Hollywood Work this Week in News and Film Deals
Western Union notes Bennetts family photos on The Wife Takes a Fare, with Joan Bennett co starring alongside Franchot Tone. Edmund O’Brien moves from RKO to Universal for For Ever Yours opposite Deanna Durbin. Ann Sheridan to return to Paramount as Texas Guinan in a roaring twenties tale. DeMille funds a war charity through Land of Liberty proceeds. Jeanette MacDonald and Ethel Waters perform in Cairo bubble bath scene. Dorothy Lamour returns to Galveston with Hope and Crosby awaiting releases.
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Union
Bennetts
Broadway
Hollywood
Richard
Constance
Joan
Barbara
Columbia
Richard Wallace
Franchot Tone
DeMille
Cairo
Jeanette MacDonald
Ethel Waters
Private Papers Of A Cub Reporter Satirical Vignettes
A column collecting anecdotes about public figures and media histories. It jests at John Barrymore Chaplin Roosevelt Swope and Mussolini troops, noting spies, gardeners, temperance jests, and a theater heiress hoisted by a small hotel bill. The pieces preserve era tone with named personalities and light ironies.
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John Barrymore
Charley Chaplin
Eugenie Clair Flatto
Hollywood stars face tight budgets beyond fame
Top salary players and stars can't spend freely as most income goes to taxes and living costs. Managers take a large share, and many celebs must eat sparingly to stay in shape. Even dreams of Paradise involve denying simple indulgences like steak and pie.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Promoting Chamber Sparks Community Debate
A local voice questions Hollywood booster efforts claiming a chamber of commerce push may mislead residents about the city’s entertainment hype. The piece notes mixed public opinion on promotional campaigns and their impact on real life.
Lesson for June 21 Lesson a subjects and texts
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Go Ye Into All The World The Great Commission
The lesson explains the disciples Go Ye command as Christ’s universal call to world evangelization. It emphasizes authority and power with which Jesus equips believers to preach the gospel, notes the immediate response of going forth, and cites the blessing and joy that follow faithful obedience.
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Christ
R. A. Torrey
Earth
John Wesley
Calvary
Crocheted Scarves Brighten Luncheon Tables
A colorful handmade scarf project uses rug cotton to create mats and scarves for luncheons. The scarf length is adjustable, allowing custom fits for place settings and decor.
Rust Causes Foundations To Heave In Cleveland Factory
Iron pyrite in soil oxidizes and expands thirteenfold when exposed to air causing heaving foundations. A large Cleveland factory reported basement floors rising as much as 12 inches during the first twelve years, illustrating the danger to structures built on sulphide-containing soil.
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Collier’s
Cleveland
A Warm Soul in a Great Workshop Metal Heads
A speaker recalls two metal heads lying side by side in a workshop. One head shows a noble, masculine face with clear lines, while the other is marred and indistinct as the metal cooled. The observer muses that many valuable forms are like that imperfect figure, more precious than metal.
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Canon Teignmouth Shore
Sargasso Sea and Its Unique Seaweed Plant Life
The Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic spans a vast area comparable to the continental United States. It is unusually motionless and larger than any other water or land zone devoted to a single plant species, a floating seaweed. The weed grows at the tips as it dies at the base, noted by Collier's.
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Sargasso Sea
North Atlantic
United States
Collier’s
Power of Horse and Engine Output Compared
Under normal work a horse does two thirds the work of one horsepower engine. In emergencies the horse has produced 21 horsepower or more than thirty times as much energy.
Quintalian Proverb on Men and Labor by Song
A concise note quotes Quintalian on how men, even when alone, ease their toil with song. The adage highlights music as a companion to labor despite its roughness.
The USO Appeals For War Support In 1940s Drive
Wartime plea underscores morale as key, noting USO clubs near training camps from Alaska to the Caribbean. High officials including General MacArthur praise the efforts while urging monetary contributions to sustain and expand the USO network nationwide.
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General MacArthur
USO
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Edmund O’brien
RKO Radio
Universal
Deanna Durbin
Ann Sheridan
Paramount
Texas
Texas Guinan
Roaring Twenties
Warner Bros
Fred MacMurray
Princess O'Rourke
Melvyn Douglas
Office of Civilian Defense
Alexander Hall
Cecil B. DeMille
Holland
Joan Blaine
Dorothy Lamour
Galveston
Morocco
Hope
Crosby
Charles Martin
Martha Scott
CBS Playhouse
Niles
Big Tone
Peag
Gracie Allen
Roosevelt
FDR
Steve
Navy
The
Temperance Union
Herbert Bayard Swope
M. Throckmorton Cohn
Swope
Exec
Tribune
the Tribune
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Mecca
Harold L. Lundquist
D. D. Moody Bible Institute
Western Newspaper Union
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
Toreliqee
Reg
U.S
Pat
Audrey
Ted
Gresery
Fies
Batsun
U. S. Army Signal Cort
Alaska
Caribbean
National Headquarters
Empire State Building
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