The Purple Heart at Princess Theatre
World War II epic The Purple Heart screens at the Princess Theatre with Dana Andrews and a cast led by Richard Conte Farley Granger in a story of Yanks bombing Tokyo and prisoners of war. The article notes the Purple Heart's history and honors, and highlights eight flyers who face Jap terror and defy captivity.
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Tokyo
Princess Theatre
America
Japan
Darryl F. Zanuck
Lewis Milestone
Dana Andrews
Richard Conte
Farley Granger
Kevin O'Shea
Donald Barry
Trudy Marshall
Sam Levene
George Washington
Congress
Douglas MacArthur
United States Navy
Harvey
Vincent
Kenneth Bayforth
Georgia
Wayne Greenbaum
New York
Jan Skvoznik
Angelo Canelli
Martin Stoner
Clinton
Hollywood
Richard Leo
Andrews
Loo
Lewis Milestor
Jerome Cady
Vera Wague Shines in Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
Vera Vague is described as an erudite actress with four universities including the Sorbonne. She appears as a husband hunting wife in Paramount’s Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid, showing Tuesday and Wednesday at the Strand Theatre, noted for her wit and varied career.
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Vera Vague
Sorbonne
Paris
Miss Wague
Henry Aldrich
Cupid
Paramount
Aldrich
Strand Theatre
Maxwell Field graduates over 2000 four engine bomber pilots
More than 2,000 pilots have completed training at Maxwell Field four engine bomber school in Montgomery Alabama. The program has operated for just over a year and announced its milestone.
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Montgomery
Ala
Maxwell Field
No Producer Cast Orients in Key Roles Yet
The text notes that no producer, until Mr. Zanuck, has shown courage to cast Orientals in roles as significant as those in The Purple Heart.
Two Girls and a Sailor musical at Princess Theatre
A Wednesday to Friday run at the Princess Theatre features Van Johnson June Allyson and Gloria De Haven in a tale of two sisters pursuing love and servicemen’s canteens. Comedy from Jimmy Durante and Gracie Allen rounds out the program with a piano concerto noted as a classic.
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June Allyson
Gloria de Haven
Princess Theatre
van Johnson
Jimmy Durante
Gracie Allen
José Iturti
Lena Horne
Harry James
Xavier Cugat
Princess’ Theatre
Johnson
Allyson and
de Haven
Schnozz
Carmen Miranda Leads Cast in The Gang's All Here at Roxy
Technicolor laugh and song show at the Roxy Theatre features Lena Horne Carlos Ramirez and Virginia O'Brien with Jose Iturbi and sister Amparo Navarro and Albert Coates providing serious music highlighting the film's vibrant revue style.
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Carmen Miranda
Roxy Theatre
Lena Horne
Carlos Ramirez
Virginia O’brien
Jose Iturbi
Amparo Navarro
Albert Coates
Sym
Phony Conductor Promises Musical Delights
The reviewer mocks a phony conductor promising delight as Harry James and Xavier Cugat style orchestras perform lively tunes. The piece hints at a misdirection under astute direction and invites audiences to hum along after the show.
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Harry James
Xavier Cugat
Two Girls and a Sailor Delights Audiences
Richard Thorpe presents a lively screen adaptation with the renowned projectee touch of Joseph Pasterna producing a charming film titled Two Girls and a Sailor. The display promises sheer entertainment from start to finish and invites audiences to make a date to see it.
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Richard Thorpe
Joseph Pasterna
Ruling Blocks Split Of Small Voter Precincts In Alabama
Montgomery Alabama September ruling from Attorney General William M. McQueen states county governing bodies lack authority to divide a voting precinct with fewer than 300 voters and prohibits county administrations from designating such precincts.
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Montgomery
Ala
William M. McQueen
Arlen Return Heralded In The Lady and Monster at Roxy
Richard Arlen, famed screen star, returns to the screen in The Lady and Monster with Erich von Stroheim and Vera Hruba Ralston. The film opens Tuesday at the Roxy Theatre for a two day engagement. Arlen, born in Charlottesville Virginia, rose from reporter and swimming coach to Hollywood stardom after a World War I stint as a Royal Flying Corps trainee. He divides his time between Balboa Bay and Toluca Lake, sharing mayoral honors with Bing Crosby.
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Richard Arlen
Erich von Stroheim
Vera Hruba_ Ralstin
Roxy Theatre
Arlen
Charlottesville
Virginia
James
Mary van Mattimore
St. Paul Minnesota
America
Royal Flying Corps
Toronto
Duluth
Texas
Los Angeles
Hollywood Film Laboratory
Brower
Clara Bow
Gary Cooper
Rene “Sally
Tonto Rim
Balboa Bay
Touca Lake
Bing Crosby
Toluca Lake
Election Precinct Ballot Cast Locations Clarified
The statement confirms there are multiple ballot casting places per precinct and that an election cannot determine division decisions within a precinct. It emphasizes procedural limits on precinct governance and ballot access.
Hampton Is Prize Winner For Wartime Assembly Suggestion
A. D. Hampton of Decatur Alabama, longtime Huntsville Arsenal employee, proposed a method to assemble M4A2 floating smoke pot tops that reduced labor from five to one per line. Col Geoffrey Marshall commended him and awarded $68.00.
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A. D. Hampton
Sixth Avenue East
Huntsville Arsenal
Hampton
Arsenal
Col
Geoffrey Marshall
Sixth Avenue
East
Decatur
Alabama
Mr. Hampton
Geoffrey, Marshall
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William le Baron
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Helen Vinson
Sidney Blackmer
Carole
Stewart
Charles
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Alice Faye
Betty Grable
George Jessel
Kay Francis
Carole Landis
Martha Raye
Mitzi Mayfair
Dick Haymes
Lady and the Monster
Roxy
Hartselle, Ala
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Pids
Capitol Theatre
Balkans
John Carradine
Osa Massen
William Powell
Philo Vance
Mary Astor
Lilli Palmer
Kermit
Maynard
Otto Tolischus
Talen
Gloria Dehaven
Helen Forrest
Vna Romay
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