Johnny Weissmuller Stars in Swamp Fire Role
Hollywood notes spotlight Johnny Weissmuller as a clever dreamer in Paramount’s Swamp Fire. The Mississippi bar pilots tale marks his first non Tarzan film and his first time in modern attire on screen.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1946
Page
9
Hollywood notes spotlight Johnny Weissmuller as a clever dreamer in Paramount’s Swamp Fire. The Mississippi bar pilots tale marks his first non Tarzan film and his first time in modern attire on screen.
Adult summer art classes will be held at the Witte Museum directed by Huseyin Malit for life drawing and Forrest Beas for landscape painting with ceramic instruction by Harding Black. Sponsored by the San Antonio Art Institute and accredited with the GI Bill, the program includes Tuesday evening life drawing from 3:30 to 9:30 and classes led by Hulit, Beas and Black at various times, with Beas recently discharged after five years in the army.
Engagement announced for Vera Williams of Burttot to Percy B. Johnson of Abilene. The wedding set for June 2% in Burnet. Mrs Carter of Fort Worth and Mrs Garler of New York wed J L Johnson at River Crest Country Club. Ceremony read by Rev James K Thompson. Bridesmaids and ushers named. gown details cited in duchess satin with lace and illusion. Groom to enter Notre Dame law school in September.
Paramount's 0.5.8. stars Alan Ladd and Geraldine Fitzgerald and boasts the largest staff of technical advisers ever on a picture. The unit is headed by Commander John M. Shaheen, former chief of the special projects division of the Office of Strategic Services.
The engagement of Miss Jeanette Stanfield to Royce Jones son of Mr and Mrs Vivian Lee Jones is announced by her parents Mr and Mrs Craig James Stanfield. The couple plans a late June wedding. The bride elect is a graduate of Alamo Heights High School and Incarnate Word College and holds an MA from Southwest Texas State Teachers College. She is a Delta Theta Phi member. Royce Jones also graduated from Alamo Heights and attended St Marys University before military service and is recently discharged after service.
Yom Fowers, noted Broadway star and actor in Paramount's Two Years Before the Mast, is also an author with two novels published. His literary work complements his acting career as he balances stage and screen commitments.
A playful scene features Billy Be Wolfe in a Technicolor musical poking at Edith Head designed chapeau while performing a number from Blue Skies. The satire targets Jady’s hat and features bold fashion-forward styling under Irving Berstein era studio direction.
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