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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1939
Page
14
Renowned film writer Mark Hellinger brings insight into a daytime radio segment. The feature profiles Hellinger and his approach to storytelling, reflecting on career milestones and influence on American cinema.
A quirky collage of jokes and vignettes features a henpecked husband seeking a new suit, a cafeteria miscue about a shine, and a midget’s tie observation. Other bits poke fun at youth and wisdom, with Eskimos, a job seeker, a coast guard sight gag, and a drunken anchor mixup.
A memo proposes a modern Pied Piper film with one musician lead, set in a jitterbug town. The scheme imagines casting Mickey Rooney, Shirley Temple, or Bobby Breen with Rudy Vallee. a Mayor with Hoover-esque garb, five daughters, and politically charged glamor scenes.
A tour through current cinema and books highlights Jack Benny’s Man About Town with Dorothy Lamour and Rochester, Five Came Back, Maisie, and Next to Valour. Also notes fashion author Elizabeth Hawes and Shirley Temple box office status with upcoming color films. Sports mention Henley Royal Regatta and Britain’s Grand Challenge Cup result.
In a brisk note, writers scorn the idea of major league baseball reaching California. They highlight a rising prospect, a young Californian colored player named Fackie Wilson, described with bold hype as a future standout.
Johnny Jackson watches Barbara grow into a remarkable five week old girl while a tense crowd discusses politics and class. A provocative woman enters, drawing whispers as the men ogle, drink, and debate Roosevelt Taft and Wall Street. Johnny plots invention fortune to lift Barbara from poverty and shield her from the era’s rough crowd.
A reflective piece on cinema narratives notes that movies consistently reward heroes and beautify brides while depicting wealth, happiness, and stable marriages. The author laments Hollywood’s idealized, glamorous leads and expresses a wish to see a plain, average couple portrayed with honest, ordinary life outside the screen.
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