West Point Story Glitters at State Theater 1938
The Amarillo Globe reviews the film lineup at The State Theater. Warner Bros. The West Point Story stars James Cagney Virginia Mayo Doris Day Gordon MacRae and Gene Nelson with LeRoy Prinz choreographing. Cagney trains months to regain dance coordination and physical condition for the musical comedy set at the Military Academy. The piece also notes Adventure's End features John Wayne and others in a sea tale full of mutiny storms and romance.
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Ben Ames Williams
South Sea
Gloucester
Mass
South Pole
John Wayne
Diana Gibson
Montagu Love
Arthur Lubin
Warner Bros
State Theater
Cagney
LeRoy Prinz
Virginia Mayo
Doris
Jimmy
Doris Day
Gordon MacRae
Gene Nelson
Alan Hale, Jr
James Cagney
Actress Georgia Caine stars in Mad Wednesday circus role
Georgia Caine, once praised as the most beautiful woman in the American theater, appears in RKO Radio's Harold Lloyd comedy Mad Wednesday wearing false whiskers and playing the circus bearded woman.
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RKO Radio
Georgia Caine
Midnight movie choices in three local theaters
New Year’s Eve offerings present three options for midnight shows. The Paramount features Harvey with James Stewart, the State screens Branded with Alan Ladd and Mona Freeman, and the Capitol presents a double horror program for late-night moviegoers.
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Paramount
Harvey
James Stewart
Alan Ladd
Mona Freeman
Capitol
Kept flag alive in Lewisburg Virginia by veteran group
In Lewisburg West Virginia a large Confederate flag remains a local memory. Veteran of the 14th Virginia cavalry helped preserve the symbol after D R Thomas painted a huge stars and bars on a new grocery store wall in 1900 and neighbors repaint it periodically.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
14Th Virginia Cavalry
D. R. Thomas
Machine age overtakes cigar making in Connecticut Valley
Springfield report notes a drastic shift from human labor to machines in the Connecticut Valley tobacco leaf center. Once 400 cigar makers thrived there thirty years ago, now only three remain as automation dominates production.
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Machine Age
Springfield, Mass
U.P
Connecticut Valley
Aztecs Used Cacao Beans as Money Long Before Columbus
Historical note states that long before Columbus arrived in the Americas the Aztec people used cacao beans as a form of currency in trade. The beans served as money and were valued for their rarity and usefulness in daily commerce. This reflects early economic practices in Mesoamerica and the cultural significance of cacao.
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America
Never a Dull Moment stars Dunne and MacMurray at Paramount
The 1943 comedy from RKO features Irene Dunne as a Broadway songwriter who marries Wyoming cow puncher Fred MacMurray and moves to a ramshackle ranch. Read about the plot, the two children who resist, the Western misadventures, and the credited behind the scenes talent including DeMarest, Devine, Perreau, and Ober.
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Fred MacMurray
William Demarest
Andy Devine
Gigi Perreau
Natalie Wood
Philip Ober
Paramount Theater
RKO Radio
New York
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MacMurray
George Marshall
Lou Breslow
Doris Anderson
Kay Swift
Miss Swift
Behind the Screen notes sequels and signings in Hollywood plans
Hollywood gossip reports Francis X. Bushman signing as King Saul in David and Bathsheba and Ava Gardner possibly dubbing Show Boat vocals. MGM eyes Inside Straight and a Clark Gable sized Lucky Baldwin script. Sam Goldwyn previews two war films while Orson Welles funds German shoots. Mercedes McCambridge pushes new views on modern women in Hollywood.
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Abbott and Costello caper on Capitol screen
Abbott and Costello star in The Naughty Nineties a Realart comedy aboard a Mississippi River showboat. The duo tackle a gamblers syndicate in a riotous plot with Alan Curtis Rita Johnson Henry Travers Lois Collier and Joe Sawyer in the cast.
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Rita Johnson
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Joe Sawyer
Damned Dont Cry at Lyric Theater
Joan Crawford stars with David Brian in The Damned Dont Cry at the Lyric Theater today and tomorrow. The drama follows Lorna Hansen Forbes from modest roots to high society and crime syndicate confidante. Co stars Steve Cochran Kent Smith and Selena Royle round out the cast.
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David Brian
Lyric Theater
Lorna Hansen Forbes
Steve Cochran
Kent Smith
Selena Royle
Seasick Actor Muffs Lines in Sea Scene
Dana Andrews Philip Dorn and Eric Feldary spent hours bobbing in heavy seas for a scene in The Gaunt Woman at RKO Radio. Feldary began muffing lines as seasickness set in, telling director Alfred Werker he was seasick. He finished the take after a nurse gave dramamine.
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Philip Dorn
Eric Feldary
RKO Radio
the Gaunt Woman
Feldary
Alfred Werker
O Keefe on Career Path From Westerns to Romance Drama
Dennis O Keefe discusses his film journey from westerns and action to T Men documentary style and light comedy, now co starring with Lizabeth Scott and Jane Greer in The Company She Keeps at RKO.
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Dennis O’keefe
Lizabeth Scott
Jane Greer
RKO Radio
Tarzan Star Lex Barker Delays Return for Medical Work
Lex Barker, star of Tarzan's Peril for RKO, heads back from Africa but must see a doctor for neck muscle trouble. He plans corrective surgery on two neck muscles, an issue carried since his Army discharge five years ago.
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Tarzan
Lex Barker
Africa
Sol Lesser
RKO Radio
Origins of blacksmith and whitesmith names
The blacksmith is named for working with iron and dark metals while the whitesmith earns his name from handling light colored metals such as tin.
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Whitesmith
Jiggs and Maggie Out West at Liberty Theater
Joe Yule Renie Riano and George McManus star in the Monogram comedy Jiggs and Maggie Out West set in Gower Gulch ghost town. Costumes feature ten gallon hats chaparajos and spurs as the cast goes Western in this fifth Barney Gerard produced entry inspired by McManus caricatured strip.
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Renie Riano
Monogram
Jiggs
Maggie
Man Claims Mining Properties Inherited From Maggie’s Grandfather
A man has taken his wife and daughter to claim properties inherited from Maggie’s grandfather, pursuing rights to mining interests referenced in the family succession.
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Maggie
Shoot Movie in Four States for Cowpoke at RKO
Production on Cowpoke by Jerry Wald and Norman Krasna will film in New York Texas Arizona and California. The schedule includes actual scenes from this year’s Madison Square Garden Rodeo.
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Norman Krasna
RKO Radio
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Texas
Arizona
California
Madison Square Garden
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