Take A Letter Darling at Tivoli A Laughing Secretarial Spoof
Fred McMurray plays a job desperate secretary to Rosalind Russell in Take A Letter Darling at the Tivoli. The cast includes Robert Benchley Constance Moore and MacDonald Carey. Also showing were Crossroads with Hedy Lamarr and William Powell, Broadway at Tivoli, and a Mickeys Birthday Party cartoon with newsreels.
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Fred McMurray
Paramount
Rosalind Russell
Tivoli Theater
McMurray
MacMurray
Robert Benchley
Constance Moore
MacDonald Carey
Mickey
Universal News
Hedy Lamarr
Wm. Powell
William Powell
M-G-M
Tivoli
Powell
Claire Trevor
Basil Rathbone
Paris
Miss Lamarr
Rathbone
Miss Trevor
March of Time
Universal News Reel
Broadway
Universal
New York
Roaring ‘20S’, Which Is Showing At the Tivoli
George Raft
Pat O'Brien
Raft
Jane Blair
Anne Gwynne
Brad Crawford
Hollywood
Hollywood Notes on Commandos and Dieppe Ripples
Hollywood reporting on film industry reactions to the Dieppe raid and the term Commandos in development projects. Notes include studio responses to military terms, shifts in scripts such as Kim and The Human Comedy, and industry gossip about contracts and personal lives among actors and agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay Paul Harrison
NEA
Hollywood
Dieppe
America
Martin Greene
Marié Wilson
RKO
Adonis DeMilo
Kipling
Kim
Metro
India
Mickey Racner
William Saroyan
Saroyan
Alan Ladd
Sue Caro
Lynn Barr
Walter Kane
Phi Terry
Hollywood Notables and War Bond Drive News
Lionel Barrymore was rejected for a romantic lead at the opera house and soon after married Joan Crawford. George Montgomery’s pay jumped from 250 to 1250 a week under a new contract. Red Skelton revived from a breakdown by contract revision at Metro. Paramount profits soar amid high taxes. A wedding in Washington ties Miss Marguerite Roberson to Paul Hobanks with ties to Georgia and Wisconsin. They will live in Silver Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Ramantic
Joan Crawford
Hollywood
Paulette Goddard
Teddy Trueboy
George Montgomery
Montana
Red Skelton
Metro
Rouben Mamoulian
Greta Garbo
van Swede
Leslie Bush
L. D. Nichols
Mary Lou
Betty Duke
Washington
G. W. Pearl
Nannette
Baltimore
Gertrude Crawford
Arys K. Green
Jaanita Smallwood
Charles Town
W. E. Kellian
Fox Miskell
Point of Rocks
B. M. Stallings
William Donovan
Brunswick
Leon Donovan
A. C. Morgan
Augusta Morgan Phillips
Snepherdstown
Arys Green
Marguerite Roberson
Paul Hobanks
Georgia
Wisconsin
Capitol City
Kellar Memorial Lutheran Church
Bolivar
G. E. Webb
Cumberland
Silver Spring
Community Highlights From Bolivar And Nearby Towns
Local social notes report visits and travel across Bolivar Harpers Ferry and surrounding areas. Families like Webb Claggett Reed Weaver Noose Murphy and Johnson are mentioned with trips to Atlantic City Hagerstown Pittsburgh Bay Shore and Washington. Mills enlists in the Navy and several relatives are noted as visiting or staying with kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivar
Lester Webb
Seymour Claggett
Baltimore
Harpers Ferry
William Reed
Marvin Weaver
Atlantic City
N. J
Jack Hedican
Hagerstown
Louise Winfield
Washington
Winfield
Mary Gardner
Linden Johnson
Winters
Miss Johnson
Alexandria
Johnson
Briscoe Noose
Chicago
Eugene Nonse
Camp Hill
Mary Jane Murphy
Guy Murphy
Pittsburgh, Pa
Earl Kronk
Pvt
Lewis Kronk
Ella Hackley
Nickles
Bay Shore
Irene Walter
Takoma Park
J. W. Ramshill
C. M. Mowers
Tommy
Mills
John L. Mills
Brunswick
Navy
Norfolk
Kathleen Webb
Proliwar
O Bake
Eliza McCormick
Catherine Butts
Schnauffer Hospital
Clarion Robinson
Williamsport
Jack Slaughter
George Smith
Julia Bridges
Martinsburg
Callaghan
St. Azabeth’s Church
Ailes
Bolivar Heights
Evan Nason
Pittsfield
Mass
Wilbur Winters
G. E. Webb
B. W. Crim
Summitts Point
Vorkes
Lewis Edwards
Marcus Carper
King’s Daughters Hospital
Ralph Bush
Itford
Conn
Time Your Exits For Best Results
A bridge analysis of the hand shows East’s decisions on exits. The opening heart lead and the later exits shape the squeeze and force errors by the defense. The final exit proves costly, leaving East vulnerable to a blackwood-like squeeze if West holds the ace of diamonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Declarer
