Freddie March Returns to Modern Role in Saint in New York
Freddie March abandons period costumes to star in The Saint In New York a radio film based on Leslie Charteris stories. Producer Pandro Berman scripts and John Cromwell directs with Erwin Shaw and Tony Veiller contributing. Grand National signs Charles Bickford to direct and star in four films starting with Wild Man and also negotiating Peer Gynt for a second vehicle.
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Harriet Parsons
Universal Service
Los Angeles
Anthony Adverse
Grand National
Ace Talent
Charles Bickford
G. N
Prescott Chaplin
William Robson
Universal
Peer Gynt
Bickford
Button Moulder
Eddie Robinson
Theater Guild
Love On The Run Adds Franchot To Cast Replacing Bob Young
Production notes reveal Joan, Clark, and Franchot join MGM Van Byker for Love On The Run. Bob Young was slated as Gable’s pal but will not appear as studio reunites Crawford Gable Tone trio from Dancing Lady. Franchot takes a comic role and does not pursue Joan.
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Joan
Clark
Bob
Franchot
Bob Young
Gable
Pal
MGM
Studio
Hollywood cast shifts and party notes spill from Paramount and peers
Lew Ayres exits Hideaway Girl prompting replacement by Robert Cummings while Warren William may join Radio’s Beauty, Inc. Geil Patrick borrowed by Twent-Cent-Fox for White Hunter. Alison Skipworth added. Benny Baker to Para’s Rose Bowl with Count Frankenstein Plotsky as stooge. Gala Grove gala features stars Veloz Yolanda Nie sen Trav is Romero, Stu Erwin cake moment, Ann Sothern gift, Lily Pons fittings at midnight, Bob Benchley returns to NYC, Bing Crosby golf before broadcast.
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Warren William
Free Lancing
Werner Brothers
Pan Berman
Beauty, Inc
Geil Patrick
Para
Twent-Cent-Fox
Baxter
Simon
Alison Skipworth
Skippy
Benny Baker
Lou Holtz
Para’s
Rose Bowl
Yesman
Count Frankenstein Plotsky
Demarcos
Veloz
Yolanda
Gertrude Niesen
Howard Lang
June Travis
Cesar Romero
Binnie Barnes
Don Alvarado
Jean Parker
Stu Erwins
Stu
Roger Pryor
Ann Sothern
Roger
Ann
Benny Fields
Bob Benchley
Berth
N. Y
Bing Crosby
Universal selects Three Smart Girls for Adele Coman drama
Nan Grey Deanna Durban and Barbara Read are cast as three sisters in the Adele Coman dini original about three siblings striving to reconcile estranged parents Catherine Doucet and Raymond Walburn will play the feuding parents. Durban is the 13 year old youngest sister with an operatic voice.
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Universal
Nan Grey
Deanna Durban
Barbara Read
Adele Comandini
Catherine Doucet
Raymond Walburn
Little Durban
Eddie Robinson and Joe Schenck in London on film talks
Eddie Robinson in London for Thunder in the City with Atlantic Films and Joe Schenck in London on the Twent ieth Century Fox Gaumont deal have been in talks. Robinson likely to make a Twentieth Century picture upon return. Constance Collier and A E Matthews added to Thunder in the City cast already in production. Snapshots of Hollywood collected at random show dancing.
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Eddie Robinson
London
Lamont Believes War in Europe Unlikely
Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Morgan and Co after a Europe trip says war talk exaggerates danger. He notes Germany aims to avoid trouble with Britain and France, Italy improves ties with Britain, and Britain, Egypt forge amity. Spain’s situation remains unclear.
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New York
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan and Company
Europe
Lamont
England
France
Germany
Great Britain
Austria
Russia
Italy
Mediterranean
Spain
Egypt
Miner recalls 72 hours trapped in Esty coal mine
McCann, 50, one of two survivors of a four man group, describes the 72 hour ordeal in the Esty mine at Moberly Missouri. He recalls loss of air, thirst, hunger, hope fading as rescuers worked the shaft and a power blower finally brought fresh air and safety.
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Jack W. McCann
Moberly
Esty
Demmer Sexton
Demmer
Edward Stoner
George Cameron
Stoner
Cameron
Sexton
Larry
Peter
China Clipper Draws Big Cedar Rapids Crowd
In Cedar Rapids the Iowa theater drew a large Friday crowd for the showing of China Clipper starring Pat O Brien. The flight epic impressed with convincing miniature effects showing rain and lightning while interior plane shots remained less convincing. The second feature, Three of a Kind, stars Evalyn Knapp with Louis Sharkey as the fighter lead.
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Alf M. Landon
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Theater
Pat O’brien
Louis Sharkey
Hollywood
Evalyn Knapp
Louis
Sharkey
W. M
His Brother's Wife at Paramount Sparks Mischief and Passion
Romance and suspense drive the Paramount feature His Brother's Wife with Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck as star couple tangled by a brotherly plot. A tropical fever plot, two scientists, and a melodramatic climax heighten the drama. Jean Hersholt and Joseph Calleia provide strong support as the old scientist and gambling baron. Popeye the Sailor and a Popular Science feature round out the program.
