Of Mice and Men at State Theater Review
A film version of John Steinbeck’s novel screens at the State Theater with mixed success. Lon Chaney Jr. portrays Lennie, Burgess Meredith shines as George, while portrayals for the old man and the Negro farmhand fall short. The most dramatic moment is the dog scene just before the shooting.
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John Steinbeck
State Theater
Betty Field
Lewis Milestone
Burgess Meredith
George
Charles Bickford
The Hollow Tree School Concert With Whistles
Miss Mouse hosts a concert in the Hollow Tree School featuring Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow who whistle with bark whistles made by Uncle Wiggily. Uncle Wiggily plays a solo on the Wigglephone as other animals perform, and the audience cheers as the show ends with a setup for the next tale.
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Jackie
Peetie Bow Wow
Miss Mouse
Uncle Wiggily
Fox
Bob Cat
Peetie
Buddy
Cardinal Bird
Peette
Hollow Tree School
Mr. Longears
Peechie Bow Wow
Wiss Mouse
Mr. Whitewash
Virginia City Tops Theaters Run With Flynn Hopkins Bogart
The Paramount presents Virginia City starring Errol Flynn Miriam Hopkins Randolph Scott and Humphrey Bogart. Towa features The House of Seven Gables with Margaret Lindsay Vincent Price, Black Friday with Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi. State shows Of Mice and Men with Burgess Meredith Betty Field Lon Chaney Jr Double Alibi stars Wayne Morris Margaret Lindsay. Palace offers Kid From Kokomo with Wayne Morris and Pack Up Your Troubles with Jane Withers Ritz Brothers. Rialto screens Secret Valley with Richard Arlen and In Old Mexico with William Boyd. Strand presents Wings of the Navy with Olivia de Havilland George Brent Ambush with Gladys Swarthout Lloyd Nolan.
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Paramount
Errol Flynn
Miriam Hopkins
Randolph Scott
Humphrey Bogart
Virginia City
TOWA
Margaret Lindsay
Vincent Price
Boris Karloff
Bela Lugosi
Burgess Meredith
Betty Field
Lon Chaney
Wayne Morris
Palace
Kokomo
Jane Withers
Ritz Brothers
Rialto
Richard Arlen
William Boyd
Old Mexico
Strand
Olivia de Havilland
George Brent
Ambush
Gladys Swarthout
Lloyd Nolan
Milk price drop set March blended price in Chicago area
Federal market administrator N J Clada kis announced that milk producers in the Chicago area will receive a blended price of $1.62 per hundredweight for all milk delivered during March. The February deliveries price stood at $1.70.
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Chicago
N. J. Cladakis
Salt in foods and salt balance warn readers to monitor intake
An article notes ordinary foods contain salt, yet people add more at table and in cooking. It warns over-salting butter cheese and processed products, explains sodium potassium calcium balance, and cites health effects from high salt intake along with advice on diet and hydration for athletes and general readers.
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Allrey
Car ownership survey shows high car expenditure by middle income
A survey of 29,400,300 car owning families during 1935 1936 found the largest spending among households earning 1000 to 1999 dollars annually.
Hollywood gossip on The Four Horsemen and rights talks
Louella Parsons notes The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse remains a landmark film with June Mathis credited for adapting Ibanez’s story and aiding production. She cites Charles Boyer’s interest in buying rights from MGM, potentially shifting to Universal, and hints Alvia Sidney’s return to Hollywood after childbirth.
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INS
Rudolph Valentino
June Mathis
Hollywood
June
Ibanez
Rudy
Alice Terry
Charles Boyer
M-G-M
Europe
Charles
Universal
Hollywood Gossip and Contracts Stir Studio News
Warner Brothers plans cast changes with Bette Davis eyed for a joint film with James Cagney in The City of Conquest. Lana Turner rumored to return to MGM payroll to start On Wednesday with Lew Ayres in To Own the World. Arolyn Lee returns to Paramount to star in Virginia with Madeleine Carroll, and Sylvia Adler’s husband leads Two on an Island. Clifford Odets heads to Hollywood for a Loew screenplay.
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Lywood
Warner Brothers
Hollywood
James Cagney
Arolyn Lee
Bali
Shirley Temple
Paramount
Madeleine Carroll
Fred MacMurray
Lee
Y. Frank Freeman
Carolyn
Virginia
E. H. Griffith
Lana Turner
M-G-M
Artie Shaw
Lana
New York
Artie
Lew Ayres
Clifford Odets
David Loew
Frances Farmer and Odets sparks in Hollywood chatter
Frances Farmer's lingering crush on Clifford and Luise Rainer is noted as Hollywood headlines ponder Odets appeal to women. Cesar Romero teams with Josephine Cruickshank in Westside Tennis Club mixed doubles finals Sunday. The Children of the Stars troupe led by Jackie Coogan and Bert Kalmar Jr. wowed Phoenix and heads to Chicago. Cornell Wild, star of Romeo and Juliet in San Francisco, signs with Warner for John Paul Jones after Olympic fencing fame.
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Frances Farmer
Clifford
Luise Rainer
Frances
Hollywood
Odets
Cesar Romero
Josephine Cruickshank
Westside
Jackie Coogan
Edward Arnold, Jr
Maxine Marx
Bert Kalmar, Jr
Phoenix
Chicago
Cornell Wild
Laurence Olivier
Vivien Leigh
San Francisco
Warners
John Paul Jones
Hollywood Snapshots from a Jack Benny Preview Night
Night at a Jack Benny preview features Lucille Ball with red hair and bangs Elsa Maxwell confined to bed with a bad cold Pat Dane and Victor Mature linked in a Sphinx club evening Grace Hayes lodge gala shines with Elizabeth Talbot Martin Edgar Bergen Joan Vallier Ken Murray and Mary Healy dancers Jane Wyman Ronald Reagan perform an impromptu sketch Nat Pendleton’s grandmother turns 99 Henry Wilcoxon to take oath of allegiance on Friday.
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Hollywood
Lucille Ball
Jack Benny
Elsa Maxwell
20Th Century-Fox
Pat Dane
Rudy Vallee
Victor Mature
Sphinx Club
Grace Hayes Lodge
Elizabeth Talbot Martin
Jimmie Fidler
Edgar Bergen
Joan Vallerie
Ken Murray
Helen Mack
Mary Healy
Peter Lind Hayes
Jane Wyman
Ronald Reagan
Wayne Morrises
Hugh Herberts
Nat Pendleton
Henry Wilcoxon
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