Olivier Talks Hollywood Life and Wuthering Heights Casting
The article notes Olivier’s ambivalence toward films after stage success in London and New York. He describes being fired during a Hollywood stint and recalls near misses with Greta Garbo and Queen Christina. The piece also covers radio ventures, casting tidbits, and industry mood about actors balancing screen and radio work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurence Olivier
Hollywood
Merle Oberon
Greta Garbo
Garbo
Mr. Olivier
New York
Curse of Progress Brings Bridget to Consider Marriage
Dennis timidly asks Bridget if she ever thought of marriage. Bridget, coy and modest, replies that the subject has never entered her mind. Dennis, sighing, says he is sorry and starts to leave before Bridget stops him with a prompt to reconsider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Crosby
Bing
Seattle
Patricia
Uncle Bing
Bridget
Dennis
Good Enough Evidence Manager
A comic exchange unfolds with a manager asking about Mr. Brown’s whereabouts and a clerk noting the caller speaks only in brief phrases to his wife. The humor centers on the limited dialogue heard over the phone as proof of life or intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brown
Stray Stories Magazine
Cottage Pudding Beam Gaffe in Matrimonial Tale
The bride mistakes a cake mix for cottage pudding and exclaims she has grasped a beam. The groom Justwed calls her remark charming, revealing a playful domestic mishap in a lighthearted snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Justwed
Make This Useful Bag on a Hanged Make This Useful Bag on a Hanged
Ruth Wyeth Spears offers instructions for a versatile fabric bag with French seams and a top hole for a hanging hook. The pattern fits a yard of bright tie and suits closets or sewing rooms, with notes on finishing and gifting ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Wyeth
Wise and Otherwise: Quick Wits and Wry Sayings
A collection of pithy aphorisms on rumor courtship marriage and work. It playfully contrasts self praise with reality noting that success often comes from others and ends with a humorous image of an absent minded gangster firing his secretary.
Classified Advertising Urges Trade or Sell Items
A brief notice promotes classified ads as a cheap way to trade or sell unwanted items. It highlights low cost and broad audience appeal for readers with items they no longer need.
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Seamokic
Alta
ED Wheelan
Butch
Frank Jay Markey Syndicate, Inc
Lala Palooza
Rube Goldberg
Lala
Imarry
Romeo
Crook
Pop
By C. M. Payne
Mou
Hes
Dongha
BY S. L. Huntley
Muley Bates
J. Millar Watt
Olivier
Virginia Vale
Mr. Goldwyn
Wuthering Heights
Hole
Fred Astaire
Hermes Pan
Nick Stadler
Mother Nature
Lanny Ross
John Griggs
Zero Smith
Howie Wing
Sinclair Lewis
Fay Wray
Griggs
Bob Becker
NBC
Western Newspaper Union
Laurence Olivier
Curse of
Mortmer J. Meek
Gluyas Williams
Epdie
T Hey
Bell Syndicate
Plato
Tee
Tillotson
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