| 1940 | 01 |
Earle (DC) 3 weeks |
| 24) "Capitol, Wash" Variety p. 18. | ||
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30) "D.C. and Nation to Dance at Birthday Ball Tonight" Washington Post p. 1. | ||
| 01 |
31) PHOTO Washington Post p. 1. | |
| 1940 | 02 | 10) "Dizzy, Diverting 'Girl Friday' Opens at Earle" Washington Post p. 6. |
| 1940 | 03 |
13) Paramount (NY) 6 weeks. "Guzzler's Gin" |
| 03 |
20) "Paramount, N.Y." Variety p. 46. | |
| 1940 | 04 | 10) Paramont. Appeared with Lupe Velez and Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Frank Sinatra. |
| 22) "Red Skelton Made Honorary Vincennes Jaycee Member" [1] | ||
| 24) Mansfield visit [2]On his way to Chicago from New York. Visit with friends and relatives, brother Denny. | ||
| 04 |
26) Chicago. 2 weeks | |
| 1940 | 05 |
01) "Chicago, Chi" Variety p. 47. |
| 10) Earle (DC) ends 05/23/1940 | ||
| 18) Richard L. Coe "Skelton Continues" Washington Post p. 14. | ||
| 22) "Earle, Wash" Variety p. 55 | ||
| 05 |
MGM screen test | |
| 1940 | 06 | |
| 1940 | 07 | 03) Palace Theater (Cleveland, OH) [3]with Hattie McDonald |
| 1940 | 08 | 19) Flight Command (begin filming) |
| 1940 | 09 | |
| 1940 | 10 |
10) Flight Command (end filming) |
| 14) "Skelton, Back Home From Hollywood, Reveals He Has Gone Serious In New Film" Vincennes Sun-Commercial | ||
| 15) "Swings Hammer" Vincennes Post | ||
| 10 |
18) Scottish Rite Masonic Bodies. [4] Evansville, IN. Now lives in Tarzana. | |
| 1940 | 11 | 06) Paramont Theater (NY) [5]with Cass Daley and the Knight Sisters. |
| 1940 | 12 |
7 year contract to MGM with radio and TV clause. |
| 17) Flight Command (premire Washington D.C.) | ||
| 12 |
27) Flight Command |