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Died. Rudolph Schildkraut, 70, actor, father of Cinema Star Joseph Schildkraut; after a heart attack; at his son's home, Hollywood...
...Manhattan Rotarians, Actor William DeWolf Hopper, 72, famed for his readings of "Casey at the Bat" and for having had six wives, gave this reason for his long life: "I never smoked and never drank until I was twelve years...
Other July 4 birthday celebrators: Actor George Michael Cohan, 52; Cartoonist Reuben Lucius ("Rube") Goldberg...
...Lambs Council were faced with the problem of raising enough ready cash to keep the club running. A second mortgage for $100,000 on the club property seemed the most expedient way out of The Lambs' difficulty. Immediate cause of financial embarrassment was the penury of actor members who, pinched by unsuccessful seasons, could not pay their house charges. Shepherd Royle jovially diagnosed the present condition of show business as similar to the plight of a legendary unfortunate who was "shot in the liver, lights, vitals and lower part of the saloon." The audible cinema he considered a contributory...
...Actor Robeson played in another O'Neill play. The Emperor Jones; then tried the concert platform. Again he was a great success. He had had no voice training, thought he needed none; but at a concert in Boston a bad cold made his voice "tight and hard and unrecognizable." After that he took lessons. He has been abroad three times: to play in The Voodoo, in The Emperor Jones, to sing "Ol' Man River" in Show Boat. Now he is in London playing in Othello. The Robesons like London, have decided to live there permanently, have taken...