Curious Clergy Observe Devotion Set and Star Pairings
Virginia Vale Aulhenreid notes eight clergymen visited the Devotion set to study Henreid’s parish call technique while he works with Olivia de Havilland. Olivia, after a string of successes, stars opposite Victor Francen in this film, and she wed Henreid. she downplays her crush on Francen as schoolgirl. Also covered: Louise Allbritton’s CBS appearance with William Eythe, Pat Clayton’s rise via a banana ad, Abbott and Costello’s new solo film approach, Robert Merrill’s NBC promotion, Perry Como in Doll Face, and Ray Milland’s early signing story plus Selznick’s Duel in the Sun.
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Aulhenreid
Warner Bros
Olivia de Havilland
Henreid
Olivia
Victor Francen
Francen
New York as UN beacon of democracy and world unity
A vivid 1940s portrait extols New York as a stone and steel monument to the 20th century, showcasing its immigrant diversity. It highlights Ye Olde English taverns on Thames Street, French Quarter life, Arab, Armenian, Norwegian, Czech Slovak, Latin American, Chinatown and Little Italy enclaves, and festive citywide cultural scenes celebrating the American dream.
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United Nations of
N. Y
New York
United States
United Nations
Household Tips From An Old Newspaper The Useful Everyday Guide
Practical, terse advice on cleaning with baking soda ammonia and peroxide, gardening tips for southern exposure and planting timing, measuring dry ingredients, plaster caution when hanging nails, rug safety with lamp cords, lemon juicing warmed for more juice, and seed sowing notes for fennel and sweet peas.
Donovan and wife win maintenance in court ruling
In a court trial Mrs. Donovan sued for separate maintenance. The magistrate granted her $10 a week. Donovan quipped he might add a dollar or two occasionally, speaking with a smile at the judge.
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Donovan
Monorailway’s Speed and Cost Outpaced by Low Usage
The monorail, centuries old yet fastest safest cheapest rail form, carries about 10 million passengers yearly on a line between Vohwinkel Elberfeld and Barmen in Germany. It has run for 45 years at speeds over 100 miles per hour, though usage remains light.
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Germany
Collier’s
Vohwinkel
Elberfeld
Barmen
Man Made Moonlight Illuminates Austin Texas
Austin claims a unique city glow from artificial moonlight alongside street lamps. Mercury vapor lamps on 29 iron towers, 14 stories high, bathe eight square miles in a soft blue illumination, creating a distinctive night-time cityscape.
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Austin
Texas
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Louise Allbritton
William Eythe
CBS
Robert Montgomery
Miss Garson
Raymond Chandler
Columbia Broadcasting System
Robert Trout
Columbia News
Patt
Clayton
Pati
Abbott and Costello
Page Boys
NBC
Robert Merrill
Bar Tone
Metropolitan Opera House
Perry Como
Perry
Cannonsburg
Ray Millandt
Willie Meiklejotin
Paramount
Robert Young
Cate
Hal Wallis
David O. Selznick
San
Denver
Thames Street
London
West Forties
Brooklyn
Norway
Czechoslovakia
Chinatown
Asia
Washington Street
Italy
San Francisco 6
Calif
Stlane
Reg
U.S. Pr
Mrs. Roth
Renira
A. B. Staley Mfg. Co
Decatur
Hlinois
Martha
Lite
Geno
A.B. Staley Mf. Co
Stal
Cutter Biologicals
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
California
Cutter Vaccines & Serums
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