Wild Bill Wellman Fights Sandstorms and Sparks in Film Career
The Wellman director known as Wild Bill confronts a desert wind while filming The Light That Failed near Santa Fe New Mexico. His past includes combat with sandstorms in Beau Geste and a famed serial fight in Paris and Chicago. Wings and Men With Wings boosted his fame and he now works with Capra La Cava and Hitchcock.
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Santa Fe
William Wellman
Bill
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Hollywood
Dorothy Coonan
Paris
Chicago
Mr. Wellman
Wellman
Capra
la Cava
Hitchcock
Brookline
Mass
Lafayette Escadrille
Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Goldwyn
Adventurous Americans Battle Preceded Revolution
A 1763 uprising led by James Smith against Indians in Conococheague valley is described as the first battle of the American Revolution, fought ten years before Bunker Hill. The account covers Smith’s rise, capture, and methods to cut whisky and arms supply, ending with a brief note on his victory over Highlanders at Fort Loudon.
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Ames Smith
England
Young Smith
His Majesty’s Army
America
Black Watch
Fort Loudon
Smith
Barr
Ft. Loudon
Bunker Hill
James Smith
Sky
Deadwood
Black Hills
South Dakota
Henry Weston Smith
Crook City
Marietta
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Big Shanty
James J. Andrews
Flemingsburg
W. Fuller
Andrews
Western and Atlantic
Fuller
Unica
Four Daughters Sequels and Music School Title Changes
Star Dust reviews ongoing film career of the Lane sisters and Gale Page with John Garfield in Four Daughters and its forthcoming sequel Four Wives. studio shifts from Four Mothers to wives and contemplates future generations. Samuel Goldwyn’s Jascha Heifetz project title changes from Music School to They Shall Have Music and promises a tougher marquee.
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John Garfield
Three Lane Sisters
Gale Page
Samuel Goldwyn
Jascha Heifetz
Has She a Good Style and Address
A dialogue fragment shows a young woman advocating for her partner Henry and a father resisting, arguing he dislikes Henry’s long stayings more than his shortcomings. The scene centers on parental objections and the girl's persistence in defending her suitor.
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Father
Henry
Tugville City Claim Spars With Officials
Citizens question whether Tugville meets city status as debates rise over schools water works and bus service. District leaders defend classification amid local governance tensions.
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Tugville
Women in Office No Longer Rate Scare Heads
Mrs Blair Banister, assistant secretary of the United States treasury, tells the Regional Conference of Democratic Women in Washington that public excitement over women in office is receding. A sister of Senator Carter Glass, Banister notes women’s public status is now free of glaring headlines and confirms her 1933 appointment after moving from Lynchburg in 1919 to join George Creel’s information committee.
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Ths
United States Treasury
Blair Banister
Democratic Women
Washington
Juarez shines as Aherne Muni and Davis captivate
The review urges cinephiles to focus on Juarez, praising Brian Aherne Paul Muni and Bette Davis. It suggests future casting fantasies like Christopher Columbus for Aherne but concludes the film already demands full attention for its grand ensemble performance.
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Brian Aherne
Juarez
Christopher Columbus
Edward Small
Aherne
Paul Muni
Bette Davis
Vallee shaped radio stardom by launching numerous celebrities
Rudy Vallee may be remembered not as the crooner who started a wave but as the man who discovered and developed more radio stars than any other. Tommy Riggs, Edgar Bergen, and Bob Burns are among the more than one hundred celebrities who owe their fame to him.
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Rudy Vallee
Tommy Riggs
Edgar Bergen
Bob Burns
Ellery Queen Mystery Radio Program Tests Viewers
Quiz style radio drama features Ellery Queen and four guest sleuths. Each week the mystery unfolds on air then Queen reveals the solution after the audience heard each guess. The format invites listeners to solve along from home.
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Ellery Queen
Mr. Queen
Queen
Felix Knight Renews Contract Ahead of Vallee Show
The radio singer Felix Knight signs another contract renewal before the half hour leading into the Vallee program. He appeared once as a guest about 84 weeks ago and has been a regular since then.
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Felix Knight
Sum and Abner Return to Arkansas for Summer Visit
Sum and Abner plan a summer trip to their old Arkansas home for a vacation and to check their accents. Home folks are already preparing a proper celebration for the return.
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Sum
Abner
Arkansas
Tarzan finds a son and other film notes
Tarzan Finds a Son features Johnny Sheffield as Tarzan’s son while Maureen O’Sullivan celebrates her first baby. Metro plans filming It Can’t Happen Here and a screening of Benjamin Franklin. Joan Blondell delivers a strong turn in Good Girls Go to Paris. Jack Benny and Rochester star in Man About Town.
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Tarzan
Johnny Sheffield
Maureen O'Sullivan
Metro
Benjamin Fran
Joan Blondell
Paris
Jack Benny
Rochester
Aeleewea
Western Newspaper Union
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