Fan-letter Stamps Buy Hospital Bed
Each, week to the Gaumont-British Studios come thousands of letters, world-wide fan-mail for Jessie Matthews, Jack Hulbert, Anna Lee, Cicely Courtneidge, Nova Pilbcam, Sonnie Hale. Eager fans, sticking on that stamp to carry the letter to their screen favourites, never think of that stamp again, but Jessie and Jack and' Anna and all prize it highly. Por that stamp is torn from the envelope, put in : a bag and dispatched with thousands more to a central source. Prom this central cource, fan-letter stamps are sold to collectors all over the world and the proceeds go to the hospitals, one million stamps providing a hospital bed. Prolific fan letters-writers, take a bow for an unconscious good deed. Gladys George, the reigning favourite among present day New York stage stars, has been induced to make her first screen appearance in Paramount ; s “Valiant the Word for Carrie. 7} <§><§> <s> The appearance of Leopold Stokowski and his symphony orchestra in Paramount’s “The Big Broadcast of 1937 “ is the first time a symphony orchestra has ever been presented in a major feature.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 22, 27 January 1937, Page 11 (Supplement)
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183Fan-letter Stamps Buy Hospital Bed Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 22, 27 January 1937, Page 11 (Supplement)
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