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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1940
Page
6
Loew's presents a dinosaur epic featuring Lon Chaney Jr Victor Mature and Garbo Landis with a plot about a cave couple. Critics note loud prehistoric effects a volcano eruption and earthquake while the dialogue is mocked as prehistoric pantomime.
Warners announces casting for No ’rime Sor Cumardy a film adaptation of Katharine Cornell siege play. James Stevens and Rosamund Rowell to star. story centers on the marital strain between an actress and her author husband with dramatic tensions anticipated.
Dick Mogan is the newest agate tun to the cast of You Cant Be Too Careful co starring Ronald Colman and Ginger Rogers in THO. The film is based on a story by Saseha Gultry and was originally titled Bone Chance.
In a March duplicate session East West faced a tough decision on opening leads and penalty options. Wests diamond lead and Easts misread position kept North South from a full score but a different line could have yielded a game or even better. The analysis shows how precise play and correct reading of the true layout could have altered the match point outcomes.
Listings feature Farce Suck Henry Hides Again with Jack Renny 45. Plus Plight Angels 32 50 and 3 50 showtimes. Lion B. and Lon Canes star in Paramount Lion. Little Mothers at 62 pm. Fugitive at Large 3 85 8 18. Weaver Brothers and Elstey in old production. Stransé showing.
Hollywood notes report Marjorie Rambeau cast in Tugboat Annie with Frances Langlard and Lucille Ball in top positions. Production starts in two weeks. Anni Hale also linked. The piece weaves cast hints and industry chatter about MGM backing and likely music from the show.
Fragmented OCR describes pattern 2347 for a crochet transfer chart showing 32 months from small to large inches with color scheme and stitches. It requests readers to send pattern number name and address to Syracuse Herald Needlecraft Dept New York for pattern sales at $2 plus shipping.
A chaotic night at Strand yesterday featured the Whitson act and the Whites Brothers with a comic set at the center of attention. The program also highlighted Digitanoes and Yolanda with Paul Noten performing acrobatic feats while the Deer River Boys opened with Swinging the Dream. Oscar Davis served as master of ceremonies delivering jokes and quick quips. The Btorlaons, Hampton Institute graduates, presented their act before plans to reopen in the Rainier Room at Radio City on August 28. Movies at the Stsuard included Fugitive at Large with Jack Matt and In Gigi Missouri starring the Weaver Brothers and Elsiry.
New dress goods makers replace decorative gravida motifs with aviation themed prints. Airplane propellers clouds and winged letters appear in fabrics with bold color mixes like navy on gold and red on blue. Sailor tones, travel stickers and luggage motifs appear on dresses turbans scarves and play suits, reflecting a brisk air age mood.
A 1920s era Home Institute booklet promotes home nursing for illnesses and postoperative care. It outlines bathing, bandaging, wound care, infection prevention, and patient comfort measures. Readers are urged to request “Practical Instruction for the Home Nurse” by sending 3 cents and the address of Syracuse Herald-Journal’s Home Institute in New York.
Screenwriter Benjamin Glazer is set to adapt John Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat with Spencer Tracy starring. Ernest Hemingway contributed to the project while Al Duval, ex Loyola University football star, appears as Douglas Fairbanks Jr's native gun bearer in Paramount's Safari.
A film plans to honor the Garrick Theatre by recreating its backstage authenticity for a Paramean picture. Joseph Santhey recruits industry figures once linked to the Garrick, including Cecil B. DeMille and Clare Bianchel, to assist in staging the revival and reconstructing wall inscriptions, revolving stage designs, and period touches.
A dense fragmentary nostalgia piece discusses Elsie Robinson and Edward Anington Obincon praising Sidney Lanier’s marshes and sea imagery. It quotes lines like Hearts are dark places and Notes the tension between beauty and looming darkness in Lanier's work.
A garbled curation of film titles and theater listings appears, mentioning Northwest Passage in multiple variants and a mix of other titles. It reads like scattered notes on cinema offerings, including Destry Hides Again and Lone Wolf McQuade styled names, with fragmentary references to venues and entertainment names.
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