Actors and Films Trace Through Time at Paramount Astoria
A nostalgic tour through studio history mentions Benedict in Ace in the Hole at Paramount Astoria, Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Clifton Webb, and stories of Red Skelton and Greta Garbo. Trajectories span stage to war to cinema with notes on Hepburn Tracy, Garbo choices, Billy Gray, Steve Cochran, and Eight of Hollywood’s prettiest girls in A Girl in Every Port.
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Schard Benedict
Paramount Studios
Astoria
N.Y
Kirk Douglas
Jan Sterling
Benedict
Hollywood
RKO Radio
Groucho Marx
Matte Wilson
William Bendix
Berg to film European trip for The Goldbergs return
Gertrude Berg plans a summer trip to Europe and will film her travels to use as material when The Goldbergs comes back next fall. The We the People staff will receive full pay during the summer off. Wald-Krasna shot 20,000 feet of Elko rodeo footage for Cowpoke background. Mario Lanza favors steak and pizza.
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Gertrude Berg
The
Goldbergs
Elko
Nevada
Wald-Krasna
CBS
Mario Lanza
Dressing Tables Boost Drab Rooms With Easy Skirt Covers
A cheerful dressing table makeover can transform a drab bedroom or bath by changing the cover or skirt. Storage space is created, and affordable materials like old nets or boxes can be repurposed into attractive, functional skirts with gathers, pleats, and accents to suit formal or casual rooms.
Satirical duel over senatorial slurs imagined as modern spectacle
A humorous essay imagines reintroducing duels between Senators Whipple and Pottle to settle insults. The playful sequence parodies media hype, sponsorships, and public spectacle, ending with the Defense Department canceling the duel and audiences returning to video wrestling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whipple
Korea
Department of Defense
Clyde Beatty Weds in Notable Public Nuptials
The famed lion tamer Clyde Beatty married recently in a ceremony drawing attention from circus and entertainment circles. A daring character is highlighted, while Gotham appoints a fire chief who also serves as police chief, signaling a tense law enforcement climate.
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Cylde Beatty
Gotham
The Woman Doesn't Always Pay in Love and Lies
Kathleen Norris recounts two tragic office affairs. Vera in Arkansas bears a son with Lew Arnold but rejects him after his wife’s divorce and Vera’s remarriage to a dying sailor. Francie, similarly entangled with Paul, faces illness and abandonment as Paul marries a wealthier woman, sending Francie to California for treatment.
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Lew Arnold
Arkansas
Vera
Lew
Francie
Paul
California
San Francisco
City Hospital
Reuters Centenary of Pigeon Post News Agency
The Reuters news agency, founded by Julius Reuter in Brussels and later based in London, celebrates a century of international reporting. Its early success came from a 14 day free trial and rapid scoops, such as Paris 1859 advance copies that established its reputation.
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Julius Reuter
Brussels
Belgium
London
Reuters
World
Associated Press
United Press
International News Service
France-Presse
Globe
Baron de Reuter
Reuter
Paris
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Inez Gerhard
Clifton Webb
20Th Century- Fox
Red Skelton
M-G-M
Red
Katherine Hepburn
Spencer Tracy
Adam
Pat
Mike
Garson Kanin
Ruth Gordon
Greta Garbo
Ward
Krasna
Duse
Metro
Europe
Asia
Billy Gray
Jim Thorpe
Burt Lancaster
Moonlight Bay
Steve Cochran
Ivoryton, Corn
Ruth Roman
Warners
Lew Parker
New York
Frances Langford
the Bickersons
Tim Holt
Lightning
RKO
Richard Benedict
Ertta Hale
H. S. Phillips
Senator Whipple
Pottie
Pottle
Republic
Rose Bowl
Real News
Kathleen Norris
Agency
Scoop
Stylist
Complete Pattern Magazine
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
West Adams St
Chicago
Hesse
Hesse Company
Dace
Sioux City
Iowa
Yodora
McXeason
Robuins, Too, Erkichyeh, Gonms
Wakefield
Mayfair
Personal Management
Bill” Wachter
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