Hollywood News From the War Era on Screen Debuts and Stars
A wartime film report details Columbia's Cover Girl premiering on Normandy beachhead June 16 as army audiences applaud Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly. It notes actors Les Tremayne Carleton Young James Melton and Gary Cooper projects, Clark Gable’s Strange Adventure, Myrna Loy in a new role, and Oscar era stage-to-screen crossovers plus Sturges and Wake Island stunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moire
Clark Gable
Myrna Loy
Ormer
Columbia
Ralph Staub
Staub
Jackie Coogan
the Kid
Jackie Cooper
Skippy
Freddie Bartholomew
David Copperfield
Michel Rooney
Household Hints from a Past Era
Practical tips for home care and maintenance including preserving cookies with jam, using a clock for medication reminders, keeping a cork for tool storage, loosening jammed jar tops with heat, and safety measures like sand for stove fires. Also suggests repurposing a blackboard as a family bulletin board and using sawdust in a hen nest.
Seiving Circle Patterns Promotes Barebacker Fashions for Teens
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept markets teen fashion patterns featuring barebacker styles with matching jackets. Pattern No 8692 offers ginghams checks and florals in sizes 11 to 20 with 33 1 2 yards of fabric. Pattern BGnd 1s provides sizes 12 to 20 for dresses and jackets needing 2 1 2 yards of fabric. Orders to San Francisco pattern depot include 20 cents per pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
New
Montgomery Street
San Francisto
Sewing Circle
Needlowork
Montgomery St
San Francisco
Call
Do It Yourself Bassinet Pattern from Sewing Circle
A homemaker guide invites mothers to make a bassinet for a baby using a market basket lined with muslin and padded with chintz or satin. Finished with lace and ribbons, the project lists a pillow as the mattress and offers pattern No. 5748 for 10 cents plus mail time due to high demand.
Pretty Gal Reaches Age of Discretion
A late night scene at a famous author's home shows the writer refusing to go to bed as he works on a novel with a “pretty girl” in peril. His wife questions the age of the character, and the author reveals she is twenty three, prompting a sharp quip about lights and bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Melton
CBS
Metro
Connecticut
Jeanette MacDonald
Metropolitan
Marlene Dietrich
Marty Montez
Jean Pierre Aumont
Paul
Newty
Ranting Snippet with Hidden Money and Cash Terms
A disjointed montage shows a lawyer demanding the full truth from a prisoner who withholds funds. A landlady insists on cash in advance while a teacher prompts moral questions. A quick quip list names sister states in a punny phonetic exchange.
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Virginia
OLE
Union
Les Tremayne
Gene Lester Productions
Hollywood
Carleton Young
Chips Davis
Commando
Phit Baker
Gary Cooper
International Pictures
Bob Haymes
Mr. Winkle
Victor Mature
Bob
Jimmie Dundee
Prestor Sturges
Dr. Wassell
Wake Island
Princess Charming
Sie
Princess Charmer
Bassinet
Johnny
Miss Ouri
Mrs. Sippi
Ida Ho
Mary Land
Callie Fornia
Louisa Anna
Della Ware
Minnie Sota
Kellogg’s
Bia
Senn
Sesna
Gabb
Foster D. Snell
Lac
Well K Nown Consulting
Athiere
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Bridgeport
Pekeve
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Cutter Vaccines & Serums
Zeke
Wis
Elsie
Ron
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