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In a New York World building chronicle a circle of writers and Hollywood figures including Maxwell Anderson Louis Weitzenkorn Phil Stong James Cain Dudley Nichols Paul Sifton and Ben Burman pursue careers with Burman winning the Southern Authors award for Blow for a Landing. Burman's rise follows a tale of a dime bought with buns and a studio encounter culminating in marriage to his editor wife who illustrated his works.
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Maxwell Anderson
Louis Weitzenkorn
Phil Stong
Stong
James Cain
Young
Dudley Nichols
Paul Sifton
Ben Burman
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Federal Wage Board
Burman
Will Rogers
Mississippi
Damascus
Sahara Desert
Bagdad
Star Dust and Gunga Din Shine in 1940s Film Lineup
The column previews upcoming films with stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr Cary Grant and Victor McLaglen in Gunga Din and Sam Jaffee in the title role. It also notes Metro’s Stand Up and Fight with Robert Taylor and Edward Small’s The Man in the Iron Mask with Louis Hayward and James Whale directing. It mentions Deanna Durbin First Love with Charles Boyer and radio figure Fred Allen through 1941.
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Selznick to produce Swanee River on Foster life
David Selznick announced a film project Swanee River based on the life of Stephen Foster, the acclaimed composer of American songs. RKO also signed comedian Joe Penner to a new contract.
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Stephen Foster
America
RKO
Joe Penner
Hazards of alcohol in a machine age sermon
A sermon warns that alcohol fuels highway deaths and social ruin. It contrasts liquor’s festive mask with its damage, urges spiritual warfare against fleshly appetites, and calls for following God’s will over self-will during modern temptations.
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Satan
Gold Coast
Earth
Will H. Houghton
When He Doesn't Worry His Satanic Majesty
A fragment notes a theme of fear and belief, contrasting worry with a conclusion about existence. It mentions Satanic majesty and a man who questions whether there is any purpose behind worry.
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