ODUCER, KILLED
BY STREET
One Time Multi-Millionaire
Had Eight Cents In Dingy
Clothes
Hollywood, Aug. 25 (U.R)
Oliver Morosco, 85, once famous
and wealthy theatrical producer
who discovered many stage and
screen stars, was killed today
when he was hit by a street car
here as he was crossing the
street.
He remained unidentified for
several hours as he had only
eight cents on him.
The picturesque producer ap
peared to have tried to get out
of the way of the approaching
street car at an intersection here,
but noticed it too late to avoid
being hti, witnesses said.
The former impresario met
death in dingy, pathetic clothes.
When he failed to return home,
his wife, telephoned police and
was told a man answering Moros
co's description was killed but
he carried no identification. She
later collapsed after going to the
Pierce Bros, mortuary to iden
tify the body.
In 1899. Morosco arrived in
Los An;''es with S40 In his
pocket, took over the old Bur
bank, now a burlesque house,
and started a career that marie
him an outstanding producer un
til the depression year of 1929.
He is credited with discover
ing such stars as Richard Dix, j
Harlan Tucker. Marjorie Ram-
beau, Douglas MacLean. Lenore
Ulric, Charles Ruggles, Charlotte
Greenwood and others.
Morosco made his fortune by
an uncanny ability to spot a i
money-making play. He was;
said to have made $5,000,00
from "Peg O' My Heart." !
For many years he was rated
as one of the topnotch theatrical 1
producers in New York and Los
Angeles. 1
Showmen attributed his de-j
cline to the frosty reception !
given his "miracle musicals." j
which were given a religious i
touch. The second Mrs. Moros
co, formerly Actress Helen Mc-
Clurc, guided him into this "up-1
lift drama." j
His second wife divorced him
in 1935, and his name appeared
on police blotters several times
on drunk charges. For a time
he made a living on a federal
music project for the WPA.
Closing time for Classified Arts 8:30
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"Bring On The Girls"
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Sonny Tufts. Eddie Bracken
Marjorie Reynolds and Veronica
Lake co-starring in the technl-
color musical comedy hit. nng
On the Girls" now at the Cra
terian through Tuesday.
"I'll Remember April"
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Gloria Jean and Kirby Grant
In a scene from the comedy-with-music
"I'll Remember
April" now at the Rialto through
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Tuesday. "High Fowered ' with
Roger Pryor and Phyllis Brooks
is the co-feature.
Tiny Horses On Display Here
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A unique display of midnet
horses is now being featured at
38 North Front street, opposite
the Southern Pacific tracks. In
this display Ernie Ritter, the man
who discovered the miniature
horses of the Grand Canyon, re
turns to Medford with some dog
size horses captured in the jun
gles of northern Luzon in the
rniiippme Isinnas. For nunareds
of years they have roamed the
tangled Luzon jungles and have
only recently been "rediscover
ed" since the war. Their diminu
tive size is attributed to inbreed
ing and lack of proper minerals.
The little horses are surprising
ly tame and affectionate.
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7 Nazis Die For
Prisoner's Murder
Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Aug.
25 CU.R) Seven Nazi prisoners
of war who murdered a fellow
prisoner they accused of turning i
traitor to Germany marched j
grimly to the gallows early to-1
day after making their peace
with the church Hitler mocked.
In three hours, all seven were
dead in the largest mass execu
tion of prisoners of war in
United States history. They had
admitted their guilt to the slay
ing of Werner Dreschler, whom
they beat, choked and hung from
a rafter in the bath house of the
Papage Park, Ariz., prisoner of
war camp March 15, 1944. '
GROWERS USE MASKS
Washington, Aug. 25 (U.PJ
Special-type gas masks given
by the army chemical warfare
service are helpins: raisin grow
ers in Fre.'no county while they
jpray cyanide du?t on their
crops in an effort to control
leaf hoppers, it was reported
here :oday.
Portland. Ore.. Aug. 25 U.B
An official of the National
Maritime union, CIO, charged
today that the sudden termina
tion of recruiting by the War
Shipping administration of men
for the merchant marine had
left the organization in an era-
harassing position.
Scotty Sneddon, business
agent of the Marine Cooks and
Stewards union here, said the
folding up of the recruiting and
manning organization of the
WSA left ships without a supply
of men. He added that It was
impossible to man ships because
of this loss of source of supply
and because of relaxation of War
Manpower commission direc
tives which held the men to the
Jobs before.
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