Jane Withers Sparks Wild Fourth of July Comedy
The film opens with Jane Withers leading a street filled with orange chaos and laughs as she stirs trouble during the Fourth of July. When a family is evicted, she rallies friends to raise eleven dollars for rent, turns to Irving S. Cobb for help, and roams to Coney Island as Cobb becomes entangled in a ploy to expose a fake baron.
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Jane Withers
Jane
Irving S. Cobb
Cobb
Coney Island
Sam Summerville
Summerville
Slim
Texas Ranger film stars MecMurry and Oakie in outlaw tale
The Texas Ranger features Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie in a Wisecrack filled Western inspired by real Texas lawmen. The duo portrays a chuckling duo amid a plot drawn from the two gun era and Texas frontier history.
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Fred MecMurry
Jack Oakie
Texas
Texas Rangers film review highlights Johnny Mack Brown lead
The story follows MacMurray and Oakie as early Texas Rangers facing a former outlaw foe Loyd Nolan. Priscilla Lawson and Bennie Bartlett deliver solid support while Edward Ellis shines. The plot blends romance with action as Brown’s Ranger undercover role uncovers crooks plotting to drive homesteaders off their lands.
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Ranger
MacMurray
Oakie
Texas Rangers
Mac Murray
Texas Organization of Peace Officers
Loyd Nolan
Edward’ Ellis
Bennie Bartlett
Johnny Mack Brown
Texas Ranger
Betsy Patterson and Jerome Bonaparte Drama in Rose Bowl Film
A Napoleonic era romance unfolds as Jerome Bonapart and Betsy Patterson clash between love and status. Marion Davies as Betsy and Dick Powell as Jerome star alongside Claude Rains as Napoleon. The Rose Bowl setting features USC football sequences with Buster Crabbe and Tom Brown in rival love and competition.
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Louisiana Purchase
Jerome Bonapart
Betsy Patterson
Baltimore
Washington
Jerome
America
Napoleon
Louisiana
Marion Davies
Dick Powell
Betsy
Claude Rains
Pasadena Stadium
University of Southern California
Buster Crabbe
Tom Brown
Ohio
Eleanor Whitney
O'Brien Resigns After Rescue and Jewel Thief Plot
Border Patrolman George O'Brien clashes with heiress Polly Ann Young over a cigarette leading to his resignation. A gang led by Roy Mason plots smuggling a necklace, while O'Brien foils them, saves the jewel, and wins Polly. The film teams Lynne Overman William Frawley Roscoe Karns and Mary Brian in a comedy romance with a Pullman car finale.
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George O’brien
Polly Ann Young
George
Polly Ann
O’brien
Roy Mason
Lynne Overman
William Frawley
Roscoe Karns
Mary Brian
Karns
Miss Brian
Frawley
Overman
Local social notes from Abilene and vicinity
Grandpa Allmand of Abilene visited his son Charlie Allmand last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Edwards of Doole visited Grassbury friends Friday and Saturday. Erwin of Shep and Mrs. Eula Kremer were together Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jennings visited daughter Carlyle Russell of Sweetwater, last weekend. Mrs. Russell retired from Dallas and brought her son Robert Rex back from the Scottish Rite Hospital. Sandy Holder left Tuesday for Fluvana and plans to move to that place next year. Mrs. Holder will join later. Clifton Harris of Pumphrey visited Bud and Pete Hicks Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barnett visited Willie Barnett recently. Thurman Allmand of visited Sandy Holder, who left Wednesday for California.
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Grandpa Allmand
Abilene
Charlie Allmand
Marvin Edwards
Doole
Grassbury
Erwin
Shep
Eula Kremer
Bob Jennings
Carlyle Russell
Sweetwater
Russell
Dallas
Robert Rex
Scottish Rite Hospital
Sandy Holder
Fluvana
Holder
Clifton Harris
Pumphrey
Bud
Pete
Hicks
Frank
Barnett
Willie
Thurman Allmand
California
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Shepperd & Bedford
THE
Penner
Everyman’s
Priscilla’ Lawson
Everyman's Law
Santa Claus
Dearborn
Ford
Ford Radio
Santa
Smith’s
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