THE dome of alabaster is a white dome indeed and the floor of inlaid onyx is very black. The golden temple door that reaches to heaven is a high door and the blue of the Eastern sky is of surpassing loveliness. Simple statements of fact, these, but together they must spell the anguish of frustration to some future dreamer of Hollywood dreams.

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1944G. W. Bailey, American actor^[†]

George William Bailey is an American actor. His roles include Staff Sergeant Luther Rizzo in M*A*S*H, Lieutenant/Captain Thaddeus Harris in the Police Academy films (1984–1994), and Captain Felix Maxwell in Mannequin (1987). He played Detective Lieutenant Louie Provenza on TNT's television crime drama The Closer and its spin-off series Major Crimes from 2005 to 2018.

1944Tim Bogert, American singer and bass player (died 2021)^[†]

John Voorhis "Tim" Bogert III was an American musician. As a bass guitarist and vocalist he was best known for his powerful vocal ability and his fast runs, fluid agility and ground-breaking sound on his Fender Precision Bass. He was one of the pioneers of using distortion with his bass to help it cut through the mix with the low-powered amps of his time which also imparted a very sharp-edged sound to it. He was a frequent collaborator with drummer Carmine Appice; the duo performed in such bands as Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, and the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice.

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1944Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (born 1915)^[†]

Georg von Boeselager was a German nobleman and an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany, who led the Nazi security warfare operations in the Army Group Centre Rear Area on the Eastern Front, calling for extreme measures, including deporting all males in "gang-infested areas" and shooting those who remained.

Headlines from August 27, 1944

Joyous French Take Over Control of Beloved Paris; FRENCH TAKE OVER CONTROL OF PARIS

10,000 QUIT FIGHT BELOW BORDEAUX; Last Germans in Southwest France Yield -- Allies Race to Bar Lyon to Foe 10,000 SURREHDER BELOW BORDEAUX ALLIES CONTINUE THEIR ADVANCE UP RHONE VALLEY

END OF SUMMER; The New Operetta, 'Song of Norway,' Closes a Dreary Time for the Theatre

Lull in Robot Blows Raises London Hope

BAGHDAD, U.S.A.; Old Irak Doesn't Look the Same in Metro's Technicolored 'Kismet'

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