Glamorous Hollywood Lifestyles Inspire Real Estate Realities
The piece notes Corinne Griffith and Ruth Roland as old time stars modeling property as an investment. Paulette Goddard says she owns four rental houses for her mother to manage, while Georgia Carroll has bought and sold ten homes in a year. Gracie Fields laments Hollywood trends and recalls a Mayflower arrival mindset.
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Hollywood
Corinne Griffith
Ruth Roland
Paulette Goddard
Georgia Carrol
Kay Kyser
Columbia
Kyser
Marguerite Chapman
Kenny Baker Leaves Venus To Join Groucho Marx CBS Show
Kenny Baker quits the leading role in One Touch of Venus to join Groucho Marx on CBS for the summer. After the series ends he plans to stay on the program as a singer and co comedian with Marx.
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Kenny Baker
Groucho Marx
CBS
Baker
Marx
Georgia Burke Sets Return to Broadway for New York Filming
Georgia Burke planned to exit the cast of When a Girl Marries and depart for Hollywood to film the stage production Decision with United Artists. Preparations were made to edit her from the radio script and bid her farewell. The production, however, was announced to be filmed in New York for a United Artists release.
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Georgia Burke
Hollywood
New York
United Artists
Ann Thomas Cast as Casey in Abie's Irish Rose
Ann Thomas plays Casey in NBC's Abie's Irish Rose. She jokes about cutting her sixth wisdom tooth while balancing stage and radio work and quips about always being different.
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Ann Thomas
Casey
NBC
Abie
Replicas of Duffy’s Tavern Sprout on War Fronts
Replicas of Duffy’s Tavern appear at fighting fronts starting with a palm thatched hut on a South Seas island and spreading widely. Ed Archie Gardner is sending autographed pictures to decorate the walls of these makeshift taverns.
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Duffy
South Seas
Archie” Gardner
Truth or Consequences fans tally pennies for Marines
Ralph Edwards recall of Mrs Dennis Mullane flooded by 300000 pennies. Dennis Jr and Joseph Mullane, both marines, reunite on a South Pacific island. Edwards shares letter and photo from the Mullane sons as TV hosts tease upcoming changes and program notes.
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Ralph Edwards
Dennis Mullane
Edwards
Mullane
Dennis Jr
Joseph
South Pacific
Small town heroes rise in wartime battle lines
In a poem the speaker contrasts vast war fronts with small towns seen from trains. It honors Robert Johnsons and Richard Bongs and others from Lawton Piqua and similar places, who scarcely felt the speed of cities yet fight to defend the nation as the war effort assigns credit.
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Robert Johnsons
Richard Bongs
Lawton
Piqua
Sewing Circle Patterns Show Pretty Work Frock and Sun-Back Jumper
Sewing Circle presents Barbara Bell patterns No 1974 and 1979 for sizes ranging from 12 to 46. The buttoned front dress features a yoke collar and bias trim, while the sun-back jumper emphasizes a molded waist and hips. Yardage requirements and fabric widths are listed. heavy demand and wartime delays extend order fulfillment for popular numbers. Send orders to the instructed address.
Trouble in the Home Kaiser Mania Sparks Husband Revolt
An excerpt lampoons the craze about Henry Kaiser provoking marital strife across the nation. A husband, overwhelmed by chores from storm windows to plumbing, laments the endless Kaiser references and vows to quit the home, retreating to a hotel.
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Henry Kaiser
Boastful programs and wedding costs in a wry column
A humor column laments high wedding expenses with a fifty dollar plunk and twenty percent added. It recalls June weddings and sending gifts while criticizing radio ads and egg shortages in New York. The piece also jokes about H. G. Wells and Hitler, and rails at wartime economic and retail quirks.
Film Tweaks Made Lou Gehrig Appear Left Handed
The Pride of the Yankees used Gary Cooper to portray Lou Gehrig as a lefty in key close ups by flipping his uniform initials, shooting him at third base rather than first, and reversing the film negatives to simulate a southpaw gesture.
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Yankees
Gary Cooper
Lou Gehrig
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