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54-577: Cormack was the son of Scottish-born Edward K. Cormack and Alice E. Cormack. By 1900 his family had moved from Hammond, Indiana to Chicago , Illinois where his father worked in sales. He graduated from University High School, and was accepted at the University of Chicago . While a sophomore, Cormack wrote the play Anybody's Girl , considered to be one of the best ever submitted for the Blackfriars (the student dramatic organization). Cormack became

108-592: A Chicago to South Bend, Indiana commuter rail line, has a station on Hohman Avenue. It is operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District . Amtrak , the national passenger rail system, provides twice-daily service in both directions, operating its Wolverine through the Hammond–Whiting station between Chicago and Pontiac, Michigan , just north of Detroit . The nearest commercial airport

162-588: A city under Indiana law. It therefore has a mayor and a nine-member city council . Hammond's City Hall is located at 5925 Calumet Avenue . The Hammond City Council has meetings scheduled for the second and fourth Mondays of each month. The city maintains a city court on the second floor of the City Hall, exercising a limited jurisdiction within Lake County . The court handles not only local ordinance violations and certain minor criminal matters, but also

216-736: A distribution center. Large railroad marshalling yards are also present in the city, with the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad 's headquarters in the city. The State Line Generating Plant operated on the Indiana-Illinois state line from 1929 to 2012, and was demolished in 2014. The Empress Casino opened in Hammond in June 1996 and was replaced with the Horseshoe Hammond casino in 2001. In February 2006,

270-510: A male householder with no wife present, and 35.8% were non-families. 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.36. The median age in the city was 33.3 years. 27.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 10.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.3% were from 25 to 44; 24.2% were from 45 to 64; and 10.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of

324-563: A member of Maurice Browne's Little Theatre Company in Chicago, but his duties as a general handyman were so demanding he was dismissed from the university as a result of poor class attendance. To gain experience as a writer, he got a job at the Chicago Evening Journal and stayed there a year, covering "hangings, race riots, street car strikes and other diversions characteristic of Mayor Thompson's turbulent town". He left

378-629: A significant portion of the debt collection and eviction actions brought in Lake County. All of Hammond is served by the School City of Hammond , a school corporation under Indiana state law that is independent of the civil city. In June 2021, the School City of Hammond permanently closed two junior/senior High Schools: Donald E. Gavit and George Rogers Clark, first opened in the 1930s and 1960s respectively. Catholic schools are under

432-575: A spectacular fistfight, with McNamara getting the worst. Afterwards, Glenister wins the hand of Helen. The Spoilers was filmed on location in Oregon. In his review for The New York Times , Mordaunt Hall gave the film a negative review for its poor narrative, unconvincing plot, and "absurdly melodramatic dialogue". Believing that the film would have benefitted from more details of the working for gold and fewer scenes in gambling halls and other places, Hall continued: The characters are seldom real and

486-700: Is Chicago Midway International Airport about 25 miles away in Chicago. Bus transit was provided by the Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority , which assumed responsibility from the city's Hammond Transit System in 2010, establishing EasyGo Lake Transit system in its place. All EasyGo buses were discontinued on June 30, 2012, due to a lack of funding. In addition, Pace routes 350 and 364 and GPTC Tri-City Connection Route 12 from Gary, Indiana stop at Hammond's Dan Rabin Transit Plaza. The only hospital in Hammond

540-506: Is a 1930 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Gary Cooper , Kay Johnson , and Betty Compson . Set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush , the film is about a gold prospector and a corrupt Alaska politician who fight for control over a gold mine. The film features a spectacular saloon fistfight between Cooper and William "Stage" Boyd . The Spoilers

594-522: Is land and 1.086 sq mi (2.81 km ) is water. As of the 2020 census , there were 77,879 people, 29,486 households, and 18,580 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,426.4/sq mi (1,322.9/km ). There were 31,822 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 39.2% White , 26.0% African American , 1.2% Native American , 0.8% Asian , 0.0% Pacific Islander , 18.5% from some other races and 14.2% from two or more races . Hispanic or Latino of any race were 40.2% of

