Beautys Daughter Kathleen Norris
Victoria Herrendeen a lively girl witnesses family upheaval as Keith Herrendeen loses his fortune and Magda seeks pleasure with Ferdy Manners while Victoria questions loyalties grows up amid moves marriage and divorce plots. Magda marries Manners and settles in Argentina while Keith remarries as Victoria trains to be a nurse and faces Ferdys advances during Europe plans. Etched in 1920s social drama with wealth decline and constant tension.
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Victoria Herrendeen
Keith Herrendeen
San Francisco
Magda
Victoria
Keith
Herrendeens
Ferdy Manners
Argentina
Manners
Nevada
Catherine
Catherine Magda
Europe
Ferdy
Vic
South America
Olagda
Lucas Farmer
Mill Valley weekend with Dr. Hardisty stirs Vic
Victoria navigates a wavering love triangle and looming separation as Magda plans a voyage to Tahiti leaving Vic to face a perilous choice. Dr. Quentin Hardisty’s magnetic pull tests Vic’s independence amid family illness, trust, and a risky Mill Valley retreat invitation.
The Uphams Cabin Scene and Sermon Lesson
A lean Chinese boy serves provisions in a mountain cabin with blue canvas curtains and a terrace view. The text shifts to a March 28 lesson on Jesus resurrection, emphasizing faith, evidence, personal responsibility, and following Christ.
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Vic
Fat Tellis
Cole Tellis
Victoria
Star Dust Movie Radio Highlights Upcoming Film Talks
Film pages discuss The Woman Alone with Oscar Homolka and Sylvia Sidney, plus notes on Dead End auditions for Sylvia Sidney and Ann Dvorak. Also covered are Jean Sablon's appeal to studios, Love Is News cast hints, Tyrone Power and Loretta Young pairings, W C Fields recovery hopes, Zasu Pitts return to Hollywood, and Laughton as English guide and gift donor.
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Gaumont- British
Oscar Homolka
Sylvia Sidney
Ann Dvorak
Samuel Goldwyn
Mr. Goldwyn
Hollywood
Ann
Tyrone Power
Don Ameche
Loretta Young
Carol Tevis
Minnie Mouse
Zasu Pitts
England
New York
RKO
Charles Laughton
Red
Laughton
London
Zasu
Death and Taxes: Franklin's Certainties Highlighted
The text notes that Benjamin Franklin likely first stated that only two things are certain death and taxes in a 1789 letter to M. Leroy. It discusses the phrase contrasting the new Constitution's uncertainties with these absolutes and cites Dickens’ David Copperfield as echoing the idea.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
M. Leroy
French Academy of Sciences
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield
Barkis
The House in Order
The beauty of the house is order and contentment. hospitality crowns the home with godliness.
Screen shocks and returns to health in desert training note
John Barrymore’s reaction to his on screen image leads him to retreat to the desert with a trainer for two weeks of intensive work. He returns appearing healthier and ten years younger. Gertrude Michael recovers after hospitalization and starts work in There Goes My Girl with Lee Tracy as the star reporter. Paul Muni keeps his beard for The Life of Emile Zola. Shirley Temple advances to the fourth grade and is described as highly capable in performing arts.
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Florence Flood Dickenson
Dicky
Herrendeen
Miss Rockwood
Vicky
Dr. Hardisty
Louise Mary Keating
Miss Keating
Vic
Helen Geer
Victoria
Quentin
Johnny
Dr. Keats
Quentin Hardisty
Gwen
Dr. Hardist
John Barrymore
Gertrude Michael
Lee Tracy
Star
Paul Muni
Emile Zola
Shirley Temple
Western Newspaper Union
Foreign Phrases and Advertised Health Claim Compilation
A list of Latin and French phrases with translations such as Semper paratus and Dies irae, followed by a dated advertising claim for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets made of May Apple. The ad asserts these pellets remove accumulated body waste and cites oral testimonial style language.
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Vox Populi
Vox Dei
Dr. Pierce
Lost Virtues Lost in Self Interest Quote
A fragment reflects Rochefoucauld style noting virtues vanish when self interest prevails, comparing to streams losing themselves in the sea.
Adlerika Double Action laxative promises quick relief
Advert reads Adlerika a liquid laxative with seven cathartic ingredients. It claims rapid relief from gas and bowel congestion within two hours and promotes a thorough cleansing. The product is endorsed by doctors and druggists for 35 years and sold at leading druggists.
The Greedy Slave Who Covets More Is Evermore a Slave
A compact moral line from Herrick notes that boundless desire confines the person. It reflects a caution against insatiable greed and the lasting bondage of craving.
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Evermore
Herrick
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God
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Mr. Sablon
Paris
W. C. Fields
Paramount
Jack Benny
Fred Allen
Easy Aces
Sum
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Harold L. Lundquist
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
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la Bruyere
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