Instruction booklet to the stars

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A 50-year-old 'Beverly Hills talent agency interoffice memo' is described. Office tips included the need to avoid small talk with Jack Benny, to buy coffee cake without nuts for Clark Gable, to hold the calls during an Ida Lupino joke, and to avoid dropping Lucille Ball's hair curlers.

Author: Gibbel, Eleanor London
Talent agents

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Striking out with my son

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A father describes the way he tried to share his passion for baseball with his son who was least interested in the game. He tells how he tried to bond with his son by taking him to watch a baseball game and made him a fan.

Author: Gannon, Frank
United States, Evaluation, Baseball (Professional), Fathers and sons, Father-son relations, Baseball fans

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A star is born

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Issues concerning celebrity status and how it feels to pretend to be a celebrity for two hours at Anaheim's Tinseltown Studios in California are discussed. The studios closed because families were not going there.

Author: Gannon, Frank

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Subjects list: Personal narratives, Behavior, Celebrities
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