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...rain. It was the first state to declare a moratorium during the Depression-Nov. 1, 1932, day after it celebrated the 68th anniversary of its admission to the Union. No banks have failed since but a tottering chain of twelve institutions, owned by George Wingfield, oldtime gambler and mining speculator, never reopened. Transamerica's eastward move brought promise of a desert blooming of new banks. Reno's First National has long been hand-in-glove with Amadeo Peter Giannini and Nevadans welcomed the deal, hoping that under his control the $7,500,000 bank would soon begin...
Genevieve Tobin is Robinson's leading lady, playing the part of a disillusioned gambler's wife. Glenda Farrell is the other woman in a triangular love affair while others in the cast include Robert Barrat. Hobart Cavanaugh and Gordon Westcott...
...Dark Hazard," First National's picture starring Edward G. Robinson as an inveterate gambler and follower of degraces comes to the sceen of the Paramount and Fenway theatres starting today...
...plot deals both with gangsters and with prizefighters; consequently, it is pretty dull. Myrna Loy is the mistress of Otto Kruger, as the big-time crook and gambler, Willie Ryan. She meets Max Baer, whom she loves because "he is a big kid." In altruistic fashion, Ryan gives her up; naturally, she has her troubles with her boxer, since he is very healthy and cannot be satisfied with one woman. Nevertheless, the picture ends happily in a terrific match between Baer and Carnera, and in established love between the central couple...
...Gambler, The Nun, And The Radio," which appeared in Scribner's Magazine last spring, is an asset to this collection. It commences in a mad vein but turns rapidly into a dud when the author gets the inspiration toward the end to take several of the characters seriously. This lapse, however, is excusable. Gaetano, the gambler, is an unusual character; Sister Cecilia is the practical nun who prays for Notre Dame in the big game. There is no plot, there are few situations; its virtues may only be ascribed to Mr. Hemingway's consummate technique of making something from nothing...