Thelma and Lowell's Diary: March 28, 1943

She sees a movie; so does President Roosevelt

After staying up with the Wieners so late on Saturday night, Thelma and Lowell slept in this morning. (They have apparently forgotten their religious upbringing and never seem to darken a church door.) They sat on the front porch of their apartment house until it was time for Lowell to go to work, then Thelma spent a quarter on a movie at the National Theatre called The Black Swan. In the evening, she did some handwashing of clothes with Lux soap, listened to the radio, and brushed her hair until Lowell got home.

Thelma’s movie choice was a swashbuckler film in Technicolor, starring movie heart throb Tyrone Power as a reformed pirate with Maureen O’Hara as his love interest. The movie was a huge commercial hit. The still shot comes from a trailer for the movie, accessed through Wikimedia Commons.

At the White House, President Roosevelt was watching a movie also. To read about it, you’ll need to be a paid subscriber. Remember, this content is not created by artificial intelligence, but but a real writer. It takes time and thought, and though I love doing it, I’d also love it if you became a paid subscriber. It costs just 16 cents a day.