Harvey film extends run at Paramount Theater as crowds soar
Record audiences fill Paramount Theater for Harvey the comedy starring James Stewart. The 96th son of a large St Louis family, the invisible rabbit claims a math bent and a stage background linked to Josephine Hull from Broadway.
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Josephine Hull
Raft May Bow Out After Blaze Of Glory In New Film
Hollywood gossip notes George Raft hints this may be his last screen appearance despite several upcoming projects. He claims the film could be the best of his career but jokes that 22 years as an actor are long enough. Also updates on Steve Cochran joining Mae West in Diamond Lil, industry banter, and other entertainment chatter from the era.
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Hollywood
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Ronald Colman
Raft
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Steve Cochran
Mae West
Mae
Warner Bros
Paramount Film
Philadelphia
Linda Darnell
Gene Wesson
Gene
Hollywood Notes on Stars and New Film Projects
Allan Jones recovers in Palm Springs and maps TV routines with Irene Hervey. Warner remake rumors surface about Painting the Clouds With Sunshine. Larry Parks and Betty Garrett prepare Louis Verneuill's Where Lies the Truth after Betty's stork date. Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart are linked to The African Queen set for April, amid other studio chatter.
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Palm Springs
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Warner
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Betty Garrett
Louis Verneuill
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Stewart Granger
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Humphrey Bogart
Africa
Lex Barker
Sol Lesser
Errol Flynn
Robert Q. Lewis
Lewis
Johnston
Pat O’brien
Columbia
Elizabeth Taylor
Nick Hilton
Shirley Temple
Mystery Meets Garden Club in Local Newspaper Fragment
A fragment from a newspaper features a bannerline about a murder, but the small print seems unrelated and hints that Hollywood is the unique place where such stories often sit beside garden club meeting details rather than the main tale.
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Hollywood
Camera Fiend Jerry Lewis Tops Hollywood Amateurs
Jerry Lewis, star with Dean Martin in That's My Boy, is one of Hollywood's leading amateur cameramen. He devotes all free time to photography and even owns a shop in Hollywood.
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Jerry Lewis
Dean Martin
Hal Wallis
Hollywood
Jerry
Porter Hall as Ethical Editor in Ace in the Hole
Porter Hall portrays a principled editor in the Kirk Douglas film Ace in the Hole. He previously worked at The Cleveland News in the advertising department, not as a reporter, years ago.
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Porter Hall
Paramount
Kirk Douglas
Hall
Cleveland News
New Chemical Plants Boost Algeria’s Productivity
New chemical plants are expanding Algeria’s industrial capacity, boosting output across key sectors. The facilities, operated by major firms, are improving efficiency, creating jobs, and attracting investment while signaling a shift toward higher-value manufacturing in the region.
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Algeria
Dark City Opens at State Theatre with Charlton Heston Debut
Sizzling opening at State Theater for Paramount's Dark City a tense melodrama set amid Las Vegas Chicago and Los Angeles gambling scenes Charlton Heston makes his screen debut along with Lizabeth Scott Viveca Lindfors Dean Jagger and Don DeFore The plot follows a killer targeting men involved in Heston's world a suspenseful race to trap the murderer before Heston's luck runs out The ensemble delivers strong performances with violent scenes noted and Scott singing five songs including If I Didn’t Have You
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Hal Wallis
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Los Angeles
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Viveca Lindfors
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Don DeFore
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Jack Webb
Ed Begley
Henry Morgan
Cassino to Korea opens at State Theater with war footage
Paramount presents Cassino to Korea an eye witness film narrated by Quentin Reynolds. The feature uses captured German Italian and Japanese combat films filmed under fire by Army Signal Corps and Paramount News cameramen.
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Come On, Leathernecks! Capitol Film Re release
Capitol Theater offers a Republic re release with romance and drama. Richard Cromwell plays a young Annapolis graduate and former All American football star who joins the Marine Corps to pursue pro play. In the Philippines he meets Marsha Hunt, whose plantation hides gun smugglers.
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Swan with gout found near Ipswich England
A swan living near Ipswich was discovered to suffer gout a condition unusual in birds and noted by local observers. The discovery prompted wildlife officials to monitor the bird and advise on care.
