Word: actresses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...headlines announced it. Tin-Plate Heir Henry J. ("Bob") Topping Jr. and Lana Turner, blonde and nubilissimous cinemactress, would be married as soon as he could get a divorce from Actress Arline Judge. From Hollywood, wires signed "Lana and Bob Topping" went out to 150 friends, inviting them to a big celebration at the swank Mocambo Club...
Different Burmans had different ideas as to what independence meant : a popular actress advocated high-caliber plays which would reform wayward girls; a monk hoped that Buddhism would flourish. But even with British help, the new state will have a hard time enjoying the blessings of sovereignty. Twice a battleground in World War II, Burma emerged with its oil refineries in ruins, its rice and teak exports paralyzed...
...wise move in the picture was casting Dorothy Lamour as a victim of hypnosis to cover her obvious deficiencies as an actress. And this may not have been intentional...
...third time). Mrs. Harrison Williams, as usual, was among those present, and so were Mrs. John C. Wilson and Mrs. William Paley (who used to be present as Mrs. Stanley Mortimer Jr.). Mrs. Howard Hawks, who was in No. 1 position last year, was in No. 8 this time. Actress Ina Claire, on the list for the first time, was already weary of it all. "I decline absolutely," she announced, posing in front of her clothes closet to show a photographer the only new dress she had bought all year. "I won't be bothered living up to this...
...Hollywood Women's Press Club voted Gary Cooper and Jennifer Jones the Most Uncooperative Actor & Actress of 1947. Gregory ("always available") Peck and Joan ("affable") Fontaine were voted Most Cooperative (four years ago, Miss Fontaine was wearing Miss Jones's label...