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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1938
Page
12
Walter Winchell reports a flurry of gossip from Broadway and Hollywood. Notable items include talk of political figures and ailing advisors, marriages and engagements, star divorces and new romances, film bookings, a record bonus split among editors, and preparations for high-profile weddings. The column captures restless celebrity chatter, industry moves, and looming world tensions with panache.
Hollywood reports financier backing for David Wark Griffiths silent epic The Birth of a Nation with Parker style capital. Star cast includes Henry B. Walthall Lillian Gish and Mae Marsh as the crew plans a New York shoot amid fanfare and controversy.
A jittery roundup of stars and productions fills the stormy year end. Garbo and siblings spark rumors as Swedish and American studios debate new projects with Lupe V., Hepburn, and Lombard amid party chatter and gift reports.
In response to requests from those unable to attend, Alcatraz Island will be held over at the Texas theater through Thursday. The film stars John Lite, Ann Sheridan, Mary Maguire, Ben Welden and Gordon Oliver, showing the famous Rock and its military guard regime.
Hollywood Jan 4 Jimmy Cagney returns to Warner brothers in March ending contractual obligations that led to a Supreme Court dispute and his move to Grand National. The two pending actions about the long dispute were dismissed by stipulation of studio and Cagney counsel.
Paul Valer witnessed a theft as a man walked down the street wearing shoes that shone. He tackled the wearer, removed the shoes, and marched the barefoot suspect to a poster. The prisoner confessed, with Valter noting he recognized the shoes by the shine.
Mitchell Leisen, a veteran film director, was stricken at home by a heart attack Sunday night and is reported seriously ill. Simone Shyon, a French actress, has returned to work on the film Jorette after a two week illness.
Constance Bennett files a $250,000 damage suit against movie commentator Jimmy Fidler claiming his radio comments harmed her reputation. She alleges his statements were published and transmitted as defamatory and reckless fabrications.
Walter Gatell former president of a Philadelphia bank is exonerated two years after death from a charge of embezzlement for funds once used to protect bank stock. The case ruled he did not commit the offense.
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