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...Book of Job. Eloquent, thunderous, awesome, He speaks to Job from a whirlwind, reproves the moody, theatrical Jew in some of the most majestic questions ever posed. Out of many a U. S. radio two Sundays ago issued sounds of a wind machine and the voice of an actor impersonating God: Shall he who contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? . . . Wilt thou disannul my judgment, Job? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? . . . Hast thou an arm like God, Job? Canst thou thunder with a voice like...
...voice of God was that of George Gaul, onetime featured actor on Broadway (Strange Interlude, Seventh Heaven), at 51 exclusively a radio performer. He thundered properly, showing little evidence of what critics once called the "hookworm" manner of his Southern birth. The performance was the first of a series of "Living Dramas of the Bible" put on by Columbia Broadcasting System.* Conceived by Assistant Director of Broadcasts Douglas Coulter, produced by Max Wylie, the first Living Drama was a thoughtful, serene projection of the familiar troubles of Job. Among its actors were two MARCH OF TIME voices and Stefan...
Married. Gladys Cooper, 45, British actress; and Actor Philip Merivale, 50, with whom she is playing in Close Quarters; in Chicago, four days after a final divorce was granted in London to her second husband, Publisher Sir Neville Pearson (Country Life), who named Merivale as corespondent...
...Commonwealth: and Jean Marie Faircloth, 38, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., daughter of a Nashville flour miller, whom he met in Manila in 1935; in Manhattan's City Hall. His first wife, who divorced him in 1929, was Louise Cromwell Brooks, stepdaughter of Financier Edward Townsend Stotesbury, now wed to Actor Lionel Atwill...
Died. William Gillette, Sr. oldtime actor-playwright (Sherlock Holmes); of pulmonary hemorrhage; in Hartford, Conn...