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Ipswich
England
Ray Milland Credits Ocean Love to Welsh Fishermen Lineage
Actor Ray Milland says his passion for the sea comes from forefathers who were Welsh fishermen. He starred in Something to Live For for Paramount and notes multiple Welsh fishermen in his family.
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Ray Milland
George Stevens
Paramount
Fighting pilot Peter Hansen served in World War II Pacific
Peter Hansen, the actor who plays Alan Ladd's friend in Brand ed, was a Marine fighter pilot during World War II. He spent many months in the Pacific theater.
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Peter Hansen
Alan Ladd
Pal
Paramount
Pacific
Powder River Rustlers at Liberty Theater Today
The Liberty Theater screens Powder River Rustlers featuring Allan Rocky Lane as a cowboy officer in 1885 El Dorado. Gerry Ganzer co stars as Louise Manning seeking her husband, sparking a chain of a ruthless money grab by a western badman.
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Liberty Theater
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Rocky
Conflict at Rialto stars John Wayne and Jean Rogers
John Wayne leads Realart drama Conflict at the Rialto with Jean Rogers opposite him. Based on Jack London The Abysmal Brute, the rugged Sierra Nevada setting provides action and romance as Ward Bond Margaret Mann and Bryant Washburn support the cast. David Howard directs from a Walter Weems and Charles Logue screenplay with Trem Carr producing.
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Conflict
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Trem Carr
Paul Stewart A Versatile Actor Director And Writer
Actor Paul Stewart known for roles alongside Alan Ladd in Paramount's United States Mail has thrived across film stage radio and television as an actor director and writer, showcasing a wide range of creative work.
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Alan Ladd
Paramount
United States Mail
Olivier Farm Life Reveals Registed Herd Near London
Laurence Olivier owns a small farm near London with a registered herd of cows all named after Vivien Leigh roles. The actor stars in William Wyler's Carrie for Paramount.
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William Wyler
Carrie
Paramount
London
Vivien Leigh
Versatile Crosby Sings, Dances, Plays Piano by Ear
Bing Crosby stars in Paramount's Mr Music as a natural performer who sings by ear and plays piano with minimal practice. He choreographs steps quickly, relying on instinct rather than formal study, underscoring his longstanding audience appeal.
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Bing Crosby
Paramount
Crosby to Introduce Two Foreign Child Actors in Film
Bing Crosby will introduce two foreign players in Frank Capra's Here Comes the Groom for Paramount. They are Ann and Maria Alberghetti, 14 year old Italian sopranos, and Jackie Gencel, 10 year old French actor. This marks their first Hollywood movie appearance.
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Frank Capra
Paramount
Ann& Maria Alberghetti
Jackie Gencel
Hollywood
Tea service plan for fifty cups per quarter pound
Plan for serving tea to a crowd suggests about 50 cups from one quarter pound of tea. Provide both milk and lemon on the tea table so guests can choose.
Circus Star Coach For Betty Hutton Circus Star Coach For Betty Hutton
Antoinette Concello of The Flying Concellos circus team came to Paramount to train Betty Hutton for Cecil DeMille’s The Greatest Show on Earth. She will coach Hutton in advanced trapeze moves for two weeks with a net below. Hutton has flown without safety wires and will perform the feat in the film. Concello is a Ringling Bros. performer, husband Art Concello is Ringling’s manager, and she flew from Havana where the circus stood for two weeks.
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Paramount
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Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus
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Ringling
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Molly O Daniel Seeks Divorce From Harold Moffatt
SANTA MONICA Cal Jan 17 The third strain in Molly O Daniel Moffatts marriage is in the air as she files suit for separate maintenance against Harold F Moffatt 45 investment broker She 28 has custody of two children by Jack D Wrather Jr divorced Texas oil man and movie producer and another by Henry Ford White a Texas rancher she divorced The Moffatts married two years ago they separated Monday they lived in Beverly Hills Mrs Moffatt charges grievous mental and physical suffering.
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Texas
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Harold F. Moffatt
Jack D. Wrather, Jr
Henry Ford White
Faster passenger trains aided by new under-car generator
Longer and faster passenger trains may be possible through use of new equipment designed to relieve some of the load on locomotives. This is accomplished by a Diesel driven under car generating plant which supplies auxiliary power to individual passenger cars.
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