Quo Vadis at the Roxy Theatre Stars Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr
Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr headline MGM Technicolor epic Quo Vadis at the Roxy Theatre. Leo Genn and Peter Ustinov lead a vast cast in a Rome era drama of Nero, Christians and rising faith with spectacular battle scenes and a dramatic rescue.
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M-G-M
Roxy Theatre
Robert Taylor
Deborah Kerr
Leo Genn
Peter Ustinov
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Rome
Nero
Marcus Vinicius
Vinicius
Lygia
Ursus
Circus Maximus
Britain
Poppaea
Acte
Buddy Baer
Roxy
Vinnicius
Petronius
Technicolor
Cooper Savage In Underwater Screen Battle In Distant Drums
Gary Cooper stars with Mari Alden in Distant Drums directed by Raoul Walsh. The crew filmed in Florida Everglades Fort San Marco St Augustine and Silver Springs using a glass-sided boat for underwater sequences and wildlife sound recording.
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Roxy Theatre
Gary Cooper
Raoul Walsh
Florida
Everglades
St. Augustine
Fort San Marco
Silver Springs
Ocala
Mari Alden
Lovely Screen
Richard Webb
Ray Teal
Glassblowers Recreate Nero Era Goblets for Quo Vadis
In Hollywood a ritual glass shop on the Culver City lot recreates Nero era tableware for MGM’s Quo Vadis. Max Goppinger and team, using museum photos from Europe, fashioned 3000 glass pieces and shipped them 5000 miles to the Rome set for the Roman luxury interiors.
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Rome
Nero
M-G-M
China
Europe
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Helywood
Culver City
Max Goppinger
Shortage in Montreal Social Work Worsens
Dr. J J O Moore of the McGill School of Social Work warns enrollments are down across Canada and fewer than half of McGill's first year students are likely to complete the two year course due to inadequate financial support.
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Montreal
Debut Offer Rings Up Mari Alden at Warner Bros Studio
Toronto native Mari Alden receives a screen test invitation from a Warner Bros scout for a romantic wartime story. She stars with Steve Cochran and Philip Carey in The Tanks Are Coming, opening tonight at the Sunset Theatre.
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Steve Cochran
Mari Aldon
Philip Carey
Miss Alden
Toronto
Canada
Mari
Warners
3Rd Armored
Sunset Theatre
Toronto Band Stadium
Kangaroo facts and film stars in a study session
Maureen O Hara and Peter Lawford spent seven months in Australia researching kangaroos for Kangaroo. They learned about fifty species from six inches to six feet and noted many local names. They describe cautious hunting patterns and the animals gentleness unless attacked by dogs.
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Maureen O'Hara
Peter Lawford
Twentieth Century- Fox
Lawford
Australia
Kangaroo outdoor film shot in Australia draws tribal extras
About 80 Aboriginal extras join the Twentieth Century Fox outdoor drama Kangaroo filmed entirely in Australia. Make up artist Jimmy Barker worked overtime to restore hair after it was shaved for realism. Director Lewis Milestone sought authentic native appearances and even requested two dozen geckos for a scene, while cattle stampedes and bullwhip fights add excitement to the production.
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Twentieth Century-Fox
Princess Theatre
Jimmy Barker
Darwin
Australia
Lewis Milestone
Robert Bassler
Bombardier stars Pat OBrien Randolph Scott at Sunset
Pat OBrien and Randolph Scott headline the RKO Air Force drama Bombardier opening Saturday at the Sunset Theatre. Robert Ryan features as Norden bomb sight backer while the plot follows rival fliers and a four way romance through training scenes and a daring Fortress raid culminating in a dramatic sacrifice.
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Pat O’brien
Randolph Scott
Far East
Anne Shirley
Eddie Albert
Robert Ryan
RKO
Air Force
Sunset Theatre
United States
Scott
Geckos and wildlife highlight upcoming Princess Theatre show
The article notes clever geckos that walk on ceilings and eat flies. It mentions director Mile stone filming kangaroos platy puses wombats and koala bears for Kangaroo which stars Maureen O Hara and Peter Lawford and arrives at the Princess Theatre soon.
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Fective Squad
Milestone
Maureen O’hara
Peter Lawford
Princess Theatre
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Geig
Peer Gynt Suite
Schubert
Forbes & Sons
Piano Company
E. Moulton
Alan Young
Gildersleeve
Stella
National Company
Mars
Burbank
Theatre For Colored
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O’hara
Poppaea and
Bank S'Reer
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Warner Bros. Praesent
STANT
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