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...intimated that Maxie's edge on the Italiano in this picture version of their battle has influenced the betting odds on the genuine encounter. Be that as it may, the fight remains a smashing one, a fine climax to the production. Myrna, of course, is much in evidence; Walter Huston, as Maxie's manager, does a solid bit of work, and Otto Kruger, as Myrna's one-time gangster lover, is much more convincing than any Hollywood gangster has a right to be. The surprise of the thing, however, comes with the realization that Max Baer is not totally devoid...
...Lord O'Brian. Mr. O'Brian, consulting his files, said the record showed not acquiescence in but disapproval of the Loew purchase. Said Mr. Fox to the Senate Committee: "You can well imagine that I was alarmed about all this."* Next Mr. Fox talked to Claudius Hart Huston, then Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Mr. Huston said he would look into the matter, but while he was looking Mr. Fox became impatient. So he took his troubles to none other than Herbert Hoover, lunching at the White House with the President...
Soon Mr. Fox saw Mr. Huston again. This time Mr. Huston asked him if he knew Louis Burt Mayer. Since Louis Mayer, besides being a potent California Republican, was also the Mayer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (which Mr. Fox was absorbing), Mr. Fox knew him very well. He also knew that Mr. Mayer did not approve of the terms of the Loew sale. So Mr. Fox looked up Mr. Mayer...
Such an empty chair, thus illuminated, was to stand next to that of Toastmaster John Huston Finley at a large but frugal dinner in Manhattan's Hotel Roosevelt this week. Throughout the land were to be other empty chairs at other dinners in behalf of Golden Rule Week. Their purpose is to put people in a mood for charity...
Steve Morgan Max Baer Belle Mercer Myrna Loy Willie Ryan Otto Kruger The Professor Walter Huston Primo Carnera Primo Carnera Jack Dempsey Jack Dempsey...