W C Fields Comedy Heads Back to Screen
W C Fields resumes film work this week with Never Give a Sucker an Even Break written by Fields. The cast includes Baby Sandy Gloria Jean and Butch and Buddy as juvenile scene stealers.
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W. C. Fields
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Buddy
Ethel Barrymore
Broadway
Zoe Akins
Alan Mowbray
Arthur Treacher
Metro
Panama Hattie
Ann Sothern
Frank Martinelli
Santa Clara
Kay Kyser
Joseph Breen
RKO
Cuban Star Arnaz Lands Lead in Four Jacks and a Queen
Hollywood star Desi Arnaz lands a leading role in RKO Radio's Four Jacks and a Queen alongside Anne Shirley and Ray Bolger. Sam Levene is also set for an important role in the new film.
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Hollywood
Desi Arnaz
Adolphe Menjou
Gloria Swanson
RKO Radio
Anne Shirley
Ray Bolger
Sam Levene
Neighborhood Theater Screenings Mix Classics and New Arrivals
The listing covers showings at Neighborhood Theater and Elmwood along with Alcazar Cameo and other houses. Films include So Ends Our Night and Rookies on Parade, The Lady Eve, Michael Shayne detective, Andy Hardy's Private Secretary, Pride of the Bowery, Here Comes the Navy, Blondie Goes Latin, That Night in Rio, Sleepers West, A Guy a Girl and a Gob, Road to Zanzibar, Topper Returns, Golden Hoofs, Great Lie, District Attorney, Meet John Doe, Melody for Three, A Man Betrayed, Footsteps in the Berk, and You Cant Have Youre Youre.
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Eve
Michael Shayne
Priv
É& Deteceve
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Andy Hardy
Pride of the ‘Bowery
Avon
The
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Blondie
Rio
Zanzibar
De‘tective
Globe
Topper
Happy Hour
Harvard
Hollywood
Palace
John Doe
Melody
Berk
Deanna Durbin to Star in They Lived Alone Next
Hollywood July 7 Deanna Durbin begins work on They Lived Alone a few weeks after Almost An Angel. Bruce Manning producer and former Pasternak ally will guide the project with Durbin playing a fast talker in copyhouse style then maturing into a more dignified role. Robert Sherwood negotiates a three film, 100000 per picture deal with Columbia aiming to attract Ingrid Bergman Warner Baxter and Susan Hayward for potential later projects. Jimmy Stewart, while in Army duties, hopes MGM will buy This Time It's Real for him after his service ends.
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Hollywood
INS
Deanna Durbin
Universal
Vaughn
Joe ‘Pasternak
Robert Sherwood
Adam
Columbia
Ingrid Bergman
Warner Baxter
Susan Hayward
Corp
Jimmy Stewart
Donald Friede
Jimmy
M-G-M
Studios announce multiple film casting changes and new projects
Ruth Hussey and Robert Young will head a MGM comedy Married Bachelors directed by Eddie Buzzell with Myrna Loy and William Powell originally set to star. Elisha Cook Jr joins The Maltese Falcon cast. Jeffrey Lynn and Humphrey Bogart in War ners remake The Great Divide. Edgar Buchanan appears in You Belong to Me with Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. Arthur Kennedy joins They Died With Their Boots On. Movita to star in Tower of Terror in London. Gene Tierney Lynn Barr lead Hello Frisco Hello at 20th Century Fox. Eddie Bracken signs with Paramount for Sing a Song of Homicide and other 1941-42 projects. William Demarest joins Glamor Boy. Neil Hamilton to lead King of the Texas Rangers. Vera Vague co stars in Icecapades with Jerry Colonna.
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Broadway Limited
Loew's
Hal Roach
Niagara Falls
Cecil B. DeMille
Jackie Cooper
Hollywood
Sam Goldwyn
Ann Corio
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Anthony Quinn
Chief Crazyhorse
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Frederic March
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Robert Young
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Myrna Loy
William Powell
Elisha Cook, Jr
John Tuston
Dashiell Hammett
Jeffrey Lynn
Humphrey ‘Bogart
William Vaughn Moody
Edgar Buchanan
Wesley Ruggles
Barbara Stanwyck
Henry Fonda
Arthur Kennedy
Missouri
Movita
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Gene Tierney
Lynn Barr
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Barbary Coast
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Eddie Bracken
Homicide
June Preisser
the Fleet
William Demarest
King of the Texas Rangers
Vera Vague
Jerry Colonna
Dorothy Lewis
Bard Bera
Movie Time At Local Theatres Listings
A slate of films showing with star casts and showtimes across venues. Titles include Out of the Fog with Garfield and Lupino, Devil Dogs of the Air with Cagney and O'Brien, They Met Bay with Gable and Russell, Broadway Limited with McLaglen and Woodworth, Moon Over Miami with Grable and Ameche, Bachelor Daddy with Horton, Shining Victory with Stephenson and Fitzgerald, and San Antonio Rose with Arden and the Merry Macs.
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Ida Lupino
James Cagney
Pat O'Brien
Clark Gable
Rosalind Russell
Victor McLaglen
Marjorie Woodworth
Loew's State
Miami
Betty Grable
Don Ameche
Baby Sandy
Edward Everett Horton
Reo-Schine-Heith’s
Shining Victory
James Stephenson
Geraldine Fitzgerald
San Antonio
Jackie Cooper Ready for Altar Match and Hollywood Buzz
Hollywood gossip notes Jackie Cooper plans marriage once he feels old enough, while the Crawfords name their anticipated heir after Ted Husing. MGM may buy Cabin in the Sky for Technicolor. Crystalline tips include Katharine Cornell’s regret over bids and Olivia de Havilland’s romance with Robert Stack.
