Tag: World War II
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PASSAGE TO BORDEAUX
August 7, 1941 HOLLYWOOD. Aug 7— If you have read “Berlin Diary” — and it seems as if the whole world has read William Shirer’s day to day accounts of the events that led up to the war – you will interested to hear he is coming to Hollywood. (1) He will fly her weekends…
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SUNDAY NEWS COLOROTO
April 19, 1942 Lucille Ball appeared on the Coloroto supplement section of the Sunday New York News on April 19, 1942. The blurb inside uses the usual studio publicity for Lucille, some of it exaggeration. She was not born in Butte, Montana (Jamestown, New York), nor was she 28 in 1942 (30). While Lucy was…
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HOOSIER ‘DANCE’ GIRLS: MISS HARA & MISS O’BALL
September 14, 1940 On September 14, 1940, Lucille Ball and Maureen O’Hara reached the end of their whirlwind press tour to promote their new RKO film Dance, Girl, Dance. Ball and O’Hara made four personal appearances between screenings of the film, introduced by local radio star Roy Brandt of WFBM. On September 1, 1940, The…
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HOLLYWOOD BOND CAVALCADE
September 4, 1943 On September 4, 1943, the Hollywood Bond Cavalcade departed to raise money for America’s Third War Loan. It began in Washington DC and went through 16 American cities before ending in San Francisco 21 days later. Millions of Americans flocked to these events buying war bonds as their tickets, with seat prices…