Woven loyalties clash in Covington family tale
Kathleen Maguire observes her mother Laura forsaking wealth for love with Michael Maguire while sister Shirley, poised and principled, hides silent pain. The piece portrays class and loyalty pressures as Laura contemplates past choices, Mike’s mayoral burdens, and the looming social circles of Mrs. Newsom and Mrs. Mays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone
Shirley
Kathleen
Mother
Michael Mewuire
Mike
Fatty Boncher
Meeuire
Daseto
Covington
Milo
Civic Auditorium
Pabod
Nuke
Shirl
Mra, Mays
Silently Busy Sisters Finish Dress Fittings
In a tense moment Shirley Maguire snaps at her sister Kathleen as they fuss over Laura's garish dress. Kathleen feigns fatigue to hide fears, while Shirley's violet eyes glisten in the mirror, both avoiding talk of hidden tensions and distant dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley
Kathleen
Aneres Ping
Ann Shirley
Shirley Maguire
Laura
Sis
Kath
America
Mada Uy
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Vintage Hollywood Notes on Filmmaking and Stars
An Australian or foreign-sourced slice highlights Eliott Nugent directing a Nothing But the Truth scene by long distance from Hollywood while Dewey Wrigley shoots in Miami Beach. Marjorie Reynolds, Tim Holt, and a raft of western stars populate the roster, with Joan Fontaine, Cary Grant, Lana Turner, Ingrid Bergman and Spencer Tracy noted in various assignments and honors. The piece threads industry moves, contracts, and cross country filming plans across 1940s screen culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliott Nugent
Paramount Sound
Hollywood
Dewey Wrigley
Biscayne Boulevard
Miami Beach
Fla
Wrigley
Nugent
Marjorie Reynolds
Buck Jones
Tex Ritter
Bud Baker
George O'Brien
Gene Autry
RKO Radi
Tim Holt
Bohl
Idaho
Home Maintenance Tips From a Period Manual
Practical household guidance on damp basement walls, cleaning suede with vinegar and a wire brush, extending broom life by hanging from the handle, roofing over old shingles, washing lines and pins, preventing smudges on laundry, bread in cabbage pots to curb odors, and preparing wood with linseed oil before new putty to avoid absorption.
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West McCavee
Walu
Kashleen Draguire Ds
The
Newsums
Jad
Kathleen’eters
Ratheen
Andre
Mrs. Mays
Jenson's
Michael Maguire
Mays
Eugene Mays
New York
Kathlen
Kathleen Maguire
Abe
Shireley
Virginie Vale
Western
Marjorie Reginolds
Joan Crawford
Melvyn Dough
Conrad Veidt
Glen
Edmond O'Brien
Nancy Kelly
RKO
Parachute Battalion
Harold Lloyd
O'Brien
Nancy
Paraschute Battalion
Twentieth Century-Fox
Preston Foster
Herry Carey
Joan Fontaine
Cary Grant
Honolulu
Tahiti
Paga-Paga
Spencer Tracy
Hut
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Mayde
Lana Turmer
Ingrid Berman
Sky Over
Britain
British War Relief Society
Mutual Network
Great Britain
Amere Leas
Anna Neagle
Sony
Aliss Neagle
Alan Robertson
Sunny
England
John Barrymmore
Big Steve
Marz Brochars
Auwries
London
Ormerd
Lowton
Orson Belles
Huey Long
Muirreilt
Wirecontein Mining Coun
Darlin Weill
Triscille
Burbank
Catif
Rowar
Mouin
Iquiser
Santene
Lyata E. Pinkham
Pintham
Westast
Will Shakespeare
Dell
Lemiemt
Wse Fleischmann
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