King of the Jungle Opens at Ohio Theater in 1933
The Ohio Theater debuts King of the Jungle in 1933, a film inspired by a 1874 New York Herald hoax about Central Park Zoo animals On screen, a rhino rampages and elephants roam city streets with Buster Crabbe as the Lion Man and Frances Dee opposing him.
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Central Park
National Guard
James Gordon Bennett
Bennett
Paramount Pictures
Ohio Theater
Herald Reporter
Movie Writers
Herald
Zoo
Eighth Avenue
Central Park West
Ninetieth Street
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
Buster Crabbe
Frances Dee
CALL BOARD listings for week of King of the Jungle and more
The cinema program includes King of the Jungle with Buster Crabbe and Francis Dee on Mon and Tues, Mystery of the Wax Museum with Lionel Atwill on Thurs to Sat, and Private Jones with Lee Tracy and Gloria Stuart on Sun to Tue MAJESTIC features White Eagle and more through the week with Buck Jones, John Barrymore, Joan Blondell, Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper and others in various slots.
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Buster Crabbe
Francis Dee
Lionel Atwill
Majestic
Private Jones
Lee Tracy
Gloria Stuart
Phillips Holmes
Diana Wynyard
Borie Karloff
Johann
Ioh Bellamy
Betty Compeon
White Eagle
Buck Jones
Rarpere
Nels
William Haines
Madge
Vana
Mon
John Barrymore
Joan Blondell
Warren William
Thure
Helen Hayes
Gary Cooper
Tresson
James A Man
Wallace Beery
Karen Oriey
Bob Steele
Buck Jones Shares Narrow Escape During White Eagle Shoot
Buck Jones nearly lost his shoulder to a mountain lion during the filming of White Eagle at Columbia Studios. A trained trainer suffered a bite while guiding the sequence, which used three wild lions kept behind heavy cages. The cast includes Ward Bond Jason Robards Jim Thorpe and others in the Indian youth adventure.
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White Eagle
Jones Reacues
Barbara Weeks
California Hills
Jones
Miss Weeks
Eles
Lambert Hillyer
White Facile
Roth
Buck Jones
Indiana
Ward Bond
Jason Robards
Jim Thorpe
Robert Ellis
Frank Campeat
Robert Elliott
Wild horses roam western states across the United States
Readable notes indicate mustang herds exist in parts of the United States with sightings or presence in Colorado Nevada Oregon Idaho New Mexico and Arizona. The text references geographic spread of wild horses across western states.
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United States
Colorado
Nevada
Oregon
Idaho
New Mexico
Arizona
Fritzi Scheff Finds Loyal Friends After Hard Times
Fritzi Scheff, once Broadway’s toast, returns broke and near home. Viennese prima donna learns her Connecticut cottage faces mortgage foreclosure as New York friends offer a loan. Her rise came from the hit song Kiss Me Again in Victor Herbert’s Mile. Modiste.
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Broadway
Fritzi Scheff
New York
Connecticut
Ana
Victor Herbert
Fritat Scheff
Mystery of the Wax Museum heads to Ohio Theater
Warner Bros film opens Thursday at the Ohio Theater. The Technicolor thriller stars Lionel Atwill as sculptor Igor and Glenda Farrell as a fearless newspaper reporter who unravels a baffling city crime as a wax museum comes to life. The cast includes Frank McHugh Fay Wray and more in a lavish suspenseful drama directed by Michael Curtiz.
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Firet National
Joan Blondel
Warren Williams
Ann Dvorak
Bette Davis
Nelsonville Majestic Theater
Broadway
Maelvyn LeRoy
Kubec Glasman
John Bright
Lucien Hubberd
Lyie Talbot
Hale Hamilton
Grant Mitchell
Humphrey Bogart
John Marsden
Bunter Phelps
Frankie Darrow
Dawn O'Day
Clarg Biandick
Warner Bros
Ohio Theater
Littl
Michael Curtiz
Lionel Atwill
Metropolitan
Igor
Glenda Farrell
Frank McHugh
Warner First National Pictures
Fay Wray
Edwin Maxwell
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Matthew Betz
Holmes Herbert
Thomas F Jackson
DeWitt Jennings
Gavin Gordon
Allen Vincent
Height Cuts Power In Engine At High Altitude
The Bureau of Standards reports airplane engine power declines to one third at 30 000 feet due to air pressure drop. The first bale of cotton exported to Europe was shipped from Charleston D C in 1784.