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Paramount
Robert Taylor
Barbara Stanwyck
Taylor
Tropics
Miss Stanwyck
Barbara
Jean Hersholt
Joseph Calleia
Popeye the Sailor
Paramount News
Refuses Warrants For Re-Arrest Of Hewitt Physicians
San Francisco judge George J. Steiger refused to issue bench warrants to re-arrest Dr Tilton E Tillman and Dr Samuel G Boyd after their acquittal in mayhem conspiracy charges tied to the sterilization of 22 year old Ann Cooper Hewitt. Assistant District Attorney August Fortner had sought warrants, urging review by the district court of appeals after the judge dismissed the case.
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San Francisco
George J. Steiger
Tilton E. Tillman
Samuel G. Boyd
Ann Cooper Hewitt
August Fortner
Raglan Tuttle
Steiger
Fournier
District Court of Appeals
At Theaters Show Old Studio Gems And New Pieces
Paramount presents Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck in His Brother's Wife. Iowa features Pat O'Brien and Beverly Roberts in China Clipper. Louis Sharkey stars in a variety of films. State shows Bette Davis in Satan Met a Lady and Crash Donovan with Jack Holt. Rialto features Buck Jones in For the Service and H B Warner in Born to Gamble. Palace offers The Moon's Our Home with Margaret Sullavan and The Witness Chair with Ann Harding.
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Paramount
Robert Taylor
Barbara Stanwyck
Iowa
Pat O’brien
Beverly Roberts
Louis Sharkey Pictures
Bette Davis
Crash Donovan
Jack Holt
Rialto
Buck Jones
H. B. Warner
Palace
Our Home
Margaret Sullavan
Ann Harding
Japan Maintains Strict Neutrality in Spanish War
TORIO (US) reports that Japan will not interfere with the Spanish civil war and will not aid either side. The Japanese government is actively suppressing public campaigns to assist the opposing Spanish factions.
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TORIO
Japan
Spain
Lemke Seeks New Deal Opposition Across Nation
North Dakota congressman William Lemke, Union Party presidential candidate, denounces the administration as bureaucratic and self-centered. He argues America must move from old to new civilization through higher living standards, condemning unemployment, the dole, and economic bondage while pledging to prevent a second Landon presidential run.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
William Lemke
North Dakota
Union Party
National Administration
Lemke
United States
Washington
Capitol
Alf M. Landon
President Hikes Maximum Amount Winter Wheat Loans
President Roosevelt signed an executive order to aid distressed farmers by doubling the loan limit for winter wheat seed under the farm credit administration to 400 dollars per borrower. The order, issued under the Emergency Relief Act of 1935, sets 200 dollars as the general loan cap and 400 dollars for winter wheat production with applicant proof of lack of alternative funding and a preference for farmers with small cash needs.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Farm Credit Administration
Democratic Woman Contributor Backs Landon in Chicago
Mrs. Edwin T. Meredith of Des Moines announces she will support Gov. Alfred M. Landon for president, criticizing President Roosevelt for straying from the 1932 Democratic platform. Meredith, former secretary of agriculture spouse, heads the Independent Coalition of American Women and publishes two magazines.
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Chicago
Edwin T. Meredith
Des Moines
John D. M. Hamilton
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Roosevelt
Iowa
Meredith
Independent Coalition of American Women
Night Intruder in the Brian House Stirs a Midnight Hunt
The narrator hunts a nocturnal intruder in the Brian house, uncovering locked doors and suspicious quiet. A tense confrontation reveals Mark Brian with a gun, Peter missing, and the suspect pool narrowing as the hallways yield quiet breaths and a stark, moonlit courtyard view.
Before the Murder House The Brians Horwitz Mystery Clue
Criminal lawyer Larry Holbrook investigates a stabbing at the Brians residence where Peter Brian fears a haunted plot. Miss Hunt finds Peter dead while others claim alibis as Mrs. Brian rests in a mental facility and Bob, newly hired butler, hears a strange night noise.
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Julian
Lee’s
Lee
Larry
Mark Brian
Peter
Mark
Long House
Cora
Jean
Miss Hunt
Frank
Bob
Sutton
Mrs. Brian
Alexander Brian
Peter’s
Peter Brian
Larry Holbrook
Brian
Holbrook
Brians
Lee Sen
Truck Rate Structure Discrepancies Discussed
Thirty interstate motor carriers from Illinois, Iowa, Colorado and Nebraska met in Omaha to discuss adjusting discrepancies in the truck rate structure and leveling rates for uniformity. Speakers included Earl Gerard of Chicago C C Crouse of Des Moines Iowa motor freight traffic bureau and A W Bousquet of Omaha.
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Omaha
Illinois
Iowa
Colorado
Nebraska
Earl Gerard
Chicago
C. C. Crouse
Iowa Motor Freight Traffic Bureau
Des Moines
A. W. Bousequet
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Lew
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Ben
McCann
United Press
Paramount Film
Hewitt Physicians
Willie Willis
New Deal
Dole
Cedar Park
Danna Bushong
Mount Hood
Hood’s Peak
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Pat O'Brien
Ross Alexander & Werner Breistmatt Pictere
Everlyn Knapp
Louis VS. Sharkey Fight
WWYCK
Joseph Callejas
W. S. van Dyk
Popular Science
Universal Picture
Satan Mei Way T Wii
Sara Alison Skipworth
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