Memphis Belle film brings famous bomber crew to life on screen
The Memphis Belle air war story is told in a Technicolor film at the Princess Theatre. It follows the bomber on a 40 minute raid from England to Germany and back, captured by in-plane cameramen at heights up to 30 000 feet. The account emphasizes realism and the crew’s courage during dangerous combat.
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U. S. Eighth Air Force
Princess Theatre
Germany
England
Memphis Belle
Flying Fortress
War Department
Cecil H. Scott
Clarence F. Winchell
John P. Quinlan
Casimer A. Nastal
Robert J. Hanson
Harol
P. Loch
Vincent B. Evans
Charles B. Leighton
James A. Verinis
Robert K. Morgan
Eddie Horton stars in The Amazing Mr Forrest at the Roxy
Edward Everett Horton shines as a bumbling gentleman's gentleman who longs for crime in The Amazing Mr Forrest. The PRC comedy features Jack LaRue Otto Kruger David Burns Leslie Perrins and Googie Withers as a distractingly modern flame while Horton navigates a wild caper and frazzled rescues.
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Edward Everett Horton
Eddie
Mr. Forrest
Roxy Theatre
Horton
Jack LaRue
Otto Kruger
David Burns
Leslie Perrins
Ronald Shiner
Googie Withers
the Amazing
Ornton Freeland
Ralph Spence
True To Life at Roxy Promises Big Laughs
Paramount comedy with music True To Life starring Mary Martin Franchot Tone Dick Powell Victor Moore Mabel Paige and William Demarest opens at the Roxy Theatre next Thursday. Tone and Powell play radio writers who mistake a diner counter girl for a clever partner and use her life to fuel a new program attracting a nationwide audience.
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Paramount
Roxy Theatre
Mary Martin
Franchot Tone
Dick Powell
Victor Moore
Mabel Paige
William Demarest
Tone
Powell
Long Island
Mary
Porter
College Yarn Offered Here at Paramount Lot Film
The Paramount lot resembles a college campus during the filming of You Cant Ration Love opening today at the Princess Theatre. Betty Rhodes, Johnnie Johnston star with Marjorie Weaver Marie Wilson Jean Wallace and Johnnie Scat Davis as a new generation of screen students in Adams College satire on rationing.
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Paramount
Princess Theatre
Betty Rhodes
Marie Wilson
Marjorie Weaver
Betty
Johnnie Johnston
Adams College
Jack Oakie
Joe Penner
Lanny Ross
Bing Crosby
Richard Arlen
Miss Rhodes
Johnston
Jean Wallace
Johnnie
Davis
Cast notes on a film with Martin Powell and Carmichael tunes
A review fragment lauds a film performance by a wolfish town figure pursuing Mary against Dick. Victor Moore is praised as Porter family head. Mary Martin and Dick Powell perform three songs by Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer: The Old Music Master Mister Pollyanna There She Was.
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Mary
Victor Moore
Porter
Mary Martin
Dick Powell
Hoagy Carmichael
Johnny Mercer
Pollyanna
Laughton Stars In The Man From Down Under At Strand
Charles Laughton leads the film The Man From Down Under at the Strand with Binnie Barnes and Richard Carlson. The Belgian setting after World War I follows a returning Australian with two orphans, a turn of fortune, and a stormy romance with Barnes as a wealthy widow.
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Down Under
Charles Laughton
Australia
Down Under Land
Strand Theatre
Binnie Barnes
Richard
Carl
Dorma Reed
Belgium
Laughton
Aggie
Jocko Wilson
Miss Barnes
Richard Carlson
Donna Reed
Hollywood
Carlson
Robert Z. Leonard
Orville O. Dull
Zest
Clarity
Clyde Cook
Horace McNally
Arthur Shields
Christopher Severn
Mrs. Miniver
You Cant Ration Love at Paramount College Film
A Paramount campus revue mocks student life with gleeful dancing and romance. The piece replaces older scholastic themes with modern jests, showing boys and girls in malt shops and on Lilac Lane while classrooms mostly fade from view.
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Paramount
Bing Crosby
Ox Road
Adams College
Taylor shines in Song of Russia at Princess theatre
Robert Taylor delivers a commanding love story as John Meredith, an American orchestra conductor touring Russia, opposite Susan Peters as Nadya. The film features Robert Benchley as Hank Higgins and Michael Chekhov in his American screen debut, with praise from critics for Chekhov and Litvinoff noting his versatility.
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Robert Taylor
Pretty Susan Peters
Russia
Princess Theatre
Robert Benchley
Felix Bressart
Darryl Hickman
Jacqueline White
Bataan
Clark Gable
Lana Turner
Taylor
Susan Peters
Hollywood
Johnny Eager
Brittany
Eset
Hank Higgins
Benchley
Michael Chekhov
Susan
Madame Litvinoff
Paramount Coeds Chant Lyrics From a Varsity Tune
Paramount's student group sings a chorus about dating and romance, featuring a line-up of campus figures and a tune titled Nothing Can Replace a Man. The item notes the cultural vibe and campus humor of the period.
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Paramount
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