Publicity stunts hinge on movie elopement and press games
Virginia Vale notes Acille Ball and Desa Arnaz eloped and staged a delayed reception before leaving for RKO in Hollywood. The piece highlights studio publicity drives with stars like Linda Darnell and Mickey Rooney, and recalls Henry Fonda’s comical misadventures during The Lady Eve production.
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Acille Ball
Desa Arnaz
Hollywood
RKO Radio Studios
New York
Linda Darnell
Chad Hanna
Linda
Henry Fonda
Eve
Barbara Stanwyck
Miss Stanwyck
Rudy Vallee Charms NBC Red Network With Singing Orchestrating
Rudy Vallee dominates his Thursday NBC Red program as singer and bandleader and engages in sharp verbal sparring with John Barrymore, who remains a fixture. Vallee’s acting and histrionic skills have sharpened, and he holds his own against Barrymore, whether or not coached.
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Rudy Vallee
NBC Red
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Vallee
Rudy
Odds and Ends from the Film World and Theater Fronts
The piece notes Paramount’s New York Town cast with Martin McMurray Preston Overman and an ice man ship officer. Ted Barnick won a national contest earning a film role. Leslie Howard may stay in England long enough to avoid wartime commitments. Prewar theme notes and Diana Barrymore signing with Twentieth Century Fox for studio work.
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Paramount
New York
Mary Martin
Fred McMurray
Bob Preston
Lynne Overman
Ted Barnick
Leslie Howard
England
America
Twentieth Century-Fox
Diana Barrymore
John
Proper Foundation Garments Shape Chic Spring Silhouettes
A Western Newspaper Union release explains how correct corsetry underpins fashionable spring looks. It emphasizes choosing tailored foundation garments for bustline contour, waist length, and hip smoothness, plus multiple sets for day and evening wear and careful consultation with a corsetiere.
First Aid Ailing House By Roger B Whitman
Fruit stain removal tips for cottons and linens include boiling water through the stain from a height, avoiding soap, and using javelle water or glycerine methods. Copper flashing questions warn that proper installation outlasts experimental methods and direct readers to the Copper and Brass Research Association. Odor in refrigerators suggests using warm water with trisodium phosphate and charcoal deodorant. Heating plant advice covers pipeless or hot water systems for mountain homes. Old barn boards can be reused as flooring if sound, and damp closets can be dried by a burning electric light on the floor.
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Copper and Brass Research Association
Lexington Avenue
New York City
Felt Loop Hats and Velvet Muffs Describe Spring Accessories
The description highlights bright loop felt hats paired with tweed or dark fur coats. Some hats resemble a single large flower attached to a ribbon velvet cap and tied with a back bow. A moss green pill box hat with beige and a green velvet muff with felt loop borders complete the ensemble.
Twin Hats Copy Headgear of Men Twin Hats Style Item for Winter
The companionate hat or twin hat mirrors men’s and women’s styles creating a shared fashion. It contrasts with the distaff twin hat seen as larceny and duplicates sportier men’s looks in various shapes from pork pies to safari felts. Designers feminize the twin adaptations, sometimes more than traditional feminine hats.
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Manhattan
New Trim for Shoes Adds Fur Bows and Beading
Fashion notes describe seasonal shoe updates with fur bows, beading, and tailored bows on crocodile pumps. Suede afternoon shoes gain a smart touch with frilled bows and decorative beads.
Red White and Blue Fashion Among Southern Winter Visitors
Women vacationers in the South wear patriotic dresses in red white and blue for daywear and evening gowns. Day outfits mix the colors with gold trim. evening dresses feature full skirts in fabrics like sharkskin crepe organdy lace taf feta and net with black white and blue as the dominant palette.
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Southlands
Sewing a Hanging Bag From Ruth Wyeth Solii Instructions
Plan a versatile bag for fairs and house use with ivy patterned chintz or pictorial fabrics. The guide notes multiple bag styles on a hanger plus variations for laundry travel use and doll clothing scraps. It highlights fabric choices, patterns, and related SEWING Book 3 directions for pantry pocket bags and spool shelves.
Around the House Tips for Winter Cleaning and Cooking
Practical household hints cover bulb planting near windows to avoid heat, preserving citrus peels for flavoring desserts, using glycerine to keep windows clear, baking peppermint drops on waxed paper, sewing sweater buttonholes before washing, avoiding icebox waste, and using paraffin on brass fixtures for shine.
Miss Had Another Chance After the Final Good-By
A man who threatened suicide if rejected left a note to a girl saying his body would float down the river. The girl fainted and asked why the messenger boy waited, explaining the note came with orders to await an answer.
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Miss
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Andy Hardy
Mickey Rooney
Kathryn Grayson
James Roosevelt
By Cherie Nicholas
United States
Paris
Roger B. Whitman
WNU Service
South
Ruth Wyeth
Soli
Turin
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford
King Feetures
Dryden
Joseph Aspirin
Longfellow
Adlerika
S. R.minn
Plato
Kent Blades
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