Mystery Romance At Roxy In The Big Steal
RKO's melodrama The Big Steal plays at the Roxy on Tuesday and Wednesday featuring Robert Mitchum Jane Greer and William Bendix in key roles. Mitchum and Bendix are American Army officers chasing a crook who swindled Greer out of two thousand dollars while the crook robbed Mitchum of an Army payroll. The pursuit spans much of Mexico's interior with surprises and thrilling chase sequences leading to a stirring finish.
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RKO Radio
Roxy Theatre
Robert Mitchum
Jane Greer
William Bendix
Mitchum
Bendix
Miss Greer
Mexico
Rugged Oldster Granby Man Reaches 80 In Driveway Feat
Granby Mass. resident Marshall E Olds celebrated turning eighty by plowing ten acres in two weeks and splitting a century old maple tree four feet wide. He has lived in the same house for sixty years.
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Granby
Mass
Marshall E. Olds
Porcupine Identified as Rodent Family Member
The porcupine is classified as part of the rodent family in zoological taxonomy.
Great Outdoor Epic Returns To The Capitol This Week
Columbia Pictures reprints King of the Wild Horses opening Wednesday at the Capitol theatre. Shot on an Indian reservation in Northern Arizona the film features Rex the wild horse and a romance between an Indian brave and a maiden. Navajo ceremonies are captured with sound cameras, and about 1000 Indians and twice as many horses appear in the epic.
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Rex, the
Wonder Horse
William Janney
Columbia
Capitol Theatre
Columbia Picture
Rex
Arizona
Clever Comedians Bow In Up Front At Sunset
Tom Ewell and David Wayne star in Bill Mauldin's Up Front a Universal-International film opening Tuesday at the Sunset with Marina Berti leading a strong supporting cast including Jeffrey Lynn Richard Egan and Silvio Minciotti Willie and Joe cartoon characters from World War II are brought to the screen as the WW II satire set to entertain this week at the Sunset theatre
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Tom Ewill
David Wayne
Willie and
Joe
Bill Mauldin
Universal-International
Marina Berti
Willie
Sunset Theatre
Tom Ewell
Jeffrey Lynn
Richard Egan
Silvio Minciotti
Preservation Society Promotes Barber Shop Quartet
GEORGE MILLS SPEBSQSA explains the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet in America aims to dignify American musical art. Prominent supporters include Fred Waring Bing Crosby Arthur Godfrey and The Kings Men. It invites readers to form or at least listen to barbershop quartets.
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Ar “Society For the
Barber Shop Quartet
America
Pang
Fred Waring
The
Sportsmen
John Charles Thomas
Jimmy Melton
Arthur Godfrey
Kings Men
Bing Crosby
Anis
Oan & Ae Piano E. Moulton
St. Phone
Target Unknown at the Roxy Promises War Drama
Universal-International presents Target Unknown opening Thursday at the Roxy. An American B 26 crew is shot down over enemy territory and Nazi officers extract fragments of information that piece together crucial bombing plans. Stars include Mark Stevens Alex Nicol Robert Douglas Don Taylor Joyce Holden and Gig Young. The story unfolds in a hard punching dramatic style.
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Universal-International
Roxy Theatre
Mark Stevens
Alex Nicol
Robert Douglas
Don Taylor
Joyce Holden
Gig Young
Talking Mynah Jimmy Delights Calif Neighbor
In Upland California Mrs Evelyn Price keepsJimmy the Mynah bird who greets passersby with up to70 phrases from a World War II training film. The bird chats with greetings romantic lines and mockery while other neighborhood birds complain and the piece notes Canada uses the dollar.
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Upland
Calif
Evelyn Price
Jimmy
The Lady Gambles at Sunset Theatre
The Lady Gambles opens Thursday at the Sunset theatre. Barbara Stanwyck stars as a neurotic gambler driven by roulette and dice games with Robert Preston as her desperate husband and Stephen McNally as a gambling kingpin. The film follows Las Vegas betting, a Mexican village detour, and ends with reconciliation.
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Sunset Theatre
Barbara Stanwyck
Stanwyck
Stella Dallas
Robert Preston
Miss Stanwyck
Stephen McNally
Miss Stanwick
Las Vegas
Preston
Chicago
Hoover Dam
Boulder Dam
Universal - International
Kangaroos Rampant Strain South Eastern Australia Sheep
Thousands of kangaroos roam inland South Eastern Australia consuming grass and draining water holes, causing hundreds of sheep deaths. Feed is scarce. some flocks are moved by road. A traveler along the Darling River saw many kangaroos but few sheep. Permits to shoot kangaroos are refused, yet farmers kill hundreds anyway.
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Sydney
Australia
Darling River
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Neal Stephenson
Decatur
RT. 1
Austinville
Wwe
Rane
sypi\UlE and
N. Lou Snares
Bob Stanwyck
Frobert Preston Sieten McNally
Breezer
Roy Huggins
Michel Kraime
Michael Gordon
Dan
Wild Bill Hickok
Belle Starr
Randolph Scott
Marie Wilson
Diana Lynn
Mickey Rooney
Jeanne Cagney
Walter Huston
Walter Brennan
Capitol
Dorothy Appleby
Janney
Old Smoky
Bird Hill
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Dan Patch
Dennis O’keefe
Ruth Warrick
George Mills
Roxy
United States Air Force
Canada
Dollar
First Avenue
Moulton Street
Wright
Merchant's Dinner
Morris Minor
Nantes Mers
Espas
HAM
Bacon & Tomato
Theatre For Colored
W. Vine Sr
Royal Gospel Productions
Jesus
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