The Year Was 1938 – May 11
What Katie Did or Didn’t Katharine Hepburn refuses to play in ’Mother Carey’s Chickens’ at RKO. She entered into negotiations to cancel out of her contract (she’d been with them…
The Year Was 1938 – May 10
News at the Studios 20th Century Fox calls off their 2 million dollar building plan for two reasons: 1) the unsettled state of the foreign markets, and 2) the current…
The Year Was 1938 – May 7
John Ford returns from Hawaii after a five weeks there, and meets with Zanuck about his next film for 20th Century Fox. An action film about midget subs in the…
The Year Was 1938 – May 5
It’s Tough Being a Kid at 24 The Jackie Coogan case is in the news. At question was how did the fortune he earned as a child actor (e.g. Chaplin’s…