Inheritance Talk at Lookout House Stirs Family Plans
Brooke Reyburn visits lawyer Jed Stewart to discuss Mrs. Dane estate. Disinherited nephew Mark Trent, wary of servants Henri and Clotilde, reveals a new will seen by family friend Mrs. Gregory. Thanksgiving dinner brings Brooke and Mark closer as Sam plans a new play and the house fills with neighbors.
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Brooke Reyburn
Jed Stewart
Mary Amanda Dane
Jed
Mark Trent
Jerry Field
Lookout House
Lucette
Sam
Mark
Clotilde
Lola Hunt Returns with Demands at Mark Trent House
Mark Trent confronts Lola Hunt who arrives with talk of alimony and a potential twenty thousand dollar offer to go abroad. Inspector Harrison arrives and Lola’s sharp wit triggers tense exchanges with Brooke Reyburn and Mrs. Gregory as old secrets surface at Lookout House.
Lookout House tensions rise over Lola Hunts presence
In the moonlit room Brooke Reyburn and two men discuss Lola Hunts alleged dishonesty and possible motives as Mrs. Anne Gregory resists Lola and hints at a village business plan. Inspector Harrison, Jed Stewart and Mark Trent face a web of suspicion and social pressure as the scene ends with a continuation promised.
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Lola Hunt
Brooke Reyburn
Stewart
Mark Trent
Mrs. Hunt
Mary Amanda Dane
Inspector Harrison
Miss Reyburn
Anne Gregory
Mark
Lola
Lookout House
Brooke
Goose Saves Courier Like a Trojan Bird Tale
A Washington Post writer recounts an ancient Chinese tale in which a courier is treacherously detained in the north. To deliver a message the emperor ties a letter to a wild goose and later, while hunting, shoots the bird, retrieves the letter, and resends the messenger.
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Washington Post
Edible garnishes and step family etiquette queries
Readers ask about eating garnishes and about naming step parents and announcing engagements. Mrs. Post advises that edible garnishes may be eaten, stepchildren decide what to call a younger stepparent, and diplomacy matters when leaving a bridge club. Engaged individuals should have relatives announce engagements, not the person themselves.
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Mrs. Post
From Mail Carriers to Mighty Studios
A compact profile recalls Walt Disney starting as a Chicago mail carrier and building Mickey Mouse after early art ventures in Kansas City and Hollywood. It contrasts William Fox rising from poverty in New York to head a $200 million film empire, illustrating how courage and work forge success.
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Walt Disney
Chicago
Mickey Mouse
Kansas City
America
William
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Third Street
Central Park
United States
William Fox Rose
WNU Service
STAR DUST Movie Radio Stardust Highlights Hollywood Shifts
Star Dust highlights Evelyn's secret lead opposite James Cagney in Grand National's Something to Sing About and credits Victor Schertzinger for the opportunity. It notes Hollywood fashions from Sigrid Gurie to Gypsy Rose Lee, mentions new pros like Jimmy Foran, Opal Craven’s lullaby program, and anecdotes about stars and radio shows shaping 1930s cinema culture.
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Ben Daw
Hollywood
James Cagney
Victor Schertzinger
Janet Gaynor
Grace Moore
Evelyn
Sigrid Gurie
United Artists
Gary Cooper
Marco Polo
Louise Hovick
Gypsy Rose Lee
Opal Craven
Frank Black
The
Continentals
Chicago
Informal Lace Cover for Six O’Clock Dinner
Mrs. Post says a lace table cover is proper for a six o’clock informal dinner if it is becoming to the room and to the setting. The guidance notes suitability depends on overall decor and tableware harmony.
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Taku
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Mr. Stewart
Mrs. Gregory
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Henri Jacques
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Mrs. Dane
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Trent
Hunt
Wade
Thear
Bert Hunt
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Emily Post
William Fox
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Virginia Vale
Carole Lombard
Clark Gable
Clark
Nick Foran
Jimmy
Princeton Medical School
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Buddy de Sylva
Washington
Robert Taylor
Joan Crawford
Luise Rainer
Grand National
Claudette Colbert
Paris
Barbara Stanwyck
Marlene Dietrich
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
M-G-M
Jean Harlow
Saratoga
Paul
Robeson
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
W.C. Fields
Jack Benny
Western Newspaper Union
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