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648-625: Is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the only city in Indiana to border Chicago . As of the 2020 census , it is the eighth-most populous city in Indiana, with 77,879 residents. It was first settled in the mid-19th century and it is one of the oldest cities of northern Lake County. From north to south, Hammond runs from Lake Michigan down to the Little Calumet River ; from east to west along its southern border, it runs from

702-604: The Chicago Evening Journal for the Chicago American , working there five years before applying for reinstatement at the University of Chicago. He wrote two more college plays and became engaged, graduating two years later with honors and as a Phi Beta Kappa . He returned to The American , where he wrote features and dramatic criticism. In 1923, he married Adelaide Maurine Bledsoe (1901–1999),

756-534: The Grand and Little Calumet Rivers , on the south end of Lake Michigan. Those first residents of European descent were German immigrant farmers looking for land and opportunity. Before that time, the area was a crossroad for Indian tribes, explorers, stagecoach lines and supply lines to the West. Convenient location and abundant fresh water from Lake Michigan led to the beginning of Hammond's industrialization in 1869 with

810-511: The Hammond circus train wreck occurred about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east of the city, killing 86 and injuring 127 persons. The downtown Hammond shopping district along State Street and Hohman Avenue included major chains such as Sears and J. C. Penney . The largest stores in downtown were the Goldblatt's and E.C. Minas department stores. The E.C. Minas store was constructed in 1894 and

864-725: The Illinois state line to Cline Avenue . The city is traversed by numerous railroads and expressways, including the South Shore Line , Borman Expressway , and Indiana Toll Road . Notable local landmarks include the parkland around Wolf Lake and the Horseshoe Hammond riverboat casino . Part of the Rust Belt , Hammond has been industrial almost from its inception but is also home to a campus of Purdue University and numerous historic districts. The first European-descended residents arrived around 1847 to settle on land between

918-616: The National Register of Historic Places : Hammond Public Library, located at 564 State Street, includes the Suzanne G. Long Local History Room. The system used to operate the E.B. Hayward Branch at 1212 172nd Street and the Howard Branch at 7047 Grand Avenue. Both branches have since been closed. The Hammond Public Library was the first library in the state to form a recognized union, a local of AFSCME. Patricia E. Robinson

972-513: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary . St. Catherine of Siena, a Catholic elementary school, opened prior to 1959. Prior to 2009 its enrollment had declined, with 130 students that year, and its financial state had deteriorated. The school closed in 2009. Most of Hammond's streets are laid out in a grid pattern similar to Chicago's streets. While Madison Street in Chicago acts as the reference point for north–south street numbering

1026-539: The "Gee, that's swell" dialogue of early 1930s films might be considered one to laugh at, but this (according to Hahn at least) was the way he and his fellow students talked. He wrote DeMille that the majority of the dialogue in Cormack's script was "really not typical of high school students. [It] Should be interspersed with a few exclamations like, 'heck' — 'gosh' — 'gee,' etc" Hahn also suggested that in Steve's speech about

1080-577: The George H. Hammond Company meat-packing plant following merchants and farmers to the area. Hammond was incorporated on April 21, 1884, and was named after the Detroit butcher. Hammond is one of the oldest cities in Lake County, with Crown Point being the oldest (established in 1834). According to the Encyclopedia of Chicago, George Henry Hammond, a pioneer in the use of refrigerated railcars for

1134-571: The NFL decided to reduce the number of teams, it did so by simply folding smaller franchises. The Hammond Pros never played a home game in Hammond . During the four years of the Hammond Pros' existence, the NFL had nine African-American players, six of whom played for the Pros. The NFL's first African-American head coach was Hall-of-Famer coach Fritz Pollard of the Pros. Hammond is incorporated as

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1188-658: The Union Stock Yard in Chicago. By the middle of the 1880s, when it built a new plant in Omaha, Nebraska, Hammond was slaughtering over 100,000 cattle a year and owned a fleet of 800 refrigerator cars. After Hammond died in 1886, the company became less important and no longer challenged the giant Chicago packers, who acquired Hammond at the turn of the century and merged it into their National Packing Co. The Hammond Whiting & East Chicago Electric Railway Company trolley service ran from 1893 to 1940. On June 22, 1918,

