20th Century-Fox Dynamo (April 1950)

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During the 10 years ended last year, the Secret Service men of the United States Treasury Department alone and with the co-operation of police departments of various cities arrested and convicted 1385 persons on counterfeiting charges and seized $3,458,235 in spurious money. But, it took 10 years and a develop- ment in which they had no hand for them to run down the most remarkable counterfeiter of them all—“Old 880” as the Secret Service men called him. Between 1938 and 1948 he was known only by the bills he passed and his name was derived from the number of the official file kept on him in Washington. He counterfeited only $1 bills! lie passed no more 40 or 5 0 one-dollar bills a month, but he had kept that up for years —notwithstanding the fact that the Secret Service had set thousands of traps for him. As long as he confined himself to the counter- feiting of $1 bills, using them as he needed them for the support of his dog and himself, this elderly wid- ower was able to evade the authorities. But, then he met a girl—and to keep her in the clothes and style she insisted, “Old 880” began counterfeiting larger bills. That was his downfall! At the time this report was going to press the studio was negotiating with a top-character star to play the title role in this picturization of Clair McKelway’s New Yorker magazine. The late Walter Houston was originally scheduled to play the part. The all-star cast already includes Burt Lancaster^ and Dorothy McGuire. Lydia Bailey Plans are progressing according to schedule for the filming later this year of a Technicolor picturiza- tion of Kenneth Roberts’ best-seller, “Lydia Bailey”. This picturization, which will deal with the liberiza- tion of Haiti during the Napoleonic era, will be pro- duced in the West Indies. Henry King is scheduled to direct “Lydia Bailey” while Sol C. Siegal will produce it. This novel caused a considerable furore at the time it was in circulation. Already scouths have explored Haiti for locations. For sfeveral years the studio has had experts doing re- search, for “Lydia Bailey” is planned to be one of the bigger 1951 attractions to carry this company’s trade mark. Just who will play the title role has not yet been determined, hut Mr. Zanuck plans featuring an all- star cast. The Haitian government has offered full co- operation. “Lydia Bailey” will be the first major mo- tion picture almost wholly filmed in the West Indies. Interiors will he made at Movietone City, according to present plans. It will be recalled that “Lydia Bailey” outsold “Northwest Passage”, another Kenneth Roberts novel, according to an announcement made by the latter’s publisher. Above two principals in “Old 880”, scheduled to go in production later this Spring. At the top, Burt Lancaster who will play the romantic male lead. Dorothy McGuire is the girl who eventually places the old counterfeiter in the hands of au- thorities who had vainly sought to appre- hend him for many years. Old 880