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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1937

Page

3

Walter Winchell Stars In Wake Up and Live at Princess Theatre

Walter Winchell and Bernie present a new film musical Wake Up and Live at the Princess Theatre with Alice Faye Patsy Kelly Ned Sparks and Jack Haley. The story centers on a vaudeville hopeful who faints at a radio audition and becomes the Phantom Troubadour igniting a broadcast feud between Winchell and Bernie.

Twen- Century-Fox Winchell Bernie Steading Alice Faye Patsy Kelly Ned Sparks Jack Haley Gordon and Revel Winchel Bernie Mike Fright Grace Bradley Walter Catlett Haley Walter Winchell Radio Center Ben Bernie Radio Aiir Patsy Kelley The Princess Theatre

Theater manager uses dummy safe to trap burglars

Hollywood reports a theater manager who set a dummy safe after his original safe was broken into twice four years ago. Burglars returned, forcibly opened the dummy safe, and found it empty.

Hollywood

Winchells Career Highlights Featured in Wake Up and Live

Screen Guide outlines Walter Winchell's rise from a Brooklyn boy to a major gossip columnist. Notes include misprinted name on a marquee, school trouble, early acts with Cantor and Jessel, first writing breaks, earnings, taxes, Navy service, and origin of terms like cinemactor. Also lists notable works and collaborators in radio and film.

The Great Hospital Mystery at Access Theatre Sunday

A Twentieth Century Fox mystery thriller unfolds at the Access Theatre Sunday matinee. Darnell the stern head nurse Sig Rumann Sally Blane Thomas Beck Joan Davis and director James Tinling headline this suspenseful film based on a Mignon Eberhardt story.

Thomas Beck Sally Blane Princess Theatre M&d-House Access Theatre Twentieth Century-Fox Picture Darnell Sig Rumann Joan Davis James Tinling Mignon Eberhardt Jane

Radio Romance Scam Ends in Reno Case

Tucson report details Joe Keith a 65 year old man who contracted Jesse Smith to marry him via radio telephones to a 17 year old girl in Reno Nevada. Keith paid $25 after six months of watching the scheme unfold and Smith received 90 days for taking money under false pretenses when the girl failed to appear.

RADIO Romeo Tucson Ariz Joe Keith Jesse Smith Reno New Smith Keith

Bette Davis Stars in Marked Woman at Princess Theatre

Bette Davis headlines the film Marked Woman at the Princess Theatre, with Eduardo Ciannelli as the racketeer and Humphrey Bogart leading the assault on crime. The drama portrays night club corruption, bribery, and a determined prosecutor bringing the gang to justice.

Bette Davis Humphrey Bogart Princess Theatre Bette Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Eduardo Ciannelli Ciannelli Black Legion

Ralph Forbes at Capitol in Rescue Squad role

The internationally known actor Ralph Forbes appears at the Capitol Theatre Monday and Tuesday in Rescue Squad. He portrays De Witt Porter, a curious young collector drawn into a breezy romantic mystery with humor and a dramatic elevator rescue finale.

Ralph Forbes Herbert Brenon Rescue Squad Capt Forbes de Witt Porter Porter England United States William A. Brady Herbert

Strand Theatre Hartselle Announces Next Week's Film Lineup

The Strand Theatre in Hartselle lists upcoming bookings including The Holy Terror History is Made at Night Maytime When's Your Birthday A Star is Born and other recent Hollywood hits scheduled for early dates.

Strand Hartselle

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