Tag: 1936
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MODELING INTO THE MOVIES
August 8, 1936 By Jeannette Meehan, HOLLYWOOD From the women’s angle, there are simply too many gorgeous newcomers in Hollywood. That fact is plain. From the gentlemen’s angle, Hollywood is pleasantly crowded with the most alluring bits of femininity ever to delight the bald-headed row. This fact is even plainer. Oh, say it isn’t so, but…
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FARMER IN THE DELL
March 27, 1936 Directed by Ben Holmes Screenplay by Sam Mintz and John Grey, adapted from Phil Stong’s 1935 novel of the same name. Produced by Robert Sisk for RKO Radio Pictures The film premiered at the Palace in New York City on March 6, 1936, and released widely on March 27th. Synopsis ~ A farm…
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BELTED!
March 1, 1936 Nothing determines a season to Hollywood, but the weather. Residents of other climes are still swathing themselves in mufflers and making a beeline from the front door to the fireplace. But here it’s different. Hollywood has already shed its flannels. The sure way to set the season is to watch the tennis…
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EVENING GOWN, STREET FROCK & JACKET SUIT
February 4, 1936 On February 4, 1936, Lucille Ball modeled three fashion-forward outfits in photographs that appeared in newspapers nationwide.
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LUCY IN THE MORGUE!
December 24, 1936 The article is slightly misleading in that the title of the RKO film Once Over Lightly was changed to Don’t Tell The Wife, released in March 1937. Although the film did feature Lucille Ball and Guy Kibbee, Gene Raymond was not in the film. Ball and Raymond were together in RKO’s There Goes My…
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DUMMY ACHE
July 10, 1936 SYNOPSIS: Knowing that her husband, Edgar, would disapprove of her starring in a play, Florence acts very suspicious about where she is going when a rehearsal comes up. Edgar follows her to the home of co-star Al St. Claire and spies while they enact a scene in which Florence discovers that her lover…