Another Warren William Invention – for Ping Pong Players

I was excited to receive a lot of 18 Warren William press photos from the San Francisco Examiner archives in today’s mail.  Well, they didn’t just send them to me, of course, I had a winning bid on eBay.  I’ll be sharing these here and there as we move forward, starting tonight with this one:

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On back it’s stamped received by the Examiner Reference Library, April 29, 1939 with a separate stamp crediting photographer Don English of Paramount.  The descriptive text is printed directly on back of the photo (sometimes it’s attached via a tag) and is as follows:

PING-PONG PLAYERS — will cherish this latest invention of actor Warren William.  By having set screws in the table, he has constructed a bracket which enables the net to hit dead center.  This gadget was made at Paramount between takes of “The Gracie Allen Murder Case.”

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Posted on July 6th, 2009
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