From stock girls to film fame in Hollywood lore
A columnist explains that many so called movie contract beauties never become stars but work as stock players. They pose for publicity photos and appear in stunt scenes across the year, with Toby Wing cited as the era’s leading stock girl who later moved to vaudeville and became engaged to Pinky Tomlin.
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Ollywood
NEA
Miss Zilchworth
Miss Twerp
Zilchworth
Twerp
Toby
Toby Wing
Hollywood
Paramount
Miss Wing
Pinky Tomlin
The Silver Rood Mystery Unfolds At Montieth Estate
In Browne’s tale Gerard Montieth threatens his niece Mary with disinheritance if she wed David Forrest. Montieth is murdered during a lawn party while Mary meets her lover Howard Griswold. A silver rood weapon and a missing Van Dyck painting drive suspect lists to Lardeau, Nola Morin, Brauman, and others as investigators chase clues and motives.
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Schwarz
Greatport
Foxcroft
Griswold
Morin
Mary
Gerard Montieth
David Forrest
Forrest Place
Monteth
Ary
Howard Griswold
Montieth Library
van Dyck
Lardeau
Brauman
Harlan Sparesson
Nola i Pele
Teek
Ineveit
Nola
Wally Foxcroft
Nola Lutzmann
Zurich
Switzerland
America
Nola Morin
Montieth
Lutzemann
Prof. Lardeau
Mr. Colton
Harper
Kingsbury
Wally
Davison
Warrentons
Wilmington
Waly
Wilbur Fellows
Stars Knit Between Takes on Hollywood Stages
A sound stage survey shows screen actors favor knitting and puzzles during breaks with crochet rugs third. a recent on set scene of Tale of Two Cities with Hepburn and others turned out to be a rest period, not a production guillotine. Road accidents in London cost hospitals about $1,600 per year as of September.
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Hollywood
Katharine Hepburn
Fay Bainter
Estelle Winwood
Florence Lake
Helene Grant
London
1937 Worst Of The Year Nominations In New York
New York listing ten deemed worst of 1937 across categories. Pun scene cites Oh Sex jokes with Macy on my soul. Other entries include Worst Play, Worst Song, Worst Boxing Contest, Worst Legislation, and a Surrealist art show critique.
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New York
NEA
Variety
Fifth Avenue
Taylor
Macy
Joe Louis
Jack Sharkey
Manhattan
Knee-Length Skirt Revival Sparks Fashion Debate
Hollywood costume designer Walter Plunkett says only England's coronation can stop the move to knee-length skirts once popular in 1929. He warns royal court styles may curb designers from continuing the trend and altering women’s silhouettes.
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England
Walter Plunkett
Hollywood
Plunkett
Hollywood's Newest Stars Promote Natural Beauty
In 1936, stars like Simone Simon demonstrate beauty through natural looks rather than heavy makeup. The trend favors healthy, wholesome appearances over ultra-sophisticated vampish styles, with Simon noted for a delicate, winsome allure.
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Hollywood
Alicia Hart
NEA Service
The Women play exposes women as gold diggers and schemers
New York theater review of Clare Boothe's The Women on Broadway notes the cast omits men and follows thirty eight women in salons, clubs, and hospitals as they plot against men with gossip and slander. One child is the sole innocent.
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George Ross
New York
NEA
Clare Boothe
Max Gordon
Broadway
Miss Boothe
Milady
Major Canadian Banks Dominate National Banking Resources
Three banks operate 2,600 branches and control about 70 percent of Canada’s banking resources. Another bank with its own branches holds around 27 percent, illustrating high concentration in the sector.
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