Hollywood Radio and TV Stars in Flight From Stage to Screen
A garbled overview describes Corinne Griffith and others migrating from radio to film, noting Paulette Goddard owning rental houses, Georgia Carroll and Gracie Fields joining Hollywood, and radio stars like Kenny Baker and Georgia Burke shifting to TV and stage work. It mentions Ed Archie's Duffy's Tavern pins, Ralph Edwards and Truth or Consequences' audience pandemonium, and upcoming shifts in CBS and United Artists plans with various stars awaiting filming and roles.
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Corinne Griffith
Art Roland
Paupit Goddard
geotGia Carrol
Kay Kyser
Colum
Giorgia Burke
Hollywood
Fes
New York
United Artists
Behind the Scenes Talk and Wartime Quips in 1940s News
Newspaper chitchat recalls De Gaulle’s unpopularity whispers and wartime banter about leaders. It highlights a prankish Nazi POW who escaped Camp Crowder by disguising as a WAC with a wrong hat, ending in capture.
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de Gaulle
Too
Willkie
Roosevelt
Churchill
FDR
Mr. C
Giraud
Curious Courtroom Exchange and Wartime Banter
A Supreme Court moment features a man wishing to change his name. Levy dismisses the motion with wit. A bomber crew tale from Switzerland is recounted, with a Swiss anti aircraft unit warning neutrality and playful shells replies. Lowell Mellett receives a long awaited $5 raise from the St Louis Post Dispatch after decades of persistence.
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U. S
Switzerland
Lowell Mellett
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Mellett
Colgum
Buttoned dress with yoke collar and bias trim
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1974 offers a buttoned front dress design in sizes 14 through 46. The pattern highlights a yoke collar and bright bias-binding trim and specifies fabric needs for size 16 as 31/2 yards of 95 or 33-inch material.
A Circle waist and hip lines pattern No 1979 jacket add on
Barbara Bell pattern No 1979 for sizes 12 to 42. Size 14 needs 444 yards of 39 inch fabric. High demand and wartime conditions delay some orders. send orders to the specified address. A humorous aside recalls a college dean math remark and a guard password joke from This Week.
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Barbara Bell
Sun-back jumper dress gains popularity for comfort
The sun-back jumper dress becomes a popular choice for its wearable comfort and molded fit, drawing attention for its flattering silhouette and easy styling.
Trick Ploy Lets Lou Gehrig Look Lefty On Screen
In The Pride of the Yankees actor Gary Cooper played Lou Gehrig and was made to appear left handed by reversing his club initials on the uniform, filming him at third base, and then reversing the negatives to produce a southpaw effect.
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Oop
Camp Crowder
WAC
Yankees
Gary Cooper
Lou Gehrig
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