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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1939

Page

17

Lionel Barrymore recovers as Hollywood gossip unlocks past

Hollywood chat with Louella Parsons recalls Lionel Barrymore’s early screen days beside Mary Pickford and Florence Lawrance. He reports feeling better after a tough year, credits recent Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer roles and You Can’t Take It with You, and shares memories from New York to London, noting family ties and his sister Ethel’s influence.

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Torchy at Empire Monday opens new Glenda Farrell film

Glenda Farrell portrays Torchy in Torchy Runs her Mayor at the Empire theater opening Monday. The plot follows her crime expose as mayoral race turmoil unfolds with a kidnap attempt and a bomb targeting Steve McBride, leaving McBride as chief of poll.

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Lincoln Film At Aztec Love Story Majestic

Lincoln is portrayed in Young Mr Lincoln revealing the backwoods lawyer who rises by self effort. Henry Fonda gives a notable performance in a pre presidential tale highlighting the famous courtroom almanac moment. The Aztec run features a robust cast including Alice Brady and Sonja Henie in supporting roles.

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Hollywood Roundup notes on stars and studio buzz

Hollywood columnist Louella O. Parsons surveys a week of film gossip. She recalls past rivalries, notes Jeanette MacDonald and MGM's anxieties, and touches on Helen Hayes, Herbert Marshall, Don Ameche, Claudette Colbert, John Wayne, and Janet Gaynor among others.

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Power Maharajah In New Film Ends Power Maharajah In New Film End

Tyrone Power stars as a maharajah in The Rains Come, a famous story retold with a lavish Indian setting. Darryl F. Zanuck of Twentieth Century Fox orders a new ending while keeping most plot details intact. The film features Myrna Loy, George Brent and Brenda Joyce with Clarence Brown directing under Harry J. Browne.

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Mr Chips At Aztec Friday Screen Adaptation

The Aztec theater brings Friday the film version of Conraye Bir Chips starring Robert Donat in the title role. Based on James Hilton's tale of Mr Chips a beloved British schoolteacher, the story spans decades, romance, war, and his quiet influence at Brookfield. Sam Wood directs a British cast including Garson, Kiburn, Mule, and Harne in supporting turns.

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Singer Franklin Becomes Short Story Writer

Tone Franklin once a vaudeville star and Broadway favorite has turned to writing while awaiting Hollywood. She has sold three stories to the Saturday Evening Post and works on a book titled Little Trouper about theater history in the Gay Nineties through a child’s view. She is among fourteen former vaudeville headliners appearing as themselves in Babes in Acting with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer alongside Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland.

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British Film at Texas to start Tuesday

New faces appear in a different kind of story as the Texas toaster showcases Prison Willsit Bars starring Corline Luchsire and Edna Beat on Mts. The all English cast includes Barry Dares, Mary Morris, Murity Hunt, Margaret Yorde and Little Bhollon. The plot follows a girls reform school and the humane headmistress who guides the inmates toward useful work amid a crisis.

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