Glamour and cinema news from a wartime era
Virginia Vale reports on actors and industry notes. AIL RUSSELL’s long separation from her brother George highlights a family contrast with her rise as a movie actress in The Uninvited editing stage. Dinah Shore’s new father figure and other stars surface in stage and film developments.
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Ail Russell
George
Alaska
Santa Monica High
Dinah Shore
Charles Winninger
Show Boat” Fame
Belle
Comic publisher eyes Fibber McGee and Molly feature
A national comic book company seeks a monthly strip based on Fibber McGee and Molly. Cass Daley introduces He Loved Me Till the All Clear Came in Riding High and has requests to sing it in five languages for overseas broadcasts. Basil Rathbone brings milk to the Mutual studio before The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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Molly
Cass Daley
Marlene Dietrich
Basil Rathbone
Mutual Station
Hollywood
Sherlock Holmes
Kin McLaughlin Chooses Rocket Filly on Wyoming Ranch
Ten year old Ken picks a filly from a wild mare named Rocket at the Wy oming ranch. His father, a retired army officer, is disappointed by schooling but pleased by Ken's bond with Flicka after the filly is injured. Ken cares for Flicka and grows closer to his horse as his parents quarrel over Nell and a wildcat sighting.
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Ken McLaughlin
Wyoming
Rocket
Ken
Flicka
Nell
Flicka Fades on Colorado Ranch in Summer Trial
Ken faces heartbreak as Flicka wastes away from a fever while Nell and Rob cope with mounting strain on the ranch. The filly’s decline tests family loyalties and grim realities of life on the Hill as summer nears its end. Ken hides this from his father while hoping for a cure that may not come.
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Rob
Nell
Ken
Studebaker
Mr. Gibson
Howard
Flicka
Tim
Gus
McLaughlin
The Trade In Home and Other Holiday Jests
A satirical column envisions the postwar Home of the Future built from paper and plastics with trade-in value and color options. Readers also see spoof ads for vice president Clare Luce, a turkey market quip, and mock notes on Nazis and rail profits.
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Harvey N. Davis
Stevens Institute
Yale Forest School Houses World’s Largest Wood Sample Collection
Yale University’s school of forestry holds the world’s largest wood sample collection with 40 750 specimens spanning 11 890 species across 2 800 genera in 232 families, plus 19 500 microscopic slides.
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School of Forestry
Yale University
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