1242-535: The United States. When Dextry and Glenister plan a vigilante action, McNamara calls in a detail of soldiers to protect "his property". As Glenister and McNamara prepare for a gunfight, they are dissuaded by Helen, who suggests that the courts handle the dispute. Later, after jealous saloon owner Cherry Malotte (Betty Compson) lies to Glennister telling him that Helen and McNamara are conspiring to cheat him again, Glennister and McNamara settle their differences with

1296-403: The average family size was 3.23. In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males. The median income for a household in the city

1350-630: The cast. MGM acquired the screen rights to the play in 1930. Cormack later wrote Hey Diddle Diddle , a comedy whose setting was a duplex apartment in Hollywood. The play premiered in Princeton, New Jersey on January 21, 1937, with Lucille Ball as Julie Tucker, "one of three roommates coping with neurotic directors, confused executives, and grasping stars who interfere with the girls' ability to get ahead." The play received good reviews, but there were problems, chiefly with its star, Conway Tearle , who

1404-579: The city was 49.0% male and 51.0% female. As of the 2000 census , there were 83,048 people, 32,026 households and 20,880 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,630.0 inhabitants per square mile (1,401.6/km ). There were 34,139 housing units at an average density of 1,492.2 per square mile (576.1/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 72.35% White , 14.57% African American , 0.41% Native American , 0.46% Asian , 0.08% Pacific Islander , 9.32% from other races , and 2.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21.04% of

1458-424: The city was 59.4% White , 22.5% African American , 0.5% Native American , 1.0% Asian , 13.3% from other races , and 3.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 34.1% of the population. There were 29,949 households, of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.0% were married couples living together, 19.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.5% had

1512-559: The daughter of Samuel T. Bledsoe , who was a president and board chairman of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad . They had a son, Thomas Bledsoe Cormack, and a daughter, Adelaide Kilbee Cormack. Soon after the wedding, he accepted a position as a press agent for a theater production and the couple moved to New York City. As a playwright , Cormack's most influential work was his 1927 Broadway play The Racket , which featured Edward G. Robinson in his first gangster role. The Racket

1566-529: The decision was made to demolish Woodmar Mall except for the Carson's store. The Hammond Redevelopment Commission announced plans in June 2016 for a $ 12 million sports complex to be built on the site of the former mall. The Carson's store closed in 2018, and was demolished in 2019, as part of its parent company's liquidation. The city sits within the boundaries of the former Lake Chicago , and much of its land area consists of former dune and swale terrain that

1620-542: The first "1" is removed; this makes what would be a five digit address number in Illinois into a four digit address number in Hammond. The state line is used as the reference point for east–west street numbering. Other cities and towns in Northwest Indiana that use the Hammond numbering system are Whiting , Munster and Highland . Dyer also uses the Hammond numbering system but the first number removed from

1674-519: The middle of a legal dispute with three corrupt officials: United States Marshal Voorhees (Jack Holmes), Judge Stillman ( Lloyd Ingraham ), and a politician named Alec McNamara ( William "Stage" Boyd ). They have been engaged in a racket claiming titles to various mines, ejecting the miners, and then making McNamara owner of the disputed properties. The three corrupt officials lay claim to The Midas. McNamara also steals money from Glenister, Dextry, and Slapjack, preventing them from enlisting legal help from

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1728-445: The murdered tailor the writer add: "Gosh, he was swell to us fellows." Despite seeking Hahn's advice, however, DeMille and Cormack did not take up his suggestions. In 1935, he collaborated with screenwriter Fritz Lang and story author Norman Krasna on the anti-lynching film Fury , for which Krasna received an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing, Original Story . Briefly relocating to England in 1938, Cormack helped write

