Copacabana Night Club Sets New Year Film at Princess
Sam Coslow presents Copacabana a New Year musical at Princess Theatre via United Artists. Groucho Marx Carmen Miranda and Andy Russell lead with Steve Cochran Gloria Jean and Monte Proser figure in a bustling nightclub saga. Top club reporters Earl Wilson Ann Richards and Tom Conway appear ringside at the Roxy with Lost Honeymoon coverage.
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Sam Coslow
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United Artists
Copacabana
New York
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Copacabana Bistro
Gloria Jean
Earl Wilson
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Zeppo
Pacabana
Princess Camp
United Artists Reuse
Groucho Marx Stars Solo in Copacabana Film
Groucho Marx appears without his brothers for the first time in Sam Coslow’s Copacabana sharing top billing with Carmen Miranda and Andy Russell. The article notes his witty persona and background, detailing the Marx family’s show business start, and lists his age height and family.
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Groucho
Heaven Only Knows at Princess Theatre Featuring Cummings
Sey mour Nebenzal presents Heaven Only Knows at the Princess Theatre starring Robert Cummings and Brian Donlevy with Joha Curtright Marjorie Reynolds and a large Montana set recreating 1880s Bannock The film follows Archangel Michael sent to Earth to guide Duke Byron toward lawfulness and fatherhood as Hollywood builds a Western era town with over 1000 feet of storefronts and dramatic ensembles.
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Seymour Nebenzal
Robert Cummings
Brian Donlevy
Joha Curtright
Marjorie Reynolds
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Bill ‘Goodwin
Edgar Kennedy
John Litel
Miss Cartright
Gerald Mohr
Will Orlean
Goodwin
Peter_.Miles
Lurene Tuttle
Eddie
Archangel Mike
Archangel
Princess’ Theatre
Copacabana musical film with Carmen Miranda and Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx stars as a sly theatrical agent in Copacabana opposite Carmen Miranda who plays dual roles as a Brazilian nightclub entertainer and a French chanteuse. The story by Laslo Vadnay features new Coslow songs including I Have Not Got a Thing To Sell. Alfred E Green directs.
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Westwood
University of Southern California
Marx Brothers
Zeppo
Harpo
Chico
Gummo
New York
Hollywood
Marxes
Copacabana
Marx
Lionel Devereaux
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Gus Edwards
Minna
Laslo Vadnay
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Alfred E. Green
Red Skelton Stars In Merton of the Movies at Princess Theatre
Red Skelton plays Merton Gill a bold stage struck usher who seeks Hollywood fame in Merton of the Movies at the Princess Theatre. Virginia OBrien Gloria Grahame Leon Ames Alan Mowbray and Ben Blue appear with Skelton in a film praised for its pathos and period flavor.
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Princess Theatre
Red Skelton
Merton Gill
Tinkerton
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Hollywood
Skelton
John Barrymore
Virginia O’brien
Phyllis
Gloria Grahame
Leon Ames
Alan Mowbray
Red
Ben Blue
Rags Ragland
Virginia
Lafferoo
Hollywood Morton
Virginia O'Brien Tops Red Skelton In Onstage Heckling
Virginia O'Brien makes her seventh screen appearance as Red Skelton’s leading lady in M GM comedy Merton of the Movies at the Princess Theatre. Her deadpan reaction to Skelton's vaudeville gags burlesques his heckling, defying his best routines and prompting Red to admit defeat.
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Red Skelton
Virginia O'Brien
Red
Idy
Merton
Princess “Theatre
Virginia
Skelton
Miss
Westmore Makes Make-Up Art In Hollywood Film
Ern Westmore explains modern make up as character analysis and drama study. He cites Heaven Only Knows cast for examples with Archangel Michael softened, Donlevy’s heavy to sympathetic turn, Jorja Outright as teacher and Marjorie Reynolds as dancer with varying makeup, and Bill Goodwin given a handlebar moustache for 1885 Montana setting.
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Hollywood
Ern Westmore
Archangel Michael
Donlevy
Jorja
Marjorie
Westmore
Bill Goodwin
Montana
Porter Novel Film Opens at Roxy The Keeper of the Bees
Hollywood producers unveil a third version of Gene Stratton Porter’s Keeper of the Bees at the Roxy Theatre. The Columbia production promises the author’s humor warmth and simple, real-people appeal as a welcome contrast to current melodramas and big city yarns.
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Hollywood
Gene Stratton Porter
Roxy Theatre
Columbia
Westmore Admits Moustache Trim For Period Accuracy
In a remark attributed to Westmore the makeup artist explains cutting the moustache to fit the period while still pleasing audiences. The comment suggests balancing authenticity with audience reception in styling choices.
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Westmore
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