This Day in History: 1932-07-27
One of the great comedy stars of the early talking picture era, Edna May Oliver, starred in the Lafayette’s feature attraction, “Ladies of the Jury”. The veteran cinema star used every wile to convince the fellow members of her jury that a pretty show girl was not guilty of murder. You could also have spent your money at the Ramsey Theatre to see Robert Montgomery in “But the Flesh is Weak”, a high society comedy set in Britain, or the Warner’s feature “Merrily We Go to Hell”. This “romance drama” starred Sylvia Sidney and Frederick March. A short, “Red Noses” featured two other veteran comediennes Thelma Todd and Zazu Pitts. Of course the red noses were only shown in black and white in those days. (Bristow)