Story of Amos Croy and Homer Croy student to author
Amos Croy and his wife homesteaded in Missouri where Homer Croy was born and completed school. He moved to New York to work for a woman's magazine, married, and had two children. His first novel was Boones Bot. After losing his parents, the family toured Europe where Homer Jr. fell ill and died. Americans aided them, showing the strength of the country ties.
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Amos Croy
Missouri
Homer
Owen Davis Jr
RKO
Vinton Freedley
Skowhegan
Maine
Herbert E. Swett
America
Melville Burke
New York
Owen Davis
Cray
Mamma
Ethel Barrymore
Boston Papers
Boston
Chance
Variety
Portland
Broadway
Freedley
Hollywood
Howard Lindsay
Dorothy Stickney
Dorothy
Clarence Day
From Pecks to Broadway: My Honeymoon Play Dream
A humorous memoir recounts the ascent from scrappy film work and paying off debts to meeting Owen Davis and selling a play. The author chronicles the whirlwind of contracts, production hopes, Maine stock theater, and a Broadway break that fades under a Variety review.
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Vinton Freedley
Owen
Skowhegan
Maine
Father
Concerto and other film notes from Western News Union
Western News Union reports Borzage backs Concerto as his first Republic picture with an original story by Borden Chase who earned 100000 for it. Peggy Constance, 13, to debut as an actress and pianist, with Borzage establishing a scholarship for her concert path. Highlights include NBC airs of new works by Salti, Belmont and credits for Union Pacific Scouts, They Were Expendable and Dakota in development, plus notes on John Ford, Bill Williams and McHugh brothers.
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Bank Borzage
Republic
Borden Chase
Peggy Constance
Hollywood
Borzage
Mary Carr
Union Pacific Scouts
Thomas Carr
Sunset Carson
Welles Edges In For Tomorrow Is Forever Scene
Orson Welles works a solo turn for Tomorrow Is Forever with Claudette Colbert and George Brent as camera adjustments nudge him closer. Welles jokes about always edging up to be the whole show while colleagues and crew note the challenge of on screen presence.
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Orson Welles
Claudette Colbert
George Brent
Joe Valentine
Welles
Pattern No 8767 sizes and yardage details
Pattern No 8767 covers sizes 12 14 16 18 20 40 42 with 3 yards of fabric for size 14 dress and 13 yards for jacket with short sleeves. Due to high demand and war conditions, filling orders for some popular patterns may take longer.
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Chicago
Stevens
Wisconsin
Stan
Eastern Insurance Company
Insurance Company
Croy Farm
Middle West
East 76Th Street
Hotel Astor
Richard J. Madden
Madden
New York Times
Richard“J. Madden
Max Gordon
Alfred de Liagre
Western News Union
Virginia Vale
Frank Black
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Menotti Salti
Salti
Anne Blythe
Mona Freeman
Fay Emerson
Zachary Scott
Dakota Territory
Joseph Kane
Dakota
Metro
Key Biscayne
Fla
John Ford
Robert Montgomery
John Wayne
Bill Williams
Richard Kerbel
Reo
Ding Dong Williams
Richard
Carnegie Hall
McHugh
Leo McCarey
Frank McHugh
Bing Crosby
Frank
McCarey
Rainbow
Firestone
al A
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Montgomery
San Francisco
Calif
Morgan's Creek
Paramount Picture
McKesson & Robbins
Bridgeport
Conn
Ven Hye Wo
Wrens Ay Cep Sons Ban
SOS
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