Outdoor Canning Success for Mrs. Green and Family
Mrs. Lewis Green of Edgewood Road and Wave land Drive NW reports a record summer of outdoor canning. She, aided by her husband and three children, cold packed 100 quarts of tomatoes 70 quarts of beans and 20 quarts of corn using brush and scrap wood to keep the stove going. The Greens set out 300 tomato plants and harvested squash pumpkins popcorn onions and dried 25 pounds of sweet corn with peanuts planted for roasting this winter.
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Ummer
Lewis Green
Edgewood Road
Waveland Drive
Silk Hose Drain Purses Of Stars
Hollywood actresses reveal hosiery habits and high bills for sheer chiffons. Bette Davis notes frequent stocking changes during sandal season and carries spares. Kay Francis matches hose to outfits and keeps a large stock. Joan Blondell wears through about three pairs weekly. Olivia de Havilland buys lacy hose and orders monthly supplies.
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Hollywood
Bette Davis
Bette
Kay Francis
Kay
Joan Blondell
Norman
Olivia de Havilland
Costume costs rise with gloves bags and scarves
The passage notes shoppers value accessories such as gloves bags and scarves as part of a costume but hosiery remains the largest yearly expense often reaching two to three hundred dollars.
Ballet Dancers Stay Modest in Hollywood Rehearsals
In special quarters at a United Artists lot Balanchine's American ballet company rehearses daily away from Hollywood life. Dancers, veiled by full length black wool tights for modesty, note Hollywood visitors while staying focused on training.
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Hollywood
United Artists
Balanchine
American Ballet
They Accuse Leslie Howard of Faking
Hollywood scene from Stand-In shows Leslie Howard kissing Joan Blondell. He forgets lines three times and the director signals Dick Powell to come help. Howard blushes, the cast laughs, and a retake follows with him recovering his lines.
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Hollywood
Leslie Howard
Joan Blondell
Tay Garnett
Dick Powell
Howard
W C Fields Sorts Fan Mail After Illness
The comic icon W C Fields is sorting fan letters received during his illness. Mail has been filed alphabetically and he has only reached the Rs in his reading.
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W. C. Fields
Name Calling Pays Big Dividends
Hollywood commentary on how film titles shape audience perception and marketing. Industry insiders discuss prize contests for titles, the need for short marquee friendly names, and the tension between faithful originals and catchy rebranding.
Film Titles Reflect Lloyds Comedy Plans and Market Tricks
A discussion of how film titles like Grandma's Boy Safety Last and The Freshman shape audience expectations. It notes producers rename projects such as This Is My Affair during production and how foreign and urban theaters alter billings to attract crowds with catchier or edgier titles.
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Hollywood
Nba
Samuel Goldwyn
Goldwyn
Lloyd
Professor Beware
Robert Taylor
Barbara Stanwyck
Los Angeles
Main
New York
Harlem
Ruggles of Red Cap
Ruggles the Red Cap
Love On The Run At The Palace With Crawford And Gable
The Palace presents Love On The Run a witty romance featuring Joan Crawford Clark Gable and Franchot Tone as two fast working reporters and two international spies. Wings of the Morning follows in technicolor a vivid romance with Annabella Henry Fonda and Leslie Banks and John McCormack.
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Joan Crawford
Clark Gable
Franchot
Spain
Annabella
Henry Fonda
Leslie Banks
John McCormack
Little Jack Little to Play at Danceland Cedar Rapids
Little Jack Little the former Waterloo boy with a famed piano style and whispering baritone will appear at Danceland Cedar Rapids Thursday 9 p m to 1 a m. He led a popular radio band since 1935 and composed hits like Jealous Because They All Love You Hold Me and Old Shanty Town.
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Little Jack Little
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
London
England
London Conservatory of Music
Top Of The Town Opens At Rialto This Week
Rialto presents Top Of The Town a leading musical feature starring Doris Nolan with George Murphy Hugh Herbert Gregory Ratoff Gertrude Nisson Ella Logan Henry Armetta Mischa Auer and twenty others. Also showing Doomed at Sundown outdoor adventure and Cats and the Fiddle in the same program.
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Rialto
Doris Nolan
George Murphy
Hugh Herbert
Gregory Ratoff
Gertrude Nisson
Ella Logan
Henry Armetta
Mischa Auer
Bob Steele
Cats
Fiddler
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Rex Murphy
Hawkeye Downs
Ida Lupino
General Hospital
Sonja Henie
Darryl Zanuck
Frank Lloyd
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Visage
Hays
Harold Lloyd
Crawford and Gable
Danceland
Chicago
the Old Frontier Park
Rex” Murphy
Bob Cooper
Jack Kelly
Jalloppy
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