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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1934
Page
5
A profile of Joe Brown a touring comedian noted for a unique mouth driven humor. From circus to burlesque to Broadway his fearless act draws crowds and Hollywood interest. He values family over fame believes in bringing happiness and writes a playful life story around his peculiar features.
Warner Bros presents He Was Her Man with James Cagney and Joan Blondell in star roles. The drama follows an ex gangster fleeing vengeance while Blondell plays a woman of the streets. Supporting cast includes Alice White Robert Barrat Alan Dinehart Irene Franklin Hobart Cavanaugh.
A woman bent by her past falls for a charming but corrupt man named Cagney, risking death. Victor Jory plays the fisherman lover who marries the woman, while Cagney absolves himself by a final act that leads to his death. The film is set in a Monterey area fishing village and based on an original Robert Lord story.
John Boles returns to the screen in the Fox film Wild Gold as a hard edged young engineer. The Capitol Theatre will show the picture starting Monday with the actor seeking the challenging part for years.
Captiol Theatre presents Wild Gold on Monday starring John Boles Claire Trevor and Harry Green. The story follows a modern gold fever with romance comedy and adventure as abandoned mines rebound to life amid new profits and old dreams.
A Paris set romance drama adapted from All Good Americans features Madge Evans Otto Kruger Robert Young Una Merkel and Ted Healy. The plot follows an American girl stranded in Paris who becomes a fashion writer after a broken engagement and a failed return home. The feature opens with a Lindbergh landing sequence and showcases a Paris art colony masquerade and a grand fashion show.
Universal presents I Give My Love starring Wynne Gibson and Paul Lukas at the Strand Theatre Sunday. The film follows a young artist in New York from 1913 through the war years to the present, aging Gibson twenty years on screen as she endures love and sacrifice in a powerful human drama.
Joan Blondell started an innovation during the Warner Bros. production He Was Her Man. She wore heel less canvas sandals when not photographed in full length to stay comfortable and cheerful, and the cast is adopting the plan for better mood on set.
The film recreates World War II era Ball and fashion show sequences on a large sound stage in France. It opens with Lindberghs landing and follows Madge Evans learning Otto Krugers betrayal, the rival newspaperman notes theft, his China trip, return as a broken man, and a dramatic denouement. Ted Healy Bert Roach Edward Brophy and touristic cafe scenes add comic relief.
Edward Brophy blushes during a scene in Paris Interlude at the Princess Theatre admitting he has not kissed a woman other than his wife in nine years. He spoke to Director Edwin J. Marin about the rare on screen moment.
Joe E. Brown stars in the First National picture A Very Honorable Guy at the Princess Theatre. For the first time in his screen career he wears a high silk topper as wealthy antics unfold and his wardrobe expands with the fashionably dramatic hat.
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