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...burns me up to constantly read in national papers and magazines every time a movie star gets into trouble, that it was in Hollywood. The Wanger-Lang shooting happened in Beverly Hills, which is a separate city from Hollywood ... It hurts to see every reporter use Hollywood as the location for any sordid happening...
...same time it was learned that Harris had turned down an offer to attend a Soviet-sponsored economic conference in Moscow this April. Oscar Lang, first post-war Polish ambassador to this country and former University of Chicago professor, sent invitations to between 20 and 30 other prominent American economists and businessmen, almost all of whom refused. Another well known member of the faculty who turned down Lange's offer was Edward S. Mason, professor of Economics and Dean of the School of Public Administration. Mason, whose invitation to the conference was known about in October, said at the time...
Full Briefcase. While Hollywood's brass fidgeted with dismay, Wanger did nothing to set matters aright. From a jail cell, he coldly explained that he had long suspected Lang of having more than an agent's interest in his wife. In Manhattan last winter, he said, he had warned Lang: "I'll shoot anyone who tries to break up my home." Last week, with a briefcase full of private detective's reports, he decided the time had come to keep his promise...
...declared with conscientious concern, "knowing how good, wholesome and sincere the majority of motion picture people are, I deeply regret that this incident will add to the erroneous opinion of Hollywood shared by so many." There was no romance, she said. Her ride with Agent Lang was a business conference and they had simply used the car to escape the jangling telephones in his office. The sorry affair was simply the result of Wan-ger's business troubles: "I hope that Walter will not be blamed too much. He has been very unhappy and upset for many months because...
Smash Wind-Up. But the story was too big to stop. Hardly had Actress Bennett finished her appearance as the forgiving wife when Husband Wanger, released on bail, turned up at home, packed up his belongings and moved out to a bachelor's apartment. In the hospital Lang maintained a stony silence, refused to press charges. But the Los Angeles district attorney promptly announced that he would bring the case to trial just the same, and Hollywood shuddered again...