Yearling film praised for its warmth and strong cast
Hollywood hails The Yearling as a landmark adaptation with Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman as the Baxters. Ten year old Claude Jarman Jr. earns top notice for Jody while Claude Radgee shines as Will. The Technicolor drama follows Jody, his mother Ma, and the fawn in a tale of love and loss set in Florida's wild coast.
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Marjorie
Rincess
Gregory Peck
Jane Wyman
Penny
Ma Baxter
Claude Radgee
ABC
Clarence Brown
Baxter
Florida
Jody
Penny Baxter
Claude Jarman Jr
Jarman
Chill Wills
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
M-G-M
Penn
Claude Jarman, Jr
Chills Wills
Buck Forrester
Clem Bevans
Pa Forrester
Margaret Wycherly
Mx Forrester
Henry Travers
Mr. Boyles
Forrest Tucker
Lem Forrester
Donn Giftas
Mat Willis
Gabby Forrester
Princess Theatre
Brown
Claude
Peck
Mr. Brown
Nashville Boy Lands Jody Role in The Yearling
Ten year old Claude Jarman Jr of Nashville Tennessee wins the part of Jody in MGM color adaptation of The Yearling. Discovered by Clarence Brown after a nationwide search, the first film role for the newcomer features a Florida lad who befriends a yearling deer.
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Claude Jarman, Jr
Nashville
Tenn
Jody
M-G-M
Nashville Railroad
Claude
Florida
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Clarence Brown
Little Jackie
Butch” Jenkins
Brown
Roistering Forrester Family On Stage
The scene centers on the Buck Forrester family with heads played by Clem Bevans and Margaret Wycherly. Their sons include Forrest Tucker Matt Willis Dan White George Mann and Arthur Hohl, with Donn Gift as Fodderwing the little crippled Forrester who imagines flight.
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Buck Forrester
Clem Bevans
Margaret Wycherly
Forrest Tucker
Matt Willis
Dan White
George Mann
Arthur Hohl
Forrester
Donn Gift
Ann Harding Takes on Elder Matilda in Christmas Eve
Ann Harding plays Aunt Matilda a 70 year old eccentric in Benedict Bogeaus film Christmas Eve at the Princess Theatre. The piece notes her rise from a New York file clerk to a leading lady and mentions co-stars Joan Blondell Virginia Field and Dolores Moran.
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Benedict Bogeaus
Matilda
Miss Harding
New York
George Grant Gatley
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Texas
Washington
Otis Skiner
Thunderwriters
Provincetown Players
Pathe
Joseph E. Davies
Moscow
Janie
Fifth Avenue
Cinderella Jones
Ofeorge Brent
George Raft
Randolph Scott
Abie’s Irish Rose star JoAnne Dru charms in real life
The Irish Rose film star JoAnne Dru, born Joanne LaCoque in Logan West Virginia, plays Rose Mary Murphy in the Bing Crosby production now at the Roxy Theatre via United Artists. Dru's diverse ancestry includes Finns French Germans and Welsh, but not Irish.
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Rosemary Murphy
Abie
Bing Crosby
Roxy Theatre
Joanne Dru
Emerald Isle
Joanne LaCoque
Logan
West Virginia
Miss Dru
Wheeling
Iriga Rose
Eddie Sutherland
San Fernando Valley
Arlington Park
Chicago
Joanne
Bing Crosby Producers Inc
United Artists
Anne Nichols
Broadway
A. Edward Sutherland
Christmas Eve Opens At Princess Theatre
Benedict Bogeaus presents the star studded Christmas Eve at the Princess Theatre featuring George Raft George Brent Randolph Scott Joan Blondell Virginia Field Dolores Moran Ann Harding and Reginald Denny The story follows four wealthy aging sisters and their men as Christmas Eve unravels their schemes and secrets with FBI and baby adoption ring intrigue combined with star power and drama
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Princess Theatre
Hollywood
Bridge of San Luis Rey
George Raft
George Brent
Randolph Scott
Joan Blondell
Virginia Field
Dolores Moran
Ann Harding
Spinister
Tive
Independence
Brent
Michael
Rafty
Mario
South America
Scott
Jonathan
Reginald Denny
Phillip
Miss Blondell
Ann
Claire
Miss Moran
Benedict
Bogeaus
Jean
Miss Harding
Matilda
Clarence Kolb
John Litel
FBI
Raft
Douglass Dumbrille
Laurence Stallings
Richard H. Landau
Edwin L. Marin
United Artists
Actress Joanne Marshall Haymes Found Fame From Buskin to Palm Springs
Joanne Marshall Haymes began as a model and stage performer billed as the Girl With Two Left Feet and Samba Siren. She married Dick Haymes in 1941, raised two children, then moved toward film after Howard Hawks spotted her in Palm Springs.
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Joanne
New York
Powers Agency
Paramount Theatre
Dick Haymes
Harry James
Pigeon
Haymes
Palm Springs
Howard Hawks
Lauren Bacall
Rosemary Murphy
Abie
Rain-battered Mobile resumes Citronelle-Leaksville traffic
Five inches of rain in five days kept Mobile area streams swollen. An Escatawpa river bridge between Citronelle and Leaksville previously reported threatened by rising water was described as out of danger. Traffic resumed between Citronelle and Leaksville as the river fell to safe levels.
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Mobile
Ala
Escatawpa
Citronelle
Leaksville
Miss
A. B. Jefferies
Mobile County Board of Revenue
Daily vitamin C needs met by fruits like oranges
The body cannot store large amounts of vitamin C so daily replenishment is needed. An orange or half a grapefruit can supply a day’s requirement, underscoring the importance of including citrus in the diet.
Alabama docks seek aid to fund 4 million bond issue
State Docks Director Henry W. Sweet urged Alabama financial interests to back a $4,000,000 revenue bonds issue for the expansion program. Bids open in Montgomery at 10 A M next Tuesday, or the project will face costly delays and further technicalities.
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Mobile
Ala
State Docks
Henry W. Sweet
Alabama State Docks
Alabama
Montgomery
Sweet
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