Melody Time a Walt Disney feature a seven part collection
The review praises Disney animation while arguing Melody Time should have been split into seven shorts. It highlights the Pecos Bill segment told by Roy Rogers as the best part with playful frontier romance and a moonlit mishap. The piece notes the film’s charm but questions the seven-at-once format. It ends with a light query about Betty Boop.
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Walt Disney
Disney
Pecos Bill
Roy Rogers
Bluefoot Sue
Sue
Bill
Widowmaker
Betty Boop
DeMille Paramount Feature At State Theater
Cecil B DeMille produced and directed film now showing at the State Theater. Cast includes Loretta Young Henry Wilcoxon and Tan Keith with Waldemar Young and Dudley Nichols in the screen play. Reissues and an introductory sequence accompany Berengaria Saladin and related Crusades material.
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Paramount
Cecil B. DeMille
Harold Lamb
Waldemar Young
Dudley Nichols
State Theater
Berengaria Richard
Loretta Young
Henry Wilcoxon
Tan Keith
DeMille
DeMille's Palestine Battles Feature Noelized Epic of Richard
Steve Perkins reviews a DeMille talking picture set in historic Palestine. Henry Wilcoxon stars as King Richard leading European forces against Islam. Loretta Young marries for cattle then drives the plot with a pivotal love affair amid melodrama and long, dialogue heavy scenes. An Sheridan appears as a slave auction extra, with a Warner brother in charge.
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Palestine
Meller
DeMille
Henry Wilcoxon
Richard
England
Europe
Marseilles
Loretta Young
Loretta
Wilcoxon
Ann Sheridan
Warner Brothers
Through Thursday at Paramount and Capitol Fireside Films
Movie listings show Paramount features Melody Time with Walt Disney and Crusades with Loretta Young and Henry Wilcoxon. Red River with John Wayne plays at Capitol, plus Another Part of the Forest at Varsity. Other venues present Sea Bandit, Money Madness, Sign of the Rain, Hazard, The Wreck of the Hesperus, A Night at Follies, Eyes of Texas, and Silver River with various stars.
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Loretta Young
Henry Wilcoxon
Capitol
Red River
John Wayne
Frederick March
Pixies Rule Convention Of Pixiecrats In Texas
Report on aPixiecrat gathering with speakers from the Texas House of Representatives. Governor Jester attended front row seats amid a rambunctious show with satirical skits and party officials including Betty Lafferty and Wick Fowler leading the chaotic program.
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Betty Lafferty
Wick (Chow Hound) Fowler
Lampasas Road Bid Sought for US 190 and SH 74 Work
A low bid of 254436 by H L Butler and Sons of Dallas was received for 4.7 miles of grading structures flexible base and asphalt topping from US 281 in Lampasas to the Burnet County line and 1.58 miles east. Wednesday bids will cover 8.7 miles of paving on Farm to Market Road 479 in Kerr County from State Highway 27 to Reservation Community.
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State Highway Department
Lampasas
H. L. Butler and Sons of
Dallas
Burnet County
Kerr County
Reservation
Gold in the Hills Tryouts Set by Aus Tin Little Theater
Tryouts for a revival of Gold in the Hills will be held Wednesday at 8 p m in the City Council room. The Little Theater board meets at 7 p m to plan production details for the November 19 opening. Profits from the revival will aid the theater building fund.
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Austin Little Theater
Little Theater Board of Directors
Cleora Kinney
Little Theater Building Fund
Little Theater
Electricians Sue Atomic Commission Over Representation
The United Electrical Workers CIO filed a 1 million dollar damage suit in US district court in Washington against the Atomic Energy Commission. The suit challenges an order barring UEW from representing workers at the Knolls Plant in Schenectady New York operated by General Electric for the commission for security reasons. Chairman David Lilienthal warned the union may be ousted from other plants unless its officers submit non communist pledges.
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Washington
United Electrical Workers (Cio
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
UEW
Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Knolls
David E. Lilienthal
California Endurance Fliers Make 3rd Try
Fullerton Calif October 26 Bill Barris and Dick Reidel resumed their endurance flight at 3 45 p m to break the 726 hour record set in 1939 Magneto trouble halted the first try after more than 100 hours and dense fog cut short the second attempt Monday They aimed to fly until they set a new record.
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Fullerton
Calif
Bill Barris
Dick Reidel
Johnson foes seek thorough vote probe and showdown
Lyndon Johnson backs a Senate inquiry into alleged fraudulent voting as Sam Stevenson calls for statewide investigation and a public contest. Johnson plans a 30 minute broadcast while Jack Porter campaigns in Abilene and San Antonio.
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United States Senate
Senate
Stevenson
Texas
United States Senate Committee
Lyndon Johnson
WOAI
San Antonio
KRPC
Houston
WBAP
Fort Worth
KWFT
Wichita Falls
KFYO
Lubbock
KVET
Austin
KTBC
KFDM
Temple
KTRE
Lufkin
KGNC
Amarillo
KFRO
Longview
Jack Porter
12 Man Jury to Open $94,000 Suit in Texas Public Service Case
Mendell Nussbaum sues the Texas Public Service Company for 94000 in damage after a West Sixth Street barbecue stand was demolished by a gas explosion. The jury selection took four hours and 25 minutes, with testimony set to begin Wednesday in 98th District Court.
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98Th District Court
Mendell Nussbaum
Texas Public Service Company
Nussbaum
West Sixth Street
Weather report shows wide range temperatures across Texas cities
Tuesday temperatures ranged from 18 to 103 degrees with notable readings in Amarillo 38 and El Paso 45 while Austin recorded 78. Rainfall since January totals 17.97 inches with a 10.78 inch deficiency. Colorado River stages and lakes listed with forecast noting little change.
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Lake Travis
Marshallord
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Amarillo
Galveston Austin
Houston
Brownsville
Laredo
Corpus Christi
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