Suez film hints at romance over canal history
Immersive Suez Canal scenes cost a studio a fortune with 800 donkeys and thousands of extras but risk being overshadowed by a romantic plot around Ferdinand de Lesseps and Empress Eugenie. Hollywood keeps to safe love stories despite impressive production. Warner Baxter and Marjorie Weaver provide light moments, while onlookers like Peter Lorre and Joseph Schildkraut appear briefly in studio set pieces.
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Joseph Schildkraut
Peter Lorre
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Schildkraut
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Immigrant Struggles Echo in Early Screen Careers
Two actresses reflect on breaking into film as emigrants and the precarious paths to stardom. Gladys George recalls fighting studio gates and Arleen notes preferring cinema to relocation, while Barbara Stanwyck is imagined in a pivotal scene directing hardship and ambition.
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Barbara Stanwyck Dares Marshall On Set In Playful Scuffle
At lunch the cast discuss fears while filming Barbara Stanwyck playfully tackles Marshall for a scene. Lanfield cues the action and jokes about the stunt as Tommy Beck notes his own fear of the axe. Copyright 1938.
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Raynell’s Revue Shines at Shrine Festival in Cedar Rapids
Royal American Shows bring many changes to the midway at Cedar Park for the Shrine festival. Raynell’s Revue, a standout tent theater attraction, marks progress as part of the Cedar Rapids exposition closing on Sunday.
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Raynell's New Midway Show Headlines 1938 Outdoor Act
Raynell presents a new edition of her midways revue with 37 performers led by Ginger Ray and including Harry Klima and Ol' Man Goofus. A second attraction comes from Brussels the French Casino managed by Laura Manos featuring a rotating stage and elaborate decor. The article notes Formosa lighthouse plans and the 1937 President Hoover incident.
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Harry Klima
Ol’ Man Goofus
Belgium Nacional Exposicione
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Laura Manos
Theaters Showcases Iowa New Wave and Big Studio Fair
At the theaters listings feature Nora Pilbeam in The Girl Was Young with Derrick De Marney, The Marines Are Here with June Travis and Gordon Oliver, Joan Bennett and Henry Fonda in I Met My Love Again, and Yellow Jack with Robert Montgomery Virginia Bruce. Palace screens Stella Dallas with Barbara Stanwyck John Boles Anne Shirley, Love On Toast, Rialto presents King Solomon's Mines Cedric Hardwicke Anna Lee and Lady Fights Back Kent Taylor Irene Hervey, Strand presents Angels Holiday Jane Withers Sally Blane and Where the West Begins Jack Randall.
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Nora Pilbeam
Derrick de Marney
Marines
June Travis
Gordon Oliver
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Joan Bennett
Henry Fonda
New State
Robert Montgom
Ery
Virginia Bruce
Dick Foran
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Stella Dallas
Barbara Stanwyck
John Boles
Anne Shirley
Stella Ardler
John Payne
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King Solomon's Mines
Cedric Hardwicke
Anna Lee
Kent Taylor
Irene Hervey
Strand
Jane Withers
Sally Blane
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