Heifetz to Star in Sam Goldwyn Picture
A portrait of Jascha Heifetz agreeing to a Hollywood film despite his screen reluctance. Behind the move lie factors including wife Florence Vidor and Goldwyn’s persuasion, plus Heifetz’s past stage feats and his American journey from Vilna to New York via 1917 debut.
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York
Jascha Heifetz
Samuel Way
Goldwyn
Sam
Heifetz
Hollywood
Florence Vidor
Danny Boy
Sam Goldwyn
Vilna
Redding
Conn
Maxine Elliot
Geraldine Farrar
Paramount
Victor Herbert
Herbert
Allan Jones
Mary Martin
New York
Alec Templeton
Templeton
Conrad Nagel
Five Came Back Elevates Budget B Picture Valor
The piece praises Five Came Back from RKO, directed by John Farrow, noting a smart, actor-driven approach despite no stars. It contrasts budget limits with strong storytelling and solid dialogue, and mentions cast Joseph Calleia, Lucille Ball, Wendy Barrie, C Aubrey Smith, and Chester Morris.
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Five Came
RKO
Robert Sisk
Mr. Sisk
John Farrow
Sisk
Joseph Calleia
Lucille Ball
Wendy Barrie
C. Aubrey Smith
Chester Morris
Peter Pond Pathmaker and Fur Trader of Early America
Peter Pond born to a Milford Connecticut shoemaker in 1740 grew restless and joined the British army at 16. He later traded across Detroit Prairie du Chien Green Bay and the Peace River country, helped form the North West Company, and inspired Mackenzie’s Pacific expedition before dying in poverty a few years after 1790.
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Peter Pond
Pathmaker
Milford
Lord Howe
Sir William Johnson
General Amherst
Canada
America
West Indies
Detroit
Peter
Michillimackinac
West
Prairie du Chien
Green Bay
Wis
Mississippi Valley
Peace River Country
North West Company
Hudson's Bay Company
Alexander Mackenzie
Pacific
Pond
A Dumas Hero and Two Frontier Characters Pass
Irish-born Thomas Phelan of Bremerton dies at 72 after a life spanning border wars, Civil War service, Fenian activity, and dueling reputation in Kansas City. He denounced Dreyfus case and urged justice, while Thirty-Thirty Jack Pratt, Alaska pioneer, channeled danger into enterprise and saloon leadership in Wrangell and Nome. Western Newspaper Union.
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Thomas Phelan
Bremerton
Wash
Dumas
Phelan
America
Kansas
John Brown
Osawatomie
Jackson County
Quantrill
Guerrilas
Alfred Dreyfus
Devil’s Island
Count Esterhazy
Dreyfus
Jack Ace
Jack Pratt
Alaska
Wrangell
Jack
Nome
Tex Rickard
Rex Beach
Robert W. Service
Texas Guinan
Jack London
Chicago
Derby
Western Newspaper Union
Grove's Tasteless Malaria Tonic Ad
At first sign of malaria take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. Contains tasteless quinidine and iron and fights the infection in the blood. Pleasant to take, aids recovery and is suitable for children. Available at all drug stores with a large size offering more value.
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Grove
St. Thousands
Ildren
Atlania
Heritage Time Extends Literature's Patrimony
The phrase declares that greater heritage time acts as a destroyer only by enlarging the patrimony of literature to its possessor, echoing D'Israeli's view on time expanding cultural holdings.
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D'Israeli
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Aul Robeson
Sam Byrd
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Robeson
Foster Sanford
Sanford
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Law
Voice
Consolidated Features
WNU
Delay
Alec
Virginia Vale
Northwest Passage
Payette Lake
Idaho
Robert Taylor
Robert Young
Walter Brennan
Wallace Beery
Sammy
Kaye
Gabriel Heatter
Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire
Western
Union
Missouri Meerschaum
Washington
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Marshal Foch
General Pershing
Sen
Bennett Clark
H. L. Mencken
Seattle
Homer Flint Kellems
Pandora
Arctic Sea
Kellems
Vivienne
Leo Clark
Buddy
Bobby
Brockton, Mass
Clyde Nordquist
Japan
China
Russia
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Holy Land
Nero
Rome
Roman Fire Department
Meredith
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