Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...considered himself at liberty to marry thrice-divorced Cinemactress Lana Turner to thrice-divorced Tinplate Heir Henry J. ("Bob") Topping. The presbyteries of Buffalo-Niagara, N.Y. and New Brunswick, N.J.-plus many a minister-had publicly raised their eyebrows at the Presbyterian nuptials (held in the home of the Hollywood Reporter's W. R. Wilkerson) three days after veteran bridegroom Topping's divorce. Chapter 12, Section 10 of the Presbyterian Directory of Worship forbids a minister to marry a divorced person in less than a year after the divorce has been granted-and then only the innocent party...
...campus of the University of California ('22), then spent 14 years in the office of Hearst Attorney John Francis Neylan before striking out for himself. Now a high-priced corporation lawyer, Bart Crum has found time to ride off on many a leftist crusade. His latest: counsel for Hollywood's "unfriendly ten" writers and producers...
Died. Tom Breneman (Smith), 47, folksy star of radio's Breakfast in Hollywood; of a heart attack; in Encino, Calif. A onetime pianologuing vaudevillian, he charmed U.S. housewives with homey gallantry and life-of-the-party gags on his immensely popular (estimated audience: ten million), seven-year-old breakfast program...
Fantastic was Hollywood's word for it. A 34-year-old ex-film cutter and a 37-year-old ex-pressagent, with a total capital of $25,000, brashly announced last year that they were going to make a million-dollar A movie...
Last week, when their tiny Screen Plays, Inc. released its million-dollar movie, So This Is New York, Hollywood had another word for it: luck. It was that-and considerably more...