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20 picks · 1934–1943

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HI-YO, PLATINUM!
profiles · September 11, 1943

PROFILE of Moss Hart. With George S. Kaufman he has written "The Man Who Came To Dinner,""You Can't Take It with you," and "Once in a Lifetime." With …

MR. MILLER AND MR. HYDE--II
profiles · June 5, 1943

PROFILE of Gilbert Miller. At a party in Hollywood, Louis B. Mayer crossed a patio to speak to Miller. Miller feels slightly hostile toward Mayer, who, he …

Mr. Miller and Mr. Hyde--I
profiles · May 29, 1943

PROFILE of Gilbert Miller, the theatrical producer. His wife, Helen Hays and Miller are good friends. Once, when a party was given at the Waldorf to …

Went on Cutting Bread and Butter
a reporter at large · July 25, 1942

REPORTER AT LARGE about wives of young Army fliers stationed at Mitchell and Langley Fields. Visit to the home Major Carlos Cochrane. The Major was awarded…

BOMBS ON THE MELTING POT.
a reporter at large · February 7, 1942

REPORTER AT LARGE about the work of the Civilian Defence in N. Y. C. Visit to the sector headquarters of Zone 2, 19th Precinct. The office space has been …

The Candor Kid--II
profiles · January 11, 1941

PROFILE of Clare Boothe Luce. In 1932 her interests shifted to politics when Conde Nast deciding that Vanity Fair was too frivolous, engaged John Franklin …

Words and Music
profiles · November 23, 1940

PROFILE of Cole Porter. Miss Moore is Mr. Porter's secretary. Her telephone rings constantly with urgent messages from Else Maxwell, William …

Very Terrific, Very Divine
profiles · October 19, 1940

PROFILE of Nettie Rosenstein who designes the highest priced wholesale dresses in N.Y. which is the headquarters of America's $1,200,000,000 …

THE IT GIRL--I
profiles · April 20, 1940

Profile of Dorothy Thompson. In 1923, Miss Thompson married a man whom she could eventually neither dominate nor control. He was Josef Bard, a Hungarian …

Dance Team
profiles · January 6, 1940

PROFILE of Renee and Tony De Marco. The first Mrs. De Marco was Mabel Scott, from whom Tony was divorced some 15 years ago.

Why Salvador Dali Never Explains His Dreams
profiles · July 1, 1939

Margaret Case Harriman profiles the artist at work on his surrealist funhouse “Dream of Venus” for the 1939 World’s Fair.

WORDS AND MUSIC--II
profiles · June 4, 1938

PROFILE of Lorentz Hart and Richard Rodgers, songwriters. They have been collaborating for nineteen years, since Rodgers, then sixteen, met Hart who was …

DOLLY AND POLLY, BILLY AND CHOLLY--I
profiles · October 16, 1937

Profile of Maury H.B. Paul, society writer for the Journal American, wnder the pen name of Cholly Knickerbocker, He has also written under the names of …

Miss Fixit--II
profiles · February 6, 1937
Miss Fixit--I
profiles · January 30, 1937
For Any Occasion
profiles · July 18, 1936

Profile of Max Schling.

HOLLYWOOD AGENT
profiles · July 11, 1936

PROFILE of Leland Hayward, agent for Ina Claire, Miriam Hopkins, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Helen Hays, and many other theatrical people.

VOICE
profiles · November 2, 1935

PROFILE of Marion Sayle Taylor, "The Voice of Experience." The Voice has four sponsors: "Haley's CTC (a citro carbonate which sets out to restore the …

Two Waiters and a Chef.
profiles · June 8, 1935

Profile of the two headwaiters, Ernest Cerutti, and Gene Cavallero, who have owned the Colony Restaurant since 1922. A third proprietor and partner, Alfred…

Stirrup and Leather:
profiles · September 29, 1934
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