen"
Grace is the fiancee of Glenn's
own stand-in, Mel Wixon, in
The Return of October" /" Mel
is also former Santa Monica
little theater actor. The dialogue
director on the latter picture,
Harold Clifton, is a former di-
rector of the little theater, and
there are more than ten others
now working at Columbia or at
other studios as the result of the
stars efforts for them.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
DeMille Narrates
New Prologue For
ssThe Crusades'

HOLLYWOOD - M k n
the forthcoming re-release of
Cecil B. DeMille's epic filmiza-
tion of the struggle for the Holy
Land, "The Crusades," Para
mount has produced a prologue
for the picture showing phases
of the present fighting in Pale
stine.
The one and one-half minute
commentary, spoken by DeMille,
was made up of newsreel films
of the momentous event taking
place in the Holy Land.
The prologue points up the
almost exact parallel between
the fighting in Palestine today
and the 18th Century struggle
depicted in "The Crusades."
Academy Award winner Lor-
eta Young, with Henry Will
coxon as Richard the Lion
Hearted, head a cast of thou
sands.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
Bogart Gets A
New Leading Lady

HOLLYWOOD-A new feml-
nine name will scintillate on
movie theater marques this sea-
son as the result of Humphrey
Bogart's selection of his leading
woman in his first independent
motion picture pro d u ct i n,
knock on Any Door," which
will be made at Columbia Studio
for release by that company.
Her name win be Susan Perry.
A famed magazine cover girl,
Conover model and aspiring ac-
tress under the name of Candy
Toxton, Miss Perry has been
given a long term contract by
Columbia Pictures.
bliss Perry was sighted first
by Robert Lord, executive pro-
ducer of Santana Productions,
the B CART firm, while Miss
Perry was playing minor roles
and receiving acting training at
M.G.M.
Miss Perry plays the role of a
social worker, who is courted
and won by Bogart, an aspiring
young attorney with deep social
convictions. Nicholas Ray will
direct the picture.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17

guest tickets for the readers who
correctly sort out the players
and assign them to the right
pictures.
Watch next weeks paper for
the What's Wrong With This
Picture-Still. When you have
answered all three weeks ques-
tions, submit your answer to
uoew's Valentine Theatre. Dead
line for this contest is October
13, 1948. With your answer
write letter of so words or less
telling about the picture in the
group you most want to see.
The entrant with the correct
answer and best letter will re-
ceive the first prize of $500,
second best $1,000 with the guest
tickets for the Is runners-up.
This will be presented at the
Loew's Valentine Theatre by
Miss Doris Allene Gainman from
the Champion Spark Plug Unit
of Local IL, UAW-CIO. Miss
Gainman and Mr.. Ludacer (man-
ager of Valentine Theatre) will
Judge this contest.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
Mickey Knox Borrowed
For "KnOck On
ANY Door"

Mickey Knox has been bor-
rowed from Hal Wallis by Col
umbia for the role of Vito,
youthful Skid Row tough guy
and pal of Nick Romano (John
Derek) in the Humphrey Bogart
starrer, knock on Any Door. +"
Nicholas Ray is directing and
Robert Lord producing. Knox,
an exc. l., was originally
brought out by Wallis from New
York for the role of the baby
faced killer in Il Walk Alone, +"
and has since appeared promin.
emily in KILLER Mccoy" and
THE Accused" He is the first
of a group of key Skid Row
characters to be selected for
Knock on Any Door"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
Olympic Athletes
Remember Esther

HOLLYWOOD - Thoug h
Esther Williams film work kept
her from attending the Olympic
Games, the swimming star was
not forgotten by the other
American athletes who partici-
pated in the games at London.
On the set of M-G-M's Take
Me Out to the Ball Game. .
Miss Williams received an Off.
claI program of the games ex-
actly one day after opening OF
the big event. Autographed by
members of the American team.
the program was brought to
Hollywood on a return trip of
the special plane which flew
bread to the athletes every day
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
VANISHING AMERICAN"
REAPPEARS IN FULL FORCE

The Vanishing American"
will reappear in full force when
c lu m b a s action musical,
"Singin' Spurs" reaches the
screen. Every one of Holly
woods 56 Indian actors have
roles in the film which deals
with the plight of tribe of
Indians who lack irrigation foY
their farms. Five of the redman
are the foremost chiefs of their
tribes, Eagle Saenz, Apache;
Little Plant, Hopi; War Eagle
and Shooting Star, Sioux; and
Sky Eagle. Ottawa.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
MelchiOr Chosen AS
Godfather For Baby

