Corrie May Chooses War and Love Over Slavery’s Shadow
Corrie May Upjohn rebels against squalor and envies the rich plantation life. She works for Ann Keramy and dreams of Budge Foster, who joins the army to fight Yankees. A clash over loyalty to land versus nation ends with Budge conscripted, leaving Corrie torn between love and duty.
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Bertram St. Clair
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Miss Ann
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Denis Larne
Rattletrap Square
Hollywood Prepares Technicolor Ta Male Musical in Buenos Aires
Neighbors love the thoroughbred backdrop as Harry Joe Brown sends Otto Brower and crew to Buenos Aires to film a ta male musical. RKO head George Schaefer faces criticism for giving Orson Welles 750000, with talks of Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire and Ritz brothers projects shaping the year. Miriam Hopkins cited as Warner script focus amid Reno divorce.
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Fred Astaire
Ginger
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Ritz Brothers
Syracuse
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Groucho
Harpo
Chico
Postcard Arrives 25 Years Late From Europe
Niagara Falls Ontario postmaster William H. Phemister received a postcard mailed from Berne Switzerland in 1914. It was sent by Horace Logan during a European tour and bears no marks showing its long delay or prior destinations.
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Europe
Darryl Zanuck Signs Carmen Miranda for The South American Way
Hollywood reports Zanuck has signed Carmen Miranda for Twentieth Century Fox. Miranda, a Broadway favorite from Streets of Paris, will star in the Argentine musical The South American Way and sing the hit title song in the film adaptation.
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Shuberts
Hollywood Gossip Roundup Sparks Shifts in Star Careers
Joan Crawford may pursue a stage debut in New York this winter as her film fate entwines with director Alfred Hitchcock and producer Arthur Hopkins. Ethel Borden has sold a play to Hopkins and the Theater Guild, hinting at Crawford joins. Lubitsch notes Vivian Lubitsch arriving in New York as rumors swirl about Ninotchka and Clara Bow rumors persist.
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la Crawford
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Rebecca” Company
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Robert Preston
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Para Commissary
George Raft
Bill Holden
Plane Trip Recalls Groucho Ernst Lue bitsch Spencer Tracy
In a moment of idle chatter on a eastbound flight, Groucho Marx joins Ernst Lubitsch and Spencer Tracy as fellow travelers. The casual scene hints at close ties among Hollywood figures during travel.
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Ernst Luebitsch
Spencer Tracy
Theaters Listings For Iowa and Nearby Venues
Coast Guard with Randolph Scott and Frances Dee at Theaters Iowa plus The Real Glory starring Gary Cooper David Niven and Andrea Leeds. Miracles for Sale with Robert Young Florence Rice and Unexpected Father with Sandy Shirley Ross Dennis O Keefe at State. Pygmalion and Persons in Hiding at Palace. Thunder Trail Long Shot at Rialto. The Oklahoma Kid Listen Darling at Strand.
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David Niven
Andrea Leeds
Robert Young
Florence Rice
Sandy
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Dennis O'Keefe
Zane Grey Story Tops Rialto Feature Lineup
Rialto sets Friday and Saturday programs headlined by Thunder Trail starring Charles Bickford Marsha Hunt and Gilbert Roland. Long Shot adds racing thriller with Gordon Jones Harry Davenport George E Stone and Tom Kennedy. Daredevils of Red Circle sixth chapter rounds out a night of comedy and cartoon.
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Marsha Hunt
Long Shot
Gordon Jones
Harry Davenport
Zane Grey
Marisha Hunt
Gilbert Roland
Tong
George E Stone
Tom Kennedy
Red Circle
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