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Musicals which display a lot of beautiful, rounded female flesh are preferred by the troops. Favorite actresses: Lana Turner, Betty Grable, Maria Montez. In the case of these three, the plot and the vintage of the picture do not matter. Least favored of all: war movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - MORALE: Better Movies Overseas? | 3/6/1944 | See Source »

...Born. To Lana Turner, 23, Cinema-blonde, and Private Stephen Crane, 27, her second (and third) husband: a daughter; in Hollywood. Weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 2, 1943 | 8/2/1943 | See Source »

Purely on the basis of advance reviews, this one looks like a must for Lana Turner fans only. These must number well in the millions, so MGM probably isn't worrying. In any case, if you expect something more than sexy shots in a movie, you'll be disappointed. The other feature, "Harrigan's Kid," is just what the title would lead you to expect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENTERTAINMENT | 5/28/1943 | See Source »

Slightly Dangerous (M.G.M.) is a mildly loony comedy starring Lana Turner and Robert Young. In some never-never prewar world, it reveals a small-town soda jerkess who tries every trick from feigned amnesia to the long-lost-heiress act to crash the gate to money and glamor. On her silly trail throughout is her soda-fountain boss, Robert Young, with whom she finally clinches in a motel bedroom. The dialogue of this scene is laundered white for all possible audiences. But Lana, in a costume change from her conventional sweater, still manages to undo all attempts at censorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 19, 1943 | 4/19/1943 | See Source »

Remarriage Revealed. Julia Jean Crane (Cinemactress Lana Turner), 23; and Stephen Crane, 27; six weeks after she had their first marriage annulled; in Tijuana, Mexico. In January, seven months after they had gone through a ceremony, she said that Crane had just discovered that his first wife's divorce had not yet become final...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 12, 1943 | 4/12/1943 | See Source »

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