Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Theater's and Cinema's Man of the Year was Laurence Olivier, whose Oedipus and Hotspur reminded Broadway of the difference between adequacy and excellence, and whose Henry V could not have reminded Hollywood of anything it had ever seen before. Sportsmen of the year came in pairs: Jack Kramer and Ted Schroeder re-won the Davis Cup for the U.S. in the year's last week, and Army's Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis made their last appearance in the game against Navy that was almost lost in two of the most exciting minutes...
...very Best-Dressed Woman, reported Manhattan's dressmakers, was Mrs. Howard Hawks, the Hollywood producer's wife, who was not among the top ten the year before. The rest of the latest ten-best-dressed were mostly old familiars who had been on & off various lists for years-e.g., Mrs. Harrison Williams, the Duchess of Windsor, Mrs. William Rhinelander Stewart...
...afraid of dogs-he thought they saw through the disguise of his prosperity. And though he suffered occasional grandiose outbursts of generosity, he hoarded his money with fierce cunning. Then in the crash of 1929 he lost it all ($250,000). Broke, aging, he headed back to Hollywood. He did not reach the zenith of his motion picture career without battles. He distrusted directors. He had no faith in writers (although he occasionally tried to steal their lines) and wanted to do his own stories. He finally had his way. Result: an impressive string of successes-David Copper field, Poppy...
...Hollywood's Jean Parker, as the comic's ever-loving wife who saves him from himself, is interesting principally as a topographical phenomenon, and one not soon to be forgotten...
Last week Hooperatings got a full blast from Joel Murcott, radio editor of the Hollywood Reporter. Wrote Murcott...