Mars At Tacks The World at Capitol Theater
Filmcrafts picture Mars At tacks The World opens at the Capitol theater. Buster Crabbe stars with Jean Rogers and Beatrice Roberts in a sci fi adventure about a sinister Mars force draining Earth's nitrogen. A scientist leads a rocket expedition to destroy the menace, with notable camera effects and a cavern scene where clay figures emerge.
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Frank Shannon
Beatrice Roberts
Icy Branding Iron Burns Film Star on Set
Cornel Wilde feared being branded during a torture scene for RKO's Sons of the Musketeers as the cold iron, chilled by weather, mimicked a hot brand. Maureen O Hara and others believed the yell signaled an actual burn until the stunt was explained.
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Sons of the Musketeers
Cornel Wilde
Maureen O’hara
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Leavitt to Adapt The Barefoot Mailman for Columbia
Al Leavitt has been signed by Columbia to prepare the screenplay of The Barefoot Mailman based on Theodore Pratt’s novel. Director Earl McEvoy, producer Robert Cohn, and executive S. Sylvan Simon will oversee the project.
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The Hasty Heart Opens Today at Paramount Theater
The Hasty Heart a Warner Bros drama opens today at the Paramount Theater. Ronald Reagan Patricia Neal and Richard Todd star in a moving hospital tale about six soldiers from various nations guarding a secret while a Scottish patient longs for the nurse.
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Ronald Reagan
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Richard Todd
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Gary Cooper
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John Sherman
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Anthony Nichols
Shirley Temple Rumor Sparks Talk Of Pineapple Heir
Hollywood gossip notes Johnson praises Shirley Temple’s new escort Charles Black, heir to a pineapple plantation, as questions swirl about engagement and marriages. Shirley deflects rumors, stating no plans and choosing to ignore public chatter. The column also notes Ava Gardner, Frank Sinatra, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello tours, and Pat Knight returning to cinema with The Second Face.
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Big Town Scandal at Liberty Theater Today
Pine-Thomas productions present Big Town Scandal at Liberty Theater today and tomorrow starring Philips Reed and Hillary Brooke. The crime drama follows newspaperman Steve Wilson as he battles crime in Big Town, recruiting juvenile delinquents into a baseball team before further action.
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Hillary Brooke
Steve Wilson
Big Town
Philip Reed
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Petty Girl Dance Number Featuring Fancy Free Caper
In Columbia's The Petty Girl a Harold Arlen Johnny Mercer song Fancy Free threads into a dance sequence. Joan Caulfield appears in a bath and proceeds through a dressing routine ending with her fully clothed.
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The Crystal Ball at Rialto Theater
A sprightly Crystal Ball comedy romance at Rialto features Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland. Toni Gerard slips from crisis to job as a crystal gazer under Madame Zenobia amid a Navy bazaar scheme and a land oil mystery.
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Brad Cavanaugh
Early Egyptians Used Wood Veneer in Plywood Base
Ancient Egyptian craftsmen reportedly used thin wood veneers as the basic unit of plywood, indicating early understanding of layered wood construction and material economy.
Bauer Duo in Picture Debut at Paramount Theater
Two Midland sisters Alice and Marlene Bauer, rising golf sensa tions now turning pros, debut in the RKO short The Bauer Girls as part of the Tex as-wide world premiere of the Sportscope at the Paramount Theater. The 16 and 22 year old sisters appear in sports clothes and swim wear, showing intense training under their father Dave Bauer while the team chases through the Woman's Professional Golf Association Cross-country Tournament from Virginia to the West Coast. They will be featured on the same program with The Big I.
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Prices Drop in 1949 Canadian Agricultural Prices
Official figures show farm prices for Canadian agricultural products fell in 1949 the first decline in a decade. The annual average index slipped from 252.6 in 1948 to 251.3 with drops in grains dairy products potatoes vegetables and furs while livestock poultry eggs fruits tobacco and maple products rose.
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Fuller Brush Girl Scores by Heinz Roemheld
Heinz Roemheld, composer of The Fuller Brush Man score, is hired by Morris Stoloff to create an original score for The Fuller Brush Girl starring Lucille Ball with Eddie Albert co starring.
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Red Skelton
Columbia
Morris Stoloff
Lucille Ball
Eddie Albert
Beddoe Cast as Foppish Floorwalker in That Bedside Manner
Character actor Don Beddoe is cast as a foppish department store floorwalker who tangles with Larry Parks, a toy salesman, in Columbia's That Bedside Manner.
Belfast Faces Shortage of Playing Fields
Belfast in Northern Ireland reports a shortage of available playing fields for community and school sports, limiting practice space and local teams’ schedules. Local councils seek solutions to expand facilities and reduce field sharing conflicts.
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Juvenile Gangsters Invade Court in Thrilling Screen Fight
Stanley "Stash" Clements leads a gang of juvenile racketeers including Darryl Hickman Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer Roland Durpee and Tommy Bond as they menace a basketball court in a crime driven film. The action reels showcase some of the era’s most thrilling sport on screen.
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Clements
Darryl Hickman
Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer
Roland Durpee
Tommy Bond
Captain China heads to State Theater with Payne and Russell
John Payne and Gail Russell lead the cast of Captain China a Pine Thomas production opening tomorrow at the State Theater Jeffrey Lynn Lon Chaney Edgar Bergen and Michael OShea also star The film promises two very violent sequences a typhoon and a brutal Payne Chaney fight and marks a dramatic shift for Payne from romantic lead to rugged captain
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State Theater
John Payne
Gail Russell
Jeffrey Lynn
Lon Chaney
Edgar Bergen
Michael O'Shea
Payne
Chaney
Sun Halted in Honor of Patrick
Patrick Dublin Saint Patrick died in the fifth century. He is believed born about 375. A 12 day wake surrounded his body and some accounts claim the sun did not set for a year after his death.
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St. Patrick
Eddie Norris to Support Gene Autry in Blazing Sun
Edward Norris joins Gene Autry's cast for Blazing Sun in a top supporting role alongside Lynne Roberts Anne Gwynne Pat Buttram and Alan Hale Jr. The Western features Norris as part of a notable lineup in the film's production notes.
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Gene Autry
Lynne Roberts
Anne Gwynne
Pat Buttram
Alan Hale, Jr
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