The Year Was 1938 – August 22
News Around Hollywood Beginning Production on this date: Per Ed Sullivan Per Sidney Skolsky OUTSIDE HOLLYWOOD Newspaper headlines charge Shirley Temple and five others of communist sympathies. The revelation came…
They Call It Screwball
No. I’m not writing about the baseball pitch that behaves in an opposite manner to the curve ball. I am referring to the meaning of the word when it is…
The Year Was 1938 – June 7
In the Studios In Real Life Toluca Lake is urging Edgar Bergen to take up residence there, so they can elect Charlie McCarthy as their mayor. (Encino had Al Jolson…
The Year Was 1938 – May 19
News around Hollywood Today child actor Virginia Weidler was added to the RKO production ‘Mother Carey’s Chickens.’ She was borrowed from MGM where she was at work in ‘Too Hot…
The Year Was 1938 – May 16
In the News Fay Bainter’s stock in Hollywood rose with her performance in Warner Brothers’ film ‘Jezebel’ which not only garnered her an Oscar but also earned her a contract…