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ACH year the Paramount Paramountcompany Paramountcompany ParamountJLL company can be countedon counted on to present a thrilling thnllmg pan pan- panorama panorama panorama - orama of American Amencan hlstory history historyin hlstorym m in the making makmg , and this thlS year yearthey yearthey yearthey they oiler offer 'Wells Wells ' Wells Fargo Fargo"which Fargowhich , " WhlCh which in many ways tops all allprevlOus allprevious allprevious prevlOus previous efforts , , even last lastyear's lastyear's lastyear's lastyears year's years ' "Plainsman Plainsman "Plalnsman Plalnsman "Plainsmafl Plainsmafl " , " for forsheer forsheer sheer excltementThe excitementThe excitement excltement excitementThe The adventure heroism and ro romance romance romance mance of developing developmg coast to coasttransportatlon coast coasttransportation has has1 hasa _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ transportation transportatlon I _ - -1 1 - - ' the breathless breathlcss sweep sweepI sweepp sweepc a 1 1of c ot of fiction fictlon doubly1 doublyi doubly doublyaknow i ; < --1 1 J - stlrrmg stirring because v . e eknow < / . know It Is based on onfact ontact aknow . fact . . . Joel McCrae McCraeand McCraeand - ' and Frances Dee arethe arethe are the principals in the themterwovenromance ther r- r r4 - - 4 4f\ 4f 4fmterwovenromance \ mterwovenromance mterwovenromancej mterwovenromanceiH rIti Iti- Iti ItiI Itiand ' - j , iH ( 1and I I 1 and Bob Burns steps stepsout stepstwI stepsMj ( & out of character to toplay tol twI twIout /l l / % flPJ play a stalwart ofthe ofk of k - . . JBJ the ( be early West . . BetJocl BetJoel Bet BetJoel llcClaeter McCiaeter ter send the children childrenearly childrenearly chlldrenearly Joel Jocl l\lcClae l lcClae McCiae \ McCi ae early to see thiSone thisone this thisone one they will want to stay all day dayAnd dayAnd dayAnd And they 11 II learn a lot of American Americanhistory Americanhistory Americanhistory history m in a painless pamIess and entertam entertain entertamIng entertaining entertaining Ing fashIOniC fashion _ - iC- iC - iCGreta T TGreta - Greta Garbo stole quietly qUlctly away awayfrom awayfrom awayfrom from Hollywood without wltbout even say say- saymg sayang saying - ing mg ang good by to her closest friends friendsand friendsand friendsand and sailed away to Sweden Swcden to stay stayindeflmtcly stayindefinitely stayindefinitely indeflmtcly indefinitely ner IIer 11cr contract mth with mthMetro withMetro withMetro Metro Goldwyn Goidwyn Slayer Mayer calls for on onIy onIy only Iy one more snore picture and ItIS it is likely likelythat likelythat likelythat that she will viIl wake make snake that tbat one in inIng.and inEng.and inEngiand Ing.and Ingand Eng.and Engand Ing.andiC : . Eng.andMetro _ iC- iC - iCMetro t Metro Gold vyn Mayer want Tru Truman Truman Truman man Bradley narrator on the CBS CBSSunday CBSSunday CBSSunday Sunday Evening Evenmg hour from Chi Chicago Chicago Chicago cago to go into mto mo motion molion on pictures but butMr butMr butMr Mr Bradley is reluctant to take a achance achance achance chance so they have arranged what whatIS whatis IS probably the most comprehensive comprehensiveseries comprehensivesenes senes series ol of tests ever given a per performer performer performer former For one whole month Bradley Brad Bradley Bradicy ley icy will make daily dail dall } ) film tests m in mNew inNew inNew New York flying flymg back to Chicago Chicagoweekly Chicagoweekly Chicagoweekly weekly for his Sunday evening stint stmt . . _ - iC- iC - iCA ( - A new combination combmahon of talent Is Js put- put puthng putting put putting - - ting hng over the On Broadway ' pro- pro program program pro program - - gram heard . . over NEC NBC Don John Johnson Johnson Johnson son known to radio listeners hsteners as the thecomic thecomic thecomic comic Professor Figgsbottle Flggsbuttle is as writ writ- writmg writing - . ing mg the program and the leadmg leading leadmgplayer leadingplayer leadingplayer player Is Alice Abce Frost rrost of the Big BigS.ster BigSister BigSister S.ster Sster Sister . castiC cast castFrednc iC- iC - iCFrednc _ - - - Frednc Fredric March and his w1e wife w1eFlorence wifeFlorence wifeFlorence ! Florence Eldndge Eldridge are runn ng mto into mtoso intoso intoso so much excitement oa on the r stage stagetour stagetour stagetour tour they are half tempted to w1'1te w11te write writea w1'1tea ' a scenario around their adventures adventuresRecently adventuresRecently adventuresRecently Recently the company became fran franhc frantic frantic hc tic when one of the leading leadmg actors actorsbecame actorsbecame actorsbecame became ill iii just before a perform performance performonce performance ance once That persuasive FreddIe FreddIeMarch FreddieMarch FreddieMarch March who really should have been beena a salesman talked Kay Johnson Johnsonthe Johnsonthe Johnsonthe the film pla ; er into mto tackling tacIJmg the role roleafter roleafter roleafter after a brief bnef rehearsal Miss John Johnson Johnson Johnson son was traveling travelmg with the com corn company cornpany cornpany pany to be near her husband John JohnCromwell JohnCromwell JohnCromwell Cromwell who directed the playas playasa play as asa asa a sort of vacation from dlrectmg directing dlrectmgspectacular directingspectacular directingspectacular spectacular pictures like the rhe Prls Pris Prlsoner Prisoner Prisoner oner of ZcndaiC Zenda Zcnda _ - iC- iC - iCAnyone ' - Anyone m in Hollywood will tell you youthat youthat youthat that a motion picture star is lucky luckyif 1 if ! he can hold on tohis to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ his popularity for forfive forfive forfive five years One of ofthe ofthe ofthe the lucky exceptions exceptionsis IS Richard Due DIX whohas wholizis who ihas has lizis ) just ust signed one oneof oneof oneof of the biggest can con cantracts contracts contracts tracts of his life Me aft after after ' er fifteen years ofunmterrupted ofuninterrupted of oflanty unmterrupted uninterrupted popu populanty popuJarity lanty Jarity R K 0 planto planto plan to make a big West r/-- r rt , . , . - - . ---t- t - _ - * _ - tli - _ _ . . - - k & / ' . . 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