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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1938

Page

4

Filling Station An American Ballet in Hartford

The premiere of a ballet titled Filling Station in Hartford blends American life comic strip imagery with satire. Virgil Thomson conducted music while Lew Christensen led choreography. the ensemble drew cheers as it mixed melodrama and acrobatics, depicting a quirky modern myth.

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Born to the West opens at Empire theater this week

The Empire presents Born to the West a Zane Grey western starring John Wayne Marian Hunt and Johnny Mack Brown with John Mattey Monte Blue Lucies Tuttlefield and Nick Lukate in a rugged frontier tale. Through Sunday the show runs with a macho western ambiance and continues this week.

Empire John Wayne Marian Hunt Johnny Mack Brown Priday Empire Theater Zane Grey John Matteyson Monte Blue Lucies Tuttlefield Nick Lukate

Trailin Trouble opens at State Theater with Coast Guard

The State theater presents a double feature starting Saturday including Trainin Trouble and Love Takes Pught. Also on the program is the twelfth chapter of S. & G. Coast Guard starring Ralph Tyra, continuing through Monday.

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Movie Timetable Alidectioso Welte Ragas

Fragmented OCR text lists show times and titles like Man of Dematone with numbers 18 24 6 4 and references to Metea Ga Mound of 1pge. Details are unclear but indicate a cinema schedule with multiple entries and partial titles.

Studio Stars Across Screen Trade Amid Rumors and Plans

Hollywood rumors swirl around Clark Gable’s return to screen in Too Hot to Handle and Metra-Goldwyn-M-Mayer’s move into John Lee Martin and Lawrence Stallings production. Mary Pickford Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks may buy United Artists, with Goldwyn pursuing a distribution merge with Columbia. Robert Benchley remains in New York for magazine work while Chertok assembles a short-film unit to supervise and star in four pictures.

Loualla Parsons Atnison Meture International News Service Holly Wool Clark Gable Metra- Goldwyn-Mayer Gabre John Lee Matin Lawrence Stallings Larry Weingarten Panay Lawrence Hammond South America Mary Pickford Dongls Fairbanks Charlie Chaplin Samuel Goldwyn United Artists Goldwyn-Kayda Trig Mary Doug Charlie Infomnant Columbia Hatshudin Sam Goldwyn Moah Chix Case Robert Benchley New York Inr Henchley Mint Jack Chertok

Hollywood Chatter on Bing Crosby and Celebrity Romances

Chatter in Hollywood notes Bing Crosby considered a drastic move after daughter Norma appeared a boy in rumor form. The piece mentions Eddie Cantor, Lauren, and Stan Laurel amid a swirl of romances, marriages, and show business antics. Nelson Eddy is linked to Inez Seabury, while Ken Murray and Antyea Leeds’ romance sizzles. Norma Shearer’s makeup for Marie Antoinette is cited as stylish, with Stan Laurel and others in light gossip. The column closes with Franklin Fay and Barbara Stanwyck, and a tease of more to come tomorrow.

Hollywood Hing Crosby Norma Dixie Bing Little Gary Crosby Eddie Davis Rho Eddie Cantor Cantor Nelson Eddy Inez Seabury Ken Murray Antyea Leeds Jack Benny Buck Bermey George Burns Norma Shearer Marie Antoinette Sunset Strip Green Betty Furness Barbara Stanwyak jFrank Fay

Bexar Facts and Local Notables Carried in The Detecter

FRANK BRADY reports from Southland as chief of police Owen Eilday and others compile notes on recent events. Edinburg visits and a Texas State College for Women graduate Helen Barnett appear among stories. Evening dinner rhumba sparks gossip while opera fans A D Zucht Joe Zucht and family react to performances. Local real estate and civic updates mix with routine city life notes.

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S A Bank Deposits Show Big Increase

San Antonio banks reported strong finances with heavy cash reserves as of now plus semi annual statements. Total deposits reached 49,209,000 with time deposits 16,479,648 and government deposits 5,6788. cash on hand 22,456,592 a year earlier.

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Actress First U S Kiss 400 Feet Long

Hollywood reports an unusual sequence in a French actress’s film where her first U S kiss stretched into a long shot of about 400 feet. The actress insisted on only one take with William Powell. The director allowed nearly 800 feet of footage before stopping the roll. In the final cut the kiss lasts about 30 seconds.

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Ma Comes West to Help Fanny Brice in Public Row

Fatty Brice and Ma discussed troubled marriage rumors in Hollywood as Rose Brice arrived from the East worried about her daughter's wedding. Mother Rose Brice pressed for clarity while Fanny and Billy Rose face public scrutiny over a reported romance with Hedda Hall.

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Alimony Talks Trigger Quick Settlement in L A

In Los Angeles on January 7 a divorce suit saw Mrs Glyde Gook formerly Alice Draper of the Ziegfeld Follies seek $600 monthly alimony pending trial. Cook, a stage and screen comedian, offered $260, Mrs Cusk accepted, and the parties shook hands, ending the matter.

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Rosalie to Open at Majestic Saturday

The Majestic theater will show the film Rosalie starting Saturday starring Nelson Eddy and Eleanor Powell. The story follows a princess studying incognita in America who falls for a West Point cadet, despite social barriers, with a king's help to arrange their marriage. Supporting cast includes Frank Margo Edna Moliver Ray Bolger Iona Massey Billy Gilbert Reginald Gwen and George Zucco. A newsreel accompanies the feature.

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Lost Horizon at Palace Theatre Opens Friday

Frank Capra directs Best Horizon adaptation of James Hilton novel Lost Horizon. Renal Colman stars with Jane Wratt John Howard and Isabel Jewell in a star-studded cast. The Palace presents the film Friday through Monday with a large supporting lineup.

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