31 Aug 1931
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1931
Page
1
A busy film scene outlined with stars like Clark Gable Janet Gaynor and John Gilbert. Mentions upcoming releases from Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Fox plus key titles including The Mirage The Squaw Men and Merely Mary Ann.
A filmed wedding sequence at United Artista Studios in Olywood showcases technicolor spectacle for Arthur Hammerstein's production Lottery Bride. Jeanette MacDonald and John Garrick lead the bridal procession as experts craft ethereal backgrounds under Willian Cameron Menzies and Paul L. Stein directs.
John-Monk Saunders discusses The Last Flight, the First National release starring Richard Barthelmess as a war veteran turned flying instructor who confronts postwar disquiet. The piece notes the film’s Paris setting, Nikki the red shoes icon, and performances by Helen Chandler, John Mack Brown, David Manners, Walter Byron, and Elliott Nugent.
Will Rogers and Fay Dorsay reunite in Fox's Young As You Feel at the Nelsonville Majestic Tuesday and Wednesday. The film follows Rogers as a widower trying to marry off his two sons while Fay Dorsay guides his humored redesign of life. Lucien Littlefield and C Henry Gordon support in a well rounded cast under Frank Borzage's direction.
Robert McGowan signs a new long term deal with Hal Roach to continue directing Our Gang two reel juvenile comedies. He has been with the series since its inception and has produced about 110 releases over the past decade. Eight Our Gang pictures are listed for release by Metro Goldwyn Mayer this season.
Robert Montgomery stars in The Man in Possession at the Majestic Theater shown Thursday and Friday. Irene Purcell co leads with Charlotte Greenwood and C Aubrey Smith in a British penned comedy with Wodehouse dialogue and a farcical butler plot.
Peggy Shannon with red hair and light makeup is cited as the typical American girl by Lenore Sabine head of Paramount’s hair department. The piece details daily and weekly hair routines during filming of Silence and The Becrate Call, noting 3,100 hair adjustments weekly and the effort to match hair across scenes for Shannon and other stars.
A star packed Warner Vitaphone production Old English comes to the Ohio Theater Wednesday and Thursday. George Arliss with staff of collaborators aided by John Galsworthy and Winthrop Ames guided filming with cable updates from Hollywood. Cast includes Ivan Simpson Doris Lloyd Betty Lawford Leon Janney Harrington Reynolds Reginald Sheffield Murray Hinnell Ethel Griffies and Henrietta Goodman Alfred E. Green directs.
George Landy, noted screenwriter, is the latest name added to Columbia's West Coast scenario staff. Landy will have his first assignment announced soon after a career in editing magazines and in publicity and theater advertising before moving to screen writing.
The Call Board Columbia listing previews current week showings including The Last Flight with Richard added at Engin and Sally Eilers, The Great Lover with Menjou and Irene Dunn, and The Reckless Hour with MacLean. Also noted are What a Widow with Gloria and Lew Sodos, The Lottery Bride, and A Holy Terror among other titles.
Gloria Swanson stars in What a Widow a modern comedy directed by Allan Owen showing Sunday and Monday at the Columbia Theater. The film features a Paris bound widow amid romance with Owen Moore and Lew Cody in returns to screen acting, with fashion and sets by Paul Nelson and a musical background including three new songs.
The Pagan Lady unit filming Colum an Lady returned aboard ship in Son Pe this week to the company where final sequences were shot. The picture is an sensational stag, with a prominent cast led by Brent. Charles B. Conrad Nagel shares honors with William Fort Young, Lucille Gleason, Jon and Gwen Lee. Je Dillon directed, entirely abroad. Ha visit only long enough to supervise construction of this one picture.
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