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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1940
Page
42
Hollywood gossip notes Laraine Day resembles Claire Windsor from a decade ago. The observer praises Day’s beauty and deep blue eyes while calling her voice among the era’s strongest, likening it to Ethel Barrymore.
Kay Kyser and his Kollege of Musical Knowledge head to the Palace theater for a Tuesday showing of That’s Right You’re Wrong a romantic comedy. Adolphe Menjou Lucille Ball and Ginny Simms co star in the film about a young man seeking fame in Hollywood.
The Earl of Chicago stars Robert Montgomery as a Chicago thug turned distiller who inherits English estates and faces danger when a scheming lawyer lures him into returning to politics after the repeal era. Edward Arnold leads a supporting cast including Reginald Owen and Edmund Gwenn as the plot thickens in this 1940-era screening.
On the set of The Mortal Storm James Stewart performed two half hour concerts using 16 wine glasses as a tone instrument. He tuned the glasses with water and produced a range of notes while others sang along.
The speaker recalls Laraine, born in Utah, admired coach Elas Day and Rita Johnson, noting Laraine’s potential for stardom. Her unpretentious, natural manner stands out as a refreshing sign for a promising dramatic career.
On the MGM set for Dr. Kile Date Laraine Day chats with Lew Ayres Barrymore and Charles Waldron as she secretly snacks cookies between takes. Director Harold Bucquet spots the theft and replaces cookies while Day allegedly devours them during multiple rehearsals.
The drama centers on two campus sweethearts facing marriage pressures amid hard times and campus flirtations. Jean Cagney debuts beside Joseph Allen Jr. in a tale of romance challenged by professors and battles that test their union.
Twentieth Century Fox grants eight writers screen credit for I Was an Adventuress. Zorina Richard Greeton Karl Tunberg Den Eth linger and John O'Hara are credited with the screenplay. Regional story by Jacquece tome spanez Herbert Juttke Ians Iby and Michel Duran. Story based on a play by Gregor Rabin Ivitsen.
Mickey Rooney stars as a precocious Edison in the first of two biopics. The Majestic screens the boy inventor tale on Saturday under Norman Taurog's direction with Pay Bainter George Bancroft Virginia Weber Eugene Paulette Victor Kilian and Bobby Jordan in supporting roles.
Maureen O Hira who heads the cast of RKO Radio's A Bill of Divorcement after her Humoresque debut in The Hunchback of Notre Dame is hailed by radio personality Jimmy Fidler as the coming star of 1940.
Jean Arthur stars as a woman who believes her husband is dead and remarries. Fred MacMurray and Melvyn Douglas play the two husbands causing comic chaos. Wesley Ruggles directs with supporting cast including Harry Davenport Dorothy Peterson Melville Gooper and Tom Dugan.
The Majestic runs Broadway Melody of 1940 with Eleanor Powell Fred Astaire and George Murphy in a dance heavy program. supporting cast includes Morgan Ian Hunter Florence Rice Ann Mor Tiss Trixie Firschke. Also featuring Shop Around the Corner with James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan at the Auvtec and other titles like Teddy the Rough Rider and Invisible Stripes with Bogart. Short on Money Know Your Money educates on counterfeit currency. Mexican Spitfire at Empire follows Lupe Velez plot with Leon Errol and Elizabeth Risdon. Myrna Loy returns to Palace in Another Thin Man. Oregon Trail serial and Framed also on bill.
The State theater opens The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex starring Bette Davis and Errol Flynn Tuesday. The film portrays the troubled romance of England's queen and her young captain, with dramatic, adventurous scenes filmed entirely in technicolor.
San Antonio Little Theater announces the cast for What a Life a high school comedy by Clifford Goldsmith Roberta McNeil plays Henry Aldrich with Joan Debbler as Sabura Pearson supporting cast includes Russell Good Iay Ralston Alvin Moyer and many others The production runs at the Lo Pedro Playhouse on April 1 2 and 3
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