Three Little Words at Brunson: Biopic of Ruby and Keenan
A film review notes the double bill with Three Little Words at the Brunson. Fred Astaire plays Elmer Ruby and Red Skelton portrays Ruby in a lively biographic musical about Gem of song Wright and Keenan. The piece praises Skelton’s charm and the nostalgic gags of the Twenties while highlighting the film’s strong musical portraits.
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Fred Astaire
Elmer
Red Skelton
Ruby
Vera-Elen
Jeter
Cam
Are Dahi
Harry Ruby
Keenan
Pi Skelton
Song Tme
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Drive-In Screens Card Mix of 1940s Westerns and Musicals
A cluttered listing shows multiple film pairings across theaters and days. Titles include The Mysterious Desperado, Renegades Rio Grande, The Blue Lagoon, Not Wanted, Rope of Fear, and Last for Gold. Casts feature Randolph Scott, Bing Crosby, Barry Sullivan, Gene Autry, and John Ireland across various showings from Tuesday to Sunday.
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MTA
Richard Basehart
Desperado
Tim Holt
Randolph Scott
Simmons
Bing Rely
Ty Forrest
ECRER
Burt Lancaster
John Ireland
Me and
Paul
Majorie Mann
Grable
Glenzy
Johnny Afsck
Eythe
Ramblin Around Pet Peeves at Decker Drive In
Pet section notes horns unsettle patrons at Decker Drive In after lights fade. Manager Roy Arnold seeks better intermission music while a 14 kid dose of chaos looms. Reports new shows at Cactus Club and Riverview Inn feature Boris Karloff horror and local musical events.
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Decker Drive In
Roy Arnold
Golden Herd novel traces Texas rise as cattle state
Sun Book Reviews covers Curt Carroll’s The Golden Herd, a 1939 novel mixing fact and fiction about Texas shift from cotton to cattle, Carl Miller and German settlers, meeting Julia Allerby and Bryan Boswell, and Shelby’s expedition. Also notes Fannie Farmer Handy Cook Look and Signet edition details with recipe counts and cooking methods.
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Sun Book Reviews
Texas
Curt Carroll
New York
William Morrow and Company
Carl Miller
Adelsverein of German Emigration Company
Republic of Texas
Frederick Mueller
Carl
Nueces River
Julia Allerby
Bryan Boswell
Fannie Farmer
Fennie Farmer
New American Library of World Literature, Inc
Little Brown and Company
R. M
Sneak Previews of White Tower and Night and the City
Bay towns enjoy weekend film menu at Brun Son and Bay Theatres featuring two previews. The White Tower follows a Swiss Alps ascent with Glenn Ford Valli and notable supporting cast in Technicolor, while Night and the City traces London underworld thrill with Richard Widmark Gene Tierney Googie Withers and Stanislaus Zbysko in a tense wrestling saga.
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White Tower
Baytonians
Brunson
Bay Theatres
Glenn Ford
Vali
Valli
Cedric Hardwicke
Claude Rains
Oscar Homulka
Liord Bridges
Ford
Richard Widmark
Gene Tierney
Underworld
London
Widmark
Miss Tierney
Googie Withers
Widsnark
Stanilaus Zbysko
Mike Mazurki
Crime Double Feature Heads to Texan Theatre Baytown
Crime comes to Baytown on a Sunday double bill at the Texan Theatre with Dillinger and The Gangster. Dillinger traces a 14 month Midwest crime spree ending in Chicago, while The Gangster follows a hoodlum’s rise, fate, and downfall with stars Anne Jeffreys Edmund Lowe Barry Sullivan Belita and Joan Lorring.
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Baytown
Dillinger
Texan Theatre
Middle West
Lima
Ohio
Midwest
Tucson
Arizona
Chicago
Anne Jeffreys
Lady In Red
Edmund Lowe
Barry Sullivan
Belita
Joan Lorring
Sullivan
North Korean Youth Surrenders Under Air Attack Claims
A 17 year old North Korean soldier surrendered on his first day in combat and told intelligence officers that Allied air attacks killed about 150 men from his company while en route to the front. He said he had been in the army three months and came down from the Manchurian border.
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Naktong
Manchurian
Bachelor Father at Bay Theatre Remains a River Tale
The film Bachelor Father follows a vagabond, William Holden, and five waifs on the Ohio River in the old steamboat days. Coleen Gray is a schoolteacher, Charles Winninger runs a medicine show, and Holden’s fishing life clashes with adopting the five children after learning their parents were lost in a boat fire. The story blends comic interludes with the effort to care for the youngsters, aided by Stuart Erwin and Mary Jane Saunders in supporting roles.
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Bay Theatre
Ohio River
William Halder
Coleen Gray
Charles Winninger
Holder
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Holden
Stuart E@win
Mary Jane Saunders
Free Movie At Brunson Monday At 10 A.M.
Bayshore Motor Incorporated sponsors a free screening at Brunson Theatre at 10 am on Monday. Entry requires a ticket, available at Bayshore Motor Company, 210 Market. The event thanks local friends, per Bayshore Motors president Charles Seligman.
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Bayshore Motor Incorporated
Brunson Theatre
Auckey Rooney
Bayshore Motor Company
Charles Seligman
Bayshore Motors
Seligman
Ambassador Thurston To Retire As Envoy
Ambassador Walter Thurston plans to retire from the U S diplomatic service at the end of September. He said he asked the State Department for retirement with great regret and will remain in Mexico City to care for his bedridden aging mother. New York Mayor William O Dwyer will replace him and is expected to arrive in late October.
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Mexico City
Walter Thurston
Thurston
State Department
Brexico
New York
William O'Dwyer
Milk livelihoods tied to one in eighteen U.S. families
A study shows that about one out of every eighteen American families relies on milk for a livelihood, directly or indirectly. The finding underscores the dairy industry's broad economic reach across communities.
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Texas
Joseph Shelby
Mexico
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