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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1932
Page
14
The Texan presents a one night facelift of past vaudeville with a showing of Animal Crackers 638 and other old favorites. Patrons will see a revised program including acts like Meek Frost and Atta Critics.
Fox Films presents Mystery Ranch at the Empire theatre this Saturday starring George O'Brien with Cecilia Parker and Charles Middleton in key roles. Webb Johnson and others support in a tale of romance and adventure based on a Slever Edward Wrote story about Arizona rangers pursuing bandits.
The item discusses Charlie Chaplin's silence on his two young sons getting signing photos with Fox. It notes an alleged $400,000 payment to Lita Grey Chin Jin for care of the children and raises questions about exploitation of Chaplin’s name in pictures. Readers are shown reactions from Winfield Snee and critics about Greta Garbo and Ann Harding, with opinions about Charles Bickford and Doris Gardner’s letters. Wagers on Greta Nissen and her bridegroom are mentioned.
A dramatic film The Blonde Captive opens at the Empire theatre on Saturday. Produced by the Northern Australia Expedition Syndicate under the National Research Council of Australia the work follows an expedition from San Francisco to Australia seeking a Neanderthal man lookalike among primitive peoples. The film blends staged and authentic scenes amid travel through Sydney Melbourne Adelaide and Port Darwin before arriving at a dramatic final discovery. The accompanying program includes Believe It or Not cartoons and a celebrity feature with film lore and industry gossip reflecting Hollywood ties and radio promotion.
Oddly garbled notes describe Mike weighing client strategies and agency ties. Mentions Serta Guild, Frank Bordgage, ACC, and various figures planning financial maneuvers and representation.
Jon Dennett leads as Vivienne Ware in the seven three day run of The Trial of Vivienne Ware based on Kenneth Elis novel and radio drama. Miss Bennett faces murder charges with circumstantial evidence aimed at convicting an innocent heiress as Donald Cook urges a guilty plea. The film unfolds the fake evidence and a whirlwind finale with Skeels Gallagher and Iosu Pitts as radio reporters.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Phoenician valor items found near a lampic pile in Syria. Three axe fragments and other relics linked to Lancs appear among sparse archaeological references dated around 3009 years ago.
A feature at the Majestic Theatre is praised for its vivid depiction of gossip journalism. The film centers on Bill Poster, a sensational columnist obsessed with inside stories and scandal, amid a cast of reporters, maids, and operators in a world of fame and fear.
The Palace Theater screens The Crowd Rests featuring Jimmy Cagney as a racing champion chasing his younger brother and a love interest. Joan Blondell and Flo Linder star alongside a lineup of famed drivers including Billy Arnold and Lou Schneider in a Warner Bros. speedway comedy with action sequences and a dramatic gas tank explosion.
The Aztec theater hosts a four day attraction featuring Morris and Casi with a beauty cloak plot and a garage mechanic hero. New performers Gary Glas Agari Amos and Adrienne Ames join a charity show by Kadadly leaders.
A dance contest will be held at Cantor Wales Tuesday evening with judges and prizes. Notable attendees include Greet Nash and Thermo Waleman, and performances feature the Dance Mexlerne style and a Brunswick recording by Mihe Arca.
in a Texas screening feature Anita Loos adapts the novel to film showing Harlow as the vivacious Redheaded Woman. The piece notes Harlow's 70 roles and the film’s color sequences plus supporting cast including Lewis Stone and May Robson. It also references Joe Henlow’s recent marriage and other contemporaries in the theater and film world.
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