HOLLYWOOD - Walter Sle-
zak's young son, born July 81,
will have Lauritz Melchoir for
his godfather and carry the name
of Leo Lauritz Walter.
The baby is the third child for
the Slezaks. They have tw o
small daughters, one three and
one-half, the other two.
Although a definite date for
the christening has not as yet
been set, the Slezaks are hoping
to have the baby baptized at
home by their old friend, Father
George Monius, who is visiting
from Europe. In the event this is
impossible, the christening will
be held at the Catholic church in
The Plaza-Los Angeles oldest.
The Slezaks and Melchoirs
have been friends for many years
and were on the Metro-Goldwyrl-
p Ter lot at the same time when
4 LAX appeared in "The Pirate"
and Melchoir in Luxury Liner"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
JONES AND GARFIELD
SIGNED, "ROUGH SKETCH

H Horizon Productions, Inc,
newly formed John Huston Sam
Spiegel organization, have sign
ed Jennifer Jones and John Gar
filed for the starring roles in a
production which they will re-
lease through Columbia Pic
lures. The film will be based on
one of the stories in Robert Syl-
vester's best-seller, ''R ou G h
Sketch" Huston, now writing
screenplay in conjunction with
Peter Veirtel, will direct and
Spiegel will produce. The story
is lusty drama of love and adj
venture played against the back
ground of Cuba in the early
'30's.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
Jean Arthur To
Make More Films

HOLLYWOOD-Jean Arthur
intends to step up her picture
making pace in the future, she
said recently on the set of Par
amounts "A Foreign Affair."" in
which she starred with Muir
lene Dietrich and John Lund.
Although she did not reveal
any definite future commit
ments, Miss Arthur does not in
tend to wait so long between
pictures as has in in the past.
"A Foreign Affair" is her first
film in three years"
Preview audiences have ac-
claimed Miss Arthur's perform
ance as the best of her career.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
Flower ProfusiOn
Welcome To Ginger

Z HOLLYWOOD - Ginger
Rogers could have started her
own florist shop after her open
ing day WITH Ere Astaire in
M t r o-Goldwyn- Mayors THE
BarkleyS of Broadway" Old
timers at the studio declared they
have never seen so many flowers
as the star received from ad-
mirers and well-Wishers.
The colorful boukuets over
lowed both her new portable
dressing room on the set and her
larger room in the stars build
ing. The film is her second at
M-G-M, and her tenth as CO.
star with Astaire.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
Two Advisers For
Football Film

HOLLYW WOOD - Robert
Snyder, head coach of the Los
Angeles Rams professional foot
ball team, and Paul Schissler,
director of Special Events for
tlSuAos Angeles T m es, and
fGro1er coach, have been signed
by producer Sam Katzman as
technical directors for his Col
lmbia film, Triple Threat, +"
which has a cast of pro players
eaded by Sammy Baugh, Sid
.uckman, Charles Trippi and
Job Waterfield.
Schissler formerly C o a C h d
le Brooklyn Dodgers and Chi
ago Cardinals of the National
professional league, owned and
coached the Hollywood Bears,
local pro eleven, and for ten
years was head coach of Oregon
State University.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
Goes "BLind'' For
Her Part In Film

HOLLYWOOD - Sharyn
Moffett, who plays a 49,
year-old blind girl in Col
umbia's Rusty Leads the
Way" in which she is CO.
featured with Ted Donald
son, went blind" to train
for the role.
The child actress wore a
specially constructed black
silk blindfold throughout
days of lengthy rehearsal
sessions with a guide dog.
Her training program close
ly followed tn at of the
Hazel H urst Foundation,
famed guide dog school at
nearby Pasadena, which is
contributing it's facilities
and technical advisers to
insure authenticity of the
film.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
Dog Changes
Color For Role

