Word: hollywood
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first set of disclosures fell like a bomb on Hollywood. Actor Fredric March was accused of being a Communist; so were Singer Paul Robeson, Writers Dorothy Parker, Donald Ogden Stewart, Ruth McKenney, Albert Maltz, Alvah Bessie, Dalton Trumbo, Millen Brand and Michael Blankfort...
...Hollywood, Cinemactress Linda Darnell, 27, and Cameraman Peverell Marley, 47, who have been married for six years, with no children of their own, legally adopted Charlotte Mildred ("Lola") Marley, 17 months, who has been living with them since she was two months...
Drive-ins, which the trade calls "ozoners" and "airers," could also point to a recent triumph over man and nature. In Denver last fortnight, a once skeptical Hollywood had staged its first world premiere at an ozoner. Heavy rain lashed at the arena, but to see a Warner western called Colorado Territory (see below), 7,000 of the faithful waited for two hours in 1,500 cars...
Slightly French (Columbia) is a tedious rehash of the old Pygmalion theme. This time the cultural spit & polish are applied to a low-life carnival dancer (Dorothy Lamour) by an egotistical Hollywood director (Don Ameche) who transforms her into a phony French film star...
Edward, My Son (M-G-M), starring Spencer Tracy, is an ambitious Hollywood effort to cash in on a British play which became a Broadway stage hit. Though it lacks the play's richest ingredient-the polished performance of British Actor and co-Playwright Robert Morley-it still makes a succulent emotional pudding...