Star Dust and Hollywood's Flurry of Moves
A casual look at film-industry chatter about execs riding trains between New York and Hollywood to test their importance, with Howard Dietz betting on a bridge win. The piece notes actresses reshaping images by bleaching or browning, Marion Talley’s blonde turn, Major Bowes tours, Frank Parker’s screen debut, Bette Davis’s candor, and various star-era moves including freelance work and color productions.
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Hollywood
New York
Metro
Howard Dietz
Marion Talley
Farmer
Professor of Pole Painting at Gulf Park College
In a Gulf Park College campus scene a steeplejack climbs an 80-foot flagstaff to showcase flagstaff painting as a new college curriculum. He narrates dangers, past work from Baylor to St. Louis, and notes flagstaffs regaining popularity while describing weathered experiences and professional pride.
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John Boles
Fredric March
Mary of Scotland
Katherine Hepburn
Paramount
Gary Cooper
Warner Baxter
Mary
Wy Poate
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Park College
Flagstaff
Texas
Georgia
Baylor University
Waco
St. Louis
How Should I Pray According to Luke 18 1 14
Lesson on Luke 18 1 14 urges persistent prayer in all circumstances. It contrasts the proud Pharisee with the humble publican and concludes that genuine faith and justification come through penitential prayer to a covenant keeping God.
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Christ
Silent endurement valued over long prayers
The quote reflects Fenelon’s belief that silence patience and inner prayer hold greater merit before God than outspoken action. Enduring a harsh word without argument is seen as spiritual strength and a form of devotion beyond mere verbal ritual.
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Fenelon
Ennobling Our Work Quote Remains Reflective Motto
A daily life exhortation quotes G. MacDonald urging sanctified routine. It asserts every humble action can serve a grand purpose and elevate character through religious framing. The passage presents a moral perspective on sacredizing ordinary tasks.
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Ufe
G. Mac Donald
A Colorful Wall Hanging Embroidery Pattern
A spring themed wall hanging features roses and daisies in satin and outline stitches. Easy for beginners, no framing needed, transfer pattern 16 by 20 inches, color chart and stitch illustrations included. Send fifteen cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 259 W. 14th St. New York NY.
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Household Arts Dept
14Th St
New York
N. Y
Detours on country drives slow journey and wisdom
A reflective snippet contrasts ideas and moments, noting that ideas crystallize through time and ink or force. It muses that slow driving prevents harming others, urges self growth beyond pretensions, and warns that applause can shape a speaker’s path while parental suspicion shapes a child’s artfulness.
Rosa Ponselle Breaks Arm in Carmen Performance
Metropolitan Opera soprano Rosa Ponselle suffered a broken left arm during a Carmen scene in Baltimore. The injury occurred when tenor Rene Matson allegedly threw her to the stage floor near the elbow while performing opposite her.
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Rosa Ponselle
Metropolitan Opera
Rene Matson
Carmen
Baltimore
Joe E Brown’s Club Invitation for Boys and Girls
Joe E Brown invites U S youngsters to join a club promising a membership pin and a Club Manual. Read how to win 36 prizes and rise from Sergeant to Captain, by sending name and address with the top of a Grape-Nuts Flakes box by December 31 1936. Offer valid only in the United States.
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Joe E. Brown
Joe
Battle Creek
Michigan
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Virginia Valbee
Joan Bennett
Jean Harlow
Brownette
Carole Lombard
Alice Faye
Ann Harding
Bowes
Bob
Ripley
New England
Little Jeanie
Grace Murphy
John Tie
Ringling
Frank Parker
Fisl D’orsay
Greenwich Village
Willie ‘Howard
Parker
Frank
Bette Davis
Peron
Yalan
O—Wny Service
Rey, Pi
Pitzwathr
D. Duember
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western
Gnton
Quaker State
Quaker State Oil Refining Company
Oil City
Simmaal
Lakes
Hammond Street
CLUB
Rugas
Mich
General Foods
Warner Brothers
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