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A December to remember

...consequences.Each chapter in the book deals with a single day of December 1941. We go to the movies with Clark Gable and Betty Grable, view the "cafe society" of New York, and listen to radio stars like Jack Benny and Walter Winchell, the acerbic...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-12-06/december-remember
Guest Columns
This was Brainerd

...around the state. 30 years ago (1973) Dispatch headlines: -- Council to seek Water Tower bids second time. -- Betty Grable, 56, dies, victim of lung cancer. -- Fun Festival planned Sunday at Merrifield. 40 years ago (1963) A check...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/070303/new_0703030015.html
News
Auditions for 'Hello, Dolly!' set at CLC

...of Dolly is a tour-de-force for any actress and has been played by Carol Channing, Ginger Rogers, Martha Raye, Betty Grable, Pearl Bailey, Phyllis Diller and Ethel Merman on Broadway. Mary Martin starred in the London production and Eve...

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Entertainment
Jack Lemmon dies

...Associated Press on Thursday. The Harvard-educated actor began in films with two stylish comedies and a musical with Betty Grable. Then in 1955, his unique comedy style shined through as the hapless Ensign Pulver in "Mister Roberts," a role...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/062801/nne_0628010001.shtml
News
What I learned at war

...feminine wiles and charms, what they miss most is food. But having said that ... ? Megan Fox is to Afghanistan what Betty Grable was to World War II. ? When you look into the face of a gravely wounded soldier, your eyes fill with tears...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/060710/opi_20100607008.shtml
Opinion
Actor Max Showalter (Casey Adams) dies

...the area in 1984 to produce the musical "Harrington 'n Hart" at the Goodspeed at Chester. Showalter's stage credits include the long-running "Hello, Dolly!" opposite Carol Channing, Betty Grable, Ginger Rogers and Betsy Palmer.

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/073100/nne_0731000034.shtml
News
This was Brainerd

...at the Paramount see Gregory Peck in "The Gunfighter." Starts tomorrow, "My Blue Heaven," with Dan Dailey and Betty Grable. At the Brainerd Theater it's Eddy Arnold in "Feudin' Rhythm." Tomorrow it's Ruth Roman in "Barricade...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/082010/new_20100820014.shtml
News
'Hello, Dolly!' boasts more than 200 costumes, three dozen hats

...the years, many of Broadway's favorite female stars played the Dolly role, including Ginger Rogers, Martha Raye, Betty Grable, Pearl Bailey and Ethel Merman. "Hello, Dolly!" tells the story of Dolly Levi's efforts to marry Horace Vandergelder...

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