STAR DUST Movie Radio and Hollywood Gossip
The column details the Kelly family of the Bronx with twelve-year-old Tommy Kelly cast as Tom Sawyer in a Selznick film while his father struggles on relief. It reviews Claudette Colbert in I Met Him in Paris, Wells Fargo with McCrea Dee, Marco Polo with Agih Menjou, and Danger Love at Work casting changes. It notes Mary Pickford’s Pickfair price, party antics at Twentieth Century Fox, Eddie Cantor’s Shirley Temple tribute, and Mary Carlisle’s bets with Bing Crosby, ending with industry anecdotes from the Western Newspaper Union.
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Perrats
Michael Keily
New York City
Bronx
Tommy
Tom Sawyer
Kellys
Papa Kelly
Mama Kelly
Hollywood
Michael
Twentieth-Century-Fox
Irving Berlin
Ritz Brothers
Eddie Cantor
Shirley Temple
Martha Raye
Gryone
Joan Crawford
Elephant Annie
RKO
Eddie Stevenson
Ann Sothern
Harriet Hilliard
Gertrude Michael
Ann Shirley
Mary Carlisle
Bing Crosby
Western Newspaper Union
Peter Rabbit Meets Winsome Bluebird Herald of Spring
Peter Rabbit discovers Winsome Bluebird arrives to announce Mistress Spring. The bluebird explains his role as herald and urges Peter to share the glad news, while Peter delights in the welcome and imagines himself a herald too.
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Peter Rabbit
Mr. Sun
Peter
Bluebird
Winsome
Brier
Mistress Spring
First Aid to Ailing House by Roger Whitman
A wartime WNU service report explains how paint and varnish removers work by softening finishes for wiping and scraping. It warns about flammability and advises ventilation and distancing from flames. After removal, turpentine cleans paraffin and alkalis like washing soda or trisodium phosphate may raise wood grain.
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Roger 3. Whitman
Roger
Waitman
WNU
Three Golf Grips Improve Coordination in Swing
The article describes three grips overlap interlocking and natural two handed. It notes many good golfers favor overlap or interlocking grips to enhance hand coordination and reduce friction between the hands. Emphasis is on smooth stroking and minimizing swing friction.
Just go fishin by Douglas Malloch
A light verse advises taking a break from life’s stresses by going fishing. The poem suggests rowing or wading a river to restore spirits, regain ambition, and improve one’s mood amid troubles and heartbreak.
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Douglas Malloch
WNU Service
Golf grip choices highlight two leading players
The article compares overlapping and interlocking grips used by Bobby Jones and Gene Sarazen. It notes larger hands ease grip choice while many with smaller hands, especially women, favor a two handed grip to cover the shaft and coordinate the hands in both directions. Many past champions used these grips.
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Bobby Jones
Gene Sarazen
Bell Syndicate
WNU
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Verree Teasdale
Sam Goldwyn
Simone Simon
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Simone
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Buddy Rogers
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