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Bonita Granville
Broderick Crawfords
Ted
Husing
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Olivia de Havilland
Robert Stack
Chester Morris
Cary Grant
Romanoff
Phyllis Brooks
Jerry
Warners
Ward
Constance Polan
Monty Woolley Wins Title Role in Man Came to Dinner
Monty Woolley chosen by Warner Brothers for the title role in The Man Who Came to Dinner. The Kaufman Hart comedy lampoons Alexander Woollcott and ends its New York run after 738 performances. Bette Davis to co star as Whiteside's secretary in the film.
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Hollywood
Sheridan Whiteside
Broadway
Warner Brother
George S. Kaufman
Moss Hart
Alexander Woollcott
New York
Bette Davis
Whiteside
Van Heflin Cast In Ameche Comedy
Van Heflin, noted Broadway actor and Katharine Hepburn partner in The Philadelphia Story, is signed by Metro for a supporting role in The Female of the Species. Don Ameche Rosalind Russell Kay Francis and John Carroll lead with W S Van Dyke directing.
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van Heflin
Katharine Hepburn
Metro
Don Ameche
Rosalind Russell
Kay Francis
John Carroll
W. S. van Dyke
Glamorized Sand Used in Aloha of the South Seas
The article notes that glamorized sand used in the film Aro ma of the South Seas featuring Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall was mixed with pink tint to show up better on film.
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Hollywood
South Seas
Dorothy Lamour
Jon Hall
Summer Theater Notes Openings and Casts Across Venues
Skaneateles Summer Theater opens Skylark on Tuesday with Mary Loane in Gertrude Lawrence’s role and other leads including Bruce Covert Patricia Patten George Spaulding and Olga Krolow. Elsa Maxwell guests at Theater-by-the-Sea in Party with Estelle Winwood Fritzi Scheff and Buddy Ebsen. Sylvia Sidney Luther Adler reprise Accent on Youth at Windsor Bronx. The Vinegar Tree leads Vera Bantz John Culbertson at Cliff Sells Bridgeport Playhouse. July brings Dracula July 16 The Drunkard July 23 Sun Up July 30.
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Effie Shannon
John Alexander
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Gertrude Lawrence
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Samson Raphaelson
Bruce Covert
Patricia Patten
George Spaulding
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Elsa Maxwell
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Estelle Winwood
Fritzi Scheff
Buddy Ebsen
Sylvia Sidney
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Hollywood-Daisy Sings As A Male Dog In Night Of January
Hollywood-Daisy known as a Blondie series impersonator performs a male dog role in Night of January 16th. The lighthearted cast swap draws curiosity from fans and theatergoers.
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Actors Ready For Defense Cal Hollywood July 7
Hollywood stars balance film work with defense training. Ronald Reagan serves as a cavalry reserve lieutenant taking War Department courses in tactical problems. Wayne Morris, an ensign, trains on imaginary ships while awaiting order after deferment. Robert Cummings, Air Corps captain, studies navigation and meteorology. Stirling Hayden, with a master sailor’s license, is barred from naval reserve without college attendance.
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Naval Reserve
Too Many Trumps in a Grand Coup Hand
In a rubber bridge hand with North dealer and both sides vulnerable, South pursues a risky slam after a spade and heart sequence. East’s unexpected return and poor defense allow declarer to execute a grand coup by exhausting East’s trump length and controlling the club suit.
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West Defends After Outing and Mental Health Struggle
Partial notes discuss West defending actions after being outed and facing scrutiny over mental health. Sparse fragments mention public reactions and media coverage without concrete details or dates.
Insurance Firms Get Farm Grants
The Agriculture Department reported large farm program payments to insurance firms and Federal land banks for 1939. Prudential topped the list with 133 191 dollars, followed by Metropolitan Life at 96 332 and the Federal Land Bank of Omaha at 92 963. The list shows 43 454 payees of 1 000 dollars or more, with total conservation and price adjustment payees amounting to hundreds of millions.
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New Guards to Guard Seized Italian Vessels
Coast Guardsmen on 11 seized Italian ships and one Romanian vessel docked in New York Philadelphia and Boston will be replaced by special guards assigned by the Maritime Commission. Captain Granville Conway North Atlantic district manager said today.
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Goss of Weedsport announces engagement to Raleigh man
Auburn dated July 7 announces Miss Evadna Jane Goss daughter of Mr and Mrs M W Goss of 11 Hamilton Street Weedsport will wed William C Guess of Raleigh North Carolina.
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Defense Production On Schedule Says NAM Survey
New York July 7 Defense production is on schedule or ahead across the United States according to a National Association of Manufacturers survey. Machine tool bottlenecks have largely disappeared though skilled labor and materials remain needed. The report cites $51.575 billion as the national defense commitment to date with funding from federal sources Lease Lend Act and British orders.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Association
United States
Cortez Wins at Otumba and Reclaims Mexico
On July 7, 1520, Cortez secured a decisive victory at Otumba that shaped the fate of Mexico. He then advanced to conquer remaining provinces and, after two months, penetrated a stout defense to retake the region.
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Otumba
Ensign Roosevelt Remains in Beverly Hospital
Ensign Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr on leave from active duty in the Navy remains in Beverly Hospital for treatment of a minor infection that followed a leg bruise last week. He is the son of the President and Mrs. Ethel Du Pont who leased a home in Beverly Farms for the summer.
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