Pattern Magic with Wool TV Promotion Previewed by Press
The Wool Bureau and McCall Corporation promote Pattern Magic with Wool a 10 part TV campaign aimed at home sewers showing easy sewing methods fabric choices and how to select patterns and wool fabrics The program targets department stores and premieres in 35 US cities with film sequences highlighted by Irene Dunn Gracie Allen and Joan Bennett among Hollywood stars.
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McCall Corporation
New York
Bureau
McCall's
Hollywood
Irene Dunn
Gracie Allen
Joan Bennett
Dog Wears Spectacles for London Stage Return
A small performing terrier named Judy who went blind with cataracts may return to London stages wearing spectacles. Judy, a black and white mongrel, has danced on hind legs and performed somersaults on British stages and now eyes a comeback aided by eye wear.
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London
Judy
Rain Day in Waynesport Pa Ends In Moisture Myth
Residents of Waynesport, Pennsylvania, marked Rain Day on August 17 for 72 years, walking bone-dry streets while the sky poured in all but five years. A dog named Judy, once blind in one eye, received surgery and now wears white-rimmed spectacles to perform again on stage under her manager’s cautious optimism.
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Judy
Blackpool
Victor Julian
Julian
Britain
Willian
Ring o' Bells Inn combats beer mixups with painted glasses
In St Columba Cornwall the Ring o' Bells Inn owner painted inch deep numbers on each glass to stop patrons drinking others' beer. In Nostia Italy Dino Alfani relaxing on Castel Fusano Beach was struck by a two seater plane and suffered a fractured skull.
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Ring O' Bells Inn
Nostia
Italy
Dino Alfani
Castel Fusano
Wood Sons unveils moistureproof cellulose film packaging
Wood Sons introduces a new package for its famed blend using a strong cellulose film. The moistureproof and airtight container preserves the product’s high quality and freshness.
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Wood Sons
Crisis in the Casino at Monte Carlo Sparks Roulette Reform
The Monte Carlo Casino faces a crisis as the bank has been broken 18 times in recent months and a new roulette method is proposed. Old croupiers note lower death by own action rates than pre war, while two young Frenchmen are blamed for recent chaos. Officials debate if luck or a revived Turk secret lies behind the disarray.
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Monte Carlo Casino
Monte Carlo
Secret of Old Age Sam Phillips Found in Education
Woollahra NSW 693 year old Sam Phillips claims education keeps him youthful. A retired carpenter who lost fat through study, he now pursues geology and a Watsons Bay survey, then mathematics calculus and trigonometry, and this week Latin.
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Sam Phillips
Woollahra
Nsw
Watson’s Bay Area
Shaw and Harwicke visit Bernard Shaw at Avot Street
Last week George Bernard Shaw hosted his old friend Sir Cedric Harwicke. Harwicke brought Shaw’s 16 year old son Edward. Shaw offered sage advice and warned the youth that future people may not know his name.
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Edward
Shaw
Avot St. Lawrence
Bernard Shaw
Quiz Challenge Tests Your Knowledge of Sports and History
A reader quiz asks who led in W A League goals, which horse won the Melbourne Cup, and other questions. It covers football, racing, geography, beverages, and a film star obituary, with several tricky choices and wordplay for readers.
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Ron Tucker
Fred Bultsworth
George Prince
Aubrey Smith
Harry Davenport
Harry Carey
New York State
New York
Albany
Buffalo
Winston Churchill
Spencer
Marlborough
Clive
Tay Pury
New Warner Discoveries From Stage to Screen
Hollywood turns to proven stage talent as new faces in American films. David Brian and Patricia Neal move from Broadway to Warner features, while Raymond Bramley leads with Jimmy Stewart. Hedy Lamarr leaves for Europe before returning to star in Copper Canyon. The Stooge film project signs Fred Finklehoffe to develop the screenplay. Vanessa Brown finishes UCLA degree while acting in The Heiress. Nan Joy Olson and Yvette Vedder also appear in Paramount projects.
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Warner
Flamingo Road
Patricia Neal
Broadway
Raymond Bramley
New York
Jimmy Stewart
Hedy Lamarr
Paramour
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Paramount
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Cecil B. DeMille
Vanessa Brown
William Wyler
UCLA
Paramount Pictures
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Jchum
Miss Olson
Sunset Boulevard Sets Hopper as Newswoman in Murder Drama
Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper appears as herself in Paramount's Sunset Boulevard portraying a newspaperwoman reporting a murder that serves as the drama's climax. Hopper plays a real-life figure stepping into the Hollywood intrigue.
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Hedda Hopper
Hollywood
Paramount
Sunset Boules Ward
Miss Hopper
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