Big Stage Show at the Princess
An old Decatur favorite brings a two day Princess Theatre engagement led by Marie Purl in a full hour of diverse entertainment. The act features Charlie Carr and a modern trio with Raymond Brothers-Fast, Riley-Young dance and comedy, plus Joye Sisters and The Six Modernettes among others.
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Decatur Aulet
Tors
Princess Theatre
Marie Purl
Charlie Carr
Manny Singer
Raymond Brothers
Riley
Ted and
Mildred
Faye ‘Thomas
Dancig Joye
Miss Purl
Keith
Fox
Southern
Wad Lady at Princess Theatre Opens Friday
Full length light comedy from Hal Roach and M G M titled Wad Lady arrives at the Princess Theatre for a one day showing starting Friday. Director Sam Taylor delivers a natural screen romance with humor and action.
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Princess Theatre
Sam Taylor
Murder Mystery at the Capitol at Capitol Theatre
RKO Radio presents Murder on a Honeymoon at the Capitol Theatre Monday and Tuesday. Follow up to Penguin Pool Murder and Murder on the Blackboard with Edna May Oliver and James Gleason reprising their sleuthing roles in this light mystery blend of humor and romance.
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RKO Radio
Capitol Theatre
Stuart Palmer
Edna May
Oliver
Comedienne
James Gleason
Holt lists 24 leading ladies from 18 years in film
Jack Holt, star of The Unwelcome Stranger at the Princess Theatre, says there are about 24 actresses who played opposite him in his 18 years in motion pictures. He recalls Grace Cunard Mary Miles Minter Clara Kimball Young and Florence Victor among earlier Holt heroines.
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Jack Holt
Columbia
Princess Theatre
Holt
Grace Cunard
Mary Miles Minter
Beverly Hills
Clara Kimball Young
Hem
Florence ‘Victor
Jascha Heif
Ralph Graves
Jean Arthur
Genevieve Tobin
Florence Rice
Grantlahd Rice
Lillian Bond
Lillian Miles
Mona Barrie
Miss Barrie
Mystery on a Seaplane Takes Off for Catalina Island
Police inspector and two featured players lead a cast including Chick Chandler and Lola Lane in a mystery on a seaplane between Los Angeles and Catalina Island. The action unfolds on Catalina with locations like St Catharine Hotel and the Casino. Clues point to each passenger before the guilty party is revealed in a final twist.
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Chick Chandler
Spencer
Charters
One ‘N’ Eat
Arthur’ Hohl
Lola Lane
Dorothy Libaire
Morgan Wallace
Dewitt Jennings
George Meeker
Leo Carrol
Matt McHugh
Los Angeles
Catalina Island
Magic Isle
St. Catharine
Lloyd Corrigan
Mw Cucuracha
Kenneth Macgowan
Night Life of the Gods heads Monday at Princess Theatre
The Princess Theatre showcases Night Life of the Gods with Thorne Smith novel roots and Lowell Sherman directing. Star cast features Mona Barrie and Mona Barrie with Holt in a comic fantasy where statues come to life and gods roam a modern city, promising lusty humor and entertainment.
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Rae
Bannisa
Princess Theatre
Thorne Smith
Lowell Sherman
Smith
Sherman
Mae West
Katharine Hepburn
Venus
Appolo
Mercury
Neptune
Diana
Stage Star Marie Purl Presents Everything Goes at Princess
Stage star Marie Purl brings her show Everything Goes to the Princess venue on Monday and Tuesday with featured performers Julian Stanley and his orchestra, the Raymond, Billy Riley, Ted, and Saes Faye Thomas.
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Marie Purl
Julian Stanley
the Raymond
Billy Riley
Ted and
Saes Faye Thomas
Clever Road Heat Traced to Burning Coal Vein
Residents in Kennedy township report the Clever road area becoming dangerously hot as a burning coal vein lies beneath. Steam shovels are removing coal and in about a month the road should cool, reducing the hazard.
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Pittsburgh
Kennedy Township
Will Rogers in Doubting Thomas at Princess Theatre
Will Rogers stars in Doubting Thomas a Fox Film adaptation from The Torch Bearers. The rib tickler, directed by David Butler and produced by B. Bylva, follows a sausage maker whose home life is upended when an amateur impresario tempts his wife played by Billie Burke to return to the stage.
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Will Rogers
Fox
Thomas
Billie Burke
Princess Theatre
Will Saruies
B. A. de Bylva
David Butler
George Kelly
Alison Skipworth
Comedian Seeks Serious Turn As Haydon Poised For Comedy
The article profiles Haydon, a talented young actress known for emotional roles on stage and screen, who hopes to shift to comedy. It notes her work opposite Noel Coward in The Scoundrel and her past parts including Titania and a nurse, with a potential future pairing with Arthur Hopkins and Wyler after stage success with Lederer.
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Mamiet
Haydon
Flea Haydon
Hamiet
Titania
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