Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Dec. 19, 1943

Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Dec. 19, 1943

They go to the movies; Carmen Miranda goes bananas

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Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Dec. 19, 1943
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Lowell worked until 5 p.m. this Sunday. Thelma wrote that she slept late, read the newspaper, wrote a letter and did some cooking. They had noodles, beef and potatoes for supper, and then went to the movies. The most likely choices for them were the suspense film The Fallen Sparrow, which was showing at the Prytania, and The Gang’s All Here, an extravag…

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