Hollywood Stars and Screen Details Across Paramount News
Dorothy Lamour fame stems from the sarong in The Greatest Show on Earth while Gene Tierney jokes about slacks on Beverly Drive. News notes include Detective Story screenings, Reno crime drama The Tightrope, Rosemary Clooney’s Paramount deal in The Golden Circle, and Joan Crawford naming Holden as sexiest.
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Orothy Lamour
Paramount
Cecil B. ‘DeMille
Iron Jaw
Herbie Kay
Gene Tierney
Hollywood
Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills
Joan Crawford
Rosemary Clooney
Tom Morton
20Th Century-Fox
Nellie
William Holden
Junie Crosby
Bing
Bob
Mr. McChesney
MGM
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Ethel Barrymore
Small Bathroom Planning Makes Space Work Hard
The article urges careful design of compact bathrooms to maximize storage and usability. It covers layout, built in units, floors, lighting, and first floor powder rooms to reduce congestion, with tips on storage, wall space, and affordable dressing areas.
Once Over. Book Blues Down Are Chips In City Units
A dialogue laden column riffs on gambling, prohibition era slang, and pop culture. References to bookies, bets, and tipsheets mingle with mentions of Winston Churchill and Rocky Marciano as a humorous snapshot of era attitudes. The piece threads through wit about crime, sports, and liquor trends.
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Winston Churchill
Elmer Twitchell
Uquor
Rocky Marciano
Paris
U.S
Allan Kirk
Moscow
Stalin
Politburo
U.S.A
Russia
Kirk
This Wife Seeks Help Over Unhappy Marriage Struggles
Harriet Evans of Chicago writes of a 19 year old bride married to a 39 year old financier. She confesses loneliness and longing for children while living a curated life of appearances. An adviser warns of degrading role and calls out delaying motherhood as a serious issue.
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Harriet Evans
Chicago
Justin
Justy
Harriet
Duke Doctor Links Mental States to Cosmic Events
Dr Leonard J Ravitz of Duke University Medical School presented a theory linking electrical brain activity to cosmic cycles at a Southern Medical Association meeting in Dallas. He reports measurable emotional changes in patients correlating with sun moon phases and seasons, predicting behavior and noting unrest on psychiatric wards during new and full moons.
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Duke University
Leonard J. Ravitz
Duke Medical School
Southern Medical Association
Dallas
Duke
Ravitz
Duke Hospital
Veterans Hospital
Roanoke
Eisenhower backers cheer as Duff battles Taft delegates
In a complex GOP scramble, James Duff and John Gordon Bennett sought to marshal delegates for Eisenhower while Taft campaign manager Dave Ingalls warned of late drafts. Duff had urged Eisenhower in North Carolina, prompting spokes to question Ike’s commitment and trigger rapid nationwide outreach.
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Epublicans - For - Eisenhower
Paris
Taft
GOP
James Duff
Pennsylvania
Ike
Robert L. Schulz
Senator Duff
Louisville
Eisenhower
Duff
North Carolina
John Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Bennett-Duff
Jim Duff
Dave Ingalls
Truman
Paul Doughs
Milnois
Jimmy Roosevelt
Olin Johnston
South Carolina
Iire
Wouldn't Work
A woman complains that her new apartment walls are thin and neighbors hear everything she says. A friend suggests tapestries but the woman notes that would block hearing the neighbors, not her own privacy.
Holiday Gift Ideas for Smokers In 1930s Ad
A nostalgic Christmas ad urges simple shopping for smokers. It suggests giving cartons of Camels to cigarette smokers and one-pound tins of Prince Albert to pipe or roll-your-own users. The copy touts Camels as America's favorite cigarette and Prince Albert as the top selling tobacco, with festive packaging and greeting spaces.
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America
Prince Albert
Adv
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John Forsythe
James Wong
Shelley Winter
Farley Granger
Jear, Simmons
RKO
Pilate
Ophelia’ Olivier
Hamlet
Fame
the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Norman Taurog
Dorothy Lamour
By Ertta Haley
H. I. Phillips
Joe
Alcatraz
Whiskers
Skinner
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Belmont
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Leavenworth
Kathleen Norris
Lis
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ABC
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Bureau of the Mint
Dean
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Doans
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