Countess of Monte Cristo Opens at Roxy Theatre
Sonja Henie introduces Michael Kirby in The Countess of Monte Cristo a Universal International musical comedy at the Roxy with Olga San Juan Dorothy Hart and Arthur Treacher Freddie Trenkler also featured Kirby a 6 foot 2 inch 23 year old Canadian skating champion plays the lieutenant Henie stars as a Norwegian would be actress who impersonates a countess in a resort hotel.
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Sonja Henie
Michael Kirby
America
Miss Henie
Ice Review
Kirby
Countess of Monte Cristo
Sonja
Olga San Juan
Dorothy Hart
Arthur Treacher
Freddie Trenkler
Ice
Westwood
Countess of
Monte Cristo
John Beck
Frederick de Cordova
You Gotta Stay Happywhier at the Princess Theatre
Joan Fontaine and James Stewart star in You Gotta Stay Happywhier opening Thursday at the Princess Theatre. The film from Rob ert Carson’s Saturday Evening Post serial follows Dee Dee Dillwood’s escapade with Marvin Payne aboard a cargo plane, with comic scenes and a dramatic Oklahoma forced landing. Eddie Albert and Roland Young co star in a Rampart Production presented by Universal-International, directed by H. C. Potter.
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Joan Fontaine
James Stewart
Princess Theatre
Robert Carson
Saturday Evening Post
Dee-Dee Dillwood
Dee Dee
Marvin Payne
Marvin
Stewart
New York
Los Angeles
Oklahoma
Joan
Second Choices To Stardom And Breakthroughs In Film
Bogart rose to superstardom after Paul Muni rejected High Sierra allowing Bogart to take the lead. Donat declined Captain Blood opening the door for Errol Flynn to become a major box office draw. George Jessel turned down The Jazz Singer benefiting Al Jolson and cinema history.
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Humphrey Bogart
Paul Muni
Rachel and the Stranger Hits Princess Here
Loretta Young stars as a bond woman in an Ohio frontier setting who marries a widowed pioneer to help his son. Robert Mitchum arrives as a wandering hunter stirring passions and a tense moral crisis. The drama unfolds amid Indian attacks and frontier life with director Norman Foster.
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RKO Radio
Loretta Young
William Holden
Robert Mitchum
the Princess
Holden
Ohio
Miss Young
Mitchum
Spectac
Ularly
Northan Foster
Rachel and the Stranger
Dove Schary
Gary Gray
Tom Tully
Klamath Mountains
Oregon
Waldo Salt
Howard Fast
Mama Wears The Family Pants In Gay Struggles of Old S F
Irene Dunne stars as the indomitable Mama in I Remember Mama at the Capitol. She leads a teeming household through financial strains and family drama with a steady hand guiding romance, career worries, and morale. Cast includes Bel Geddes Homolka Dorn Bergen Vallee O Neill.
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Mama
S. F
Irene Dunne
Capitol
Miss Dunne
Barbara Bel Geddes
Oscar Homolka
Philip Dorn
Cedric Hardwicke
Edgar Bergen
Rudy Vallee
Barbara O'Neill
George Stevens
Harriet Parsons
DeWitt Bodeen
Dore Schary
RKO
Papa
Dora
Jonathan Hyde
Hardwicke
Katrin
Miss Bel Geddes
Christine
Peggy McIntyre
Dagmar
June Hedin
Nels
Steve Brown
Elizabeth
Barbara Be Geddes
RKO Radio
San Francisco
Wallflowers Buds In Foursome Upset
Warner Bros presents the romantic comedy Wallflower opening Thursday at the Roxy Theatre. Robert Hutton Joyce Reynolds and Janis Paige lead a story of junior age entanglements with Reynolds as the shy wallflower and Paige the flashy club belle. Edward Arnold plays a father figure. Directed by Frederick de Cordova. Based on Reginald Denham and Mary Orr Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron stage play.
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Warner Bros
Roxy Theatre
Robert Hutton
Joyce Reynolds
Janis Paige
Hutton-Reynolds
Miss Paige
Miss Reynolds
Wallflower
Hutton
Edward
Arnold
Frederick de Cordova
Reginald Denham
Mary Orr
Phoebe
Henry Ephron
Argyle Secrets at Capital Theatre Mystery Drama Tonight
The Capital Theatre shows The Argyle Secrets from Film Classics today with William Gargan and Marjorie Lord leading. A reporter trails an international gang seeking a dangerous album that could topple postwar figures. Cyril Endfield wrote and directed the topical drama. Supporting cast includes Barbara Billingsley and Mickey Simpson.
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Capital Theatre
Argyle
William Gargan
Marjorie Lord
Cyril Endfield
Alan H. Posner
Sam X. Abarbanel
Film Classics, Inc
Ralph Byrd
Dick Tracy
Jack Reitzen
John Banner
Barbara Billingsley
Alex Fraser
Mickey Simpson
Three Faces West to Open at Capitol Theatre
John Wayne Charles Coburn and Sigurd Gurie star in Three Faces West a Republic Pictures drama about life in the dust bowl and wartime refugees with an all star cast set to open next Monday at the Capitol Theatre.
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Dust Bowl
Capitol Theatre
John Wayne
Charles Coburn
Sigrid Gurie
Republic
Mythic Backlog Shapes Family Trust in Crisis
The piece traces Kat Rin’s story and a family’s reaction as a large check alters expectations. A supposed family savings plan collapses when it is revealed that the matriarch lacks a bank account, exposing themes of security, resilience, and reliance on myth.
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Katrin
Mama
Three Faces West reveals a refugee surgeon and daughter in dust bowl America
A Viennese surgeon and his daughter Leni adapt to life in Asheville Forks during the dust bowl era. Leni resents the new home while Nazi memories haunt her. John Phillips helps restore her hope as Charles Coburn portrays the compassionate doctor guiding new beginnings.
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American Dust Bowl
Europe
Leni
Sigrid Gurie
Asheville Forks
John Phillips
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