Gleason rediscovered as Capra’s lead editor in Meet John Doe
Longtime actor Jimmy Gleason, praised by Frank Capra for his range, discusses his break into a Capra film as a newspaper editor in Meet John Doe. He recalls working with Capra and Riskin, sharing faith in overlooked talent and noting Lucille Gleason’s near-breaking role in Grapes of Wrath.
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John Doe
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Gan
Jimmy Gleason
Chow
Frank Capra
Hollywood
Robert Armstrong
Frank
Robert Riskin
Pontius Pilate
Lucille Gleason
Jane Darwell
Lucille
Jane
Walter
Irving Berlin
Ife
Gleasons
Regis Toomey
New York Educator Walsh Wins Laetare Medal
The 1941 Laetare medal is awarded to William Thomas Walsh, a New York educator and lecturer, by Notre Dame. Rev. J. Hugh O'Donnell, president of Notre Dame, announced the honor awarded annually since 1883 to a notable Catholic layperson.
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INL
J. Hugh O’donnell
Notre Dame University
William Thomas Walsh
New York
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Iowa
Brush Chapel
Kuba Funeral Home
2Nd St
Oxford
Gertrude Myers
Ard Ave
St Patrick's
Queenie
Mary Adams
Good Housekeeping
Marry Adams
David McGregor
American Trust Building
Andrle
1St St
Probasco, Jeweler
2Nd Ave
Palace Theater
M. Rhoads
1St Ave. FE
U.S. Naval Observatory
Ginsberg
Kansas City
Eastside Maternity Hospital
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4149
Ambulance Service CO
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California
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Richatan Pharmacy
Frank Meci
Hale Tonic
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Kubias Hardware Co
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Haywood
K & M Pharmacy
Matt Hayner
Ave. BE
Jae Aefer
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Griffith Feather Mattreau Co
Lady Oil
Love Lady Beauty Shop
1St Ave
Johnson's Beatty
10Th St. BE
Paris Academy
Beatty School
Saar RA
RA Rana
Danceland
Larry Herman Orch
Dick Jureen's
Rock Donavan
Udesen
LaFayette Cafe & Club
Ce-Mar
Spengler's Tea Room
Sentine
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Jackson's Cafe
4Th Ave
Fred N Abel
Anamosa
Skiptooth
Cedar Rapids Law Service
14Th Ave
Sherwin Williams Co
Hawkeye Tin Shop
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Fred S. Snyder
Novak Heating Co
Kasner
L. E. Cummins
Kutchera Sodding & Fuel Co
Co. R. Law Service
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Marlon
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MT. Vernon Ave
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C Ave
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Sumner
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Rapids School of Welding
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