Gridiron Club Toasts Headliners at Dinner in 1936 Satire
Washington observers attend the Gridiron club semi annual dinner where four presidential contenders watched a humorous review of the 1936 election. Roosevelt is depicted seeking a ninth term in 1968, Landon seen in a mock autopsy of the GOP, and other frothy vignettes feature Wagnerian entries and political caricatures. Landon departs for home after a White House call.
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Washington
Gridiron Club
Roosevelt
Rome
F.D.R
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
G.O.P
Knox
Norman Thomas
Earl Browder
Organization of Washington
Landon
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
al Smith
Prophets’ Union
Elisha
Isaiah
Harry Hopkins
James A. Farley
Farley
John D. Rockefeller
Rexford Tugwell
Union League Club
Liberty League
Gypsy Rose Lee
New York
Playful gossip and a small house fire in town
A lighthearted clip imagines Mrs. Simpson and Windsor in a mock press scene with potential royal matchmaking banter. The piece shifts to a real fire report noting a roof blaze at J. T. Hendersons, 1311 Rhode Island Street, extinguished at noon with minimal damage.
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J. T. Henderson
Rhode Island Street
Hollywood Stars Use Records Telegrams and Personal Messages
Hollywood reports show Gladys Swarthout and Frank Chapman recording a home duet Christmas card. Groucho Marx sends July 4 gag firecrackers with a greeting. Bob Burns prompts 1500 pals with funny penny postals. Carole Lombard Benny Powell Astaire and Rogers send telegrams and fancy cards.
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Hollywood
Gladys Swarthout
Groucho Marx
Bob Burns
Carole Lombard
Jack Benny
Eleanor Powell
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Jean Har
Lead Stream Feeds Vanderbilt Cup Defender Keel
In Bath Maine on December 22 a lead stream into a sand mould near the Kennebec river begins forming the keel for Harold S Vanderbilt's $300,000 America's Cup defender. Workers melted about 90 tons of pig lead for the fin of the large Class J sloop as construction starts.
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Bath
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Kennebec
Vanderbilt
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