HOLLYWOOD-Mickey min
iature French poodle in M-G-
Ms Little Women" has a new
look!
The tiny dog, pet of June
Allyson in the Technicolor pro-
duction, had a coat of white it
couldn't be photographed so the
studio had him tinted soft gold
en- beige.
Now Mickey is the envy of all
the dogs on the lot.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17

ting, resign yourself to losing
You can't win unless you handi-
cap your own. Any arguments?
PRESS: Our nomination for
the liveliest newspaper in the
country, bar none, is the Rock
ford, ILL.,, Labor News. 1t makes
the big city tablOids seem like
"R e ecca of SunnybrOOk
Farm" 1t bills itself as "The
Nations Greatest ekly.
Newspaper" which may be an
exaggeration, but is surely is
the nations spiciest.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
TWO SET FOR
PHOTO FINISH"

Gloria Henry, one of Colum-
bias busiest young actresses
during the past year, was given
the top feminine role yesterday
in photo Finish" racetrack
story to be produced by Sam
Katzman. At the same time the
studio announced that Stanley
"Stash" Clements, who scored
his greatest hit as the jockey in
SALTY O'Rourke" with Alan
Ladd, will play similar pockey
role in the film. William Berke
will direct.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
MuItilingual Actor
Assigned Important Part

Carl Esmond, who plays an
important role in support of
Dennis O'Keefe and Louis Hay
ward in Edward Small's Colum-
bia production walk A Crooked
Mile" has appeared in films
made in three languages
French, German and Hungarian.
He played his first English
speaking role thirteen years ago
in London.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
Publisher Seeks
Elizabeth's Book

HOLLWOOD-Elizabeth Tay-
lor, now appearing in M-G-M S
"a Date With Judy" has re-
ceived word from DUAL, Sloane
& burst, publishers of her book;
"Nibbles and Me-" that they are
interested in reading the first
draft of her planned book, 81
Like Being a Teenager."
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
Johnson Painting
To Go On Exhibit

HOLLYWOOD - An original
Van Johnson painting is going
on exhibit in a New York art
gallery!
The painting, a Dutch land
scape, was considered so excel
lent by Johnson'S art teacher,
John Vogel, that it has been en-
tered in a special art exhibit for
charity which is being sponsor
ed by a magazine in New York
CITY.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
FIRST FUNERAL

Alan Ladd, who plays the
title role in Paramount's "The
Great Gatsby" was able to
watch his own funeral" in this
film for the first time. It's the
final scene.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
BY Inez Gerhard

Zachary Scott has been bor-
rowed by Michael Curtiz produc-
tions from Warner Bros. to be
one of the. two romantic interests
in Joan Crawford's life in Fla,
mingo Road" an assignment
which he deserves. Scott is a
good actor who hasn't had as
many good roles as should have
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
HITS NEW HIGH

In Paramount's "The 'Sainted'
Sisters" Veronica Lake turns in
a sparkling performance as a
comedienne - the first such
Characterization during her
lengthy screen career.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
NO DIAMONDS

Olivia de Havilland, starred
in the title role of William
Wyler's "The Heiress," at Para
mount, doesn't like diamonds.
She thinks they're too hard and
bright.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17

In the first
of three mon
t a G e S till S
which combine
h i g h lights of
more than one
picture on the
f all schedule
or Lo e w's,
The T h e a t re
and this news
p a p er offer
$500 in cash
- s.1 &c
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17

