Dual Roles Dominate 1940s Hollywood Comebacks
Hollywood eyes big profits with star double duty as Fred MacMurray Bette Davis Cornel Wilde and others play two parts in single films. Editors note actors relish extra closeups while crews wrestle with double exposure and timing.
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Bette Davis
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Hedda
Marguerite Chapman
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Cornel Wilde
Betty Hutton
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Seasonal snacks and party beverages from Western menus
A Western Newspaper Union release describes easy surface entertaining ideas for light summer gatherings. It suggests lawn buffets with salads and cool drinks, and lists recipes for beverages such as Orange Cream Party Punch and Orange Punch, plus cookies and bars like Fudgies Almond Jam Bars and Swedish Layer Cake.
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Western Newspaper Union
Thoughts on Horse Racing and Other Musings
A fragmented column blends sharp satirical humor on horse racing with jabs at modern crowds and war era events. It weaves social critique, politics, and pop culture through spoof poems and brisk commentary on public life, racing crowds, and economic concerns of the era.
Lynn’s Easy Sips For Flavorful Iced Drinks
Easy sipping tips suggest flavoring iced tea with honey and citrus wedges and freezing leftover juices or teas in ice cubes. Add fruit bits or mint, use tomato juice with ginger ale for a pick me up, or apricot nectar with lemon. Iced coffee can be upgraded with meringue and cinnamon.
Inisfail and Canadian Indigenous Status Quiz
A set of trivia questions covering Inisfail, Indigenous status in Canada, linguistic pun differences, newspaper spreadhead meaning, oldest US public park, bee wing count, maladdress meaning, and the world’s largest bridge.
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Canada
United States
Multiple Choice Clue Set for Trivia Quiz
A compact clue list refers to common terms and places including Ireland poem name, minors, stogy versus stogie, a wide headline, Boston Commons, four, blunt speech, and the Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco. The items cover language nuances and notable locations.
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Ireland
Boston Commons
Boston
Oakland Bay Bridge
San Francisco
Dumas and the Innkeeper’s Mushroom Dilemma
While traveling in England Alexander Dumas asked for mushrooms in hesitant English. He drew a mushroom, the innkeeper finally understood and returned with a large umbrella instead of the requested dish.
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Alexander Dumas
England
Dumas
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