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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1945
Page
2
The piece reflects on how Christmas cards often depict family scenes at home and the warm appeal of sharing in distant loved ones. It highlights the village church as a symbol in cards and emphasizes timeless motifs of church, home, and family in holiday greetings.
Virginia Vale Ames Mason, named England's most popular motion picture actor, returns in The Man in Gray from Universal Pictures. The film links Universal with J Arthur Rank, Leo Spitz, and William Goetz, with Mason famed as The English Humphrey Bogart for his varied on screen deaths and rousing crime drama. The Christmas Day program also features Two Hours of Stars on CBS with Hope, Benny, Reed, and others, plus a St Luke's choir at Bing Crosby's Christmas release. Ingrid Bergman sings on screen for the first time in a Swedish folk song in the same holiday picture.
Jones offered to lend me the money. Smith asked if I accepted. Bones refused, saying such a friend is too valuable to lose.
Blue asks about the newborn twins. Vice replies one may be a girl and one a boy, but the genders could be reversed.
A brief dialogue shows Nit and Wit in a terse exchange about a gun and a rabbit. Nit insists the weapon is unloaded while Wit challenges the claim. The exchange hints at a risky bluff and a test of nerves between the two speakers.
A dialogue fragment shows a customer asking for something to wake them early, and a hoped for solution from a staffer. The response hints at a product but notes uncertainty about an involved person, possibly a mother figure, parting with it.
A playful dialogue shows a couple sparring about personal loss and routines. She teases him with a morbid question, he replies with a dismissive joke, and the scene shifts to a request for returning home. The exchange hints at fatigue and seeking change.
A playful exchange between a soldier and his private about driving in England. The private asks why and the sarge explains his wife prefers the wrong side of the road.
The exchange centers on a player boasting about five goals in the last quarter and the coach reminding that scores count only when the ball is possessed. The player laments changing rules each year.
A diner row unfolds with a waiter joking that all pies are punk as a customer complains about apple pie instead of pumpkin. The playful exchange highlights the restaurant’s quirky vibe and light banter.
A concise look at the traditional Christmas carol The Twelve Days of Christmas noting how gifts escalate from a partridge and two doves to twelve pipers and eleven drummers, with the final stanza listing all items in reverse order.
The mistletoe is linked to many ancient German and British Druid superstitions. Kissing under it at Christmas likely traces to the plant’s esteemed status. Legends claim epilepsy relief, but no medical properties are supported, despite Brittany’s use today.
The Childermas date December 28 recalls King Herod ordering the slaughter of Bethlehem’s male children aged under two. Gospel, liturgical, and medieval sources vary from about 14,000 to 144,000 to a more cautious modern estimate of 10 to 12 thousand.
The North Berries lives in the north using spruce as host and is small and dull brown. Mistletoe used for Christmas decorations stays no farther north than New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In Brittany the herb de la croix yields berry oil used to treat fever and boost vigor.
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall wear matching gray flannel slacks and red flannel shirts with tiny gold whistles. Bacall removes her bracelet for Confidential Agent closeups with Charles Boyer. Ginny Simms trades a pig for a turkey and plans a lucite stairway in her new ranch home.
Conductor Nat Novick and pianist Tom Howard Jr. spend over four hours crafting the odd musical effects heard on It Pays to Be Ignorant. Every discordant detail is prearranged to avoid chance.
Charles Boyer rejects imitators who claim he told Hedy Lamarr to come to the casino. He notes the actual film scene does not include such a line and says the exaggerated quote misrepresents his words in her U.S. screen debut.
Marlin Hurt, star of the Sunday CBS Beulah program, nearly refused to credit his own on air persona. Producer Helen Mack persuaded him to admit he is Beulah and Bill, embracing the roles publicly.
Director Frank Borzage instructed Maureen O'Hara to strike Binnie Barnes hard for The Spanish Main. O'Hara delivered the blows repeatedly, eleven times, with Barnes ending up in a blazing fireplace in the final shot.
Margaret O'Brien is thrilled after being chosen queen of Mexico's float in Pasadena's Tournament of Roses. Hollywood life warms as prewar glamour returns with 20th Century Fox allocating 200000 dollars for Anna and the King of Siam set fittings. Alan Ladd negotiates a raise to 75000 dollars per film for seven years with potential increases after year three. John J Anthony's radio audience swells as his show expands on the Mutual network. Alan Mowbray wrote a story, sold it to Monogram, and will star in it.
A simple home project shows how a slip cover can instantly refresh a room. Create a custom cover from fabric scraps and basic sewing steps to brighten seating and change ambiance without buying new furniture.
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