Word: hesselberg
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...playmate-protégé who roused the first angry shouts was personable, politically ambitious Cinemactor Melvyn Douglas (real name: Melvyn Hesselberg). First it was announced that he was going to be in charge of information for OCD. Then OCD said Mr. Douglas was actually going to look after OCD's art division, at the rate of $8,000 a year (when he worked at it; he is still in the movies). Straightway Congress sounded off. He's a Red, cried California's Leland Ford. He isn't, either, cried California's Jerry Voorhis. This...
Hollywood studios spare no lacquer in slicking up new, glamorizable names for their young hopefuls (e.g., Margarita Cansino to Rita Hayworth, Melvyn Hesselberg to Melvyn Douglas, Frances Gumm to Judy Garland). Recently Cinecolumnist John Chapman reported a Hollywood moniker to end all Hollywood monikers...