The Spirit of Notre Dame Opens at Rialto Theatre
Universal's film The Spirit of Notre Dame opens for a three day engagement at the Rialto Theatre starting midnight October 31. The picture honors coach Knute Rockne with J Farrell MacDonald portraying him as Notre Dame players rally to create a memorial film while Lew Ayres plays freshman Bucky O'Brien joining the varsity pursuit. It features the Four Horsemen Don Miller Elmer Layden Jim Crowley and Harry Stuhldreher along with newer Notre Dame stars Frank Carideo and Moon Mullins.
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Universal
Spirit of Notre Dame
Rialto Theatre
Knute Rockne
J. Farrell MacDonald
Rockne
Bucky
Notre Dame
Four Horsemen
Don Miller
Elmer Layden
Jim Crowley
Harry Stuhldreher
Frank Carideo
Bucky O’connor
John Law
Moon Mullins
Art McManmon
al Howard
John O’brien
Ford uses court to set up scenes for The Brat
Director John Ford visits Los Angeles night court to recruit real police court types for The Brat. Six men receive 30 days probation with a condition to report to Fox Studio tomorrow to act in scenes, while James Dunn faces a 157 pound limit in his Fox Films contract and jokes about ice cream.
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John Ford
Los Angeles
James Dunn
Fox Films
Sally Eilers
Dunn
Fox
Miss Eilers
Claudette Colbert Flies to Hollywood on Vacation
Claudette Colbert arrived in Hollywood for a two week vacation and will return to New York in November to begin a new film at Paramount Studios.
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Claudette Colbert
Hollywood
New York
Paramount Studios
Riders of the Purple Sage to be Rial to Feature Soon
Veteran range riders describe their work with Fox western Riders of the Purple Sage starring George O'Brien. The Rialto Theatre begins showings Friday November 6. O'Brien halted a stampede during a location sequence, saving the scene from disaster. Noah Beery and Yvonne Pelletier co star in the Zane Grey frontier romance directed by Hamilton MacFadden.
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Purple Sage
Rial
Roan
Martin
Herman Nolan
Dick Hunter
Rialto Theatre
Marguerite Churchill
O’brien
Noah Beery
Yvonne Pelletier
Hamilton MacFadden
Sob Sister Comes to Rialto With Exposé Drama
A Plainly dressed woman collapses on Market Street and is rushed to City Receiving Hospital as headlines reveal hospital conditions. The piece introduces Winifred Sweet aka Annie Laurie, the original Sob Sister, whose method inspired the Fox film Sob Sister opening at Rialto Theatre with James Denn and Linda Watciner leading the cast.
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Market Street
San Francisco
City
Hall of Justice
San Francisco Examiner
Winifred Sweet
Annie Laurie
Fox
Rialto Theatre
James Denn
Eddie
Linda Watciner
Miss Sweet
Winifred Black
New York Evening Journal
Nellie Bly
Jules Verne
Ada Patterson
Beatrice Fairfax
Sophie Irene Loeb
Dorothy Dix
Soho District Returns in Hollywood Studio Set
Eight adjoining sets totaling about 100 square feet at Paramount studios in Hollywood recreate Soho London for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Rouben Mamoulian directs with Frederic March Miriam Hopkins and Rose Hobart featured in an open air street scene.
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Toda
Paramount Studios
Hollywood
Soho
London
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Rouben Mamoulian
Frederic March
Miriam Hopkins
Rose Hobart
Sob Sister Names in Period Hallmarks and Film Adaptations
The passage notes period hallmarks such as Sob Sister and credits Edwin Burke with adapting it for the screen and writing dialogue for Bad Girl. Alfred Santell, noted for directing Daddy Long Legs, helmed the related film work mentioned.
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Edwin Burke
Alfred Santell
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