Italy Scenes For Ben Hur Revival And Hollywood Buzz
Las Vegas columnist notes Irving Thalberg plans another Ben Hur remake possibly in Italy with Mussolini's studio support. Walter Wanger lobbies MGM. Victor Jory shifts to Australia for Zane Grey projects. Capra and Colman ties noted, and Lily Pons Kostelanetz wedding teased. Parsons hands column to Harriet Parsons soon.
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Universal Service
Los Angeles
Ben Hur
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Star Galaxy
Ramon Navarro
Francis X. Bushman
May McAvoy
Irving Thalberg
Lew Wallace
Walter Wanger
Il Duce
Irving
MGM
Italy
Mussolini
Victor Jory
O. K
Victor
Hollywood
Australia
Harriet Parsons
Parsons Junior
Hollywood News
Harriet
Columbia
Harry Cohn
Rabies fears and tonsil removal amid medical debates
A reader questions rabies risk from a potentially rabid dog and critiques Pasteur vaccine use. The column mocks old tonsillectomy methods while predicting a shift to modern techniques, arguing for less invasive, nonhospitalized approaches and urging public awareness.
Tonsil Removal by Electro-coagulation Sparks Medical Debate
A national medical association article argues electro-coagulation of tonsils benefits patients with tuberculosis exophthalmic goiter or heart disease who cannot safely undergo standard surgery. It warns of dangers and the risk of buried infection but questions the fearsome comparisons to rabid dogs in public perception.
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Wiener Schnitzel
National Medical Association
The
Medical Association
Hair Growth Oils and Tomato Juice Valued in 1936 Inquiry
A reader asks about oils or cosmetics that stimulate hair growth and whether any exist. The response notes rosewater ointment as cleansing and conditioner, and warns tomato juice loses vitamin C with storage. Vitamin content is detailed for tomato and orange juice, praising factory canned tomato juice for infants.
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U. S
B. Pharmacopoeia
Theaters Highlights From Paramount Palace Rialto
At the theaters a roundup features White Fang with Michael Whalen and Jean Muir. Educating Father with the Jones Family. Shakedown with Lew Ayres and Joan Perry. August Week-End with Valerie Hobson. Dionne quints photos. Also And Sudden Death with Randolph Scott and Frances Drake. Absolute Quiet with Lionel Atwill and Irene Hervey. The Petrified Forest with Leslie Howard and Bette Davis. Desert Gold with Larry Crabbe and Marsha Hunt. You May Be Next with Ann Sothern and Lloyd Nolan. Stampeded with Charles Starrett.
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Paramount
Michael Whalen
Jean Muir
Jones
Father
Iowa
Lew Ayres
Joan, Perry
Valerie Hobson
Dionne
Randolph Scott
Frances Drake
Lionel Atwill
Irene Hervey
Palace
Leslie Howard
Bette Davis
Petrified Forest
Larry Crabbe
Marsha Hunt
Rialto
Ann Sothern
Lloyd Nolan
Charles Starrett
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Lovello
Parsons
Frank Capra
Buddy Colman
Frank
Buddy
Mr. Deeds
Capra
Caroline Housman
Stanford
Mary Blake
Lily Pons
Andre Kostelanetz
New York
Los Feliz
Gerald A Smith
Charlie Rogers
Universal Pictures
Gerald
Gertrude Lawrence
Marjorie Gateson
Chic Sale
Skeets Gallagher
Ukelele Ike
Marion Davies
Ella Williams
Cosmopolitan Productions
William Powell
Katharine Hepburn
Frances Langford
Ony
Clarence Brown
L. B. Mayer
John Emerson
Adolphe Menjous
Europe
Martha Raye
Louise Fazenda
Mike Jackson
Ina Claire
Cora Witherspoon
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Tus
Zane Grey
Desert
New Midwest
Art Nie
Lovely Girls
Alway Gardens
Stanwood
Wed
Ang
Harvey Stephens
Roger Cummines
Feg Murray
Jane Darwell
Garette Tobacco
King Peatures Syndicate, Inc
Brass Surgeons
America
Jene
Beauty Editors
Fred Astaires
Flying Condo
roaBera
Maver
Alan
Personal Health Service
Dionne Quints
Randolph Frances _ Tom SCOTT DRAKE BROWN
Lauche
Stuart Erwin
Woman
Coompanion
AL Sky
Cedar Park Management
S. L. Robinson
Leonard
Leonards
Smart
Hardiweaves
Coral Cerd
All Edgerton Sport
Oxfords
Ay Syndicate
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