Virginia Vale as Winner in Nationwide Screen Talent Quest
Journalist notes Jesse Lasky seeking new faces for the screen names the winner Virginia Vale and the runner up Robert Stanton. Freddie Bartholomew loses star status while James Stewart rises in popularity with Metro. Screen tests draw high school and college graduates, some may reach Hollywood. Wesley Barry signs for Stunt Pilot sequel in Monogram’s Tailspin Tommy lineup. Barry shifts to real estate sales in Hollywood over past three years.
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Virginia Vale
Robert Stanton
Hollywood
Wesley Barry
Monogram Pictures
Tommy
NBC announcer Hicks collects royal visit autograph requests
George Hicks has received over a thousand letters from fans asking him to obtain autographs from the king and queen of England during their American visit. He is reportedly the type who would not ask such a favor even for himself.
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DeMille Demands Extra Microphone for Cary Grant on Radio Stage
The director Cecil B. DeMille insists on an extra microphone during Cary Grant's radio theater performance. Grant uses the mic exclusively, gesticulates freely, and avoids risk of hitting nearby performers with his movements.
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Cecil B. DeMille
Cary Grant
Grant
Three Marshalls Renew Radio Show After Song Bans
Over two months Peggy Jack and Kay of the Three Marshalls faced five program changes as songs were banned before airplay. They barred Hallelujah I'm a Bum and The Preacher and the Bear for offensive words. Only Pegg and Kay could sing My Heart Belongs to Daddy while Jack played. Fe ework rulings blocked male singing. Jiver slang required substitutions like Jikker for Shoot the Likker to Me Jive Boy.
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Captain Fury in a World of Tomorrow Melodrama
A New York program lists Captain Fury as the first motion picture in a new series. World of Tomorrow appears in the same listing, described as an old fashioned melodrama that evokes classic storytelling.
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York’s
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Fatah
Oatmeal as Budget Helper Sparks New Recipes and Tips
A homemaker friendly guide shows oatmeal can stretch meals and boost nutrition. It offers recipes like Oatmeal Apple Torte Oatmeal Raisin Muffins Vegetable Oatmeal Soup Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies and Meat Patties with oatmeal enriching each dish. The piece also extols thiamin in oatmeal and mentions a new cookbook offer from Eleanor Howe.
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Lucky
Eleanor Howe
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Michigan Avenue
Chicago
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