Trump
South
West
Spain
Opera House Pictures For Coming Week
A lineup at the Opera House includes Lionel Barrymore, Donna Reed, and Philip Dorn in Dr Gillespie related drama plus a Holland study under him. Henry Maynard and John Payne star in To The Shores Of Tripoli with Maureen O’Hara and Randolph Scott. Gene Autry headlines Call of the Canyon at City Opera House with Smiley Burnette and Joe Strauch Jr. Also featured are Latest Pathe News Chapter 9 Junior G-Men and The Ducktater cartoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acre
Lionel Harrymore
Philip Born
Downs Need
Gilliespig
We Cry
Taar Tay Tan
Barrssuore
Darn
Ava Coe
Lings
South
Lionel Barrymore
Dr. Gillespie
Donna Reed
Philip Dorn
New York
Holland
Gillespie
Pathe
Nooka
Story of Marines
John Payne
Maureen O'Hara
Randolph Scott
Tripol
Frederick
Cite Opera House
Solomon Islands
Tripoli
Better Bow Lng
Gene Autrey
Call of the Canyon
City Opera House
Johnson Packing Co
Ruth Terry
Smiley Burnette
Joe Strauch, Jr
Frog Milhouse
More Rain In Eastern Frederick County Report
Weather Bureau observer George P. Von Ettl Jr notes August rainfall in Unionville exceeds Frederick by 3.53 inches through the first 25 days, with Unionville at 9.84 inches. June and July figures show Unionville consistently higher, linked to frequent local thunderstorms and flash floods. A separate War Production Board note mentions a new Services Branch addressing industry service institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Frederick
Unionville
George P. von Ettl
Weather Bureau
U. S. Department of Commerce
Services
War Production Board
Extravagant wives and age gaps threaten marriages
Dorothy Dix counsels that many men are ruined by wives who overspend on clothes and social pretenses. She urges husbands to limit spending and take control of finances, allowing fair allowances and shared costs, especially where wives also earn. A separate Q&A notes a 22 year age gap can pass with true love, but often harms happiness if one partner is not aligned.
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Mass
Legionalsom
Dis
Mike
Tim
Mic
the Bell Syndicate. Inc
Cantrel Recants and Attacks Charter Movement in Montgomery
Cantrel recants and claims political opponents including professional pelicans and job holders attempt to bias Montgomery County charter reform. Miss Lescevney, Mrs Walter Perry, and Joseph Cantrel, officials and lawyers, denounce the charter drive as driven by the Democratic machine, while Cantrel emphasizes the need for voters to decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roulkville
Walter Perry
Montgomery County Charter Committee
Lescevney
Pelicans
Job Bhulders
Liem
Charter
Joseph Cantrel
Bond Sith
Vans
Persary
Democratic Machine
Cantret
Montgomery County
Fragmented Read Yet Readable Local Notice
A scrambled clipping mentions a county official's salary of 4600 and remarks about gullibility. It also references theater showings titled Porky's Midnight Matinee and Perté of the Royal Mounted, with dates Friday and Saturday and a note about a reader seeing a show at the Ritter theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic Ethic de Ellas
Porky
Perté of
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Powell and Lamarr
Opera House
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William EF
McKenney Americas Card Authority
Lionel Barrymore Tops
Dr. Cillespie
U.S.A
Markell& Ford
TOAL
Dorothy Dix
Peter
Aoman
North Court St
Phane
Reo Aurvey
A. C, Palmer
Frederick, Md
Frederick County National Bank
North Market Street
Federal Depost Insurance Corporation
Caprice
Cambridge
Hemsberg Tennety Store
KEY Hotel Bldg
Cantrel
Montgomery
Smith
Atc. W Moakngey West
Wark Bros, Theatres
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Gcejeliiverte
Rosalind
Zeae
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Roz
Fred
Mitchell
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Nyoka
Billy the Kid IN
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Guniga
G-Men OF the Air
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