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Kirtley Baskette, Modern Screen, New York, August 1941.

Citizen Kane Scene

& Dorothy Comingore as Susan Alexander in the panoply

of the operatic star that Kane tried to make of her, and did not.

(...) Photo, Motion Picture Herald, April 19, 1941

& Red-haired Dorothy‘s a blonde in Citizen Kane. Original film

name was Linda Winters, but she reverted to her own

Dutch tag upon learning there were 6 other Lindas in movies,

(...) First photo, Modern Screen, Aug. 1941

& Daughter Judith Melinda is six months old, with bright red hair

and huge blue eyes. Her mom, who‘s Mrs. Richard

Collins around the house, will be twenty-six on August 24.

(...) Second photo, Modern Screen, Aug. 1941

„A little bit on the loose“

Editorial content. „It happened one Night

      By Kirtley Baskette

      You can‘t knock blind dates to Dorothy Comingore!

      She had one with Orson Welles, and it turned out to be a date

      with destiny

      Dorothy Comingore had a blind date in Hollywood.“ (...)

      „Checking back, Dorothy seems to have a talent for getting

tangled up with geniuses. Maybe you remember a while

back when Charlie Chaplin had had his first spat with Paulette –

right before he started The Great Dictator. Charlie was

lolling around Carmel, a little bit on the loose. He went to the

Little Theatre one night, saw Dorothy doing her stuff,

and the next thing Hollywood heard Chaplin had found a new

protégée. She was young and she was beautiful, and

to Hollywood that, coupled with Chaplin‘s well-known tastes,

spelled romance.“ (...)

    

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