Wedding Reception Menu Ideas from a Midcentury Guide
A Western Newspaper Union release outlines practical wedding refreshment plans addressing shortages. It presents multiple menus from bridal showers to spinster luncheons, with recipes for Raspberry Cream Parfait and Bisque Tortoni, plus instructions for prep, serving, and presentation.
Lynn Says Taste Teasers for Nutritious Menus
For a summery touch to a consomme noodle soup add 1 chopped hard cooked egg to four servings. Sprinkle croutons with grated nippy cheese and serve with soup or vegetable juice as a first course. Two tablespoons chopped pickle relish adds zip to mac aroni or noodle and cheese. add relish before baking. Season steaks with a sauce of chili sauce grated onion Worcestershire and a touch of mustard then pour over the steak near the end of broiling. Halves canned peaches filled with cream cheese and ginger or slivered almonds are delicious on greens. Sprinkle grated cheese on tomato juice before serving for a nippy taste.
Olivier Stars in $2 Million Henry V Technicolor
Virginia Vale reports Laurence Olivier's Henry V in technicolor may set box office records. The article praises Olivier's action oriented Bard and notes Irish locations for battle scenes during wartime production.
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Burgess Mere Dith to Record Pearl Chavez Legend
Selznick tests rate Burgess Mere Dith as the voice for Pearl Chavez in the planned Duel in the Sun prologue. United Artists will release the film while Isabel Manning Herson fields a Mutual-ps based picture Land of the Lost. A color comic adaptation of the fledgling series is slated next month.
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Comet signs David Bruce for Miss Television co star
David Bruce known for Lady on a Train and Salome is signed by Comet Productions to co star with Cleatus Caldwell ex wife of Ken Murray in Miss Television. The piece notes the ongoing star debate over Amber and Paulette Goddard as potential leads while mentioning Glenn Miller biopic plans and a possible casting shift for Major Miller. References Peggy Cummins and Dick Powell as suggested actors.
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Hopalong Cassidy Returns with Elaine Riley in The Devils Playground
The article notes Hopalong Cassidy star Bill Boyd returning after a two year film gap with The Devil's Playground. Elaine Riley, former fashion model, joins from Paramount as leading lady. Also mentions Tomorrow's Mexico March of Time and Al Schmid transitioning to golf in MGM's Playing by Ear after coaching by Bob Anderson.
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Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou Take Over Summer Show
A summer replacement news segment features Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou as press readers demand updates on Desmond. Milena Miller, the on air singer replacing Bing Crosby Program, is noted as the station’s standout beauty in radio.
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Colder Winters Ahead From Old Fashioned Weather View
Weather bureau cites 50 year cycles predicting a return to harsh winters like grandparents faced. Elmer Twitchell laments modern softness and urges a tougher citizenry as storms loom and big-city plows give way to past ways.
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Feltman's Coney Island restaurant sold after 72 years
The famed Feltmans at Coney Island changes hands after 72 years. The article recalls its city block size with twelve eateries and multiple bars, noting a full dinner for 1.25 dollars, beer five cents a schooner, and cocktails two for a quarter during a first visit era.
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Henry Ford Era Dieting and 1947 Hobos Convention
A collage of 1940s vignettes mocks dieting heroics by Henry and Clara Ford and notes the Hobos of America planning a 1947 Miami convention. It quips about belt tightening, Truman's plea to save, and Governor Dewey signing a 50 mph speed limit in New York.
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