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Newspaper

The Spectator

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1931

Page

11

Four Marx Brothers Star in Monkey Business at Rialto

The Four Marx Brothers Groucho Chico Harpo and Zeppo headline the Paramount comedy Monkey Business as stowaways aboard a transatlantic liner causing havoc for the captain and passengers. Ruth Hall Alma Todd Tom Kennedy Rockie Fellows Ben Taggart Will B Johnstone and J Perelman contribute to the production directed by Norman d. Monkey Business opens at the Rialto Theatre Sunday for five days.

Marx Brothers Paramount Four Brothers Groucho Chico Harpo Zeppo Marx Boys Maurice Chevier Chico d Zeppo Ruth Hall Alma Todd Tom Kennedy Rockie Fellows Ben Taggart Will B. Johnstone New York World-Telegram J. Perelman Onkey Business Normand Ito Theatre

Behind the Screen at Paramount and Hollywood Gossip

Two million dollars in phony bills were delivered at Paramount studios this week without guards as fake money is photographed for a government satire. Hollywood designer Travis Banton reports pajama and Eugenie hat fashions dated in six months. M K Wilson rents boats to film companies with a fleet from oars to brigantines. Gary Cooper, Claudette Colbert, and Douglas Fairbanks are named in lighthearted anecdotes about lateness and farm hours.

Paramount Studios Uncle Sam Travis Banton Ruth Chatterton Nancy Carroll Eugenie

Barney Oldfield Seeks Return To Auto Racing Fame

Bar n y Oldfield the famed automobile driver, who lost much of his fortune in the stock market months ago, is attempting a comeback in the same business. Once a byword in racing circles when cars were new horseless carriages, he now seeks to regain his former prestige through competitive driving and related ventures.

Barney Oldfield Barney

Hollywood extras and film figures tied to San Dieguito area

A complex with 1200 acres in the San Dieguito Valley plans. Colleen Moore purports to own a ranch near Cooper’s, Coachella hosts a large hotel and alley. Hollywood’s large pool of on screen players move among parties and cafes, wearing formal clothes. Notables include Howard Jones before Trojan work, Robert Montgomery building a cabin near Lake Arrowhead, and cast members from Touchdown!

Mary Hggia Ae San Dieguito Coleen Moore Cooper’s Coachella Halley Pig James En T Is Hollywood Trojan Howard Jones Robert Montgomery Lake Arrowhead Harry Bannister Ann Pene Junior Durkin Charlotte V. Henry Mrs. Wi Katherine de Mille C. B Buster Keaton Elmer

Parade Heralds Monkey Business Opening

A parade marks the opening Sunday of the new Marx Brothers film Monkey Business. The march forms at 7 p.m. at Central school grounds led by a brass band, traveling south to Jefferson, west to Ottawa, north to Cass, east to Scott, south to Van Buren, west to and north to Chicago and Webster streets. Parents are urged to bring children to town to see floats clowns decorated cars and a German band. The film screens Sunday through Thursday.

Brothers Icture Monkey Business Loop Central School Jefferson Street Ottawa Cass Scott van Buren Chicago Ebstertreets

Nineteen Think Hard Answers No Tails

Fragmentary OCR lists items and names including Virginia, Alberta, Marlene Dietrich, and Patrick J. Hurley with scattered phrases about living together and opposition to communism. The readable bits suggest a clue-style or quiz-like context rather than a cohesive news item.

Virginia Wee Eiu Marlene Dietrich Peacock

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Four Marx Brothers Rialto Theatre M. K. Wilson Gary Cooper Jack Oakie Claudette Colbert Edward Sloman Gary Mrs. Cooper Douglas Fairbanks Trader Horn East Borneo Rose Hof Charles Bick Alberta Patrick J. Hurley Marxes Groucho Chico Rialto SUN. Mon Charles Bickford
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