Word: stints
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...knowing more extramarital yarns about cinemagnates than even the relentless Louella. Hedda was signed up for a Hollywood column three years ago on the recommendation of M. G. M.'s publicity office, soon established herself so firmly that she was inevitably wired for sound. Her radio and newspaper stint brings her an estimated $110,000 annually, over ten times what she made at the top of her acting career...
...reads Esquire and the New Yorker, occasionally studies. Off the kitchen, where a stoutish chap is raiding the refrigerator, the Bonfire Band struggles through "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" in preparation for the policeman-fireman ball. And the impression that a firefighter's nine and one-half hour daily stint cannot be classified as labor is confirmed by long rows of cots in the second floor dormitory...
Freshmen are offered another chance to try out for the CRIMSON Business Board today and tomorrow. The average daily stint is about two hours, in case any men are frightened by the announcement last week...
...Sherwin, onetime dramatic critic for the New York Globe, is as cheery in out look as Thomas sounds. Buranelli is convinced that the modern world is almost hopeless, would like to return to the Mid dle Ages. Sherwin, less optimistic, believes that mankind is doomed. While Sherwin's stint for Thomas is confined to writing two programs a week, Buranelli not only writes radio scripts, .but puts together Thomas' commentary for the Fox Movietone News and travelogue narratives as well...
...elaborate understudy system. Rehearsals begin on Thursday, continue until air time Monday night. Part of the ritual of every rehearsal is a spot of tea, a custom introduced by Hollywood's British contingent. Seldom on hand until Saturday. De Mille, who receives $2,000 a week for his stint, sits quietly through rehearsals, patiently corrects his script as Barnett suggests. But he blossoms out each Monday night. Stars usually attend Radio Theatre premieres in slacks and sport clothes. De Mille, when not busy on a picture, wears a trim business suit which he dons in his dressing room...