Marx Brothers in Love Happy at Paramount Theater
A new Marx Brothers comedy Love Happy plays today and tomorrow at the Paramount with three blondes Ilona Massey Marion Hutton and Vera Elien. Harpo is the mute star with Groucho narrating the story as a detective chasing a smuggled necklace. Featured cast includes Melville Cooper Eric Blore Raymond Burr Leon Belasco Paul Valentine and Bruce Gordon.
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Paramount Theater
Ilona Massey
Marion Hutton
Vera Ellen
Groucho
Vera Elien
Lester Cowan
David Miller
Ann Rowell
Cowan
Harpo
Theda Bara
Chica
Romanoff
Melville Cooper
Eric Blore
Raymond Burr
Leon Belasco
Paul Valentine
Bruce Gordon
Texas Plays Busting Out on Broadway Capabilities
New York theater scene shows Texas influence with two Texas themed works and a revival. Garned in Texas centers on a Texan speaker in Oklahoma, while Texas Li’l Darlin’ remains a lively burlesque musical. Burned in Texas features Texan bravado and a strong feminine foil. Anthony Quinn and Marsha Hunt lead a capable cast in festival theater efforts.
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Texas
Playwight Lynn Riggs
Oklahoma
Mak Hellinger
Benny Delmar
Mary Jane Watson
Danny Scholl
Anthony Quinn
Marsha Hunt
Hannie
Festival
Donna Reed Stars Opposite John Derek in The Hero
On opening day Donna Reed enters a splendid colonial house as her character meets John Derek in The Hero at Columbia. The same day she moves into a new colonial home in Beverly Hills, underscoring the film’s aspirational setting and Reed’s star power.
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Donna Reed
John Derek
Columbia
Beverly Hills
Humphrey Bogart
Bogey
Lauren Bacall
Shirley Temple
Terry Moore
Jerome Courtland
Columbia Studio
Lillian Barkley
Grapevine
MGM
Lana Turner
Alice Terry
Rex Ingram
Ora Carewe
Hollywood Bueatician
Claire du Brey
Paramount
Damon Runyon
Lee Tracy
Alan Ladd
John Garfield
Beverly Michaels
Beverly
Grabo
Ingrid Bergman
Robert, Faulk
John, Butler
Handyman
McCabe
Sidney Blackmer
Foulk
James Cagney
The Gunfighter review teases tense action drama
Gregory Peck stars as Jimmie Ringo in a western that defies conventions. The Gunfighter follows a reforming desperado haunted by legends and hunted by the next gunfighter, with strong support from Millard Mitchell Karl Malden and others under Nunnally Johnson's production.
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Gregory Peck
Helen Westcott
Esquire Theater
Esquire
Jimmie Ringo
Ringo
Peck
Millard Mitchell
Mitchell
Karl Malden
Anthony Ross
Skip Homeier
Verna Felton
Ellen Corby
Richard Jaeckel
Nunnally Johnson
Twentieth Century Fox
Honor Ford Lindfors Attend Hawaiian Luau at Navy Station
Glenn Ford and Viveca Lindfors stars of The Flying Missile were guests of honor at the U S Navy experimental station Point Mugu Hawaii. They received miniature missiles recognizing their work on the film along with producer Jerry Bresler and director Henry Levin at the base luau.
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Honor Ford
Lindfors
U. S. Navy
Att Point Mizu
Glenn Ford
Viveca Lindfors
Stars of Columbia
Jerry Bresler
Henry Levin
Short Skirts For Film Gals
Hollywood fashion notes say movie costumes trend toward shorter skirts as designers cut hemlines just below the knee. stars Ginger Rogers Joan Davis and others are poised to reveal legs again, while industry gossip covers sequels and star pairings, from Frances successors to Bogart associations and Lana Turner lookalikes.
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Hollwood
NEA
Felois Jenssen
Elois
Ginger Rogers
Joan Davis
This Side of the Law at State Theater
Warner Bros drama This Side of the Law plays today and tomorrow at the State Theater. Kent Smith Rob ert Douglas Viveca Lindfors and Janis Paige star in a tale of mistaken identity murder and romance set in a country mansion. Richard Bare directs a suspenseful melodrama with strong production.
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State Theater
Warner Bros
Burbank
Kent Smith
Viveca Lindfors
Robert Douglas
Janis Paige
Smith
Nora Prentiss
Richard Bare
Warner Brothers
Blondie Hits the Jackpot Opens at Liberty Theater
The 27th Columbia Pictures Blondie comedy featuring Penny Singleton Arthur Lake and Larry Simms opened yesterday at Liberty Theater with Marjorie Kent Jer ome Cowan and Daisy the Bumstead dog in the cast Jack Henley wrote the story and screenplay based on Chic Young s comic strip Edward Bernds directed the film produced by Ted Richmond continuing the popular series
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Blondie
Columbia Pictures
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Larry Simms
Liberty Theater
Marjorie Kent
Jerome Cowan
Daisy
Bumstead
Pooch
Jack Henley
Chic Young
Edward Bernds
Ted Richmond
Sunny Vickers Joins Durango Kid Lead Role
Columbia casts former model Sunny Vickers as the female lead in Ridin the Outlaw Trail alongside Charles Starrett and Smiley Burnette. Vickers, a Pittsburgh native, signed to a Columbia contract three months ago as the studio trains new talent before Western debuts.
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Sunny
Columbia
Sunny Vickers
Ridin
Charles Starrett
Smiley Burnette
Miss Vickers
Pittsburgh
Dorothy Parker adaptation dream sparks Beverly’s wish
The passage describes Beverly hoping to be cast in a Hollywood adaptation of Dorothy Parker's The Big Blonde. She excitedly recalls it as a lifelong dream since she was eighteen and mentions intimate notes about scenes in which she appears with stocking feet.
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Pir
Jstice
Texas
Hannie
Riggs
Beverly
Hollywood
Dorothy Parker
Tattooed Stranger at Capitol Screen
New York detectives of the police department pursue a brutal murder case in a mystery drama. Using the city laboratory and police techniques, they match a blade of grass to a tiny tattoo to trap the killer. A botanist assists as the film depicts police work.
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New York
RKO Pathe
Capitol Theater
John Miles
Walter Kinsella
Patricia White
Rod McLennan
Frank Tweddell
Time Saved by Slowing Pace in Hasty World
A reflective line notes that much time spent rushing could be saved by adopting a slower approach, suggesting efficiency comes from deliberate pace rather than constant haste.
Brazil nuts grow on giant Amazon trees in pods
Brazil nuts come from giant trees 75 to 150 feet tall in the Amazon valley. They are seeds not true nuts and develop in pods containing about 30 nuts each.
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Brazil
Amazon Valley
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