Hidden Ways in New York Switchboard Service
Frederic F. Van de Water writes of David seeking newspaper work in New York who takes a switchboard operator job in a prestigious apartment house run by Timoth Higgins. He meets Agatha Paget and her refined niece Allegra in this vivid scene.
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Frederic F. van DE Water
David Aoe
New York
Timothy Higgins
David
Miss Agatha Paget
Allegra
Virginia
Madeleine Carroll
Murder in the Paget Building Opens a Case
Mallory and Higgins confront a fatal scene in the Paget residence as Allegra Ferriter screams and a man lies dead by the couch. Miss Agatha Paget directs care as Eddie Hoyt and the staff scramble while the Homicide Squad is summoned to investigate the mysterious killing.
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Miss Agatha
Kenneth Grahame
Eddie Hoyt
Eddie
Dave
Higgins
Hoyt
Mallory
Allegra
Ferriters
Agatha
Timothy
Ione
Miss Ferriter
Mac
No Quiet on the Stair as Ferriter Tragedy Unfolds
In a tense stairwell scene Higgins rushes past and a crowd gathers outside the Ferriter apartment. Allegra tries to calm Ione Ferriter as a terrifying scream shakes the hall and a maid and Paget’s matron look on in shock.
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Higgins
Rush
Morello
Ferriter
Allegra
Miss Ferriter
Paget
Ione Ferriter
Hoyt
Rita Hayworth Valued for Acting Over Glamour in The Lady in Question
Virginia Vale notes Rita Hayworth shifts from glamour label toward serious acting in The Lady in Question after director Charles Vidor offers her leading lady role opposite Brian Aherne. Hayworth’s wardrobe costs under 45 dollars, reflecting a simple look that contrasts with her best dressed image.
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Ita Hayworth
Charles Vidor
Brian Aherne
Rita
Susan and
God
Joan Crawford
Frederic March
Victor
Bette Davis in The Letter and private life notes
The article previews Bette Davis dramatic stakes in The Letter as she performs on screen while noting her private life routines including rhumba lessons. It also mentions radio commentator Raymond Gram Swing and his scarce vacation time amid the wartime context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bette Davis
Raymond Gram Swing
Radio Guide
George Brent
Honeymoon Ends Delay as Laurette Fillbrandt Heads to Hollywood
Laurette Fillbrandt and Russ Young finally depart for Hollywood and other locations after a five year wait. He is a radio announcer and she pursues acting with a milestone sixteen weeks free for their marriage to be celebrated.
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Laurette Fillbrandt
Virginia Richman
Russ Young
Hollywood
Points North
Cathedral on Tour Moves Across the Country
The St. Pauls Wayside cathedral, a movable church on a trailer, tours the nation under Rt. Rev. Henry Wise Hobson the youngest Protestant bishop. It carries a bishop chair altar library and cinema gear and uses loudspeakers for outdoor sermons to reach thousands.
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Henry Wise Hobson
America
St. Paul’s Wayside
Johnson Quote on Authentic Excellence and Imitation
A terse Johnson aphorism notes that vanity and counterfeit gains arise from recognizing personal flaws and trying to mask them with artificial show. It contrasts natural excellences with feigned refinements.
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Johnson
Preservation of beauty and cheerfulness in aging
A quoted dictum from Dickens extols inner poise as a great beautifier. It asserts cheerfulness and contentment preserve youthfulness and overall appearance.
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Dickens
Father of Waste Gambling Paradox C C Colton Quote
A colonial era saying appears: Father of Waste Gambling is the child of ava rice, but the parent of prodigali ty. Poetically, C C Colton frames waste and prodigy as linked through origin and consequence.
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C. C. Colton
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Chapter
Bertha
Edward
Annie
Miss Allegra
Miss Paget
Wilson
Vist
Don
Virginia Vale
Western New Oper Union
Marie Wilson
Brenda Marshall
Jane Wyman
Jane
Cathedral
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
Tals Koocain
IFREE
Denver, Colo
Olin Hotel
Logan
WNU
Sir Cecil Rhodes
Ature
Department of Agriculture
Sunkist
California
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