How I Broke Into the Movies by Hal C. Herman
William Haines recounts his entry into Hollywood after posing for photos while selling bonds. He travels to California for film work, meets Eleanor Boardman, and describes the moment he began a career in pictures, ending with reflections on his former employers and photographers.
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Hal C. Herman
New York
Goldwyn Picture Corporation
California
Eleanor Boardman
WNY Service
New Faces for Old Hollywood Makeup Triumphs
Hollywood makeup artists unveil a method to forge entirely new faces for actors using their own features as a base. Percy Westmore, Warner studios chief, notes the technique yields absolute plasticity and lets performers animate the transformation with ease.
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Hollywood
Percy Westmore
Warner Studios
Jack Holt’s Rise From Stunt Man to Western Star
Jack Holt began as a stunt man and became a major western star. As cowboy films waned he neared retirement but signed with Columbia for a string of pictures. He appeared in Flight Submarine Father and Son Hell's Island The Last Parade Dirigible Subway Express Fifty Fathoms Deep A Dangerous Affair War Correspondent This Sporting Age and Man Against Woman.
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Jack Holt
Holt
Columbia
Hell
Jack Horner Shelf of Welcome Helps Hosts
Emily Post describes a practical method for handling unexpected guests by creating a Jack Horner Shelf of Welcome. Stocked with ready to eat foods and disposable ware, it enables hosts to offer a meal at short notice without disturbing meals already planned. This device aims to keep hospitality smooth and avoids compromising the host’s budget and schedule.
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Jack Horner
John
Emily Post
WNU Service
Bedtime Lullabies Rise Again In Home Magazine Contest
Mothers sing to children at bedtime despite past bans on rocking. Readings show lullabies endure across generations with favorites like Aboard for Blanket Bay The Slumber Boat Bralhns Mozart and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star highlighting enduring family traditions and quieting routines.
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Home Magazine
Blanket Bay
Tested Recipes for Soda and Sour Cream Biscuits
Instructions for Soda Biscuits and Sour Cream Biscuits include ingredients amounts and steps such as sifting flour with baking soda and salt, cutting in shortening, adding milk or sour cream, kneading, rolling to a half inch, cutting with a biscuit cutter, and baking at 475 to 500 F for 12 to 15 minutes. A Brown Sugar Cinnamon variation bakes at 400 F for 80 minutes with topping crumbs.
Brotherly Love Lesson From a Donkey
A teacher asks what virtue is shown by stopping a beating of a donkey. Bobby answers brotherly love, illustrating a classroom moment about charity and kindness in a simple moral tale.
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Robert
Bobby
Balto the dog hero to be honored in Cleveland museum
Balto the diphtheria relief dog who carried antitoxin to Nome will be remembered in Cleveland as an effigy. The tale of Balto and his Alaska trek has long inspired children, with the animals rescued from a California dime museum now part of Cleveland’s history. The mounted effigy will symbolize the hero until memory endures.
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Balto
Nome
Cleveland
Alaska
Barto
California
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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St.Joseph
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