Hollywood stars seek new dramatic roles beyond fame
Erle Oberon considers returning to plain looks for a heavy dramatic part after stardom as Anne Boleyn and Night in Paradise with Turhan Bey. Lucille Ball recalls stenography before modeling. Harry James shifts to romantic acting with Maureen O’Hara, crediting wife Betty Grable for coaching. Goldwyn Girls doubt dramatic routes. some prefer fashion modeling. The article lists radio and film notes, from Theaters Guild on the Air at Michigan State to Woody Herman contest prizes, Disney characters on Amos and Andy, and various Hollywood anecdotes.
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Paradise
Universal
Turhan Bey
Harry James
20Th Century Fox
Dick Haymes
Maureen O’hara
Betty Grable
Theater Guild
Michigan State College
ABC
Emergency Flour Explores 80 Percent Extraction Uses
Tests show emergency flour at 80 percent extraction shifts 20 percent to animal feed and yields a slightly gray flour. It bakes cookies muffins and cakes with eggs helping reduce greyness, pastry browns nicely, and simple cakes adapt to the new flour. Use minimal stirring with leaveners and avoid overmixing. rise lightly and bake promptly. Storage requires cool dry conditions and regular rotation.
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Western Newspaper Union
Presidents and Horseshoe Pitching at the White House
A column extols President Truman for building a horseshoe court on White House grounds to calm nerves and possibly avert global conflict. It riffs on rulers playing horseshoes, cites circus nostalgia in New York, and includes satirical notes on UNO and Japanese alphabet quirks, ending with global politics and the League of Nations closing in Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
White House
America
Harry
New York
Long Wharf
Water Street
Elm City Park
Hubinger
League of Nations
Switzerland
Lynn Says Conserve Fats and Oils for Saving Food
Guidance on saving fats from roasts bacon and sausage and reuse in gravies cookies and cakes. Tips include straining liquid fats strain through cheesecloth render excess fat for home use or give to butcher and reuse dried bread crumbs in puddings or crusts and serve open faced sandwiches to save bread.
Long King George Coronation Broadcast Recording Noted
Collier's describes a nearly fourteen hour recording of the King George VI coronation made in New York by a specialist firm. The set covers both sides of 108 twelve inch records and lists at $700. Several participants in the event have bought the records of their own voices.
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George of England
Collier’s
New York
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Charles Laughton
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Hollywood
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Woody Herman
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Amos ’N’ Andy
Clarence Nash
Donald Duck
Jim Basquette
Remus
Whitey Ford
NBC
Grand Ole Opry
Duke of
John Wayne
RKO
Emerald Bay Yacht Club
Lanny Ross
Lanny
Evelyn Knight
Nelson Case
Alex Scourby
the Right To
Library of Congress
Charles Irving
Malone
Johnny Weismuller
Merle Oberon
Lynn Chambers
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
UNO
U.N
United Nations Security Council
MacArthur
OPA
Lynn
Grocers
DIXIE
Red Housekeeping
Ise
White Auto
White’s Auto Stores
Earl J. Trammell
Staley Bldg
Wichita Falls, Texas
Memorial Hospital
Lillie Jolly
Robert Jolly
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Texas
Lamar
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