Whimsical Portraits of Broadway Characters and News Tales
A kaleidoscopic parade of colorful personalities fills the page. From a Broadway hag and a 3rd Avenue talker to a Stork Club barkeep and a Park Avenue bettor, the piece threads together comic vignettes, theatrical anecdotes, and sharp quips about public figures. It also notes Maurice Barrymore’s vaudeville wish, Busby Berkeley era chatter, and foreign political ironies, all set against urban scenes and social mores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie
Broadway
3Rd Avenue Gj
T-Pan Alley
Sind Street
Stork
Grand Fretzal Station
Radio stars and milestones from the era's airwaves
Celebratory notes on CBS performers and programs including 15 years on air for screen radio, Warner Bros 20th anniversary of talking pictures, names like Cecil Roy Nan Merriam Evelyn Knight and Ralph Edwards, plus charity appearances and unique radio bits from the 1940s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CBS
Kyle Smith
Warner Bros
Warner Theater
New York
Hollywood fashion and showbiz notes from an old column
Columbia Pictures advertised for eight gorgeous goddesses for Down to Earth, drawing 200 hopefuls. Gene Kelly, in uniform, briefly created backstage buzz behind the New York circus during a visit with his daughter and Emmett Kelly. Metro held a cocktail party for Van Johnson with a $2.40 milk toast. Janis Paige wore a black glass bead dress weighing 30 pounds in Her Kind of Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Pictures
Gene Kelly
New York
Mall
Emmett Kelly
Metro
van Johnson
Van
Janis Paige
Decorate Home with Roses in All Sizes Pattern
An old catalog style notice promotes rose designs for home decoration. It describes patterns for borders chair backs drawer fronts and full rose motifs in various sizes. Directions for painting and applying the galterra style are indicated, with scattered garbled text throughout.
Emblem of U N First To Use Air Age Map
The emblem of the United Nations appears on the first symbolic device by a political body to bear the air age map within an olive wreath. The map, drawn on the azimuthal equidistant projection, shows all countries in their geographical relation to the North Pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Organization
North Pole
Kellogg's All-Bran Praise Letter To Readers
An unsolicited testimonial from Wellman Thrush of Wabash Indiana extols Kellogg's All-Bran for relief from constipation. The letter claims daily All-Bran use for 11 years improves digestion and suggests drinking water, trying it in muffins, and returning an empty carton for a money back offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg
Wellman Thrush
Wabash
Indiana
Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Kellogg's
Omaha
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fteman
Ty Hinterland
Madison Ave
Ted Breton
Maurice Barrymore
Chicago
Maurice
George Castle
Jack Haley
Gromyko
U.N
Haley
Louella Parsons
Bob Benchley
Spain
Emilar
Hitler
Bettwood Brown
Brown
H. L
Menck
Ecoreign
Stetuo Asylums
Susan Turner
Vassar College
Poughkerpsie
N. Y
Vassar
Saignelegier
Bernese Jura
Switzerland
Shanghai
Ada Kehan
San Francisco
New Orleans
Farmers Union Co-op
Alfred
N. C
John Henne
Floyd Johnston
Milt Holton
Eric Ziemann
la Moure County
Farmers Times
Jimmy Fortner
Spanish Fort
Texas
Panama
Enrique Jimines
Antonio Pino
Virginia
Mutual
Stan Fritts
Elizabeth
N. J
Cecil Roy
Nan Merriam
National Federation of Music Clubs
NBC
Evelyn Knight
Lanny Ross
Brazil
Ralph Edwards
Buster Rans
Ralph
American Cancer Society
Kate Smith
Carialeuwr
Pattero
Galterra
Dietso
Ruth Werth
Bedford Hills
O'Sullivan
America
Sata
Sole
Kim
Drang
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