Hollywood News Notes on Human Comedy and Star Comebacks
Hollywood preview highlights Saroyan and MGM project The Human Comedy showing small town war through Mickey Rooney and Fay Bainter. Details on Abbott Costello Hold Your Horses Universal. Dorothy Malone Lyle Talbot comeback rumor and Hedy Lamarr car theft joke dominate light showbiz chatter.
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Movie Schedule Timetable for Paramount Marion Times and More
The page lists current showtimes for Paramount Marion Times Palace Rialto and other venues. Entries include titles such as Orchestra Wives The Pride of the Yankees Mexican Spitfire s Elephant Nazi Agent Unfinished Business The Westerners Murder in the Big House The Vanishing Virus Melody Flight Lieutenant Sundown Jim The Magnificent Dope with multiple daily times and venue notes.
Pride of the Yankees shows Gehrigs human side in Iowa screening
The film portrays Lou Gehrig as loved by millions and recalls his record run of 2130 consecutive games. Gary Cooper stars as Gehrig with Teresa Wright as his wife and Babe Ruth cameoing. Walter Brennan plays a sports writer. A Yankee Stadium finale features a crowd of 62 000.
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Yankee
Babe Ruth
Bill Dickey
Mark Koenig
Bob Meusel
Larrupin
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Iowa Theater
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Chicago
Gary Cooper
Teresa Wright
Cooper
Miss Wright
Babe
Walter Brennan
Glenn Miller Stars in Moonlight Serenade Musical at Paramount
Glenn Miller appears as maestro in a 1940s Paramount musical with Lynn Bari Ann Rutherford George Montgomery Cesar Romero and Cesar Romero. The story follows a small town girl marrying a Miller band trumpeter but plots sag and catty wives intrude. Romero shines though Miller’s acting is limited. the film mainly showcases Miller’s trombone.
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Paramount Theater
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Miss Rutherford
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Mister Miller
Mrs. Blabbermouth
Nadine Subotnik
Army's New Tank Destroyer Proved Worth at Patterson Center
CAMP HOOD Texas AP Undersecretary Robert P Patterson disclosed that the army has new model tank destroyers in production or development and deliveries have started on one improved model. He praised current equipment but warned some Americans still rely on comfort while the war demands full effort.
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Nelson Names WPB Iron and Steel Head
Washington AP War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson names a Pittsburgh based steel firm head of WPB iron and steel branch in a reshuffle. The move places the lum steel corporation at the center of WPB policy coordination during wartime production.
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Four Soldiers Drown During Maneuvers at Leesville Stream
Four soldiers died while crossing a flood swollen stream during maneuvers at Leesville Louisiana. The victims were identified as Sergt Delcorsa 24 from Pittston Pennsylvania and Private Evans M among others. Authorities reported the tragedy Friday.
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Wandersilay tale of a troubled ballroom night
In a crowded hall Ginnie faces betrayal as Jerry delivers a secret packet of pearls from her brother Kit. Revelations unfold about a past mistaken marriage and looming consequences as Kit asserts control and vows to separate Ginnie from Jerry.
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Near-Successful Sabotage in India Attributed to Japanese
London Daily Mail reports from New Delhi that a near successful all-India sabotage campaign aimed to halt war production and aid Japanese invasion. Sabotage disrupted railways, stations, power, and industries with widespread strikes and misdirection of workers.
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Seven Army Flyers Injured In Takeoff Crash At Bowman Field
Seven U S Army air corps members were injured, one seriously, when a bomber failed to take off at Bowman Field Louisville. The aircraft torn fences and struck a field after veering off during its routine flight from Lakeland Florida.
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Argentina Orders Nazi Agent Ousted
Buenos Aires reports the Argentine government ordered the deportation of Einrich Volberg, a Nazi agent and leader of the German Cultural Welfare society. Volberg and 19 other Germans were arrested months ago for alleged Nazi propaganda activities in Argentina.
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On Broadway with Walter Winchell Mixes Gossipy Halibut
The column recaps quirky Washington tales about Halifax and FDR with a joke about India and Britain. It notes Romanoff’s $1,000 war bond gift to the U S government, Margery Fielding’s gas show and wigs, Robinson’s meet with Broderick, Peter Arno signing Jimmy Durante, and updates on Follies alum Anastasia Riley, Jimmy Walker, Kern and Hammerstein II Showboat revival, and navy WAVES in a forthcoming era of shows and gossip.
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Jimmy Durante
Anastasia Riley
Dolly
Detroit
Jimmy Walker
Jerome Kern
Oscar Hammerstein II
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James Stewart
Charges Bund Heads Tried to Sabotage Draft
In New York a federal prosecutor said officers of the defunct German American Bund ordered Nazi style groups nationwide to sabotage the selective service act. He described Bund leadership and its storm troopers at Camp Nordland New Jersey and Camp Siegfried Long Island and named leaders and their roles in the trial of 25 defendants for evading the draft and alien registration.
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MIT Unveils High Penetration X-Ray Generator
Chicago AP reports MIT researchers Dr. John G. Trump and R. W. Cloud unveiled a new X-ray generator at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting. The device yields radiation more penetrating than radium gamma rays with intensity surpassing world radium supply. The apparatus uses direct current X-rays and operates at over 4,000,000 volts.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
American Roentgen Bay Society
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Danielle Darrieux and Dominican Wed in Vichy Ceremony
French film star Danielle Darrieux and Dominican charges d affaires Porfirio Rubirosa wed Friday before the Vichy mayor. The ceremony took place amid formalities marking a rare alliance between European cinema and Caribbean diplomacy.
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