The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12

and sometimes I seem to be where
I amt.
But the letter tells pretty big
story at that. A couple facing
these troubled times gayety and
courage The planning, long ago,
Of a home in a sunny climate
where d small family might find
happiness in the face Of grim
realities, II seems to have worked
out splendidly The dream of a
home in Key West accomplished
and everything squared away by
the time that letter arrived in
Glen Rock the other day stating,
in effect. "Okay, bud. you're in"
Something tells me that meet
ing the Jacksons will be a good
day for me. And I sincerely hope
they fird happiness in Key West.
II Is one dandy iii OF town. and
you'd better believe it .........
The movie moguls are waging
full scale economy drive. Slash
ing salaries and production costs
like crazy. Seems to me we've
heard that song before 800.
But the big studios are going
ahead with plans for new and bet
ter they say, pictures, Robert
Taylor has been signed for the
lead in Ivanhoe' with Joan Fon-
'aine as the lady Rowena. George
Gamblers and Liz Taylor have also
mixed contracts for the Sir Walter
Scott classic 49,, MGM will film
the life story of Marjorie Lawr-
cnce, the Australian farm girl
who rose to singing fame, Struck
down by polio, Miss Lawrence
ovcrcame the handicap and re-
Gently returned to the concert
stage Film to be titled Inter
rupted Melody" In Belle Of
New York Marjorie Main will
sing a number written especially
for her Fans familiar with the
raucous vocied Marjorie might be
surprised to know that she once
studied music and began her ca
reer as a singer POdners,
any movie about the Lone Star
State has got to be migh-gh- gh-ty
big. Wal, them Hollywood dudes
aim to make Lone Star" big
enough to satisfy every Texan
from the Panhandle to the Rio
Grande Top hands in the corral
are Clark Gable, Ava Gardner,
Broderick Crawford and Lionel
Barrymore, to name a few names.
And months OF research have gone
into the newspaper angle of the
picture, which is tied in with Ava's
angles since Texas demands only
the best. Yippppp-eeeeeee! You
see, CurVace0us Ava is a neWspap-
erWoman, back in l845. That call
ed for some construction Not in
regard TO Ava, chums), Early type
mallets and type racks were con-
structed from research prints, as
We're sperm oil chandeliers and
/ wall fixtures. The safe used was
once the property Of the Wells
Fargo Express and the newspaper
Iitself is an authentic copy of ar
early Texas paper of that day
The type Of press used during that
era was finally found in a mus
cum Researchers failed to dis
, cover any trace Of columnists gal
Looping around and about in 1845
| Westward The Women,
starring Robert Taylor, has less
than ten male actors in cast of
/ 30l.
4 X X
! As limited several semesters
agone, the nickel is on its way out
as juke box fodder. West Coast
coin caper czarS have whomped
up a juke organ that demands a
dime per platter play. The CON
version will eventually affect
every Juke box in the land. The
manufacturers claim rising costs
of the production of the new and
fancier machines have made the
hike imperative
/ 1t is getting so a nickel is not
worth a plugged nickel anymore.
/ FIRST the nickel beer was abolish
ed, then five cent subway fares.
nickel cigars. nickel cups cawfee.