17 Oct 1947
Page 31
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1947
Page
31
Blondie and Dagwood star in Blondies Holiday at the Texas Theater showing today and tomorrow. Dagwood loses his job after a prank but regains it with a bonus just in time to pay for the class reunion as Blondie navigates a dinner bill and a police raid with humor.
Gene Autry stars in Trail to San Antone with Trigger and Ding Dong Williams at the Star Theater today and Saturday. The rancher must recover a stolen stallion and expose the trainer while a young girl funds the payoff with a post-dated check as a big race looms. Ding Dong Williams mixes jive music with cowboy lament and studio life comedy featuring Glenn Vernon and Miss Marcy McGuire.
Myrna Loy will wear 20 fashionable yet modified long skirt outfits in RKO's Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Designer Robert Kalloch, a top figure in fashion, is responsible for the styles.
A romantic comedy unfolds in Mexico City as an American diplomat aids a contrived marriage between Shirley Temple and Guy Madison. Franchot Tone, Lina Romay, and a host of officials complicate the plot until a wedding finally clears the way for tone and romay. Performances praised, Temple portrays a persistent American girl.
Friday offerings include Alan Ladd and Dorothy Lamour in Wild Harvest at Paramount with multiple shows priced at 10 dollars. State, Cap itol, Rialto, and Liberty present varied feature films, cartoons, newsreels, and serials with schedules from 1:00 PM through 10:20 PM. Night clubs list acts at the Nat Avalon Aviatrix Rainbow Garden and Rumpus Room with nightly performances and hours.
Michael Curtiz praised Claude Rains as the greatest bad man in motion pictures today for The Unsuspected and his ability to exude malevolence while garnering audience sympathy. The director noted Rains’ continued skill as he committed another convincing crime for the film.
The article portrays Mr. Rains as a private farmer with calloused hands from tending his own corn, contrasting his on screen as the "artiste" living lavishly. It notes Warner Bros plans to release The Unsuspected soon.
The Wright brothers first flying machine used a simple engine with no car buretor. Gasoline was delivered by dripping directly into the cylinders to fuel combustion.
The Paramount Theater screens Wild Harvest set in wheat country. Alan Ladd leads a rugged combine crew facing hazards and rivalries while Dorothy Lamour seeks escape and marries Ladd’s ally, prompting tension and a dramatic clash aboard the crew.
Hollywood reports that for The Bishop's Wife a Samuel Goldwyn production hired teachers to instruct California child extras in snowball making and building snowmen as a snow covered park scene was created over two days using ice packed into the set.
Wallace Beery leads a Bowery re issue at Capitol with George Raft and Jackie Cooper. The film revives the Connors Brodie rivalry and Beery as Chinatown mayor. Also notes Beery Cooper team and a screen debut for She in Roaring ad. Estimated car costs show 1.7 cents per mile on pavement and 2.9 on dirt roads.
Roarin Lead, a Three Mesquiteers Western re-release, opens a two day Rialto showing. Bob Livingston Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune rescue an orphanage and its manager from a mob plotting her inheritance while fighting phony policemen. Christine Maple stars as the femme lead.
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