Hollywood Pappy Gilpin Takes On Child Role
Joe Gilpin, longtime Hollywood producer, becomes a film father as his son Jay Gilpin, age four, lands the boy role in Hold Autumn in Your Hand. Gilpin discusses balancing budget duties and casting duties while his wife handles the cast and schedule. He notes the shift in duties and the pull of studio demands on his family.
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Joe
O. K
Jay Gilpin
Autumn
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Zachary Scott
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Good Neighbor Policy Shapes Italy Contract Talk
Mrs Gilpin burdens of film work unfold as Jay’s early call times disrupt home routine. Papa Joe insists this will be Jay’s first and last picture, revealing the double edge of child actors and the tedium for movie parents.
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the Gilpins
Mama
Papa Joe
Guerrilla Group Captured in Hollywood Beards Rally
A fragment describes Russian guerrillas gathering around their leader in a crude hide-out while Hollywood figures like Paul Muni, dubbed the hero, noted as supporters of the beards, marking a notable day in the scene.
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Hollywood
Paul Muni
Hollywood Keeps Making War Themed Romps in Wartime
The narrator notes how Hollywood returns to light hearted wartime fare as directors like Charles Vidor shift from heavy drama to lighter comedies after Pearl Harbor. Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer star in Together Again while Counterattack lingers as a dreary Muni project, prompting debate on epic status and film tone.
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Arguerite Chapman
Russia
North Star
Hollywood
Irene Dunne
Charles Boyer
Columbia
Clock Silence Disturbs St Peter's Church Residents
Manhattan residents complain the 106 year old St Peter's clock stopped for repairs after two outages since 1938. They fundraise to fix the venerable machinery to restore sleep and daily routines disrupted by the clock's silence.
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New York
Manhattan
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church
Cover Girl on Set Sparks Mixed Promises
A visiting cynic notes that the unfinished film looked pretty but not promising while the completed picture becomes the gayest musical entertainment in years. Fred Allen quips that rushes are never bad, only the finished film. producers promote perfection to keep work flowing.
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Fred Allen
Six year old Brooklyn girl aids Italian relief drive
Joan Rylander, a six year old from Brooklyn, donated warm winter clothes to American Relief for Italy. The photo shows her with some of the garments she contributed to the aid effort. The piece notes the Marine Corps first armored car entered service in 1918.
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Fifth Army
Joan Rylander
Brooklyn
Italy
Marine Corps
Rocky Ford Hometown Transfers Amid Joy and Mystery
Maj. Lee Cover in India is ordered home to Rocky Ford for discharge as Maj. Jack Lawson arrives to assume command, with neighbors Across the street, both majors celebrate. In Independence, Mo a couple explains keeping 9700 dollars in a purse that vanished or was stolen due to distrust of banks. Puente, Calif sees jungle jeep replacements. Capt. William J. Farrell notes pre overseas care includes vaccination and tetanus shots for the unit.
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India
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Kreisler Spurns Election Talk Prefers Beethoven Concert
Chicago on November 6 Fritz Kreisler famed violinist and composer showed indifference to politics. He joked his preferred candidate is Beethoven and perhaps Bach and noted he would perform a concert in Canada on Election Day. A separate item from Albert City notes a rent free house offer near Storm Lake inviting a live‑in tenant with livestock in the yard.
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Fritz Kreisler
Beethoven
Bach
Canada
Albert City
Storm Lake
Wartime Critique of New Deal Policy and Unemployment Figures
The text criticizes the New Deal, citing unemployment rising to 12 million by 1938 and condemning policy shifts from relief to tax measures. It references Churchill's critique of private enterprise and accuses government-led enterprises of undermining private industry, framing the era as leading to economic instability.
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Roosevelt
NRA
Winston Churchill
Washington
United States
Churchill
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