ZACHARY SCOTT
come his way. He'll play young
deputy sheriff who becomes
state senator, a handsome weak
ling who breaks-or at least
bruises Joan's heart, with Vir-
ginia Houston as her rival for
his affections.
Incidentally, Miss Houston,
graduate of the Omaha Com
munity playhouse dorothy Nc
Guire and Henry Fonda came
from there), got the role because
Curtiz saw her at a party for
Mimi Chandler.
When a Memphis lad in Yam
kee stadium yelled, HE did it
for me-" when Joe Di Maggie
hit a home run, Dick Jurgens
wondered if he was right. Every
thing else had been done for him
as one of the teen-agers' popu-
larity contest winners visiting
New York this summer. They
appeared on Jurgens' Spotlight
Revue" and visited the towns
high spots. Twenty-six boys and
girls have been spending New
York week-endS as result OF
achievement contests conducted
by youth organizations all over
the country.
Susan Hayward can take a
dare and hand it back. Soon
after she reached Ada, Okla, on
location for Walter Wanger's.
Tulsa" she received a huge
bunch of mistletoe from the
towns menfolk, with note say
ing 1--WE guess this is just wish
full thinking, but here's hoping"
She replied that she'd kiss any
representative male citizen-of
the age of her two-year-old
twins!
Fay Banter, long stage star
and radio serial heroine and late
ly in June Bride" has a new
career-big realty operator. She
is constructing 80 dwellings on
IA acres at Palm Springs, to be
sold when completed.
Humphrey Bogart's butler had
leave of absence while Bogart
was starring in "Key Largo" He
London and got house
hold pointers from friends on
the staff at Buckingham palace
for use in the Bogart household.
Originally cast as a very
solemn church deacon in Leo
McCarey's Good SAM" Bert
Roach, the comedian, proved to
be such a laugh provoker that
he was re-cast as a tinhorn poll
ticiaan to use his talents prop
erly.
For the first time spectators
will see what a pole-vaulter sees
as he goes over the bar, in "The
Games of 1948," Eagle
Lion release. In technicolor, too!
Low-flying airplanes equipped
with special long-focus, tele-
photo lenses, followed the vault
er from take-off over the bar
until his landing on the other
side of the pit.
Kent Smith, featured in '"The
Fountainhead," has what is be-
Iieved to be the only Pull in
A Pull is a kind of
Hungarian sheep dog, and so
rare that the breed has not yet
been recognized by the American
Kennel club.
Returning from Ireland with
four of their five children, Maui
-een O'Sullivan and John Far
'ow arrived in Hollywood less
han "a hours after leaving
Ireland. They were in
New York only As minutes, be-
,ween planes.
40 nrnHnnrnr
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
Valentine Theatre And Toledo
Union Journal ToH HaveConteSt
BY BURNY ZAWODNY

Starting in the issue of September "a the Toledo Union
ourna with the Loews Valentine Theatre will have contest
called Fall Harvest"
If familiar with the Fall of Hits coming to
Valentine stills from
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17

M-G-W' IechnlcoIOr production
are little confusing as to which
picture each star belongs.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17

Political Adv.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17

Returning from Ireland with
four of their five children, Maui
reen O'Sullivan and John Far
row arrived in Hollywood less
than "a hours after leaving
Shannon, Ireland. They were in
New York only As minutes, be-
tween planes.
Evening star., 1948-10-10
Raymond and Arthelia Newton. boy.
Howard and Particia Newmark, boy.

Raymond and Arthelia Newton. boy.
Howard and Particia Newmark, boy.
James and Lorraine OBrein, boy.
lawrence and Marcella o,pea, girl.
Lawrence and Marcella ODea, boy.
John John s and Evelyn Evelyn oFlaherty. boy.
Arthur and Shirley Oosthuizett, boy.
George and Dorothy Pappas, girl.
5ssi; 5ssk and and scnk Euchia ,,;r Ps,t,s;rson girl.
sBee ana sna bsesss ssssss' RsEss fe bo5
Stuart and Katherine Proctor. girl.
Robert and Emily Radcliffe GIRL.
warren yoaIIs and June Reddish, girl.
Cass and Claire Riddle, boy.
Roderick and Mary Riley, girl.
Murl and Lois Rogers, girl.
William and Pauline Roberts. boy.
Mitchell and Josephine sabasia' girl.
LYMAN and Sarah Sander. boy.
Gary and Rosa Savage, boy.
Be Bert and Anna Sherman, boy,
John and Laura .Simms, boy.
Thomas and Ruth Smith, girl.
Clarence and Virginia Smith, girl.
Joseph and Katherine Smith, girl
ana sernardne sars sdineeEnsy ssso Boy boy,
Henry and Patricia Sites, girl.
Mark and Iona Spencer. boy.
Charles and Elizabeth Spittle, girl.
Louis and Sylvia .Steinberg, boy.
David and Dorothy Steele, boy.
Daniel and Josephine Stimson, girl.
John and Hester Strylowski, girl.
Richard and Jean Stuecker. boy.
William and Elizabeth Sugg, boy.
Norris and Marguerite Suite, girl.
Donal and Mary Sullivan, girl.
Hollis and Kathryn Tara, boy.
Clinton and Mary Taylor. boy.
Charles and Betty Terhine, boy.
Edwin and Pamemla Tribby, girl.
william and Ruth Thompson, girl.
Boyd and Bernice Thomasson, girl.
Joseph and Lydia Thompson, boy.