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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
14
Peg Malion bows to Amarillo at the State Theater for an 8 15 PM debut ahead of the film Pyemalion. A special radio broadcast from the stage will accompany the presentation, with doors opening at 7 45 PM and no reserved seating. Tickets are on sale at the box office.
Wendy Hiller is hailed as the sensational acting find after her performance as the Cockney flower girl in Pygmalion. The film opens tonight at 8 and begins its regular engagement Friday at the State Theater with Leslie Howard as the professor.
The city manager of Amarillo George L. Tucker produced all photographs of Peg Malion on this page and during her local merchant visit for Texas Consolidated Theaters. Pan American Airways reported 22 225 passengers to and from Latin America in Q1 1939, up 3 000 from 1934.
In Boston on May 24 the Ford Motor Company reported its 1938 surplus declined to 588,821,274 dollars in its annual statement to the Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation. The preceding 12 month period showed a surplus of 608,085,955 dollars.
The film version of Pygmalion opens with a gala first night at the State Theater starring Leslie Howard. A bedroom library scene features Bernard Shaw works and a biography by Frank Harris. Wendy Hiller appears as the flower girl Higgs tests to elevate.
Secretary Wallace names Roy I. Kimmel and Raymond C. Smith as chief program analysts in the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Kimmel, based in Amarillo, Texas, will start immediately. Smith, former Farm Security Administration regional director in Indianapolis, will assume July 1. They will work under Howard R. Tolley to coordinate economic research and crop control and marketing activities.
BEF ORE TWO POSES OF MISS EILEEN MORRISON selected by a special committee to be Miss Peg Mahon for the past week. Tonight at 8:15 the stage of the State Theater will host her official presentation. Peg Mahon will begin business school at once to pursue a West Texas State College full scholarship.
Bernard Shaw resisted film rights for years yet finally relented after negotiations with Gabriel Pascal and Samuel Goldwyn. The Movie World piece traces Shaw's tough stance and Pascal's strategic talks leading to the U S release starring Leslie Howard at the State Theater.
The article notes plans for a film produced in England with a British cast. Pascal aims to star Leslie Howard as Higgins the phonetics expert who elevates a London guttersnipe, and Shaw shows enthusiasm while promising the film will not be a mere photo play.
Pascal takes decisive steps for a new stage drama by securing Leslie Howard to portray Higgins. He also signs Lipscomb to write with Cecil Lewis and brings Anthony Asquith on to co direct with Howard.
A Washington New Haven Express car collision near Newington Connecticut left David Butters of East Providence killed and at least 12 injured when three coaches were struck by debris from a passing work train. In separate notes, Cleveland leads as the nation’s top Red Cross city for 1939 with membership over 110,000, surpassing Buffalo.
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