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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
25
Rod La Roque Kathryn Adams and Dorothy Lovett join The Hunchback of Notre Dame at RKO. Charles Laughton stars in the production, expanding a prominent cast for the film adaptation.
Brian Donlevy and Eddie Quillan join the cast of Allegheny Frontier alongside John Wayne and Claire Trevor, expanding the ensemble for the new Western feature.
Cary Grant appears in Only Angels Have Wings at North Shore theatres playing a South American airline owner and manager. The film follows his desperate struggles against nature to deliver mail and win a government contract with Jean Arthur co starring.
Ann Sothern keeps the fashion spotlight with a Georgian motif matching her gown to her home decor. Her dining room paper features cream background flower bouquets, and a ribbed taffeta bolt with the same pattern inspires a dinner gown to wear at her MGM parties.
Libraries and museums in Columbian research span 1754 to 1804 for The Tree of Liberty Elizabeth Page novel to be adapted by producer-director Frank Lloyd. The turbulent 1859 to 1864 years cover Arizona with Wes ley Ruggles producing and Jean Arthur set to play the first white woman in the territory.
Lionel Barrymore plans trout fishing near his San Fernando Valley farm. He stocked the stream with small fry after contacting a local fish hatchery, aiming for a ready trout stream next season.
Walter Connolly’s famed moustache is shaved for realism in Columbia’s Prison Surgeon. The film, directed by Charles Victor, follows a beloved country doctor who is sent to prison after a noble, merciful act. Cast includes Onslow Stevens Iris Meredith and Douglas Fowley with production supervised by B. B. Kahane.
Boris Karloff stars in The Man They Could Not Hang based on a theory that the dead may be revived by a mechanical heart. He is hanged for murder and revived, with Roger Pryor Lorna Gray Robert Wilcox Don Beddoe Ann Doran among the supporting cast. Nick Grinde directs under Wallace MacDonald supervision.
The Goodyear story leads a new Columbia short film honoring historical achievements. It portrays his laboratory in a family kitchen using a stove and common cooking tools to vulcanize rubber. Jan Leman directs the Goodyear segment, with Hugh McCollum producing the Fools Who Made History series.
Broadway Pulitzer Prize play and RKO Pictures announce filming of Abe Lincoln in Illinois beside the MacKenzie River nine miles from Eugene Oregon. Producers Max Gordon and Harry Goetz confirm location and project.
Mickey Rooney panicked by a letter signed Greta Garbo claiming he should impersonate Clark Gable and Lionel Barrymore. He showed it around then rushed to Garbo's set. A police officer at Garbo's door ruled the handwriting not hers. Rooney returned furious to his own set.
Fred Stone will star as the frontier horse-breeder in Konga a Columbia outdoor epic. Rochelle Hudson stars opposite him with Robert Warwick as her father. Supporting cast includes Richard Fiske and Eddy Waller under Sam Nelson's direction with Konga the famous wild horse appearing as himself.
Booksellers in major cities report rising sales of the Five Little Peppers and How They Grew after Columbia announced a film adaptation. Hollywood and Los Angeles libraries show long waiting lists for the Margaret Sidney Lothrop novels as Edith Fellows stars in the movie with a strong supporting cast.
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