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Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-25 | Page 9 | Gem Stars Richard Dix in 'Man of Conquest'

Type issue
Date 1939-08-25
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Rights No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6z336xz
Reference URL https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z336xz

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Article Title Gem Stars Richard Dix in 'Man of Conquest'
Type article
Date 1939-08-25
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 9
OCR Text Gem Stars Richard Dix ii Man of Conquest I f Portraying the care career r of o one e of the most colorful p personalities s in American history Richard Dix is seen as S Sam Sm m Houston in tie the tieGem Gem theaters theater's present attraction Man of Co Conquest quest Historically accurate the picture unfolds the life of Houston from his enlistment in Andrew Jackson's Jacksons Jacksons Jackson's Jacksons Jackson's Jack Jack- sons son's volunteer corps until he evolved into one of Americas America's greatest political figures Different because it does not at attempt attempt at- at tempt to give Houston the usual white washing historians do Man of Conquest shows Sam as the two-fisted two unruly white Indian indian In in- dian he really was After distinguishing distinguishing distin distin- himself in Jacksons Jackson's army Sam Sara soon rises to political prominence prominence prominence nence but following an argument with his first wife played by Joan Fontaine he is forced into retreat by public sentiment
Reference URL https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z336xz/16615303