Tag: 1934
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JAMESTOWN GIRL on TREASURE HUNT
June 23, 1934 On June 23, 1934, The Warren (PA) Times-Mirror reprinted an item from The Jamestown (NY) Post. Contrary to Lucille’s claim of being born in Butte, Montana, Chautauqua County residents claim her as 100 percent from Jamestown – and the first from the New York town to have success in Hollywood. Apparently, after a…
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MURDER AT THE VANITIES
May 18, 1934 Director: Mitchell Leisen Producer: E. Lloyd Sheldon for Paramount Pictures Writers: Carey Wilson and Joseph Gollomb, based on the play by Earl Carroll and Rufus King Synopsis ~ Shortly before the curtain goes up at Earl Carroll’s Vanities, someone is attempting to injure leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager Jack…
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HOLD THAT GIRL!
March 24, 1934 Directed by Hamilton MacFadden Written by Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti Produced by Fox Film Corporation Synopsis ~ "That girl" is newspaper sob-sister Toni Bellamy (Claire Trevor), whose nose for news gets her into one jam after another, especially when she poses as an exotic dancer to get the goods on a gangster.…
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BROADWAY BILL
December 27, 1934 A Columbia Motion Picture Directed by Frank Capra Produced by Harry Cohn Written by Robert Riskin, based on the short story “Strictly Confidential” by Mark Hellinger Lucille Ball played a telephone operator, uncredited. Also in the film were future “I Love Lucy” cast members Charles Lane, Irving Bacon, and Bess Flowers. Synopsis ~ Warner Baxter…
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THREE LITTLE PIGSKINS
December 8, 1934 Three Little Pigskins is a 1934 Columbia Pictures short subject directed by Raymond McCarey and starring slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. It is the fourth entry in the series starring the comedians, who released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959. Synopsis ~ Moe, Larry and Curly are…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 