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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1936
Page
5
The King of Swing and his orchestra arrive at Mintennal auditorium Tuesday August 25 for an appearance and dance. Special arrangements offer reserved seating and stage dancing for white attendees. The band is sponsored by the Ghigsor Foundation for underprivileged negra children.
In Las Vegas on August 20, a dramatic hydroelectric display will lower 12 needle valves at Boulder Canyon dam. President Roosevelt will push the switch in Washington to release 5000 cubic feet per second, sending water 120 feet into the Colorado River for a brief two hour spectacle.
Industry notes report Francis Lederer close to signing a contract to star in The Life of Johann Strauss for MGM, with Irving Thalberg overseeing the project and Lederer seeking one film per year for Lasky. Other headlines include Mervyn LeRoy’s The Grams Passion at Warner Brothers with a $90,000 original by Marx and Krasna, Joan Bennett star vehicle All Ladies Are Worn, and various casting moves across Columbia and Goldwyn.
Gene Thomas, former director of the Gene Thomas Players junior theater in San Antonio, departs Fort Worth for Bollywood assignments with MGM and Fox Westwood. He plans to use the stage name Jan Thomas for minor and character roles in forthcoming productions. While in town to visit friends, he met Sally Rand and other celebrities at a charity event in Park Worth, noting connections with film companies led to the opportunities.
The document reports a secret marriage between Randolph Scott and Marian Dupont Somers last March, with uncertainty about a public honeymoon. It notes theater attendance for His Brother's Wife at Chinese Theatre and mentions various Hollywood names and rumored romances, including Doris Dudley and Katharine Hepburn.
Hollywood Aug 39 three smart girls appear to be elusive in Universal's Life project. None of the girls tested so far meet the studio's standards for the roles.
A bill from August proposes prizes ranging from 4 to 25000 pesos to Filipinos who submit inventions seen as useful for national development. The measure seeks to reward innovation and spur progress, outlining payment scales and eligibility.
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