Leslie Howard Stars in Mister V at State Theater
Leslie Howard, producer and director, headlines Mister V a daring wartime melodrama opening Saturday at the State Theater for three days. The plot follows Professor Horatio Smith aiding anti-Nazi escapes from Germany with suspenseful sequences culminating near the Swiss border as the Gestapo closes in. Supporters include Mary Morris Francis Sullivan Hugh McDermott A E Matthews and Roland Pertwee.
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Leslie Howard
State Theater
Howard
Horatio Smith
Cambridge
Germany
Gestapo
Berlin
Mr. Howard
Mary Morris
Bagdad
Francis Sullivan
Hugh McDermott
A. E. Matthews
Roland Pertwee
Western Action In Liberty Film
North of Rio Grande appears with Private Nurse at the Liberty on Friday and Saturday. Jane Darwell and Brenda Joyce star in the second feature. The piece notes Western action and mentions iron beds dating to the 18th century.
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Rio Grande
Jane Darwell
Brenda Joyce
Liberty
Halifax Warns Axis Control of Raw Materials Threatens War Time Balance
Lord Halifax spoke at Carnegie Institute Founders Day urging Britain and the United Nations to intensify organized supplies and curb Axis access to strategic resources. He cited Axis gains in rubber bauxite iron ore tin ore manganese ore lead ore and flux since 1939 and warned that time favors neither side unless Allies strengthen self sufficiency. He noted Britain’s tank design lags though tanks improving and warned enemy propaganda seeks to undermine Allied confidence.
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Pittsburgh
Lord Halifax
Japan
Carnegie Institute
United Nations
Britain
United States
Post-War Equality Stressed by FDR
President Roosevelt in a message to the National Foreign Trade Council argues for free world rights including equality of access to materials and capital, the free choice of production, and non domination by any master race, as the war ends and peace begins. The piece also notes Betty Pierce, daughter of Lt. Col. William E. Pierce, has joined the Women’s Army Corps and aims to outrank her father.
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Boston
Roosevelt
National Foreign Trade Council
United Nations and
Freedom Loving
Indiana
U.P
Martha Elizabeth
Betty) Pierce
William E. Pierce
Betty
Women's Auxiliary Corps
Carnegie Institute Marks Gift and Art Exhibitions Start
The Carnegie Institute commemorates Andrew Carnegie's gift to Pittsburgh and opens three art exhibitions replacing the temporary international exhibit that has been discontinued for the duration.
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Carnegie Institute
Institute
Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburgh
Sammy Kaye to Star in Coast-to-Coast Film Concept
Sammy Kaye and his band plan a six month coast-to-coast tour to find new talent for a Paramount film based on road experiences. The project stems from his stage innovation "So You Want To Lead A Band" and will use stage incidents as the screen story core. Iceland also features Sonja Henie John Payne and Jack Oakie.
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Sammy Kaye
Band
Sonja Henie
John Payne
Paramount
Hollywood
United States
Iceland
Paramount Theater
Kaye
Jack Oakie
Edmund Lowe Stars In Lyric Picture Klondike Fury
Edmund Lowe and Lucille Fairbanks star in Klondike Fury at the Lyric Theater a double feature with Gaucho of Eldorado shown Friday and Saturday. Also notes skis are made of flat pieces of ash oak beech birch spruce or hickory.
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Lyric
Sun
Edmund Lowe
Lucille Fairbanks
Klondike Fury
Gaucho
Lyric Theater
Royal Mountiy Arctic Voyage Makes History
Eight Royal Canadian Mounted Policemen completed the first west to east Arctic crossing since the 1940 start from Vancouver. They sailed an 80 ton schooner, endured isolation, and lost a crew member en route as they relied on foraged food and radio silence. The expedition, cloaked in secrecy, marked a historic reverse Northwest Passage journey.
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Sydney
Royal Canadian Mounted
America
Vancouv
Roald Amundsen
North Atlantic
Pacific
West Coast
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Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Jan Struther
Mister V
Globe-News
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Calvert
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Angus
King William
Johnnie Walker
Seagram VO
Kentucky Tavern
OLD Taylor & Grandad
Inroe Street ‘Age Store
Monroe Street
Donna Reed
Philip Dorn
Lionel Barrymore
Dr. Gillespie
Ray “Crash” Corrigan
John
Dusty” King
The
Law
Victory Theater
Axis
Ginger Rogers
Ray Milland
FDR
Leon
Alice Fayf
John Wayne
Havana
Hardy's
Happy Tribe
Andy Hardy
Tex Theater
Judy Canova
Allan Jones
Jerry Colonna
Texas
Sternie Sternberg
Curt Howard
Eddie Snell
Dave Heser
Nat West
Georgia
Gaucho OF
Eldorado
Rex
West Sixth
Virginia
Astie No Roqney Parker
Spencer Tracy
Hedy LA Marr
JoAm
Garfield
Ann Miller
Capitol
van Helfin
Grand Central
Roy Rogers
Gabby Hayes
Romance
Royal Mountiy
Las Vegas
Nev
Pete
Horned Toad
Masco
Patricia
Dine & Dance
Carlton Scales
Les Rowland
Bob Mueller
Joyce Mace
Denny
Agnes Lynch
Aviatrix Dinner Club
Walter
William Wyler
Sidney Franklin
Miniver
Teresa Wright
Dame May Whitty
Reginald Owen - Henry
Travers
Richard Ney
Henry Wilcoxon
Lionel Donna Barrymore
Reed
Man
Hugh Mederwott
Soma Henle
Payne
Celand
Sammy
Kaye and His Orchestra
Lum and
Abner
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