Naughty Marietta: MGM Film Brings Herbert Operetta to Screen
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adapts Naughty Marietta as a dramatic screen version, elevating Victor Herbert’s operetta to film with Nelson Eddy, MacDonald, and Ora Williams in a vividly staged production. The piece emphasizes historical romance set in Creole era St. Louis and highlights famous songs Ah Sweet Mystery of Life and I’m Falling in Love with Someone.
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Victor Herbert
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
MacDonald
Sonia
Aida Johnson Young
America
Herbert
Ireland
Germany
Chain letter stopper sentenced in Chicago case
Theodore Khorselus, 61, blamed for halting the chain letter craze by sending a crew of boys to loot mail boxes, was sentenced to six months by Judge Edelman in Chicago.
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Chicago
Theodore Khorselus
Edelman
Life Begins at 40 Brings Rogers to Princess Theatre
Will Rogers stars in Life Begins at 40 a Fox Film debutting next Wednesday at the Princess Theatre. The comedy follows a country editor who seeks youth and stirs a hornet nest of fun with hog calling and a pistol duel won by wit. Cast includes Rochelle Hudson Richard Cromwell George Barbier Jane Darwell Slim Sum merville Sterling Holloway Thomas Beck and others. Directed by Sol M. Wurtzel with Lamar Trotti screenplay.
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Will Roger
Princess Theatre
Fox
Walter B. Pitkin
Judge Priest
David Harum
Rogers
Will
Amelia
Sol M. Wurtzel
George Marshall
Lamar Trotti
George Barbier
Jane Darwell
Slim Summerville
Sterling Holloway
Thomas Beck
Roger Imhof
Charles Sellon
John Bradford
Ruth Gillette
Will Rogers
Fox Film
America
Rochelle Hudson
Richard Cromwell
One New York Night thrills at Princess Theatre
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer thriller plays at the Princess Theatre Friday. Franchot Tone and Una Merkel star as a Wyoming cowman and a telephone operator who join to solve a mysterious hostel murder amid guests from many walks of life.
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Metro-Goldyn-Mayer
New York
Princess Theatre
Franchot ‘Tone
Una Merkel
Wyoming
Big City
Miss Merkel
The Florentine Dagger at the Capitol Theater
The Capitol Theatre screens The Florentine Dagger a Warner Bros. mystery melodrama selected by the Clue Club as a top thrill. Ben Hecht wrote the story about Juan Cesare and Florence Ballau amid Borgias inspired murder and a locked in suspenseful climax.
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Capitol Theatre
Warner Bros
Ben Hecht
Centures
Florence Ballau
Juan Cesare
Florence
Borging
Juan
Donald Woods
Margaret Lindsay
Woods
Miss Lindsay
Henry O'Neill
Aubrey Smith
Fear Co
Robert T
Florence Fair
Ballau
Frank Reicher
Charles Judels
Rafaela Ottiano
Paul Porcasi
Eily Malyon
Egon Brecher
Henry Kolker
Italy
Vienna
Borgia Castle
Lillian Z Bets Win Lead to Unclear Outcome in St Louis
In St Louis on June 1 a race horse named Lillian Z. beat Homer W. Strus after he bet on her. Strus entered a book shop and learned Lillian Z. had won but the narrative ends with a bandit, leaving the final result uncertain.
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ST. Louis
Lillian Z
Homer W. Strus
Strus
Glass Key Opens at Strand Hart Selle with Thrills
George Raft stars in Paramount's The Glass Key presented at the Strand Theatre Hart Selle. The political noir pits Raft against powerful politician Edward Arnold as murder and corruption threaten the city, with Claire Dodd Rosalind Keith Ray Milland and Charles Richman in supporting roles. The film, directed by Frank Tuttle, adapts Dashiell Hammett's mystery with brisk, forceful dialogue and suspense.
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George Raft
Dashiell Hammett
Strand Theatre
Hartselle
Edward Arnold
Claire Dodd
Rosalind Keith
Raft
Paramount
Ray Milland
Charles Richman
Arnold
Broadway
Frank Tuttle
Hammett
Bloodhounds Flush Suspect. Man Dead After Shooting Relative
In Lumberton North Carolina on June 1 a man named Mett Bullard came from a swamp surrendering to farmer R A Pittett after being flushed by dogs. Bullard later died from a fatal gunshot to a relative.
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Lumberton
N. C
Bullard
R. A. Pittett
Bandit Holdup Sends Strus Fleeing as Gunfire Echoes
A holdup was announced and Strus ran from the scene. The bandit fired, wounding Strus in the left shoulder. Strus is expected to recover.
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Strus
Dog of Flanders Comes to Talking Picture in Decatur
A fifty year old story reaches Decatur on Saturday as a talking picture. The classic Louisa de la Ramé novel A Dog of Flanders gains new appeal with added elements and familiar themes that drew readers for generations.
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Flanders
Louisa de la
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