Kindness for reptiles and cinema jabs from Irvin Cobb
Irvin S. Cobb riffs on San Monica construction and a mock siege wall, jokes about World War II veterans, and pokes fun at movies and gossip. He quips on snakes, hospital films, newsroom quirks, and rumors about Scarlett O’Hara and Washington brain trust chatter.
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Cobh
Scarlett
Fannie Brice
Ritz Brothers
Charley McCarthy
Reorganized
Brain Trust
Washington
Charley
Ham Fish
Irvin
Cobb
Western Newspaper Union
Lightships and Lighthouses Guarding Coastlines Across America
National Geographic essay recounts how lightships and lighthouses saved mariners and property, citing World War I submarine attacks near Nantucket and Cape Hatteras, dramatic rescues at Blunts Reef and Fire Island, and advances in mooring, automation, and station relocation across the U S coastal system. It notes changes from sail to automatic lights, notable stations, and the enduring need for keeper vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
Newport
Nantucket
Diamond Shoal
Cape Hatteras
Blunts Reef
Cape Mendocino
California
Cape
False Cape Rock
Grace
Nantucket New South Shoals
Sandy Hook
New York Bay
North Manitou
Lake Michigan
Cape Decision
Alaska
Santa Barbara Channel
Anacapa Island
Los Angeles
Lake Huron
St. Mary’s River
Lake Superior
Atlantic Highlands
Navesink
New Jersey
Barnegat
Cape Henry
Virginia
Cape Florida
South Atlantic
Gulf
Cape Henlopen
Delaware
Atlantic
Henlopen
United States
Navassa Island
West Indies
Jamaica
Hispaniola
Hawaiian Islands
Stage Door stars spark film careers in 1940s era cinema
Virginia Vale surveys stars in Stage Door and other Paramount plans noting Katherine Hepburn Ginger Rogers Andrea Leeds Lucille Ball Constance Collier and Jack Benny in varied roles. Mentions Betty Grable Rafe Davis Leatrice Joy Gilbert Ruth Mix Tex Ritter Ken Maynard Frances Dee Walter Huston Gary Cooper Claudette Colbert David Niven and Cary Grant in forthcoming projects. Provides industry gossip on casting and production shifts at Paramount and other studios.
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Katherine Hepburn
Ginger Rogers
Andrea Leeds
Lucille Ball
Constance Collier
London
New York
Jack Benny
Paramount
Mary Livingstone
Fibber McGee and Molly
Buddy Rogers
Betty Grable
Rafe Davis
Ernst Lubitsch
Gary Cooper
Claudette Colbert
Bluebeard
David Niven
Man
Lughily
England
Sam Goldwyn
Dress Patterns For All Ages From Barbara Bell
The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept offers patterns 1401 3366 and 1396 for sizes 32 to 52 and youths 6 to 14 with yardage details. Create stylish easy to sew outfits including an orchid two piece and an ultra smart dress with inverted pleat in cotton. Send 15 cents per pattern or 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Pattern Book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milady
Gubdeb
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
New Montgomery Ave
San Francisco
Calif
Barbara Bell
Bell Syndicate
Quotations on reality art and courage from Butler Wilder Jung
A compilation of concise quotes on practicality and truth from Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler Thornton Wilder and Dr. Carl Jung. It contrasts scholarly adjustment to evidence with the worth of assertive denial in society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Murray Butler
Thornton Wilder
America
Carl Jung
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Santa Monica
Terrinal
Cathedral of St. John
Fifth Avenue
Shanghai
Los
Angeleno
American Legion
Irvin S. Cobb
Tisber
National Park Service
Santa Claus
Pontius Pilate
Myrna Loy
Spencer Tracy
Walt Disney
Nantucket Shoals
STAR DUST Movie+ Radio
Virginia Vale
Joy Gilbert
John Gilbert
Walter Huston
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Ruth Mix
Tom Mix
Grand National
Tex Ritter
Ken Maynard
Cole Brothers Circus
Frances Dee
Warner Brothers
Lionel Barrymore
Robert Taylor
Oxford
Norma Shuarer
Marie Antoinette
Cary Grant
Irene Drane
Katherine Uapburn
Joan Crawford
Daes
Union
U Service
Coleman Lamp and Stove CO
Wichita
Kans
Clucaga
Philadelphia
Catt
BEE Rive Realty
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Reason Building
Salt Lake
REW House
Newhouse
J. H. Waters
W. E. Sutton
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