The Velvet Touch on Screen With Rosalind Russell
The Velvet Touch stars Rosalind Russell under Frederick Brisson's production directed by John Gage with Leo Rosten screenplay and features Claire Trevor Danbury Sidney Greenstreet and Dunning. The film follows a Broadway actress as she regains her humanity through love and faces a suspenseful climax about a possible murder and self destruction.
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RKO
Frederick Brisson
John Gage
Leo Rosten
Eater
pGk
Rosalind Russell
Marian
Claire Trevor Danbury
Sidney Greenstreet Dunning
Leo Ames
Miss Russell
End of the Film Delivers Satisfying Twist
The reviewer admits misjudging the ending but finds it satisfying as Leo Genn learns Miss Russell’s character staged the skull reveal. Claire Trevor shines with the best line, Rosalind’s guilt is confessed, Sydney Greenstreet impresses as a police captain, and the cast overall is praised as one of the best dramas in months.
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Leo Genn
Miss Russell
Leon Ames
Gena
Claire Trevor
Rosalind
la Russell
Sydney Greenstreet
New York
Oxford
Austin
Nevadan Urges Slot Machine For Divorces
Nevada Assemblyman proposes a divorce by slot machine scheme. Divorces would require a $5 registration, a 42 day stay, and a 200 silver dollar coin input to produce a divorce decree via a themed machine and juke box.
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Carson City
Nev
C. C. Boak
Nye County
Nevada
Doak
America
Movie theater listings for area through Thursday
A sequence of film showings across multiple theaters includes Paramount The Command Decision with Clark Gable and Walter Pidgeon. State The Velvet Touch with Rosalind Russell and Claire Trevor. Queen Sons of Adventure with Russell Hayden. Capitol One Sunday Afternoon with Dennis Morgan. Varsity Sidewalks of London with Charles Laughton. Texas When Tomorrow Comes with an Dunne. Austin The Emperor Waltz with Crosby. Ritz Arizona Frontier with Tex Ritter. New Cactus Prison Without Bars with Corinne Luchaire. Yank Two Mrs Carrolls with Barbara Stanwyck and Last of the Clintons. North Austin Drive In Christmas Eve with George Abbott. South Austin Drive In Trade Winds with Fredric March. Montopolis Drive-In A Southern Yankee with Red Skelton. Chief Drive-In One Touch of Venus with Robert Walker.
Federal Security Man Addresses Insurers
Tom F. Crosson assistant manager of the Federal Security Agency spoke at the Austin Association of Life Underwriters luncheon at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel Tuesday noon about integrating social security with life insurance to build an estate for old age or survivors of workers in covered employment.
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Austin Association of Life Underwriters
Stephen F. Austin Hotel
Tom F. Crosson
Federal Security Agency
Mayor Decrees Dog Shootings in Midlothian
Fort Worth March 8 The Midlothian mayor E P Hanson ordered all dogs caught on streets to be shot following a report that a stray dog shot in town was rabid. Several roaming dogs have already been destroyed while the mayor said only roaming dogs will be killed.
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Fort Worth
E. P. Hanson
Midlothian
Austin
Hanson
Police Chief Fires On 3 Bank Prowlers
Three men prowling behind a bank and drug store in Lancaster fled in a car after the Dallas area police chief J. H. Parks fired on them. The men returned fire during a chase and escaped.
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Dallas
Lancaster
Here
J. H. Parks
Parks
Polack Circus to Play Here in Austin April 29
The Polack Brothers Circus of Chicago will perform at the new city coliseum in Austin for seven days beginning April 29. Ben Hur Temple sponsors the Shrine circus with Holland Page in charge and Sam Polack vouching for a stronger show than last spring.
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Polack Brothers Circus of
Chicago
Ben Hur Temple
Austin
Emmett Bauknight
New City Coliseum
Holland Page
Shrine Circus
Sam Polack
Shrine Temple
Abe Swanson
Recorder
Second Bomb Wing Moves to Chatham Field Base
Fort Worth dispatch reports the Eighth Air Force transfers its Second Bomb Wing from Davis-Monthan at Tucson to Chatham Field at Savannah, with completion by April 1. The 43rd Bomb Wing stays at Davis-Monthan.
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Fort Worth
Eighth Air Force
Davis- Monthan Air Base
Tucson
Chatham Field Air Base
Savannah
Eighth AF
Davis-Monthan
Heating and Ventilating Engineers Organize UTSA Student Branch
The University of Texas ASHVE student branch will receive its charter Friday night at a Driskill Hotel dinner. Wayne E. Long guided its formation this semester, with Dr. F. E. Giesecke to present the charter. R. F. Taylor will present the branch records, and Hollis De Vries will demonstrate air conditioning concepts for the atomic age.
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University of Texas
American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers
Driskill Hotel
Spon
Taylor
Houston
Council of
ASHVE
Hollis de Vries
Worker crushed to death by elevator at Fort Worth plant
Charlie Staas aged 36 died after an elevator cage descended while he cleaned an elevator chute at a Fort Worth meat-packing plant. He passed away an hour later in hospital. Officials were unsure if an operator was present when the accident occurred.
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Fort Worth
Charlie Staas
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George Aft
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Red Skelton
Robert Walker
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Underwood
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Red River
Polack Circus
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