Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...record men had raked Tin Pan Alley from one end (Broadway) to the other (Hollywood) to get every foreseeable hit on to wax before James Caesar Petrillo put an end to it all on Dec. 31. But who could have guessed that a long-haired Hollywood "hermit," a bearded and usually barefoot character, had a hit song in his pocket? No one did-except Nat ("King") Cole. And last week, with Eden Ahbez' Nature Boy, King Cole and Capitol Records had the biggest musical scoop since...
...Société has been more direct. It sent out a cry of distress to shrewd, dapper René de Léon, who headed the company for 14 successful years (1922-36), is now a Hollywood hotelman (The Garden of Allah). Said he: "They asked me if I could find people here who would want to put money in to buy shares. They hoped I would return at the head of a wagonload of American gold. [The manager] came to me and said, 'Tiens! My friend, give me the best juice of your brains...
...decided to stay in Hollywood. The best juice of his brains told him that Europe's plight and the union setup made the Casino a poor investment...
What's wrong with the movies? Last week two Hollywood experts gave contradictory opinions...
...Hollywood Reporter's W. R. Wilkerson, who often picks up views lying around in the industry's top (or second) drawer, announced: "During the past five or six years our production efforts have been just too damned arty. We've been shooting over the heads of our ticket buyers and . . . audiences have not been happy . . . because, seemingly, our producers forgot all about their tastes...