1782-497: The narrative dawdles along to a finish that is anticipated. The big fight between McNamara and Glenister, while well and vigorously acted, proved to be more amusing than thrilling ... The players give adequate performances, but what they are called upon to do and say is far from convincing. Kay Johnson is not happily cast in the part of Helen Chester, the girl who falls in love with Glenister, impersonated by Gary Cooper. Mr. Cooper does very well by his rôle, and William Boyd's portrayal of

1836-458: The north–south streets is a "2," as by that point the Illinois numbers across the state line start with the number 2 (Munster's street numbers start with a "1" north of the Dyer line, making them 5 digits); and East Chicago uses the canal located in the middle of the city as the east–west reference point, while embodying Hammond's numbering system for the north–south streets. The South Shore Line ,

1890-403: The original Broadway staging of The Racket , playing the part of an unidentified man. The 1951 remake of The Racket was directed by John Cromwell . Cromwell was the star in the original Broadway staging of The Racket . Hammond, Indiana Hammond ( / ˈ h æ m ə n d / HAM -ənd ) is a city in Lake County, Indiana , United States. Located along Lake Michigan , it

1944-410: The population. There were 32,026 households, out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% were married couples living together, 16.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. 29.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and

1998-429: The population. 23.4% of residents were under the age of 18, 5.3% were under 5 years of age, and 13.2% were 65 and older. As of the 2010 census , there were 80,830 people, 29,949 households, and 19,222 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,549.0 inhabitants per square mile (1,370.3/km ). There were 32,945 housing units at an average density of 1,446.2 per square mile (558.4/km ). The racial makeup of

2052-472: The screenplays for Sidewalks of London , and the Charles Laughton film Vessel of Wrath (released in the United States as The Beachcomber ). Cormack did some work on the script for the 1941 DeMille film Northwest Mounted Police , but did not receive credit. One of Cormack's final screenwriting assignments was 1941's Unholy Partners , which starred Edward G. Robinson . Robinson acted in

2106-452: The script for Cecil B. DeMille's This Day and Age , a film in which a group of High School students take the law into their own hands. In his book Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood , author Robert S. Birchard relates how DeMille wasn't sure Cormack's script had a sense of current slang , so he asked high school student Horace Hahn to read the script and comment (at the time, Hahn was senior class president at Los Angeles High School). Today

2160-479: The silent film version of The Racket , one of the first films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called "Best Picture, Production") in 1929 . He shared screenwriting credit with Rex Beach for the 1930 film version of The Spoilers . Beach based his 1906 novel on the true story of corrupt government officials stealing gold mines from prospectors, which Beach had witnessed while he

2214-454: The south side of Chicago, which all relied on heavy industry (primarily steel production). Hammond's economy, on the other hand, depended on light manufacturing, transportation & warehousing, retail, banking & insurance, healthcare, hospitality & food service, and construction. In 1981, a toxic flood in Gary led Hammond to erect a barrier on 165th Street, one of several roads connecting

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2268-605: The transport of fresh meat, first used this method with his small packing company in Detroit, Michigan. In 1868, Hammond received a patent for a refrigerator car design. In the early 1870s, he built a new plant in northern Indiana along the tracks of the Michigan Central Railroad. By 1873, the George H. Hammond Co. was selling $ 1 million worth of meat a year; by 1875, sales were nearly $ 2 million. The company's large packing house in Hammond rivaled those located at

2322-408: The two cities, which led to lasting tensions with Gary. Prominent manufacturing companies in Hammond include Unilever's soap factory, Atlas Tube, Cargill food processing, Munster Steel, Lear Seating Corporation, Jupiter Aluminum, Tri-State Automation, and Dover Chemical. Warehousing and storage is also prominent, with ExxonMobil and Marathon Petroleum having large oil storage facilities, and FedEx has

2376-637: Was Franciscan St. Margaret Health on Stateline Road, across the street from Calumet City , Illinois . It is an accredited chest pain center serving Northwest Indiana and the south suburbs of Chicago. The hospital was founded in late 1898 and was originally called St. Margaret Hospital, later merging with Our Lady Of Mercy Hospital in Dyer, Indiana , in the 1990s and was part of the former Sisters of St. Francis Health Services . The hospital closed in December 2022. The Spoilers (1930 film) The Spoilers

