Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Manhattan showman decided to rename his theater after Broadway & Hollywood's late, free-spending Writer-Producer Mark Hellinger...
...Hollywood, sniffing drama and dollars, decided to get in on the act by filming The Babe Ruth Story. It turned out to be a mawkish tribute that left out everything that was robust about the man. Last week, back in the hospital again at 53, the Babe was deluged with letters wishing him well; newspapers were swamped with calls asking about his condition, ballpark crowds stood in silent prayer for his recovery. This week death came to George Herman Ruth...
...business fraught with hazardous gambling and desperate financial uncertainties, Betty Grable comes about as close as Hollywood can get to a surefire, gilt-edged investment. The profits from her movies (something like $15 million over the last eight years) have left her boss, Producer Darryl Zanuck, free to dabble with such weighty but financially risky topics as political history (Wilson), lynching (The Ox-Bow Incident) and anti-Semitism (Gentleman's Agreement...
...millions of Americans, the pert, sexy, but basically "nice" girl that Betty plays on the screen is young American womanhood at its best. To the eager young man, the ambitious stenographer, the Hollywood-hungry mother resolutely dragging her little daughter off to dancing school, Betty represents an attainable goal, a daydream that might come true. Grable's own life is a proof of the dream...
Like other Hollywood homes, the James residence (a rambling affair, Old English outside and Early American inside) has a swimming pool. Like many another U.S. home, it has a television set, but no library. Harry and Betty seldom leave this pleasant place for parties, never for nightclubs. When they do go out it is usually to a ball game or the movies (preferably westerns) or the race track. Aside from the children (Vicki, 4, and Jessica, less than 1) and the poodles (Wow and Gaffus), the James's major hobby is horses. Both Betty and Harry own horses...