Biographies of Paramount Players and Directors (1936)

Page scan 000191 from Biographies of Paramount Players and Directors

Record Details:

Title:
Biographies of Paramount Players and Directors
Date:
1936
Volume:
Biographies of Paramount Players and Directors 1936-1937
Leaf #:
000191
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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88a • 6-;V wooks* Nolan next wont to Cleveland ..here nc played in stock with Holer; Hrycs ard Pet O'Brien, and did a read show, "High Hat," With Edna Hibbard. Ho quit this to return to Cape Cod for the sumner. The following v;intor ho was in Nov; York again, in "Swoct Stranger." Ho ;;3cyod on offico boy. The stenographer '..as Me^l Efrid, who later became Nolan's wif'S. Then cane another season of stock, this time in Detroit, where Nolan played with V.'ellace Ford in "Bad Girl," and "Torch Song," He then went to Cape Cod f.'.^in for the summer, and returned to New York to play the juvenile part — his fir-^t, by the way — with Lynne Fontaine and JJ.fred Lunt in "Reunion in Vienna." Following another sugmar in Scarboro, Nolan went into a new nusicnl in New York, "Aiericana," which had a 12 week run. He followed this with "One Sunday Afternoon," which ran 43 weeks, and in which he node his first big hit. Last February he worked two performances in "Ragged Aimy," and whon this flcppod, ho wont into "Gentlowonan" which ran two weeks. Paramount then tcstr.d the young actor, and brought hir.i to Hollywood under contract in July, 1934. Nolan is 5 feet lo£ inches tall, weighs 176 pounds, has brown hair, and brown eyes. He likes all forris of outdoor sports, particularly swimming. Kis most recent pictures are "Big Brown Eyes" and "Tne Texas Hangers."