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Chairman Oleson is an up-from- messenger banker. He left grade school at Lombard, Ill. to run errands for First National at $4 a week. The year "Ned" Brown graduated from Harvard Law, John Oleson was proudly wearing the title "loaning officer." Vice President since 1916, he directed the investment of bank funds, was able to accumulate sufficient cash before the bank holiday to meet withdrawals of 20% of the bank's deposits without outside help. Now 60, he succeeds Frederick Holbrook Rawson who re tired as chairman last August because of ill health. To fill the vacancies left...
...jazz steps and a fan dance by Sally Rand. A Belgian-born coal miner named Raoul (George Raft) becomes a dancer. As he rises in the world, he casts off partner after partner because they try to mix pleasure and business. He acquires an able partner in Helen (Carole Lombard), but loses her when he talks of going to war as a good publicity stunt. When Raoul returns with a bad heart, Helen has married another man. She rejoins Raoul long enough to help him accomplish his great ambition- a "sensational" dance to the Bolero. Then the heart behaves...
George Raft and Carol Lombard were excellent in the dances, but were otherwise ineffective; both have a conspicuous failing, a vacuous expression in emotional scenes. The direction was satisfactory, and no opportunities were lost in obtaining very effective shots of the dances...
Scores--First Period: Calloway (14.38); Duffey (Dewey) (16.31). Second Period: Hovenanian (Holmes) (3.59); Hallowell (11.40). Third Period: Hilliard (Savard) (14.00); Kingsley (Lombard) (15.25). Penalties--Watts (Kicking the puck); Hilliard (tripping); Lombard (holding); Savard (tripping); Watts (roughing); Andres (roughing); Dow (heard Check). Referee--Cleary and Raymond. Time--Three 20-minute periods...
...their first meeting in November, but last night the Crimson stickmen controlled the contest until the last period, when Coach Stubbs gave the fourth string an opportunity to practice. The summary: HARVARD OLYMPICS Hasler, Hovenanian, Duffey, Kirkland, l.w. r.w., Smith, Kingsley Moseley, Holmes, Dewey, Watts, c. c., Hilliard, Lombard Beale, Hallowell, Calloway, Lincoln, r.w. l.w., Harris, Lombard Watts, Ware, r.d. r.d., Savard, Martin deGive, Mittell, g. g., Moone...