I've seen Joan Crawford knitting between scenes on the set of Strange Cargo. It's one of Myrna Loy's favorite occupations.
9 seconds sound clip from the Pinocchio (1939) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:42:34 in the radio play.
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- During out short intermission, we turn the microphone over to our exclusive Hollywood reporter.
- What have you found out for us this week?
- Hm. That's needs explaining, Libby.
- And whenever Rosalyn Russell has a free moment on her hand, out comes the knitting bag.
- Movie stars and extras, script girls and secretaries, they're all doing it.
- What's it going to be, Sally?
- Why, it's a sweater. A white one.
- It looked pretty nice to me. But... it's going to take a lot of washing to keep it white, isn't it?
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