Glamour and gossip from Hollywood stars of 1940s era
The column catalogs Lana Day and Laraine Day glamourizations, contracts for guest stars, extended tours by Victor Borge and Lily Pons, Eleanor Steber and Percy Faith's CBS radio slot, and playful anecdotes about John Loder, Ethel Barrymore, Henry Sylver's theme song, Wei Hsueh's Dragon Seed role, Music While You Work, Ellen Drew's marriage and casting, plus odds and ends about Road to Utopia protests, Walter Huston’s Pillar to Post, and Reginald Owen’s hair loss in Kitty.
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Hope
Crosby
Lamour
Walter Huston
Warner’s
Moscow
Sara Paddon
Reginald Owen
Kitty
Paulette Goddard
Cleopatra's Needle and Other Quick Quiz Facts
The needle in New York’s Central Park is Cleopatra's Needle an ancient obelisk. The First Lady born in England refers to Lady Bird Johnson born in Texas not England. The last book of the Old Testament in the King James Version is Malachi. A gimlet is used to drink cocktails or flavor drinks, especially gin lime juice and sugar. Comedian Fred Allen's real name was Daniel Hale Janney. The American nicknamed The Great Commoner was William Jennings Bryan.
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England
James Versiam
Fred Alen
The
Obelisk and Notable Names Highlight Confederate Era Memoir
Fragmentary notes mention an obelisk and several figures including Mrs John Quincy Adams born in London with American father Malachi, a person named John F Sullivan, and Henry Clay, suggesting a historical figure listing or tribute context.
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John Quincy Adams
London
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Sonina
Boody Rogers
Gene Byrnes
CORP
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Auti
Hert
Len Kless
Mlich
Peggy
Eve
Sean
Hussy
SONY
POP
Kane
Thre Woods
J. Millar Watt
the Bell SynDicate, Inc
University OF Southern
California
By Frank Webb
Ecarlen Ercliege
Cross Town
By Roland Coe
Buck
Clyde Lewis
Virginia
Western
Union
Fter
Laraine Day
Mary Lamont
RKO
Alan Marshal
Laraine
Chamber Music Society of
Lower Basin Street
Johnnie Johnston
Victor Borge
Andre Kostelanets
Lily Pons
Persian Gulf War
Eleanor Steber
Percy Faith
CBS
Hedy Lamarr
John Loder
Loder
Ethel Barrymore
Hollywood
Paper Salvagers
Henry Sylver
Mutual
Metro
Wei Hsueh
Peiping
British Broadcasting Corporation
United States
Ellen Drew
Cy Bartlett
Top Gas
Boris Karloff
Malachi
John F Sullivan
Henry Clay
Ana
Washington
Ogden
U Or
2Nd South
Main
Salt Lake
City
Uxii
Cas
Salt Lake Desk
NCE
West Broadway
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Barber College &A
Regent Bt
Utah
Frank Ball
Lydis E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Stea
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