Hollywood Musicals and Party Favors in The Castles Era
Hollywood columnist Jimmie Fidler weighs the film industry’s barometer of taste amid Astaire Rogers musical The Castles. He argues audiences want good pictures, not formula musicals, noting shifts in chorus demand, star quirks, and on set antics at RKO with figures like Irene Dunne and John Barrymore observed.
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Hollywood
RKO - Radio Pictures
Filmtown
Astaire-Rogers
RKO
Fred Astaire
Edna May Oliver
Janet Beecher
Bobby Breen
Paul Guilfoyle
Hollywood Square
Charles Boyer
Walter Brennan
Irene Dunne
Frieda Innescourt
Rkos
Maria Ouspenskaya
Unveil Tablet On 50th Birthday of Aluminum Industry
On Smallman street Pittsburgh a tablet will mark the birthplace of the U S aluminum industry. Erected by the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania at the site of the original Pittsburgh Reduction Company plant, it notes the first commercial run of aluminum using Hall’s electrolytic process in November 1888. The article traces growth from novelty use to widespread manufacture and current industry impact with millions employed and extensive product use.
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Oberlin
Smallman Street
Pittsburgh
The
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Charles M Hall
Pittsburgh Reduction Company
Aluminum Company of America
Hall
Pittsburgh Press
No Seats Left For Kreisler Concert
Oberlin Conservatory announces Fritz Kreisler will perform on November 29 at 7 30 p m with a program including Tarin i Bach Beethoven Rimsky Korsakoff and Debussy Hartman pieces The complete program features Devils Thrill Tartini Chaconne Viotti Romance in F Major Beethov en Rondo La Fille Aux Couteaux De Lin Debussy Rimsky Korsakoff Spanish Dance from La Vie de Breve and Kreisler’s arrangement Spanish Dance Kreisler and Carl Lamson Tre Conservatory office notes no seats remain for the concert.
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Oberlin
Fritz Kreisler
Oberlin Conservatory
Bach Beethoven
Rimsh-Korsakoff
Kreisler
Bach
Viotti
Mozart
Lin Debussy
Hartman ‘Himn
Korsakoff
de Falla
Dean Wittke to Speak on American Minstrelsy in Cleveland
Dean Carl Wittke of Oberlin College will discuss the origins of American minstrelsy under the title Tambo and Bones at the Roofart Club in Cleveland tomorrow night, November 26, at 8:30 PM. The talk highlights historical perspectives from Oberlin about minstrel performance and its cultural impact.
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Oberlin
Carl Witthe
Oberlin Cellege
Cleveland
Mrs Martin Leaves for Florida Winter Visit
Mrs Martin departed Monday for Florida to spend the winter, accompanied by Jay Jasner and his family, as reported in the local column.
Social notes from area families and visitors in Oberlin
Sunday visits and dinners mark a busy social scene with many guests from Cleveland Columbus and LaGrange. Notable events include Thanksgiving plans for the Ward family and a Farmers Institute set for January 16 and 17, 1939, with local residents hosting and traveling guests from nearby towns.
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Columbus
Elmer Stall
Little Son
Florence Kamm
Grafton
Anna Tildes
Clarence Tildes
August Kamm
Cleveland
George Harrtison
Alfred Stumpf
John Hennie
Wiliam Hennie
W R Hawke
Alma
Ellsworth Hawke
George Harrison
Arthur Hawke
John Brown
Chae
George Gulgin
LaGrange
Charles Box
Farmers’ Institute
Max Haven
Rosabel Knowles
Thanksgiving events and repairs at A J Carpenter church
The report notes Sunday school class photos to be taken, a Thanksgiving program, and a rebuilt church chimney with all expenses covered. A chicken supper raised 172 dollars toward a 300 dollar project cost. Mr and Mrs W R Hawke will host Thanksgiving dinner with their children and grandchildren, and Mr and Mrs Elson Munn will entertain Munn family members.
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A J. Carpenter
Fishburn
W R. Hawke
Elson Munn
Munn
Hopwood
Australia’s Economics Offered As Canadian Lesson
Montreal report notes Australia could teach Canada in economics administration and industrial development. Canadian MP Charles B Howard cites Australia as a model in these areas during remarks in Montreal.
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Montreal
Australia
Canada
Charles B Howard
The
St Lawrence Kiwanis Club Report on Australian Unemployment
The St Lawrence Kiwanis Club notes Australia with about half its population in five major cities and an unemployment rate near seven percent, two points below normal. Howard attributes the good figures to growth in secondary industries and profitable cattle sales for farmers.
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St Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Australia
Howard
If a molecule of oxygen were 5000 times larger
A thought experiment states that if an oxygen molecule expanded uniformly by a factor of 5000 in all dimensions, it would become invisible to the naked eye due to its immense size, illustrating scale and perception limits.
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Nate Barrager
Nate
University of Southern California
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Mr Boyer
New ‘York
John Barrymore
Baltimore
Regulr
Doug Cortigan
Corgan
Sissy
Doug
Heros
View Ugit Syndicate, Inc
BALL
East Avenue
Aluminum
Dean Wittke
Waton Briets
Penn Iia
Zero
Ford
Sona
Blue Sunoco
Dewey
Chateaugay
N.Y
Clifford H. Cook
Dan
Toussaint Dertrand
Owls Head N.Y
Sunoco
Ely Park
Thrift Shoe Store
Brenner’s
Broad Street
Elec DP
PMC
MENS
Hamilton
Ivory
Milady
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