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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
31
International favorite Charles Laughton rose to fame on the London stage before silent and sound films. He balances British and American productions and is now in Hollywood for RKO's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, with recent English titles The Beachcomber and Jamaica Inn.
Universal studios places Swing Hotel in production as the second of 13 musical shorts for the coming season. Directed by Ralph Staub the two reel picture stars Duke Daly and his nation ally famous orchestra with Martha Mears Mariah Sisters Edna and John Torrence The Three Rockets Notables Quartet Jerry Lester and Milton Charleston.
Leatrice Joy confirms she is back in movies after a decade idle and receives fan letters. A young admirer named after her, Mary Leatrice McLane, once met Joy at the Albee Theatre in Cincinnati and received a platinum locket from the star.
Preston Foster marks his 49th film with Missing Evidence at Universal Studios. Irene Hervey co stars as romance blossoms, while Foster, who arrived in Hollywood in 1932 after a successful stage run, is hailed as a leading man in the film colony.
On a Universal sound stage Arthur Lubin, director of Call A Messenger, brokered a truce between the Dead End Kids and Universal’s Little Tough Guys. Billy Halop and Huntz Hall shook hands with Hally Chester Harris Berger David Gorcey and William Benedict to keep the peace.
The Dead End Kids end an undeclared year and a half long feud with Hollywood rivals as both sides halt hostilities. The ceasefire closes a chapter of street rivalry that captured local attention.
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