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U.S. Bureau of Standards
United States
Europe
Charleston
D. C
Wallace Beery Stars In Flesh at Pastime Theater
Wallace Beery headlines Flesh a new MGM drama opening at the Pastime. He plays Herr Polikat a wrestling waiter who rises to Germany’s champion then pursues the world title in America amid a plot involving a crooked ring and Karen Morley. John Ford directs Beery in his first collaboration with the star-system pairing.
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Wallace Beery
Beery
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer
Herr Polikat
Karen Morley
Ricardo Cortez
Germany
United States
Mies Morley
Polikai
Mund Goulding
Leonard Praskins
Edgar Allan Woolf
Moss Hart
John Ford
Lee Tracy Stars as Buck Private in Private Jones
Universal wartime drama Private Jones opens at the Majestic with Lee Tracy in the title role. The production builds authentic French village sets, uses overseas veterans as advisers, and recreates battlefield conditions to portray the American doughboy in France.
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General Sherman
Hollywood
Private Jones
Universal
Majestic Theater
Lee Tracy
No Man's Land
Holly
France
Jones
Charles D. Hall
Men Must Fight heads to Majestic with star cast
MGM drama depicts America from postwar years to 1940 in an antiwar tale. Diana Wynyard leads with Robert Young and Robert Greig in a future war scenario featuring an air assault on New York and the destruction of iconic structures. Cedric Gibbons and Adrian create new period sets and styles.
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America
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Majestic Theater
Diana Wynyard
Rasputin
Lewis Stone
Phillips Holmes
May Robson
Ruth Selwyn
Hollywood
M-G-M
Edgar Selwyn
Helen Hayes
Madelon Claudel
Reginald Lawrence
K. Lauren
New York
Robert Young
Joan Crawford
Robert Greig
Hedda Hopper
Donald Dillaway
Mary Carlisle
Luis Alberni
New York City
Empire State Building
Brooklyn Bridge
Cedric Gibbons
Adrian
Orion Stars Stand As Hottest Yet, Says Prof Slosson
Professor E. Slosson reports that the Orion stars are the most massive and hottest known. Their surface temperatures are believed to exceed 20,000 degrees.
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E. Slosson
Orion
Radio Schedule Highlights a Busy Day of Programs
A detailed lineup lists 9:00 Children’s Hour through 12:00 Nocturne plus afternoon and evening offerings including Church forums, organ recitals, musical broadcasts, and variety acts across the Columbia System. Notable entries include Eddie Cantor at 8:00, Walter Winchell at 9:30, Tales of Terror at 11:00, and 1:30 The Pilgrims with multiple stations and times across the day.
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Church Forum
Morning Musicale
River Reports
the Pilgrims
Rabbi Tarshish
Mariemont Choir
Radio League
Roomies
L'Haure Exquise
Eddie Cantor
Warden Lawes
Walter Winchell
Tomorrow's Radio Schedule Mixed Listings
A dense OCR list outlines a full day’s program from 6:30 PM featuring Old Time Fiddlers and Evening devotions through multiple music acts, talk,: variety programs, and livestock reports. Names include Emily Post Lawrence Tibbett and Amos and Andy among others.
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Oklahoma Bob
Harry Holcombe
Tony Cabooch
Elliot Brock
Neuman
Greuter
Emily Post
School of the Air
Betty
Bob
Radio Guild
Becker-Greuer
Bob Newhall
Lowell Thomas
Amos
N’ Andy
Barrymore in Nelsonville Feature Highlights A Bill of Divorcement
Critics praise Barrymore in A Bill of Divorcement at the Nelsonville Majestic Theater, with George Cukor calling him a master at fully transcending character. The program also notes What Price Hollywood and starring roles for Constance Bennett, Billie Burke, and Katharine Hepburn in the era’s screen triumphs.
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John Barrymore
George Cukor
Hollywood
Constance Bennett
Nelsonville Majestic Theater
Barrymore
Billie Burke
Katharine Hepburn
Cukor
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