Word: warners
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Warner Bros, lot in Burbank one day last week, actors, stagehands and other employees were eating lunch when they heard the shriek of fire sirens. Rushing from the studio commissary, they could see a wind-whipped blaze spreading from an outdoor reproduction of a Manhattan street. As the fire leaped, it engulfed Studio 21, Warner's biggest sound stage (120 ft. wide, 320 ft. long, seven stories high...
...five hose companies from nearby towns and lots laid blankets of water over the area, managed to shield nearby film vaults and buildings. The firemen had plenty of help. Actors Burt Lancaster, Ray Bolger, Steve Cochran, Gordon Mac-Rae, and studio Vice President Jack Warner dashed about like real-life heroes, saving whatever they could from the burning shed. In three hours it was all over. The fire (cause undetermined) had destroyed $1,500,000 in buildings and equipment over an area of eight acres. It was the biggest studio blaze in Hollywood's history...
...Francisco Story (Fidelity-Vogue; Warner) shows how stouthearted Joel McCrea cleaned up sinful San Francisco during the 18503. The main object of McCrea's moral fervor is Unprincipled Politician Sidney Blackmer, who is apparently responsible for most of the corruption in California. Blackmer's good friend, sultry Yvonne de Carlo, horsewhips McCrea and then tries to have him shanghaied, but deep down she really loves him. In the end, McCrea, assisted by Yvonne, bests Blackmer in a shotgun duel on horseback and sets the stage for law & order in San Francisco. A horse opera that tries determinedly...
Mara Maru (Warner) is the name of a luxury yacht from which Errol Flynn, a deepsea diver, is trying to retrieve a million dollars in gems from the China Sea. Despite assault & battery, murder, a shipwreck, a typhoon and chases through catacombs and jungles, he succeeds in salvaging the treasure and Ruth Roman, too. Neither Errol's deeds of derring-do nor some vigorous direction can salvage the farfetched scenario...
...Hollywood group supporting Eisenhower announced that a poll of several hundred film stars, producers and other movie names showed a majority of 65% for Ike. Among his Hollywood supporters: Darryl Zanuck, Sam Goldwyn, Jack Warner, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe...