vaudeville to screen stars Burns and Allen advance in 1930s era career
Virginia Vale recalls George Burns and Gracie Allen rising from a nine week Palace theater bill with Eddie Cantor to a film and radio career. The piece notes their 1934 adoption of a daughter and a year later a son, Kenny Baker’s upcomin g religious album, the Goldwyn girls touring Latin America, and rival claims about the greatest on screen brawl. It highlights collaborations with Guy Lombardo, Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, and others, plus notes on Fibber McGee and Molly and Nora Prentiss production tidbits.
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George Burns
Gracie Allen
New York
Palace Theater
Eddie Cantor
George Jessel
Cantor
Guy Lombardo
Sealing Wax Confusion Over Ceiling Wax Joke
A busy housewife asks for floor wax in a stationery store. The clerk reveals they only sell sealing wax, prompting her bewildered protest about why anyone would wax a ceiling.
Uncle’s Gift Prompt Confusion Over Checks and Ties
A playful dialogue between uncle and nephew centers on gift choices a check or necktie. The nephew realizes the uncle’s joke about money or fashion items. The exchange lightens as they clarify a misunderstanding about gifts and attire.
Money Talk Sparks Husband Wife Banter
A playful exchange between a husband and wife centers on money. The wife jokes that the husband would worry if he had to pay a doctor’s bill, highlighting financial concerns in a humorous domestic moment.
Penny Toy Inquiry Goes for One Cent
A clerk offers a single cent price for a penny toy as a little girl inspects a shop display. The exchange centers on whether the toy can be purchased for one cent.
Veiled sales clash prompts sharp retort at shop
A saleslady in a stylish hat fires back after a customer insists on no veil. The customer, determined, counters with a firm stance while the salesgirl pursues a suggested veil. The exchange highlights tensions over fashion and propriety in a swank store.
Seven eee ee aes marry must be He Oh realy now
A distorted fragment notes wedding related terms and names in unclear text. It hints at a social event with casual dialogue but lacks coherent details or identifiable persons or places.
Edison Desk Reopened Sparks Imagined Magic
An anniversary exhibit reopens Thomas Edison’s sealed rolltop desk once used in his era. The battered desk is opened reverently as it reveals a legendary cache of ideas, dreams, and magical associations associated with Edison and transforming science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Edison
Reconversion Swap List Cited In Yankee Magazine
A brief note in Yankee Magazine mentions a swap list including a tennis court net stove golf clubs a goat cart sleighbells and a baby crib with a request for an electric motor D913. The piece mocks looseness in sports gambling rules and urges honesty as policy for adult athletes.
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Yankee Magazine
Winter Song and Bombast in a Fragmented Column
A scattered columnist tone riffs on public life and media, citing Gromyko and Lange, rent control chatter, TV versus radio, and pop culture quips. The piece blends oddball humor with clipped observations about bets, money, and a dachshund mole joke.
Mystery Woman in Midtown Cafe Sparks Speculation
In a midtown cafe a man asks who a middle-aged woman is as a bartender notes she isn’t someone’s mother. The scene hints at a larger question about the old fashioned American who remains restrained even in disagreements.
Gladioid Spectators and Ancient Kings Quiz
A quiz asks six questions: what did Roman spectators do to a doomed gladiator, which planet has a day length similar to Earth, the US population in 1790, approximate annual red tape in Washington, the region with most accidental deaths last year, and how many times Henry VIII married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Henry VIII of
England
Answers to questions reveal trends across topics
The excerpt notes thumbs down on a point, references Mars and a 24 hours 37 percent statistic, cites a first census of 3 929, and states the government purchases about 60 000 spools of 72 yards yearly for official documents. It mentions the mountain states Nevada lead with 158.9 deaths per 100 000 and Rhode Island at 51.2, concluding with “Six times.”
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Mars
Nevada
Rhode Island
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Howard Hughes
Mexico City
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William Farnum
Tom Jantschi
RKO
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Barton MacLane
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