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Newspaper

Syracuse Herald Journal

Location

Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1940

Page

13

First Lady Opens Season At Skaneateles

The Skaneateles summer season opens Monday night with a lavish lineup headed by Miss Franke and a cast including Lane Cowl and Croteton Rhodes. Walter Davis directs the fourweek run with Boris Packer returning to the area and Broadway players joining the ensemble for the opening week.

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Replacements and Cast Changes in 1930s Westerns and Mysteries

A garbled list shows multiple actors and titles across 1930s films and theaters. It mentions Scott replacing Pidgeon in an epic Western directed by Georgel Marshall, various actors withdrawing from projects such as The Secret of Dr. Finre and Lane Well Strikes Back, and a sequence of film and Broadway titles including Broadway Melody of 3930 and Mexican Spitfire.

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Movie Time and Notable Screen Listings

A garbled film page lists multiple titles and showings with times and cast notes. Entries include Maureen O Hara in A Bill of Divorcement and Bing Crosby with Gloria Jean in a musical drama, plus others like Light of the Western Story and The Saint Takes... with various performers and showtimes, across theatres such as HRG Schine Parsmnuunt and MHO Schine Betel.

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Fight for Life film sale stirs West Point plans

Hollywood scoop notes Colombia bought The Fight for Life for national release and West Point production hopes. Darryl Zanuck's unit signs Lou Edel and Claire Trevor to star in a version set amid New York infant mortality, with industry names like Walter Beeman and Jason Joy involved. Debate and controversy loom as the project eyes a West Point filming location and federal cooperation.

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Daily Pattern 4372 Now Available in Women Sizes

Pattern 4372 offered in women sizes 12 14 16 18 and 40 with busts 32 34 36 38 and 40. Bree 16 requires 34 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 15 cents for this pattern to Pattern Department Syracuse Herald Journal 243 West 17th Street New York. Additional cents will bring you Pattern Book.

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Edmund Fox Wins Keith Costume Prize at Seymour Hovel

W Filmund Fox of the Seymour Hovel won the silver loving cup by the Keith Theater management for the most appropriate costume. He wore a "Lien Russell" themed outfit to the opening week premiere attended by over 20 couples dressed in period attire for the Allee Faye picture.

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Debutante Kay Francis in New Contract and Films

Kay Francis signs new RKO deal and leads in Little Men, Lovisa May Alcott adaptation. James Ellison, Frank Woodruff direct. Other principals include Sinemy Lymton, Charles Winningsr, Marguerite Chapin, Sidney Taler in Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum.

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Look Younger by Weight Loss Regimen Promises

A 1940 diary entry outlines a woman weighing 178 pounds on June 2, then losing weight through doctor recommended diet and exercise. She cites measurements, health improvements, vitamin and calcium supplements, and stresses steady, leisurely exercises guided by a doctor.

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Breakfast and lunch menu notes with protein focus

The text outlines high protein breakfast and lunch items including orange juice, whole wheat toast with butter, vegetable soup, broiled steak with watercress and endive, and a small glass of orange juice. It references calories and portions though the lines are garbled and partial.

Chaplin Denies Shelving Dictator Film

Charles Chaplin denied reports from Hollywood that he abandoned his new comedy about dictators. He said the claim is without foundation and that The film, once synchronized, will be released by United Artists. He added that the work now aims to provoke laughter.

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Dekker Signed for Warsaw Drama Birth of a Hero

Albert Dekker, who played the title role in Dr. Cyclops, is set as featured lead in Paramount’s Birth of a Hero, a fall drama about the fall of Warsaw. William Halden and Ani Maria Ousensitasa named for top roles. Mitchell Leigen to direct. the project was once titled Polomaise.

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Hans Drinker revival at RKO with new title

RKO revives Hans Drinker and the Steel Skates as A Gun I Al Green to direct. The studio seeks Fay, IReinter and George Bancroft for featured roles.

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Lillian Russell and the Stage Beauty Discovery

A 19th century tale traces Lillian Russell later known as Metta Leonard from Clinton to New York. Discovery by Tony Pastor in 1879 launches her ascent as leading lady of Pastor's Theatre, with early study under Leopold Damtosch and mentorship from James Sinn.

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Expert Bridge Play Beats Inexpert Declarer In Slam Trial

In a sample deal from a Cogent column the expert pair defeats an average pair in a slam attempt. The excerpt describes a misguess by the inexpert declarer who, after a sequence in clubs, ends with West winning a trick with the queen and a club return sealing the fate. The author argues the expert would have found the club double and avoided the danger.

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Cast list and film details feature in latest Universal news

The report notes Helen Parrish joining the Heaven cast alongside Robert Stacy, Lewis Howard, and others. Andrew Marton is set to direct the upcoming project with filming at Universal City and Eckel studio involvement.

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Neutrality Story Bought for Films by English and Meares

An original story by Richard English and Thomes Meares titled Neutrality Story was purchased for film production by ce Pictures. The project aims to feature a national audience and highlights efforts to maintain a certain balance amid international affairs.

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Paramount Marital Drama At Stage and Screen

A film and stage adaptation centers on a tormented husband returning from travel to find his marriage unraveling under strain. Cast includes Adolphe Stenou and Jo Ann Sayers with war era tensions, infidelity, and dramatic confrontations driving the plot in a two part production.

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