2430-510: Was "the only playwright who has made the reporter real on the stage." The play was considered so inflammatory that it was denied a presentation in Chicago, allegedly at the orders of Al Capone ; the ban remained in effect for nearly two decades. Cormack shared writing credit for the play Tampico with Joseph Hergesheimer , who wrote the novel of the same name in 1926. The play was produced on Broadway in 1928 with Ilka Chase and Gavin Gordon in

2484-503: Was $ 35,528, and the median income for a family was $ 42,221. Males had a median income of $ 35,778 versus $ 25,180 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 16,254. About 12.0% of families and 14.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 19.7% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over. According to the city, those businesses employing 200 or more employees in Hammond are: The following single properties and national historic districts are listed on

2538-573: Was adapted to screen by Bartlett Cormack from the 1906 Rex Beach novel of the same name . Film versions also appeared in 1914 , in 1923 , in 1942 , and in 1955 . While traveling to Nome, Alaska, Roy Glenister ( Gary Cooper ) meets beautiful Helen Chester ( Kay Johnson ), who soon becomes his sweetheart. Glenister is one of several owners of a lucrative mine called The Midas. When he arrives in Nome, he discovers that his partners, Slapjack Simms ( Slim Summerville ) and Joe Dextry ( James Kirkwood ), are in

2592-509: Was an exposé of political corruption in the 1920s, and was considered one of the models for the Hollywood gangster cycle of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The events take place over a period of about 18 hours in a police station on the outskirts of Chicago, and features wisecracking crime reporters who dash to the telephone and holler, "Get me the desk!" Writing in The Miami News on December 24, 1927, O. O. McIntyre said Bartlett Cormack

2646-457: Was anchored by a Carson Pirie Scott and Co. store. According to the 1960 United States census Hammond's population reached a record high of 111,698 residents. Hammond, like other industrial cities in the Rust Belt , went into decline during the 1970s and 1980s, with the city's population plunging to 94,000 in 1980, and 83,000 in 2000. However, Hammond's economy was more diversified than neighboring Gary, Indiana , East Chicago, Indiana , and

2700-648: Was in business until August 1984. The building which housed the Goldblatt's store had been purchased by the Chicago-based retailer in 1931 and operated until 1982 when it closed due to bankruptcy. The Pullman Standard Car Company built M4 Sherman tanks in Hammond during World War II . Architect Victor Gruen designed the Woodmar Mall in the Woodmar neighborhood. The mall opened in 1954 and

2754-588: Was in poor health. Cormack wanted to replace him, but the producer, Anne Nichols , said the fault lay with the character and insisted that the part needed to be reshaped and rewritten. The two were unable to agree on a solution. The play was scheduled to open on Broadway at the Vanderbilt Theatre , but closed after one week in Washington, D.C. when Tearle suddenly became gravely ill. Moving to Beverly Hills in 1928, he worked with Howard Hughes on

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2808-535: Was prospecting in Nome, Alaska . The novel was adapted to the screen on five occasions; 1914 , 1923 , 1930 , 1942 , and 1955 . Although Ben Hecht was the author of the Broadway play The Front Page , and was himself a screenwriter, Howard Hughes chose Cormack and Charles Lederer to write the script for the 1931 film The Front Page . At the 4th Academy Awards , the film was nominated for Best Picture , Best Director , and Best Actor . In 1933, he wrote

2862-511: Was subsequently leveled. Most of the city is on sandy soil with a layer of black topsoil that varies from non-existent to several feet (a meter or more) thick. Much of the exposed sand was removed for purposes such as industrial use to make concrete and glass. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 23.827 sq mi (61.71 km ), of which, 22.741 sq mi (58.90 km )

2916-563: Was the first president of the library union. Hammond was defeated by the team from Taipei , Taiwan in the 1972 Little League World Series . The Hammond Pros was one of the earliest professional football teams in the United States. When the American Professional Football League was formed in 1920, the Hammond Pros was a charter member, as it also was when the league changed its name to National Football League in 1922. However, four years later, when

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