The Fabulous Dorseys opens at the Roxy Theatre
The biopic The Fabulous Dorseys opens Tuesday at the Roxy Theatre. Richard English, co writing with Art Arthur and Curtis Kenyon, crafts a documentary style life story of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey using their mother’s memories and period performances.
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MR. Trombone
Seys
Jimmy Dorsey
Roxy
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Tommy Dorsey
Janet Blair
Richard English
Art Arthur
Curtis Kenyon
Pennsylvania
Tommy
Dorseys
Charles R. Rogers
English
Battling Brothers
Dorsey
Saturday -Evening Post
Illinois
Rudy Vallee
Hal Kemp
William Lundigan
Dublin
Abbey Theatre
Sara Allgood
Arthur Shields
Jimmy
Paul Whiteman
Whiteman
Alfred E. Green
Fabulous Dorseys
Charles Baron
Hollywood
Baron
Lewis Forbes
Maria Donovan
Mystery Brings Alda Douglas To Local Screen
The Warner Bros. drama Hom icide opens Thursday at the Roxy featuring Robert Douglas Helen Westcott and Robert Alda. A fast talking detective solves a Los Angeles hotel murder in a romance layered plot.
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Alda
Douglas
Homicide
Robert Douglas
Helen Westcott
Robert Alda
Warner Bros
Los Angeles
Rodgers Hart Team Story Told in New Feature Movie
MGM presents Words and Music at the Princess Theatre starring Tor Drake as Rodgers and Mickey Rooney as Hart. The film traces Rodgers and Hart from Columbia beginnings to Broadway successes with performances by Janet Leigh Betty Garrett June Allyson Perry Como Judy Garland Gene Kelly Lena Horne and more. Director Norman Taurog.
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M-G-M
Lorenz Hart
Princess Theatre
Rooney
Betty Garrett
Janet Leigh
Tom Drake
Cyd Charisse
Dee Turner
Perry Como
Lena Horn
Ann Sothern
Marshall Thompnusi
Richard Rodgers and Son
Mel Torme
Rodgers-Hart
America
Richard Rodgers
Lorenz
Larry’ Hart
Tor Drake
Rodgers
Mickey Rooney
Hart
Larry Hart
Dorothy
Mrs. Rodgers
Peggy McNeil
Columbia
Rodgers and Hart
Garrick Gaieties
June Allyson
Blackburn Twins
Judy Garland
Mickey Cooney
Miss Garland
Johnny
Lena Horne
Dee Turnell
Tenth Avenue
Gene Kelly
Vera-Elen
Norman Taurog
Arthur
Douglas shifts pace in Homicide as Alda returns
The text notes Douglas takes a third leading role in Hollywood with Homicide a new pace for him after The Decision of Christopher Blake and Adventures of Don Juan. Alda returns to the Warner lot recalled for his George Gershwin role in Rhapsody in Blue.
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Douglas
Hollywood
Christopher Blake
Homicide
Alda
Warner
George Gershwin
Castile Comes to Capitol Theater with Tyrone Power
Captain From Castile arrives at the Capitol Theater Monday in Technicolor. Lamar Trotti writes and directs the film adaptation of Samuel Shellabarger's conquistador novel. Tyrone Power stars as an aristocrat swept into the Spanish Inquisition with Jean Peters in a key role.
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Castile
Darryl F. Zanuck
Samuel Shellabarger
Capitol Theater
Lamar Trotti
Words and Music tribute to Rodgers and Hart on screen
Freen on the production end and Robert Alton supervise the musical numbers deserve a hand for their contributions to what is undebatedly the most glorious Technicolor musical of the year. Words and Music is a fitting tribute to the genius of Rodgers and Hart.
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Freen
Robert Alton
Rodgers and Hart
Barrymore Widmark Lead In Down to The Sea Film
Henry Hathaway directs Twentieth Century Fox nautical epic Down to the Sea in Ships at the Princess Theatre. Richard Widmark stars as the sympathetic mate opposite Lionel Barrymore as the old captain and Dean Stockwell as the grandson aboard the Pride of Bedford. The tale spans the Atlantic from Newfoundland to Cape Horn with dramatic sea action and a climactic iceberg wreck.
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Twentieth Century-Fox
Princess Theatre
Richard Widmark
Lionel Barrymore
Dean Stockwell
Henry Hathaway
Pride of
Bedford
Widmark
Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland
Cape Horn
Cecil ‘Kellaway
Gene Lockhart
Betty Kroger
John McIintire
Ruth Donnelly
Henry Morgan
Harry Davenport
Connie Marshall
South Atlantic
Louis D’ Lighton
John Lee
Debut by State University Player in New World Saga
State University student makes her debut as the peasant girl who fled Spain in Power to the New World Caesar Romero plays Hernan Cortez opening new worlds for conquest and colonization Jean Peters stars as the vivacious peasant girl in a Cinderela like Hollywood rise Other cast includes John Sutton Lee J Cobb Antonio Moreno Thomas Gomez Alan Mowbray and more
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State University
Spain
Caesar Romero
Hernan Cortez
Jean Peters
Hollywood
John Sutton
Lee J. Cobb
Antiono Moreno
Thomas Gomez
Alan Mowbray
Major Thompson Enrolled at Air Command and Staff School
Twenty Alabama officers attend the fifth regular course at Maxwell Field. Major Glen W. Thompson, formerly operations officer at Tempelhof Berlin, is among them. The program, led by General George Kenney and Brigadier General John A. Samford, trains officers for wing and group command and key staff duties.
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Air University
Air Command and Staff School
Maxwell Field
Glen W. Thompson
Tempelhof Air Force Base
Berlin
Germany
William J. Thompson
Falkville
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
George ©. Kenney
The
John A. Samford
Hydrophobia Susceptibility of Spotted Skunk Questioned
The spotted skunk, sometimes called the hydrophobia skunk, has not been proven more susceptible to hydrophobia than the common skunk or most other mammals.
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