Revue and Hollywood Talk From the State Theater
The State Theater hosts David Brian in The Great Jewel Robber and a 50 Years Before Your Eyes revue. Details cover Gerard Dennis’s crimes, Oscar nominees, and notes on stars and soon-to-be films, with quotes about Lily Dache hats and Eddie Bracken's TV work.
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Rudolph Valentino
General Eisenhower
Paris
Warner Brothers
State Theater
David Brian
Arthur Godfrey
Quentin Reynolds
H. V. Kaltenborn
Clem McCarthy
Andre Baruch
Norman Brokenshire
Milton J. Cross
Dwight Weist
Dan Donaldson
Keystone Cops
Warner Bros
Gerard Dennis
Brian
Ontario
Canada
Dennis
United States
New Rochelle
Orice
Cleveland
Gerald Dennis
Marjorie Reynolds
John Archer
Return of the Frontiersman on Esquire screen
Gordon MacRae leads a West era saga with Julie London Rory Calhoun and Jack Holt in Warner Bros bold Technicolor tale. A sheriff s son becomes an outlaw amid murder charges gunfights saloon brawls stagecoach holdups and a romance with London plus two solo songs by MacRae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie London
MacRae
Kirk Douglas Stars in Detective Story Phoenix Debut
Kirk Douglas will headline the stage production Detective Story opening in Phoenix on January 23. Irene Wrightsman, making her acting debut, will portray a socialite alongside Douglas. The piece notes Wrightsman is a new doll in Mickey Rooney's life, a Houston beauty potentially becoming Mrs Rodney IV amid Martha Vickers divorce negotiations. Lana Turner and MGM face contract talks.
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Hollywood
NEA
Kirk Douglas
Irene Wrightsman
Phoenix
Mickey Rooney
Houston, Tex
Rodney IV
Martha Vicker
Autry villain Gregg Barton returns in Whirlwind
Gregg Barton, once aiding Gene Autry against outlaws in Mounties, reappears in Autry’s world as a badman captured by Autry in Whirlwind, linking the two adventures with a familiar foe.
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Gregg Barton
Gene Autry
Gene Autry and the Mounties
Columbia
Autry
Laine and Arden Duet in Sunny Side of the Street
Frankie Laine and Toni Arden perform a duet I May Be Wrong in the Columbia musical Sunny Side of the Street. Laine stars with Jonie Taps producing and Richard Quine directing the production.
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Laine
Arden
Frankie Laine
Toni Arden
Columbia
Jonie Taps
Richard Quine
Weissmuller to Report in April for Jungle Jim Sequel
Johnny Weissmuller, star of two Jungle Jim features a year for Columbia, will report to producer Sam Katzman in April for the next film tentatively titled Jungle Jim and the Giant Killer. Samuel Newman is preparing the script.
One Million B C Roach Spectacle At Rialto
Victor Mature Lon Chaney Jr and Carole Landis star in Hal Roach's One Million BC a prehistoric spectacle at the Rialto. The story follows Shell People and Rock Tribe as a volcano quake and a gargantuan dinosaur threat force unity and the dawn of a new civilization.
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Victor Mature
Lon Chaney, Jr
Carole Landis
Hal Roach
Rialto Theater
Roach Studios
Mr. Roach
Hal Roach, Jr
Bernds Plans New Gasoline Alley Script at Columbia
Edward Bernds, director and screenwriter of Gasoline Alley, is preparing a second film about the same character. Milton Feldman will again produce the untitled project for Columbia.
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MGM
Ff van Heflin
University
USA
UCLA
Bruce Bilson
Betty Grable
Fox
Betty
Kilroy
Doris Dowling
Hollywood
Herb Stein
NEW Alley
Edward Bernds
Columbia
Frank O. King
Milton Feldman
Actors Fight Stiff Necks After Desert Rest Scene
Five Warner Bros actors Kirk Douglas Virginia Mayo Walter Brennan James Anderson and Ray Teal needed medical help after a scene for The Travelers in which they lay flat with saddles under their heads. A full day of sleeping in the desert left their necks sore and a studio masseur was called to unkink them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Cal
Warner Bros
Kirk Douglas
Virginia Mayo
Walter Brennan
James Anderson
Ray Teal
Leathernecks Have Landed at Capitol Theater
Lew Ayres stars as a Marine in The Leathernecks Have Landed a Republic re release at the Capitol Theater Isabel Jewell plays the leading woman with Jimmy Ellison as Ayres buddy The film centers on devotion to the Marine Corps transcending personal concerns and the crew's misadventures
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Republic
Capitol Theater
Lew Ayres
Isabel Jewell
Jimmy Ellison
Ayres
Buddy
Autry and Burnette Record for Whirlwind
Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette have recorded three songs for Columbia’s Whirlwind directed by John English. The tunes are Whirlwind by Stanley Jones, Twiddle O’Twill by Autry and Rose, and As Long As I Live by Autry Rose and Marvin, with Western Music and Edwin H Morris publications.
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Autry
Burnette
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Columbia
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Shelley Winters
Palm Springs
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Charles Russell
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Cut Bank
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Lana Turner
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Palo Duro Seven Theatre
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Seuie
Jean Peters
George Raft
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