Star Dust Movie Radio Highlights Thrifty Stars and Hobbies
Star Dust surveys Hollywood quirks as Laudet te Colbert rushes to Europe after Bluebeard’s Wife. It notes thrift habits of Cooper, March, MacMurray, Raye, Dietrich, and others, plus celebrity antics from Errol Flynn’s Bahamas boat to Jack Benny’s dramatic radio roles. It mentions Cecil DeMille’s radio experiments and ODDS AND ENDS items about Eleanor Roosevelt, Louise Fazenda, and Edward G. Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laudette Colbert
Europe
Paramount
Bluebeard
Gary Cooper
Fredric March
Hollywood
Cecil DeMille
Jack
Kate Smith
Eleanor Roosevelt
Louise Fazenda
New York
Texas
United States
England
Edward G. Robinson
Steve Wilson
Caesar
Rales
Robers Taylor
California
Opla
Western
Union
Cardiff Giant hoax and Drake estate legends recounted
A historic recount covers the Cardiff Giant hoax carved by George Hull, its exposure by Yale, and P. T. Barnum’s publicity. It then critiques the Drake estate swindle, noting Drake’s actual lack of heirs, and ends with Poe’s Moon Hoax and a note on gateways to the White House grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardiff
Chicago
George Hull
Earth
William C. Newell
N. Y
Newell
Syracuse
Rochester University
Yale
New York
P. T. Barnum
Spring Fashion Patterns Offer Three Quick Frock Tricks
Three easy wardrobe patterns appear for spring including fitted bodice and a trim morning frock with flattering lines. Patterns 1450 1312 and 1444 cover sizes 12 to 52 with yardage details and threading. orders go to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Dear Mrs Pucket and the Walking Problem
A school note from a teacher asks why pupil William was absent. The mother replies humorously that William is “keeping time for his father.” She recounts his tale about calculating how long a man walking 3 miles an hour would take to circle a 4 mile square field, noting Willie isn’t a man, so his father was sent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh
Edgar Allen Poe
Richard Adams Locke
New York Sun
Poe
Victoria
Around the House Items of Interest for the Housewife
Practical kitchen tips include slicing fruit cake with a warm knife to prevent crumbling and serving sardines on a bed of lettuce with lemon and parsley. A walnut-sized cheese piece enriches potato or onion soup. Silk thread basting velvet prevents marks on fabric.
Also Mentioned on This Page
STAR DUST Movie + Radio
Fred MacMurray
Martha Raye
Marlene Dietrich
al Pearce
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Gay
Errol Flynn
Boston
Bahamas
Benny
Burns and Allen
Bob Burns
Paul Whiteman
Helen Vinson
Bing Crosby
Fay Wray
Olivia de Haviland
Claudette Colbert
Jack Benny
Drake
Sir Francis Drake
White House
White ‘House
Nature
Chicago Raw Products CO
S. LaSalle St
Quaker State
Pennsylvania
Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation
Oil City
al Boyes
TMC Cm
Cead Tobacco
Allen H
al) Boyes
P. A
Prince Albert
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
aton-Salem
North Carolina
St Mea
Karooide Tobacco Cor
Trolla
Hikert
Wilkie
Pipe-Joy Club
Prince
Albert
al Hendrickson
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