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...ARMY CENSORS: who had to pass on the script of The Assassin, because Shaw was in uniform, "After holding it just long enough to halt production that year, it was passed-with one reservation. In the third act the hero is asked where he got the gun with which he assassinated the tyrant. In answer, sardonically, he says, 'From three medical students in exchange for the address of a Spanish whore.' The Army objected to the word 'Spanish,' explaining that Spain was a neutral country whom we did not wish to offend. They suggested...
...British producer was making a movie in Italy last week from a script by a Hungarian, about a German plot against the life of an American in a Persian city...
...ARMY CENSORS: who had to pass on the script of The Assassin, because Shaw was in uniform, "After holding it just long enough to halt production that year, it was passed-with one reservation. In the third act the hero is asked where he got the gun with which he assassinated the tyrant. In answer, sardonically, he says, 'From three medical students in exchange for the address of a Spanish whore.' The Army objected to the word 'Spanish,' explaining that Spain was a neutral country whom we did not wish to offend. They suggested...
...sexiness is in quite a spot. Even if the latter brings on George Brent and the former are the sort who can jitterbug at the age of ten, the maternal instinct makes the conflict near to insoluble. In fact, if it weren't for the ingenuity of the script writer, Barbara Stanwyck might have lost her boys, her reputation, and her mind, as well as her heart...
Harry S. Truman & family traded backslaps with the folks. Radio Fan Truman was moved to send a congratulatory wire to a couple of radio comics who had involved him in the plot of a script: so George Burns & Gracie Allen had the Presidential endorsement: "We all enjoyed the show immensely. . . ." Bess Truman and Daughter Margaret won applause from the Chenango Street Methodist Church of Binghamton, N.Y., which paid happy tribute to "the courage that you . . . showed [at a Manhattan banquet] when you ordered orange juice instead of cocktails...