New Hits and Old Favorites in Astaire-Rogers Reunion
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers reunite in MGMs The Barkleys of Broadway their tenth co starring film and first in Technicolor opening this week at the Roxy Theatre. The program features new songs by Harry Warren and Ira Gershwin, plus dance numbers such as Swing Trot Bouncing the Blues My One and Only Highland Fling Manchester Downbeat and a dance to They Cant Take That Away From Me. Oscar Levant assists with Week End in the Country and two piano pieces as the 100 piece orchestra accompanies the stars.
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Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
MGM
the Barkleys
Broadway
Roxy Theatre
Harry Warren
Ira Gershwin
Astaire
Manhattan
Miss Rogers
Oscar Levant
Levant
Tschaikowsky
The Walking Hills at Princess Theatre in Columbia
The Walking Hills brings Randolph Scott and Ella Raines in a desert treasure hunt saga. A varied cast includes William Bishop Edgar Buchanan Arthur Kennedy John Ireland Jerome Courtland and Josh White with White performing blues and folk numbers. Production notes describe Death Valley filming challenges and a staged dune scene for the climactic sandstorm.
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Columbia
Walking Hills
the Princess
Randolph Scott
Ella Rains
William Bishop
John Ireland
Princess Theatre
Ella Raines
Edgar Buchnan
Arthur Kennedy
Jerome Courtland
Josh White
Scott
Miss Raines
Bishop
Ireland
Kennedy
White
California
Death Valley
Los Angeles
Columbia _ ranch
New Kind of Ladd Seen in Gatsby Assailant Mobster
Alan Ladd fans see a new side as he stars in Paramount’s The Great Gatsby arriving today at the Roxy Theatre. The rugged star plays a smooth illegal operator who amassed wealth to win back a girl who once spurned him for a millionaire air-playboy, marking a departure from his usual action persona.
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Alan Ladd
Whispering Smith
Paramount
Great Gatsby
Roxy Theatre
Gatsby
Ladd
Intrigue film at Capitol Theatre features Raft and Havoc
United Artists presents Intrigue set in Shanghai’s food market underworld. Ex Army airman, a blonde siren, and a Red Cross hostess collide with venal profiteers and natives in a brisk drama. George Raft excels. June Havoc delivers crisp, deft performance. Helena Carter shines as the hostess.
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Shanghai
Red Cross
Orient
United Artists
Capitol Theatre
George Raft
June Havoc
Hollywood
Helena Carter
Raft
Sam Bischoff
Edwin L
Ladd Delivers Flashy Portrayal in Fitzgerald Drama
Ladd plays a dazzling financial magnate on Long Island who throws lavish parties and builds showplaces to impress his former love. The film, adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s best known novel, features Betty Field Macdonald Carey Ruth Hussey Barry Sullivan and Howard Da Silva in a star studded cast with Shelley Winters in a top featured role.
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Ladd
Long Island
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Betty Field
Macdonald Carey
Ruth Hussey
Barry Sullivan
Howard da Silva
Shelley Winters
Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend Opens at Princess Theatre
Betty Grable stars in the Technicolor western comedy The Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend opening Tuesday at the Princess Theatre. Preston Sturges writes directs and produces the humorous musical western where a cafe entertainer becomes a schoolteacher to evade lawmen before a suspenseful gunfight finale. Cast includes Cesar Romero Rudy Vallee Olga San Juan Sterling Holloway Hugh Herbert and others. Based on a story by Earl Felton.
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Pardner
Bashful Bend
Betty Grable
Technicolor
Princess Theatre
Twentieth Century- Fox
Cesar Romero
Rudy Vallee
Olga San Juan
Twentieth Century-Fox
Preston Sturges
Hollywood
Betty
Sell
the Beautiful Blonde
Sterling Holloway
Hugh Herbert
el .Brendel
Porter Hall
aPti Behrs
Earl Felton
So Dear to My Heart opens at Capitol in Technicolor
Walt Disney presents a homespun tale from Indiana about a boy Jeremiah and his grandmother in So Dear to My Heart. The film blends live action and cartoon with a lamb’s quest for County Fair glory and a community-wide contest of wills leading to funny and poignant moments. Bobby Driscoll plays Jeremiah with Beulah Bondi as his grandmother, joined by Burl Ives Luana Patten and Harry Carey in principal roles.
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Burl Ives
Bobby Driscoll
Walt Disney
the Capitol
America
Indiana
The
Capitol
Jeremiah
Beulah Bondi
Luana Patten
Hary Carey
Intrigue Sets High Bar for Marin Films
Marin headlines set a high bar as Intrigue opens, challenging filmmakers to rise to the standard. The event elevates local cinema, drawing attention to standout productions and new talent.
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Marin
Danny Virginia Teamed Again In A Song Is Born
A Capitol Technicolor feature exudes music and laughter with Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo, joined by Hugh Herbert and top musical figures. A young professor character builds a History of Music while a torch singer and bandleaders illustrate modern rhythms amid a plotted romance. The underworld antagonist disrupts the romance but is removed at a dramatic point.
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Danny Kaye
Virginia Mayo
Capitol
Capitol In
Technicolor
Hugh Herbert
Kaye
Maya
Under Foreign Flags Athens Shipping Plunges Greek Fleet Use
Greek-owned merchant fleet shifted to foreign flags after 1945 with US aid. Of 765 ships, 317 Greek-registered and 338 Greek-registered, out of 427 in 1939, now sail under other flags. Postwar tonnage more than doubles prewar, deep sea at 3 878 787 tons. United States aided with 100 wartime Liberty ships, later sold to private interests for 560 000 dollars each, many registered in Central American states.
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Athens
ECA
United States
Swinging stars headline RKO release directed by Hawks
Benny Goodman Tommy Dorsey Louis Armstrong Lionel Hampton and others headline the RKO release with Buck and Bubbles The Page Cavanaugh Trio and The Golden Gate Quartet providing much of the music Howard Hawks directed the film.
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Benny Goodman
Tommy Dorsey
Louis Armstrong
Lionel Hampton
Charlie Barnet
Mel Opwell
Buck
Bubbles
the Page
Cavanaugh
Golden Gate Quartet
RKO
Howard Hawks
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