Fort Apache opens at Capitol with John Wayne cast
War drama set in early Arizona features John Wayne Henry Fonda Shirley Temple and Pedro Armendariz. Wayne commands cavalry while Fonda laces plan against Chief Cochise. A romance unfolds between the colonel's daughter and a West Pointer as Apaches counterattack.
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The Paleface Opens at Princess Theatre with Bob Hope
Paramount's The Paleface arrives next Tuesday at the Princess Theatre. Bob Hope, a timid dentist, tangles with Calamity Jane who uses him as a decoy while investigating arms smuggling. Jane outsmarts the law, and Hope sings Buttons and Bows in this Technicolor comedy.
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The Decision of Christopher Blake at the Roxy Theatre
Warner Bros presents The Decision of Christopher Blake starring Alexis Smith and Robert Douglas with Ted Donaldson as the adolescent son. Cast includes Cecil Kellaway Harry Davenport John Hoyt Mary Wickes Lois Maxwell and more. Peter Godfrey directs with Max Steiner providing the score.
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John Ford Cast with Rich Foran Kibbee Withers Marsh
Noted director John Ford features a cast including Rich, Dick Foran, Guy Kibbee, Grant Withers and Mae Marsh in a classic era film. The lineup signals a mid century western or drama project.
Ryan Ex Marine and Stock Co Alum Rise in Hollywood
Robert Ryan of Chicago began as a film extra with Essanay before stock company work with Luise Rainer and Tallulah Bankhead. He served in the U S Marines, later starred in Crossfire earning an Academy Award nomination.
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Heflin Stars In Jimmy Eager at Princess Theatre
Van Heflin born in Walters Oklahoma rose through Broadway with Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story. He starred in Act Of Violence and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Act of Violence Opens at the Princess Theater
The film stars Van Heflin and Robert Ryan as hunter and hunted with Janet Leigh as Heflin's wife and Phyllis Thaxter as a bar hostess. Mary Astor and Berry Kroeger appear among a cast that includes Taylor Holmes and Connie Gilchrist. Based on a Collier Young story, directed by Fred Zinnemann, shot largely in Los Angeles and nearby locations, and produced by William H. Wright.
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Actor Scores Supporting Wins in Key 1940s Roles
The actor known for best male supporting performance in Johnny Eager has recently delivered notable scores in The Three Musketeers Tap Roots and Green Dolphin Street. He builds a varied screen presence across a string of 1940s projects.
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Leather Gloves at Capitol Theatre Opens Monday
A former championship contender turned down-and-out travels to a Southwestern desert town where the local hero fancies himself a champ. A glamorous waitress and a wealthy New York girl add romance as the plot unfolds amid vitality and sordidness.
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Blonde Ice tied to journalist source case in Mooney film
The piece links Martin Mooney producer of Blonde Ice to a 1920s New York press case where Douglas Clarke and Charles L. Leonard refused to reveal sources to a grand jury. Mooney served 30 days in The Tombs for contempt before returning to Hollywood to write crime melodramas.
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Leather Gloves star cast in ring drama review
Richard English adapts the magazine story with Cameron Mitchell and Blake Reedy as the ringwise fighter and focal boy. Jane Nigh and Virginia Grey appear as women touched by every punch while Sam Levene earns notice as the tank town fight promoter.
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Murder Frame plot frames ex police detective for murder
A Bodyguard is a 194? film starring Lawrence Tierney and Priscilla Lane. Tierney leaves the force to guard a wealthy widow, is knocked out, and wakes to find his superior dead and the police after him. Lane aids him to uncover department file clues as Sid Rogell produces and Richard Fleischer directs the thriller with Reed, Clayworth, Risdon and Brodie in support.
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Truman’s Middle Initial Treated as Alphabetical Ornament
A historical note observes President Harry S Truman’s middle initial as a decorative, non-phonetic detail rather than a standard name element, reflecting naming conventions of the era and public figures' formal presentation.
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