"YELLOW JACK"
ATTRACTION FOR EMPIRE Robert Montgomery and Virginia Bruce are the stars of "Yellow Jack," which will be commenced at the Empire Theatre to-morrow The story, a relation of the incidents attendant upon Major Walter Reed's commission to Cuba after the Spanish American War in an effort to halt inroads made by yellow fever, tells of the heroism of he little band of men who dared death tc save humanity. Romance entprs the picture in the attraction of Robert Montgomery to Virginia Bruce, one of the two nurses taken from Washington to Cuba. The picture is based on the stage play of the same title, written by Sidney Howard in collaboration with Paul de Kriif. author of "Microbe Hunters," and was directed by George B. Seitz. Included in the important cast are Lewis Stone, Andy Devine, Henry Hull, Charles Coburn. Buddy Ebsen, Henry O'Neill, Janet Beecher, William Henry, Alan Curtis. Sam Levene, Stanley Ridges, Phillip Terry, and Jonathan Hale.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23705, 12 January 1939, Page 7
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160"YELLOW JACK" Otago Daily Times, Issue 23705, 12 January 1939, Page 7
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