Cherry Rawlings Leaves Saint Dorothea to Serve Porter
Orphan Cherry Rawlings, under guardian Judge Marshbanks, leaves Saint Dorothea's for a secretarial post with the wealthy Mrs. Porteous Porter in San Francisco. She shadows Fran Marshbanks and Amy, feeling uncomfortable in convent attire, while enjoying a luxurious but monotonous new life.
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Charlotte
Cherry) Rawlings
Judson Marshbanks
Emma Haskell
Saint Dorothea’s
Emma
Amy
Kelly Coates
Cherry
Fran
Debutante Evening Ends In Quiet Crush Of Hope
Cherry diaries a disastrous charity ball at Mrs Porter’s, watching Amy Marshbanks charm the room while Fran and Kelly Coates evade watchful eyes. Jealousy and longing surge as Cherry confronts her own status, overheard by Emma and the maids, and ends with a painful, sleepless night.
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Emma
Fenny
Dorothy
Cherry
Saint Dorothea’s
Amy Marshbanks
Fran
Kelly Coates
Amy
Mrs. Porter
Nursey
Hillborough
Miss Trotter
Buddy Brown
Hillsborough
Keno
Kelly
Alma
Hatty
Sausalito
Europe
Judge Marshbanks
Neek
Stages Screen Radio: 1942 Film Fives Named by critics
ILM Daily reveals the second annual poll of critics naming Filmdom's Famous Fives for 1942. Gary Cooper and Greer Garson top the list. Walter Pidgeon, Frederic March, Monty Woolley follow. Ginger Rogers and Anne Shirley tied to future projects as stars and other film notes on Red Cross, police drama, and new wartime features.
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ILM
Gary Cooper
Greer Garson
Mrs. Miniver
Walter Pidgeon
Frederic March
Monty Wooley
Joan Fontaine
Bette Davis
Voyager
Katharine Hepburn
Teresa Wright
Screen Notes: Garfio Leads in The Fallen Boll Romance Spy Tale
John Garfield wins male lead opposite Maureen O Hara in The Fallen Boll, a screen version of a new romance espionage novel. Veronica Lake pins up hair for So Proudly We Hail as an army nurse. Bing Crosby smokes six pipes in Dixie with new bowls built into an automatic smoker. Anna Lee wore a British WREN uniform in Commandos Strike at Dawn and mailed it to her sister Ruth Winnifreth, a real WREN near London.
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John Garfield
Maureen O'Hara
Anna Lee
Ruth Winnifreth
London
On the Home Front Act Ruth Wyeth Spears Pus Story
A description of transforming an old couch into a glamorous focal point in a sunny living room. It details fabric selection, tailored edges, zipper fastening, and stiff back cushions made from bound newspapers with muslin bands. Directions reference Book 5 and related fixtures in Book 6.
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Ruth W
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Household Tips for Food and Home Care
Huse INTSS offers tips to keep candies from softening by wrapping in wax paper and storing in a tin or jar. A double burner can cook two foods in a single setup using a two-tier boiler. For plants, avoid direct cold drafts while keeping a top window open for air. A nut cracker helps open screw tops. Yellowed lace can be whitened by sour milk or buttermilk. Lemon can remove paint marks from scratches.
Dewey's Fleet Smaller Than North Carolina Today
The 1898 Manila Bay fleet under Admiral Dewey carried less tonnage than the single battleship North Carolina in today’s fleet.
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Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
North Carolina
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Cee Marshbanks
Kathleen Norris
Neoaris
Chapter
Ming
Virginia Vale
Western Newsaper Union
Anne Shirley
Dawn O'Day
Ginger Rogers
Ginger
Charles Dana Gibson
Anne
Bill Goodwin
Paramount
Henry Aldrich
Sally Eilers
Leila Hyams
Eileen Percy
Metro
Red Cross
Richard Wallace
Wallace
Brian Aherne
Loretta Young
Hollywood
Victor Mature
Jon Hall
Navy
U. S. Navy
Wally Brown
RKO
Bedford Hills
New York
Ferry
Pearly Gates Ferry
Queen Ferry
Hitler
Hulman & CO
Terre Haute, Ind
Jamie
Tom
Janie
Fleischmann
Fleischmann’s
Leischmanns
Fleischmanns
Standard Brands, Inc
Washington Street
New York, N.Y
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