For the Love of Mary Hollywood Comedy Arrives at State Theater
Deanna Durbin stars in For the Love of Mary a bright White House romantic comedy opening at the State Theater. She plays a presidential telephone operator drawn into high level society with Edmon O'Brien Don Taylor and Jeffrey Lynn in a quadricle of suitors. The film features four songs including Moonlight Bay and I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen with a climactic aria from The Barber of Seville. Frederick de Cordova directs Oscar Brodney screenplay Robert Arthur produces.
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Deanna Durbin
Edmond O’brien
Don Taylor
Jeffrey Lynn
State Theater
Deanna
White House
Supreme Court
O’brien
Taylor
Lynn
Blackstone
Eros
Miss Durbin
Comediennes
Kathleen
Love of
Cry of the City stars Mature and Conte at Paramount Theater
Victor Mature and Richard Conte headline Cry of the City, a Paramount release directed by Robert Siodmak. Set in New York’s grim streets, the film follows an escaped gangster as detective Candella closes in, delivering tense scenes, stark realism, and powerful performances that boost the stars’ profiles.
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Paramount Theater
Twentieth Century-Fox
Victor Mature
Richard Conte
Robert Siodmak
New York
Martin Romeo
Candella
Rome
Conte
Martin Rome
Sol C. Siegel
Fred Clark
Shelley Winters
Betty Garde
Berry Roeger
Tommy Cook
Debra Paget
Hope Emerson
Roland Winters
Walter Baldwin
Richard Murphy
Henry Edward Helseth
Shirley Winters
Fan Mail Keeps Cowboys in the Spotlight and Theaters
Hollywood reports fan mail surges for Roy Rogers and Gene Autry with millions of letters yearly. Rogers runs eight full time mail secretaries, Autry’s studio handles special requests for doctors and hospitals, and triggers international fan flows, while gifts and even animals complicate the stars’ lives.
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Hollywood
Uncle Sam
Roy Rogers
Gene Autry
Tingent
Bing Crosby
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Autry
Roy
Gene
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Rogers
Republic Studios
United Kingdom
Australia
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Champion
Station West at Esquire Theater with Powell in major role
Powell, posing as an Army civilian, infiltrates Rock Pass to expose bandits وراء guarding a gold shipment. He fights a town heavyweight, earns the notice of saloon owner Miss Greer, and uncovers criminals. Agnes Moorehead Burl Ives and others star in this Sidney Lanfield directed western produced by Robert Sparks.
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Dick Powell
Station West
Esquire Theater
Jane Greer
RKO Radio
West
Wyoming
Powell
Intelligence Department
Rock Pass
Charlie
Miss Greer
Agnes Moorehead
Burl Ives
Tom Powers
Gordon Oliver
Steve Brodie
Songwriters churn out hits for The Paleface sequence
The piece notes that "To Each," "Golden Earrings," and "Buttons and Bows" climbed weekly on the hit parade. Livingston and Evans, pressed by necessity, wrote the songs quickly for a Bob Hope Jane Russell sequence in The Paleface, a western theme turned yearning for eastern comforts.
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Ray Evans
Jay Livingston
Paramount
University of Pennsylvania
Ray
Jay
Irving Berlin
Bob Hope
Jane Russell
Fun's About Over For Duck Hunters
Duck and goose season for 1948 ends tomorrow afternoon at 4 37 o'clock after 35 days. Ducks and geese in cold storage may be held only 90 days after the close of the season. The hunter is permitted 10 ducks but only two geese in storage.
Hunter Finds Luck at Home
Jim Wright spent a long weekend pheasant hunting without success until returning home. Neighbor Laverne Schultz showed two fine pheasants in Wrights backyard, revealing luck was right there. Boise City Kiwanis Club began building a 20 by 40 foot cinder block Boy Scout hut nearby.
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Milwaukee
W.P
Jim Wright
Laverne Schultz
Wright
Schultz
Boise City
Okla
Kiwanis Club
New Attorney Flanks Tests in Illinois County
Philip Benefiel, 25, a veteran and University of Illinois graduate, was elected state's attorney of Lawrence County. State examiners say he failed the bar, though the constitution does not require the officeholder to be licensed. Benefiel proceeded to plan taking office, saying campaigning interfered with bar prep.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Philip Benefiel
University of Illinois
Lawrence County
Benefiel
Daughertys honored at 50th wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs W A Daugherty were feted with a dinner at the home of their son Archie near Clovis to mark their fiftieth wedding anniversary.
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W. A. Daugherty
Archie
Clovis
Madame Ouspenskaya Shines Through Suffering in The Wolf Man
The actress, known for tragic roles, stars in The Wolf Man at Capitol Theater where her character endures a curse and death. Also showing The Hairy Ape with William Bendix and Susan Hayward, alongside a cast including Claude Rains and Lon Chaney.
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Hollywood
Madame Maria Ouspenskaya
Capitol Theater
Ouspenskaya
Bela Lugosi
Greta Garbo
Mme. Ouspenskaya
Charles Boyer
Skaya
Claude Rains
Warren William
Ralph Bellamy
Patric Knowles
Evelyn Ankers
Lon Chaney
Capitol
Hairy Ape
William Bendix
Susan Hayward
Injunction Against Building Dismissed in Amarillo Case
The injunction restraining Ben McGraw and Amarillo Floor Covering from building at 615 North Palk was dismissed after the area was rezoned from residential. T. C. Teichman filed the suit, which led to the injunction issued in 47th District Court. The state supreme court refused to hear the appeal.
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47Th District Court
Ben McGraw
Amarillo
North Palk
T. C. Teichman
State Supreme Court
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