WHERE THE PLOTS COME FROM
| 1 ; REAL LIFE CHARACTERS ‘ 3 ——— . Front pages of daily nL-wspum-rrt plovide an endless source of stories for motion pictures, according to gCharles Furthmann, well—known Holllywood author, who wrote the story not George Bancruft's second Paramount all-talking picture, “Thunderbolt‘” . ”A newspaper story of an adventur—ess who posed as an angel-faced innocent and duped a smart man 01‘ tm: world, gave the nucleus of the story," Furthmann said. “V‘Vith this one Pharacter, which was later subordinated to a. secondary place. we eventually evolved a. complete scenario. “Every single character in ‘Thunderbolt,’” Furthmann continued. "has stalked across the front pages of the newspapers during the last year." “Thunderbolt“ was directed at the Paramount studios as an all-talking picture by Josef von Sternberg. The star, George Bancroft. is supported by Fay \Vray and Richard Arlen.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 722, 23 July 1929, Page 15
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136WHERE THE PLOTS COME FROM Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 722, 23 July 1929, Page 15
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