Danny Kaye Delivers Top Screen Clown Role in Walter Mitty
Danny Kaye shines as the zany star in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty at the Paramount Theater. He performs a dozen character bits from hat designer to sea captain, driving audiences to laughter while Virginia Mayo stars nearby in a Technicolor comedy with a light spies plot and Boris Karloff jokingly tied to the escapade.
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Walter Mitty
Paramount Theater
Danny Kaye
Mr. Kaye
Danny
Royal Air Force
Kaye
Samuel Goldwyn
Virginia Mayo
Kave
Boris Karloff
Funnyman
Secret Life
Desert Fury Star John Hodiak's Early Acting Roots
John Hodiak stars with Elizabeth Scott and Burt Lancaster in Desert Fury. He began acting at age 11 in Ukrainian parish plays and pageants in Detroit.
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John Hodiak
Lizabeth Scott
Burt Lancaster
Hal Wallis
Detroit
Sun spots reach sizes vastly larger than Earth's surface
The article notes sun spots can reach up to 28 times the area of the Earth's surface, highlighting the immense scale of solar features observed.
Amusing night spots and acts listed for Amarillo venues
The Amarillo Globe lists entertainment on ocial date 1941 with Danny Kaye hit in Walter Mitty show and acts at Aviatrix Rainbow Garden Rumpus Room Old Tascola Roller Skating and Roller Palace venues. It notes performers Frances Irvin Carlton Scales Rip Ramsey Dick Morton Bonnie Haile and Otis Wyatt with nightly and weekly schedules. A Junior League Follies at Municipal Auditorium is scheduled for November 1 at 8 15.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Danny Kaye
Walter Mitty
Jeanne Carroll
Aviatrix
Frances Irvin
Carlton Scales
Rainbow Garden
Rip Ramsey
Texas Wanderers
Thomas
Otis Wyatt
Dick Morton
Bonnie Haile
Sixth
Jefferson
Southwest
Lum and Abner Star in Partners in Time at Leon Theater
Lum and Abner bring their Pine Ridge film series to Leon Theater with Partners in Time. The story follows a villain and a sharper trying to seize Pine Ridge real estate while the cracker-barrel duo save the townspeople from eviction. The screenplay by Charles E. Roberts unfolds largely in flashback, recalling a 40 year old era with abundant butter.
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Leon
Squire
Pine Ridge
Charles E. Roberts
Desert Fury Stays At Capitol One More Day
Desert Fury starring Burt Lancaster John Hodiak and Mary Astor is held over at the Capitol Theater due to large crowds. Lizabeth Scott appears as her daughter eager to pursue her mother’s illicit career and Lancaster as a highway patrolman torn by love amid a Nevada town plot.
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Burt Lancaster
John Haddink
Lizabeth Scott
Capitol Theater
Tex Williams
Mary Astor
Chuckawalla
Las Vegas
Nev
John Hodiak
Miss Scott
Hodiak
Laughton and Lanchester Noted for California Home
Charles Laughton and his wife Elsa Lanchester, stars of Paramount's The Big Clock, own one of California's finest homes praised for interior decoration and a rare collection of antique ceramics.
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Charles Laughton
Elsa Lanchester
Paramount
California
Argentina Battles Gasoline Profiteers and Police Raids
Argentina fights gasoline profiteers and speculators as police raid garages for hidden fuel stocks. The campaign targets illegal price manipulation and speculative hoards amid shortages and rising prices nationwide.
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Argentina
Woman on the Beach at State Theater Premieres
Triangle Love Film at State presents The Woman on the Beach starring Joan Bennett Robert Ryan and Charles Bickford. Ryan plays a Coast Guard officer tormented by wartime nightmares and entangled with Bennett while her blind artist husband dominates a volatile seaside home.
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Charles Bickford
State Theater
Robert Ryan
Charlies Bickford
Coast Guard
Miss Bennett
Ryan
Nan Leslie
Walter Sande
Irene Ryan
Glenn Vernon
Jean Renior
Perils of Pauline Showing at Texas Theater
The Technicolor serial about Pearl White screens at the Texas Theater today and Thursday. Betty Hutton stars with John Lund, Billy De Wolfe, William Demarest, Constance Collier and Frank Faylen in a behind the scenes thrill ride with new Frank Loesser songs.
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Pauline
Pearl White
Texas Theater
Betty Hutton
Pearl
John Lund
Billy de Wolfe
William Demarest
Constance Collier
Frank Faylen
Change of Pace for Bendix in Where's There's Life
William Bendix abandons heavy drama to star in Paramount's Where's There's Life as a thickheaded blustering Brooklyn police officer. The role marks a shift to broad comedy and lighthearted misadventure.
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William Bendix
Paramount
Brooklyn
Call Northside 777 portrayed as proper newsroom film
Hollywood review notes the film aims for accurate newsroom depictions in The Chicago Times story about freeing Joe Majczek. It praises James Stewart's restrained newsroom portrayal and the disciplined city room, while humorously critiquing earlier movie clichés. A closing line mentions penicillin weight.
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Hollywood
Sam
Nuts
Northside 777
Chicago Times
Joe Majczek
Jim McClure
Lee J. Dobbs
Times
Stewart
Movie and Music Listings for Wednesday October 29
Theaters across the city present Paramount Walter Mitty and Woman on the Beach with Technicolor features and cartoons. Burt Lancaster Desert Fury and Desert Fury repeats mix with Tex Williams and Pete Smith novelty. A diverse lineup includes The Range Busters, Land of Hunted Men, Sea of Grass, Perils of Pauline and The Two Mrs Carrollis with Bogart Stanwyck. Night clubs feature Russ Rogers and Bobby Burns bands.
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Paramount
Danny Kaye
Walter Mitty
Mickey Mouse Cartoon
Paramount News
Joan Bennett
America
Movietone
Capitol
Burt Lancaster
Lizabeth Scott
Tex Williams
Pete Smith
Esquire
June Haver
Mark Stevens
Bugs Bunny
Rialto
Stan Kenton
Color Novelty
Leon
Sum and Star
Joan Crawford
van Heflin
Rex
Spencer Tracy
Katharine Hepburn
Texas
Pauline
Betty Hutton
John Lund
Victory
Mrs. Carrollis
Humphrey Bogart
Barbara Stanwyck
Liberty
Tex Ritter
Dave O'Brien
James Cagney
Ann
Toledo Handles More Coal as Cargo in 1946
In 1946 Toledo Ohio moved more coal as cargo than the former world record port of New Castle England, marking a shift in trade volumes and port utilization during the postwar period.
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Toledo
Ohio
Newcastle
England
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