Wartime stage notes and star swaps in Hollywood gossip
Phyllis Hamilton of Warners uses 9s era bustle fashion while knitting on stage. Warners trades Bette Davis to Samuel Goldwyn for Gary Cooper in Sergeant York. Crosby’s brother Bob leads in Malvina Swings It at RKO. Paramount recreates The Roundup with revived era style. Randolph Field cadets pick Veronica Lake as ideal co pilot for a stratosphere flight.
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Lavish Fur Styles Dominate Fall and Winter Fashion
The article hails fur as a major fashion message with wide varieties and inventive treatments. It highlights brown furs, beaver details on coats, fur hats, muffs, and elaborate fur trim on coats and tunics. Leopards and civet cat furs attract younger buyers with spotted patterns and bold accessories.
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Milady
Western Newspaper Union
Riot Red Dominates Collegiate Fashion This Season
A vivid riot red trend sweeps college style, starting with nail polish and extending through Teddy-bear jackets knitted helmets and pencil pouches. The dominant shade, described as a clear dark red, signals a young, bold fashion movement across campus.
Fabric Combination New Styling Theme
Designers push velvet and velveteen in new styling theme for coats and dresses. Velveteen trims and 50 50 blends with wools and velvets create striking effects with rever panels and suede accents.
Long Coat Costume Suits Shape Quiet Elegant Trend
The season favors long coat style costumes with minimal adornment. Women embrace simple elegance, a coat paired with a wide brim hat, and restrained decorative touches like light braiding or quilting. The look emphasizes beauty unadorned and practical elegance.
Patching Concrete and Home Repair Tips
Quick guidance on fixing cracks in concrete sidewalks and driveways and other home repairs. It covers patching with Portland cement mix, soaking old concrete, keeping patches wet, and alternative roofing cement. It also includes advice on noisy water pipes, rocking chair repairs, dry rock retaining walls, attic wasps disposal, stained shingles, round table dimensions, and upholstery cleaning.
Jumper and Blouse School Fashion for Girls
All school girls can wear a jumper with blouse as a top fashion. The pattern No. 1222-B offers a quick home made outfit with a fitted waist and trim stitching. Add a bolero for a versatile suit in corduroy velveteen or flannel fabrics.
Hollywood animal stars win trophies for famed performances
Collier's notes that animal actors receive fan mail autographs and trophies. Charmaine the female donkey won laurels in The Fighting Sixty-Ninth and Skippy the male dog gained fame as Asta in the Thin Man films.
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Hollywood
Charmaine
Skippy
Asta
Collier’s
Local Standards of Good Breeding Across Countries
The quote notes that good breeding varies by country and is largely local, with every sensible person imitating and conforming to the norms of the place they are in.
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Ellery Queen
Larry Darmour
Columbia Pictures
Ralph Bellamy
Chesterfield
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