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Mills Brothers - When Yuba Plays The Rumba
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A ★★★½ review of The 9th Guest (1934)
This is a solid, old-fashioned black-and-white murder mystery with an obsessed, diabolical killer and enough death (poisoning, suicide, shooting, and electrocution) to evoke a fair amount of horror. I...
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Art Deco heavy block caps, 1932
Pingree’s Wholesale ad, Salt Lake City, UT, February 4, 1932
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Lucille Ball's Early Hollywood Breakthrough in 'Roman Scandals' (1933)
This article explores Lucille Ball's early career as an uncredited Goldwyn Girl in Samuel Goldwyn's 1933 pre-Code musical comedy 'Roman Scandals.' Before becoming the iconic television icon, Ball worked as a Hattie Carnegie fashion model in New York, eventually joining Goldwyn's troupe of chorus dancers in Los Angeles. The film featured elaborate musical numbers choreographed by Busby Berkeley, including the infamous 'No More Love' sequence where Ball and other dancers were chained to a wall. The production was grueling, with Ball fainting during rehearsals and being saved by an extra. The film's exposure helped Ball secure future roles with RKO Radio Pictures, marking the beginning of her Hollywood rise. The article highlights her transition from modeling to film, the challenges of working in pre-Code cinema, and the significance of her early roles in shaping her career. It also mentions the film's cast, including Paulette Goddard and Barbara Pepper, and its role as a launching pad for future stars. The piece underscores Ball's perseverance and the rigorous training she received, which laid the foundation for her later success in television and film.
![Sheffield Corporation Tramways & Motors ; Bus Routes & Fares : folder issued by Sheffield Corporation Transport Department : nd [c.1935]. Cover in black and cerise is of a very early '30s style design with a central title panel, on black, and an illustration of a single deck bus passing through countryside..](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yqh2atawixxlb6ncx2fh73r6/bafkreiea6cagyefhz4fyfimg4ztsdbqalppm2p4552stzeo62gbuua427y)
![Central folds of a Sheffield Corporation Tramways & Motors ; Bus Routes & Fares : folder issued by Sheffield Corporation Transport Department : nd [c.1935]. Four sketches of destinations - stately homes, ruins and churches, in four corners and in centre a 'wheel' showing alphabetically destinations, route and fare numbers and termini - these are coed A to K and this information is in the centre of the wheel. It was produced by "Stanley Studios".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yqh2atawixxlb6ncx2fh73r6/bafkreihwszcaxuztjh55zopk4f7p4765qwl7lg5dmvk3sn4mzukil6pi2y)
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