W C Fields as detective in The Bank Dick at State theater
W C Fields stars as Egbert Souse in The Bank Dick a 60 minute comedy about a bumbling bank detective who inadvertently aids in a bank robbery caper at the State theater The film pairs with Captain Caution starring Victor Mature Louise Platt and Bruce Cabot in a brisk action piece praised for Mature’s performance and its shipboard era battle scenes
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W. C. Fields
W. C
Egbert Souse
Soozay
Fields
Victor Mature
Bruce Cabot
Louise Platt
Captain Caution
Hollywood glamour shifts as Connie Moore Rita Hayworth rise
In Hollywood gossip Connie Moore and Rita Hayworth have grown from obscurity to sought after stars with directors eager to sign them. Connie eyes a leading role in Buy Me That Town alongside Lloyd Nolan and Albert Dekker while Rita nears the Nita Naldi role in Blood and Sand at 20th Century Fox. Paulette Goddard debunks Cuba rumors and joins Hold Back The Dawn with Arthur Hornblow. Leni Lynn, once dropped by MGM, may reemerge in Angels Without Wings at Republic, while Chaplin praises Abbott and Costello. Lois Andrews, 16, mentors cousin Dickie Clothier as her theater career progresses with George Jessel heading to Miami for a Broadway musical.
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Ollywood
INS
Hollywood
Connie Moore
Rita Hayworth
Peanuts
Connie
Rita
Wings
Lloyd Nolan
Albert Dekker
Lloyd
Paramount
Nita Naldi
20Th Century-Fox
Harry Cohn
Wonder Child
Tickets On Sale For The Man Who Came To Dinner
Tickets are on sale at Town Theater for a single performance of The Man Who Came to Dinner starring Clifton Webb on Wednesday night March 5. Mail orders are accepted. The comedy, a smash hit in New York and Chicago, is from the same writers and producer behind You Cant Take It With You and I d Rather Be Right with George M Cohan.
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Town Theater
Clifton Webb
Towa
New York
Chicago
George M. Cohan
Theaters Offer Week's Mix of Stars and Double Bills
Paramount showcases Fredric March and Betty Field in Victory with Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Six Lessons From Madame LaZonga with Lupe Velez and Leon Errol. TWA presents Carol Lombard and Robert Montgomery in Mr and Mrs Smith and The Great Plane Robbery with Jack Holt. State shelves Captain Caution with Victor Mature and Louise Platt plus W C Fields and Una Merkel in The Bank Dick. Palace screens Pride and Prejudice with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier and Mexican Spitfire Out West with Lupe Velez and Leon Errol. Rialto features Arizona Wildcat with Jane Withers and Leo Carrillo and House of Seven Gables with George Sanders and Margaret Lindsay. Strand shows Zanzibar with Lola Lane and James Craig and Millionaire Playboy with Joe Penner and Linda Hayes. Marion hosts A Dispatch From Reuters with Edward G Robinson and Eddie Albert, Lloyd Nolan and Lynn Bari in Pier 13.
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Paramount
Fredric March
Betty Field
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Madame LaZonga
Lupe Velez
Leon Errol
TOWA
Carole Lombard
Robert Montgomery
Jack Holt
Captain Caution
Victor Mature
Louise Platt
W. C. Fields
Una Merkel
Bank Dick
Palace
Greer Garson
Laurence Olivier
Silkworm Spins 1000 Yards of Thread in Three Days
A silkworm completes 1000 yards of continuous thread within a three day period. The feat highlights rapid cocooning growth and the efficiency of silk production observed in the study.
Broadway Musings and Nazi Show Sparks in 1941 Gossip
Walter Winchell style chatter recalls tavern tales and vanquished years as columnists recount a fiery 1941 San Tiago premiere of Chaplin’s The Dictator amid Nazi protests. G men arrest a John Brown for Nazi spy applications as crowd heckles and jokes ripple through Hurricane night.
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Chaplin
Santiago
G-men
John Brown
Amphibian glider tested in Berlin with 59 foot wingspan
An amphibian glider was recently tested in Berlin. The ship can take off from land or water after a short run, starting at 50 to 56 miles per hour. The shoulder decker weighs 375 pounds and has a 59 foot wingspan.
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Berlin
Mr and Mrs Smith at Iowa theater fun ride
The Smiths Are Fun At Iowa features Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery in a Hitchcock directed RKO comedy at the Town theater. The Hays Office Handicap continues the spice joke as Hollywood’s husband and wife comedies feel repetitive but Lombard Montgomery and Hitchcock keep the pace lively.
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Carole Lombard
Robert Montgomery
Gene Raymond
Jack Carson
RKO
Alfred Hitchcock
The
Town Theater
Iowa
Hollywood
Lombard
Montgomery
Not Mr and Mrs Smith But David Smith and Ann Krausheimer
A film review notes the plot twist that the couple married in a town with a faulty legal record makes them strangers as Mr and Mrs Smith. Montgomery learns of the setup and spends the film trying to win back his wife while Gene Raymond plays a proper law partner. The review also mentions Hitchcock directing and a second feature The Great Plane Robbery, with a lighter verdict. The Canadian Confederation formed in 1867.
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Captain Caution
Captain Fury
Captains Courageous
Captain Blood
Captain Hurricane
Mrs. Smith
David Smith
Ann Krausheimer
Montgomery
Adam la Zonga
Gene Raymond
Hitchcock
Carole
Variety
Jack Holt
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Angels Without Wings
Deanna Durbin
Charlie Chaplin
Tim Durant
Master of Comedy
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Abbott and Costello
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George Jessel
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Pride and Prejudice
Lupe Velez — Leon
Errol
New Marion
Reuters
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Pier 13
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