Magnificent Yankee at Para Mont Miraator in 1951 film
Louis Calhern reprises Oliver Wendell Holmes in The Magnificent Yankee a M G M adaptation of Emmet Lavery s stage hit The film traces Holmes career from 1902 Washington to his 90th year highlighting his alliance with Brandeis his fights for human rights and press freedom and the strength of his marriage to Fanny Ann Harding excels as Fanny with supporting turns from Eduard Franz Philip Ober Ian Wolfe Edith Evanson and Richard Anderson The piece notes Roosevelt s clashes with Holmes and a lighter scene with a White House dinner and a fire wagon.
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Emmet Lavery
Paramont Miraatar
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Spectator
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Eduard Franz
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Owen Wister
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Henry Adams
Edith Evanson
Annie Gough
Richard Anderson
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MGM
Paramount
Spy Hunt Opens at State Theater With Global Cast
Universal-International presents Spy Hunt at the State Theater featuring Howard Duff as a lone American amid a cosmopolitan cast led by Marta Toren. The thriller follows espionage thrills from a microfilm in a cigarette to a panther hunt in the Swiss Alps, with Toren proving a clever ally in a plot tied to United Nations interests.
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Howard Duff
Philip Friend
Robert Douglas
Philip Dorn
Walter Slezak
State Theater
Universal - International
Hollywood
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Miss Toren
Duryea Sleuth In Angel Pic At Capitol Theater
Duryea stars in Black Angel at the Capitol Theater as a sleuth with a heavy heart. Based on a Woolrich story, the Realart release features June Vincent and Peter Lorre, delivering a striking performance and a surprise ending that could inspire criticism from O. Henry.
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Dan Duryea
Capitol Theater
Realart
Duryea
Cornella Woolrich
O. Henry
June Vincent
Peter Lorre
There’s No Out For Dick Contino
In Los Angeles on April 25, the US attorney said accordionist Dick Contino cannot avert trial on a draft evasion charge by appealing a new Army physical exam. The Army accepted Contino after he ducked. his attorney had sought a new exam. Contino says he suffers claustrophobia but was cleared by Army doctors.
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Los Angeles
Accordionist
Contino
Army
Ray Kinnison
Kansas City Clean Image Praised by Federal Judge
US District Judge Richard M. Duncan praised Kansas City as exceptionally free of crime saying federal crime is lower here than in similar cities. He noted the 1941 Binaggio and Gargotta killings a year ago and urged more advertising of Kansas City as crime free.
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Kansas City
Dist
Richard M. Duncan
Charles Binaggio
Charles Gargotta
Duncan
O'Brien Plans Scene From Criminal Lawyer Tour
Pat O'Brien will include a scene from his Columbia film Criminal Lawyer in his forthcoming nationwide nightclub vaudeville tour. A National Safety Council study finds the bedroom accounts for the greatest share of home accidents at twenty five percent.
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National Safety Council
Draft evader from Fort Ord surrenders after sanitarium claim
A man who disappeared from Fort Ord near Monterey California just before induction surrendered on a draft evasion charge last week after missing five days. He claimed to have been in a sanitarium and had earned about four thousand dollars weekly prior to his disappearance.
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Fort Ord
Monterey
Cal
Armored Car Robbery at Lyric Theater
Police race to catch the Bandit Gang as RKO promotes Armored Car Robbery starring Charles McGraw Adele Jergens and William Talman. The film screens today and tomorrow with McGraw as a patient police officer pursuing Tasman after a daring armored car heist and a nearly half a million dollar theft.
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RKO Radio
Charles McGraw
Adele Jergens
William Talman
Lyric Theater
McGraw
Miss Jergens
Talman
Tasman
Autry Battles in Latest Columbia Western Silver Canyon
Gene Autry, famed screen star of Westerns, tops his typical action pace with three knock-down fights per film. The newest entry, Silver Canyon, continues his run of star power and action on the Columbia frontier.
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Gene Autry
Columbia
Silver Canyon
Blondie Antics on Rialto Bill in Columbia Picture
Blondie at the Rialto Theater in Columbia Pictures reprint comedy follows Dagwood and Blondie Bumstead as domestic bumps mount. Penny Singleton Arthur Lake and Larry Simms star with Gene Lockhart as a troublesome client. Jonathan Hale and Danny Mummert appear in supporting roles.
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Dagwood
Baby Dumpling
Rialto Theater
Columbia Pictures
Chic Young
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Larry Simms
Gene Lockhart
Jonathan Hale
Danny Mummert
Daisy
Bumstead
Red Barry Stars in Wyoming Wildcat at Liberty Theater
Don Red Barry returns from the Spanish American War to confront his father now a renegade. The western drama follows his effort to clear the elder Barry’s criminal record and restore him as a respected citizen, leading to a climactic, satisfying end.
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Republic
Don “Red
Barry
Wyoming
Props Record Set in Captain Video Serial
In Columbia's adventure serial Captain Video a props record is established listing 193 mechanical gadgets. The inventory spans items from a huge spaceship to a Psychomatic Plunger, highlighting the show's imaginative prop design and production scale.
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Columbia
MacArthur Homecoming Highlight Reel at Paramount Theater
Paramount News presents a dramatic full reel of General MacArthur homecoming coverage. The film includes speeches in San Francisco and Washington with editorial staff prepared narration and full screen presentation at the Paramount Theater.
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Paramount
MacArthur
General MacArthur
San Francisco
Washington
Fifty Found Costume Weighed Holdren on Captain Video
Judd Holdren wore a heavily weighted costume for Columbia's Captain Video totaling about 200 pounds. A large football helmet heavy boots and a belt with multiple weapons contributed to the extra burden during filming.
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Judd Holdren
Columbia
All-British Cast Serves Tea On The Son of Dr Jekyll Set
An almost all British cast headed by Louis Hayward was served tea daily on the set of The Son of Dr Jekyll. Other British actors included Alexander Knox Doris Lloyd Bruce Lister Lester Matthews Rhys Williams Gavin Muir and Paul Cavanaugh.
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Louis Hayward
the Son
Dr. Jekyll
Hayward
Alexander Knox
Doris Lloyd
Bruce Lister
Lester Matthews
Rhys Williams
Gavin Muir
Paul Cavanaugh
Wallgren to resign from Federal Power Commission
Washington April 25 Former governor of Washington and close Truman ally Wallgren says he will resign as chairman of the Federal Power Commission sometime this summer. He cites personal reasons and not yet deciding about returning to politics as he weighs his next move in Washington.
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Washington
Mon Wallgren
Truman
Federal Power Commission
Wallgren
Power Commission
National Security Resources Board
Senate
Unkissed Villain Gene Roth in Captain Video Serial
Gene Roth, the principal heavy in Columbia's Captain Video, has appeared in well over 150 films and has never been kissed by a gal in any of them, despite his long film career.
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Gene Roth
Columbia
Captain Video
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