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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1941
Page
4
Martin Behaim famed navigator and ally of Columbus died on July 29 1506. He built the Nuremberg globe in 1492 presenting an influential view of world geography.
George Murphy argues ambitious actors gain from night club work teaching audience interaction versatility and toughening stage presence. He stars in Ringside Maisie, with Ann Sothern, and recalls starting in a New York Chinese restaurant. Burgess Meredith also cites varied jobs at Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy’s, and sailing as shaping his acting craft.
Hollywood veteran John Carradine will play Jesse Wick in Swamp Water produced by Darryl Zanuck. The cast includes Dana Andrews Anne Baxter Virginia Gilmore with Walter Brennan and Walter Huston in leading roles.
Hollywood columnist Jimmie Fidler notes Rita Hayworth dominates publicity with leggy swimsuit and negligee photos while a wave of praise from reporters and photographers follows her. Anecdotes include modern glamor, gossip on Lana Turner and Bing Crosby, and odds and ends from studio life.
Hollywood reports Eddie Cantor will star in a Broadway musical Banjo Eyes based on Three Men on a Horse with music by Rodgers and Hart. The plan includes a movie adaptation after the Broadway run, with Jack Warner securing the deal. Cantor’s career milestones are noted, along with cast details for the Warner project and related industry chatter about Vivien Leigh and other film developments.
Twentieth Century Fox announces film assignments with Jack Oakie in Flight Surgeon to be directed by John Brahm for producer William LeBaron. Linda Darnell leads Law and Order Inc opposite Pat O’Brien, Randolph Scott stars in Ten Gentlemen from West Point, with Jack Andrews and Frederick Jackson scripting Flight Surgeon from the Hallan and Rogers novel.
The local listings show multiple theaters including Alcazar Cameo Elmwood and more screening pairs such as Here Comes the Navy with Topper Returns at Acme and The Great Lie with Scotland Yard at Franklin, plus other titles like Santa Fe Trail Wagons Roll at Night and Road to Zanzibar across various venues.
Skaneateles Summer Theater opens a six day run of Flight to the West an Elmer Rice anti Fascist melodrama set aboard an Atlantic Clipper plane tonight at 8 30. Cast features Allan Hale Bruce Covert Mary Loane Patricia Patten with Judson Pratt George Spaulding Olga Krolow among others. Next show My Dear Children is listed for Aug 5 with future titles including The Philadelphia Story Personal Appearance and As Husbands Go.
Contest at the Paramount Theater offers tickets to ten readers who submit lists of famous Missouri bad men. Entries must be mailed before midnight Saturday to the Contest Editor. The film Bad Men stars Dennis Morgan Jane Wyman and Wayne Morris with Puddin Head as the associate feature and follows a Bob Hope final show.
Movie listings show multiple films with cast lists and showtimes across theaters Loews State RKO Schine Paramount Keiths. Highlights include Blossoms in the Dust with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon and Caught in the Draft with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour.
A New York club reports a four spade doubled and redoubled contract going down four tricks. The penalties totaled 2200 and the rubber was lost, creating a swing north of 4000 points. South dealer, North-South vulnerable. The hand shows AKQ52 OAS64 6A73 I4.
The article analyzes bidding under a hand of East dealer in a match point duplicate. It weighs two trump break outcomes 3-2 and 4-1 and concludes West should bid to pressure with a forceful response, aiming to constrain declarer’s play.
William R. Robertson, newly appointed local general agent for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, was guest of honor at a Hotel Syracuse luncheon. Charles H. Schaaff was transferred to Rochester. Robertson, who began in life insurance Feb 1 1940 in Ithaca, holds an A B from Cornell in 1934 and has worked at Guaranty Trust and Arthur Treman prior to his present role.
Paramount will release six pictures in August including Kiss the Boys Goodbye starring Don Ameche Mary Martin and Oscar Levant on August 1 Widen Open Town a Hopalong Cassidy film with William Boyd on August 8 World Premiere a John Barrymore Frances Farmer Ricardo Cortez film on August 15 Parson of Panamint with Charlie Ruggles Philip Terry and Ellen Drew on August 22 Aroma of the South Seas Tech nicolor romance with Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall and Flying Blind an aviation drama release date not stated.
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