Footlight lighting revived famous stage stars on screen
The piece explains how Sol Polito introduced footlight style to film to restore the familiar look of stage idols like Sally and Marilyn Miller. Cinematographers used bottom lighting from a ground reflector to recreate the glow, reducing the flatness of prior camera portraits and letting audiences recognize stars in films such as Paris and No, No, Nanette.
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Hollywood
New York
Sally
Marilyn Miller
Sol
Polito
First National
Vitaphone
Polite
Pablo
Miss Miller
Alesander Gray
Irene Bordoni
Jack Puchann
Paris
Bernice Claire
Nanette
Middie Buazell
Ny Jones
Petunia Varieties Grow Bright in Gardens and Rooms
Fatunia is a popular ancient garden plant from South America. The article notes many types from small bedding forms like Rosy Morn to larger window box forms and giant pot plants. Petunias are easily grown from seed and bloom from midsummer, thriving in sun but tolerating shade, with care needed to avoid poor watering in infancy.
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South America
First stock motor oil wins Indy race record
Memorial Day Indianapolis reports a Miller Special driven by Dave Nivans completed 500 miles at an average 92.57 mph using stock Conoco Germ Processed motor oil. The feat marks the first time a car finished Indy with stock oil, challenging belief in special blends. Officials verified oil origin from Conoco.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Dave Nivans
Conoco
Filliue
Continental Oil Company
American Automobile Association
Europe
Evans
Ivans
Jess
Burleson Texas History Prize Established at UT
The University of Texas Board accepts an anonymous endowment gift of a $1,000 bond to fund an annual prize for the best original Texas history thesis by a junior or senior student. The prize is named the Burleson Texas History Prize.
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Austin
Universiy of Texas Board of Rescents
Texas
Burleson Texsas
Resignation Accepted For Marx White at UT Austin
The University of Texas Board of Regents accepted the resignation of government instructor Marx White. He will take a research assistantship at the University of Chicago next year.
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Austin
Marx White
University of Texas
University Boar of Regents
White
University of Chicas
Pine Timber Courts Profit for Farm Land
Pine timber is highly profitable, with the Forest Service noting it as a best use for cut-over lands across the South. Much land on farms is well suited to timber growing and can yield greater profits than other crops or uses.
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Forest Service
Mra. W. A. Cox
Burnside
Cardus
Proportional Livestock Mix Could Boost Ed wards Plateau Ranch Income
A Texas study shows combining cattle sheep and goats on Ed wards Plateau ranches may more than double per section income by using full carrying capacity. Thirty-one ranches over four years inform range limits and price-driven stocking, with suggested plans yielding 405, 765, and 950 dollars per section under different mixes. A bulletin detailing practical findings will be distributed soon. A marble block bearing the oldest known almanac was recovered from Pompeii ruins dating to 74 A.D.
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Edwards Plateau
Texas
Texas Experiment Station
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas Station
Woman Starts Kruschen Salts Diet Lost Fat Fast
A 1920 letter from Mrs. Fred Barringey of Lewistown Montana describes losing 27 pounds in four weeks using Kruschen Salts after failing on dieting. She notes reduced appetite, increased activity, and recommends the product to others, claiming a four week supply costs five cents.
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Fred Barringey
Lewistown
Montana
America
Reve
Palace
Ady
Postpone Annual Roundup Planned At Ranch Station
A. J. Conner announces the Annual Ranchman's Round Up at Ranch Station near Sonora will be postponed to 1931. The event, under the Ranch Experiment Station and Sheep and Goat Raisers Association, will be rescheduled due to under construction improvements and to allow building a veterinary laboratory for better sheep and goat disease research. The effort aims to stage the largest meeting yet in 1931 with enhanced facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Conner
Texas AV
Ranch Texperiment
Sonora
Ranch Experiment Station
Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association of Texas
Edwards Plateau
Dare Devil Aces Feature Airplane Stunts At Ritz
The Ritz screens Young Eagles on Wednesday June 26 featuring Buddy Rogers and William Wellman in a wartime aviation saga. The plot follows ace Buddy and rival Pan Lukas through Paris and the front, with romance, betrayal, and spectacular aerial battles. Cast includes Stuart Erwin and others.
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Ritz
Aramount
Youn Eagles
Charles
Buddy
Ritz Theatre
Lukas
Paris
Jean
Arthur
Secret Service
Stuart Erwin
Axel
Zoom
Zip
Frank Ross
Jack Luden
Freeman Wood
Gordon de Main
George Irving
Stanley Blystone
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Dway
Fatunia
Pompeii
Collingsworth County
Spirit of “Wings
Rogers and Wellman
Young Eagles
Budely
Pan Lukas
Lucas
Secret
Aenta Wellevether
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines
Bluebonnet
Pullmans
WOOG
CRESH
Dallas, ‘Texas
Chevrolet
Tory Sdrvice
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