Side Street shines with Granger and O'Donnell
Filmed in New York City M G M presents Side Street a dramatic action packed story of a hard pressed couple Cathy O'Donnell and Farley Granger as they face economic desperation leading to robbery. The plot follows a homicide squad captain Paul Kelly as the net tightens around a vicious murderer and a blackmailing adventuress with a grim city streets climax. James Craig delivers a chilling turn as a menacing con man.
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New York City
Side Street
Roxy Theatre
Paul Kelly
New York
Homicide
Cathy O’donnell
Farley Granger
Greenwich Village
James Craig
Palooka Scours For Killer In New Monogram Film
Joe Palooka stars in Joe Palooka In The Squared Circle opening Wednesday at the Capitol theatre. He hunts a gambler’s killer after tripping over the victim near a training camp, facing gang threats with Knobby Walsh and fellow cast members including Humphrey Pennyworth, Anne, Crawford, and the slain sparring partner.
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Monogram
Joe Palooka
Capitol Theatre
Joe Kirkwood
James Gleason
Knobby Walsh
Joe
Robert Coogan
Humphrey Pennyworth
Workington Falls
Lois Hall
Anne
Edgar Barker
Dan Seymour
Crawford
Greg McClure
William Haade
Myrna Dell
John Merrick
Forty Thieves Western Thriller at Capitol Theatre
Hopalong Cassidy star Bill Boyd returns as Buffalo Buttes sheriff in Forties Western thriller Forty Thieves. The film unfolds with ex con Ted Hammond plotting to install his own man, while no opposition challenges Hoppy’s re election.
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Hopalong Cassidy
Capitol Theatre
Masterpiece Release
Bill Boyd
Hoppy
Buffalo Buttes
Ted Hammond
Douglas Dumbrille
Jerry Doyle
Ham
Kirk
California
Andy Clyde
Jimmy
Jimmy Rogers
No bad music for gommanars says radio host
George Mills urges diverse tunes for children on WHOS as a weekly broadcast. He champions wide listening from cowboy and hillbilly to Burl Ives and Josh White, even Peter and the Wolf, asserting any kind of music helps children grow their appreciation.
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Samar
Wien
Casbah Opens at Sunset Theatre Starring DeCarlo Martin Lorre
Casbah drama opens Thursday at Sunset Theatre in a Universal International release. Yvonne DeCarlo Tony Martin Peter Lorre star alongside Marta Toren in a tale set in the Casbah of Algiers with romance suspense and musical elements.
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Marta Toren
Tony Martin
Pepe le Moko
Miss DeCarlo
Greta Garbo
Ingrid Bergman
Miss Toren
Broken Arrow at Sunset
A Sunset release presents Broken Arrow in Technicolor. The piece notes Apache customs and figures such as Geronimo and Cochise, while summarizing plot elements and the film’s casting of Jeff Chandler and other stars in a Western about fraud and trickery surrounding a Wild West show.
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Cochise
Jeff Chandler
Broken Arrow
Arizona
Geronimo
Theodore Roosevelt
Twentieth Century-Fox
Sunset Theatre
Cash in Jeans Willows For Sale as Fence Posts
A long running seasonal trade since 1915 ships up to a million posts yearly. Posts are cut from willows and sold for two to four cents each, reflecting a sizable rural business in the region.
Deported
Universal-International presents Deported at the Roxy Theater a action packed tale of an American gangster deported to Italy. Jeff Chandler and Marta Toren star as he joins an Italian black market ring before changing plans and disbanding the gang.
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Marta Toren
Jeff Chandler
Universal-International
Roxy Theatre
Tuscany
Italy
Hollywood Heavens
Chandler
Claude Dauphin
Marina Berti
Carlo Rizzo
The Black Rose at Roxy dazzles with epic screen spectacle
Tyrone Power stars in The Black Rose at the Roxy for Thursday and Friday engagements. Cecile Aubry makes her American debut alongside Jack Hawkins and Orson Welles. The film showcases bold action and glamour, directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Twentieth Century Fox.
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Roxy Theatre
Tyrone Power
Cecile Aubry
England
Jack Hawkins
Orson Welles
Twentieth Century-Fox
Henry Hathaway
20Th Century-Fox
Cashmere Scarfs Introduced to Europe in 16th Century
The article notes that cashmere scarves were introduced to Europe at the start of the 16th century marking a notable fashion shift. It highlights early adoption by European elites and the growing demand for luxury textiles during that era.
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Europe
Speed Red Justice Hong Kong Slashes to Denounce Enemies
An independent newspaper reports Chinese authorities in Chungshan Province north of Macao order all villages to build accusation platforms. Each platform will have a communist soldier and a junior Red official as judge, allowing residents to drag in counter revolutionaries and level charges while the accused must prove innocence.
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Hong Kong
Chungshan
Macao
French Guiana Prison Colony History and Current Use
French Guiana became a prison colony in 1852 and sentences to the colony were abolished by French law in 1938. The former site is now occupied by DP's recruited by the International Refuge Organization.
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French Guiana
Oac
International Refuge Organization
Dear Wife at Sunset Drive-In Tonight
Paramount brings Dear Wife to Sunset Theater following Dear Ruth success. William Holden and Joan Caulfield headline with Billy DeWolfe Mona Freeman and Edward Arnold in supporting roles. Critics call the comedy brisk and bright with witty bank clerk humor.
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Sunset Drive-In
Ruth
Paramount
Sunset Theatre
Mona Freeman
Edward Arnold
Miss Freeman
Billy DeWolfe
Wife
Funny Holden
Caulfield
DE Wolfe Freeman
Arnold
Arleen Whelan
M.ry Philips
Richard Maibaum
Richard Haydn
Police plan crackdown on Singapore red light districts
Police announce an all-out drive against brothels and prostitution in Singapore. The anti-vice squad delayed action due to the December riots and has focused on that investigation for months.
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Singapore
Chesapeake Bay Tidewater Shores Reach Four Thousand Miles
Including the mouths of the streams flowing into it Chesapeake Bay has about four thousand miles of tidewater shore. This figure highlights the bay’s expansive shoreline and the many waterways feeding into it.
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Chesapeake Bay
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E. Moulton
Thieves
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Destry
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Zane Greys
Buffalo Stampede
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Milkman
Wyoming
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