Wonderful Baker's Wife Geoffrey review praises Raimu performance
A film review lauds The Baker's Wife with Raimu in the baker role, praising Ford and Nugent's production, Eskine's English titles, and the director's mastery. It also covers Wagonmaster and Mindszenty dramas, noting strong performances by Johnson, Bond, and Bickford while critiquing historical liberties and anti totalitarian tone.
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Ced
Raimu
John Eskine
Erskine
Ones
Charlie Chaplin
Oil Firm Leaders Here for Hearing
A gathering of major oil executives from Standard Oil of New Jersey Sun Oil Continental Oil Phillips Petroleum Humble Oil Cities Service and others attends a Texas oil needs hearing. Chairman William J. Murray Jr. says the commission will map future Texas production amid imports and seeks a detailed industry view from attendees. The May Texas nominations show refinery purchase offers up 7,551 barrels daily versus May, while the May basic allowable output rose 58,241 barrels from April.
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Standard Oil of New Jersey
New York
R. G. Dunlop
Sun Oil Company
Philadelphia
B. D. Jennings
Socony-Vacuum Corporation
R. H. Colley
Atlantic Refining Company
Robert E. Wilson
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Chicago
H. S. M. Burns
Shell Oil Company
L. F. McCollum
Continental Oil Company
Houston
K. S. Adams
Phillips Petroleum Company
Bartlesville
Okla
R. G. Follis
Standard Oil Company of California
San Francisco
Hines H. Baker
Humble Oil and Refining Company
A. W. Ambrose
B. S. Watson
Cities Service Oil Company
William J. Murray Jr
Texas
United States Bureau of Mines
Commission
Through Friday Film Listings Feature Algernon Cast Variety
The page lists current theater showings and starts for Paramount Guily of Treason Queen Capitol Mee Varsity and more. Casts include Ben Johnson Joanne Feature Aries Bickford Paul Kelley Bonita Granville Clark Gable Loretta Young Spencer Tracy James Stewart Cary Grant Diana Lynn and Buster Crabbe. Starts range from 12:08 to 9:58 with multiple double features.
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Hungary
Cardinal Mindszenty
Uch
Mindszenty
Bonita Granville
Richard Derr
Charles Bickford
Paul Kelly
Paramount
Ben Johnson
Joanne
Aries Bickford
Paul Kelley
Clark Gable
Loretta Mne
Tere
Varsity
Abroushabe
Born Yesterday Impresses ACT Audience at Hancock Lounge
The Austin Civic Theater opened Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday at the Hancock recreation center to a stronger crowd than their prior melodrama nights. Myra Williamson shines as Billie with solid support from Jack Lucke as the tycoon and Kenneth Gompertz as Eddie Brock. Director Mel Pape draws capable performances from Girard Kinney Bruce Roach John Payne and others, though the reviewer notes Pape's chosen interpretation differs from Kanin's original tone.
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Dudley
Hancock Recreation Center
Austin Civic Theater
Garson Kanin
Billie
Kanin
Austin
Myra Williamson
Jack Lucke
Mel Pape
Pape
Guy
Kenneth Gompertz
Eddie Brock
Girard Kinney
Bruce Roach
John Payne
Margaret Breedlove
Jimmy Hemphill
Art Wickland
Isabel Johnson
Miss Williamson
State Can't Defray Tuition for Medics
The state legally may pay expenses of doctors and nurses attending schools and clinics but cannot pay their tuition. Attorney General Price Daniel ruled Tuesday. The opinion told Executive Director Moyne L. Kelly the board may pay travel, board and lodging costs for doctors, nurses or other professional employees while attending schools and clinics under the law creating the board.
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Capitol
A Price Daniel
Tuesay
Moyne L. Kelly
Board For Hospitals and Special Schools
Ava Gardner entourage in Spain brushes with bullfight danger
In Tossa del Mar Mario Cabre escaped a bull attack when the bull pinned him against the ring rail. experts say clipped horns saved him. Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra dined with Cabre after rehearsals for Pandora and the Flying Dutchman.
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Tossa del Mar
Spain
Mario Cabre
Ava Gardner
Gerona
Cabre
Pandora
Miss Gardner
James Mason
Frankie Sinatra
FEPC Backers Move for Ballot on Talk Limit
Advocates of the FEPC bill gathered more than double the required signatures Tuesday to force a Friday showdown on bringing the measure before the Senate. A cloture petition signed by 36 senators, 12 Democrats and 24 Republicans, will be filed Wednesday, with a two-thirds vote (4 of 96) needed to limit debate.
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Washington
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Senate
Lucas
Tillotson Choir Salutes John W Work Concert
The Tillotson College Choir in Dorie Miller Auditorium performed a tribute to composer John W Work, a Fisk University professor, with a 45-voice program featuring his arrangements and originals, highlighted by The Singer. The event kicked off the college's first spring festival amid about 500 attendees.
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Austin
Fisk University
Nashville, Tenn
Tillotson College Choir
Dorie Miller
Nathaniel G. Williams
Tillotson
Work
Lois Ford
Institute of Music Art
Columbia University
Yale University
Ministry of Education
Three Die in Guatemala Election Campaign Violence
Three people were killed Monday night in a shooting tied to Guatemala's bitter presidential campaign. Elections are postponed, not held until November or December.
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Guatemala
Cartoon Autographed by Ed Reed Presented to Governor Shivers
The Texas Takeoff cartoon by Ed Reed was signed and presented to Governor Allan Shivers. The image shows a parent talking to Junior with a dirty face and a five gallon hat, with the mother remarking about Texas soil on him.
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Capitol Staff
Ed Reed
Allan Shivers
Texas
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