Hollywood Notes From Virginia Vale on Jedy Lamarr and Stars
Virginia Vale reviews Jedy Lamarr's early career with William Powell and Myrna Loy. She recalls advice on set dynamics and routines, touches on The March of Time India coverage, Frederic March's career pattern, a chimpanzee skit with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, and updates on Herbert Wilcox projects and Metro films Three Guys Named Joe and Here Comes Mr. Jordan.
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William Powell
Myrna Loy
Thin Man
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Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Morocco
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Mr. Jordan
Metro
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Rooney to star in Kipling tale Kim on Metro slate
Metro moves toward filming Kipling’s Kim with Mickey Rooney in the title role after he finishes A Yank at Eton. Joel McCrea once played near a haunted hill where Anne Harding planned a house later owned by Rudy Vallee.
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Rudyard Kipling
Kim
Metro
Mickey Rooney
Eton
Joel McCrea
Anne Harding
Rudy Vallee
McCrea
Claudette Colbert
Palm Beach
Navy Comes Through Starred in OPDS film feature
Pat O'Brien Randolph Scott and Jackie Cooper headline The Navy Comes Through a project for OPDS AND ENDS RKO with Greer Garson a basketball fan buying uniforms for an 78th anti aircraft artillery unit Spencer Tracy EE stand in Jerry Schumacher joined troops Tortilla Flat cast gave him a calillo for soft nae? ox as 3 cela Baby Corey unemployment benefits of 17 50 weekly returned to work in The Lone Wolf in Scotland Yard.
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Navy
Pat O’brien
Randolph Scott
Jackie Cooper
Greer Garson
78Th
Spencer Tracy
Jerry Schumacher
Schumacher
Corey
Scotland Yard
Toy snakes curb pigeons on city halls in plan
The column notes a city used toy snakes on cornices to frighten pigeons away from roosting. The effect was dramatic and widely adopted, though nesting season cautions apply.
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New York State College of Home Economics
Ithaca
N. Y
Extension
New York State
Woolknits and war era fashion for daily wear
Woolknits offer simple, reliable, wrinkle resistant tailoring suited for busy wartime days. New fabrics mimic hand knitting with full fashioning, bright colors, and matching accessories highlighted alongside city life scenes and transit changes.
Red Coat Trends Surge as Festive Fashion Highlight
A record-breaking call for red coats extends this season with a bright red woolknit tricot-cord coat. The versatile garment features bloused raglan sleeves tied at the wrists and a casual swing tied at the neck, praised for wear over sports, day or evening attire.
Hats and Outfits Match in Smart Millinery Trends
Milliners fashion hats to complement slacks and dress ensembles using gingham seersucker pique and quilted calico. Coordinated hats with dress material create coordinated sets and taffeta silk neckwear and hat styles like the sailor shape enhance outfits with bow accents.
Lace adds dependable wear to cotton frocks
The article notes cotton laces designed for summer wear come in pastel and navy. Made into daytime frocks, they offer charming appearance with sturdy durability, reaching a level of assured wearability for the season.
Lightning strikes cow in barn fire injures wife
In Laceyville Pennsylvania a milking cow was struck by lightning. The bolt set the barn on fire trapping Mrs Champlavier beneath the cow. She was freed unharmed and the barn plus feed and grain were destroyed.
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Laceyville
Peter Champlavier
Champlavier
Five Symbols of Good Luck Quiz Questions
Five symbols of good luck asked. Then a set of trivia questions includes identifying a misnamed ingredient in a mayonnaise reference, the penitent thief, a camelopard, which wood is lightest among cork balsa and cherry, the difference between sinuate and insinuate, the Iron Horse baseball star, and whether Napoleon’s portrait has appeared on any country’s stamp.
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Iron Horse
Napoleon
Dictionary Quiz Answers in One Mixed List
A mixed list of items answers includes signs and symbols like horseshoe wishbone blue bird four leaf clover and rabbit foot onions Dismas giraffe balsa wood and sinuate versus insinuate definitions. The list also mentions Lou Gehrig and a note about Napoleon not appearing on postage stamps.
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Lou Gehrig
Napoleon
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