The More the Merrier staged on a full-stage apartment set
Studio reports describe an entire sound stage laid out as a four room apartment for Columbia’s The More the Merrier starring Jean Arthur Joel McCrea and Charles Coburn with the rooftop scene spanning the floor and the front of the building. The love scene in a block of similar structures is praised as a potential movie milestone.
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Barbara Beil Patrim Wo Project Site Plans
Fragmentary note describes sites 1 through 5 with dimensions and materials. Mentions sizes U5 yards and 35 zug, smock itz yards, and a 4 yard playsut. unclear entities, no clear events or outcomes.
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Barbara Beil Patrim Wo
Household tips from wartime era still useful today
A compilation of practical home hacks includes whitening yellowed knife handles with turpentine, using a potato ricer for heat packs, removing onion odors with vinegar, lengthening broom life by resewing, optimal milk storage spot in refrigerators, grafting fruit trees with wax handling, preventing caster loss with paraffin, cleaning clothespins and pins, caring for pins, and using a manicure orange stick to reach dirt in corners.
Judge Own Voice in Recital Brightened by Hidden Microphone Use
A concert singer struggles to gauge volume in recital as his voice lacks room reverberation. Some vocalists now rely on a concealed microphone and directional amplifier from the wings to judge performance.
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