Word: 20th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Colonel Francisco Javier Arana (37), chief of Guatemala's armed forces and heavily backed candidate for the presidency; by assassination; in Guatemala City's 20th conspiracy since March 1945 (see HEMISPHERE...
Then the harsh blow fell. From 20th Century-Fox came word that Darryl Zanuck was toying with the idea of casting Tyrone Power as the Sheik. A producer at Monogram named Jan Grippo also announced that he would make a movie based on Valentino's life...
Last week Small, who has come to regard himself as the Sheik's official cinema Boswell, hastily announced that he had his script in hand and was ready to begin shooting next month. With 20th Century-Fox willing to talk the matter over, Small was threatening Grippo with a court injunction and loudly protesting that he had thought of the movie first. Grippo, who also claimed to have a script on the way, said: "I'm of Italian extraction, same as he [Valentino] was, and I've been a fan of his for years...
Come to the Stable (20th Century-ox) is a lighthearted parable of faith which shows innocence and piety triumphing over worldliness and greed. Without being either preachy or selfconscious, the picture turns a religious situation into good entertainment, at the same time mixing its chuckles with a few well-timed umps in the throat...
...Undoing, was all about the hot-blooded Flood family of Bristol and how they made their 18th Century fortunes slave-trading on the sultry Gold Coast. Twilight takes over where Sun set, and sweeps the swelling Floods up to the brink of the 20th Century - leaving no doubt that at least one more huge tome is going to have to be purred over by Author Steen before the moonlight dissolves...