Readable upside down name puzzle linked to Alabama newspaper
A cir clerk’s office worker W H Hill created a flourish that reads both ways and the Alabama paper used his name on a puzzle page. Ripley later used it. Local officials discuss selling the light plant while seeking more factories and municipal electricity. Navy recruiter Geo Lott describes quitting smoking after years at sea and onshore service.
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Eral
Hill
Alabama
Mr. Hill
Ripley
J. P. Botts
Dothan
Geo. Co. Lott
Navy
Lott
Weekly film listings with stars and showings
The schedule previews films at multiple theaters for the week. John Barrymore stars in Arsene Dupin and other titles feature Lionel Barrymore, Rose Hobart, Jean Harlow, Gloria Swanson, Lew Ayres, Walter Huston, James Dunn, Sally Eilers, and more. Comedy features accompany dramas across Fox News Metro News and Universal News venues with varied daily lineups.
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John and
Lionel Barrymore
Arsene Dupin
Universal News
Charles Bickford
Rose Hobart
Fox News
Jean Harlow
Walter Huston
Wallace Ford
Melody Masters
Gloria Swanson
Alabama
Weekend Guests From Biba Visit Lanier Family
Mrs J C McCloud Mrs Horace Brock and Mr and Mrs Tom Espy of Biba were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs W M Lanier.
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J. C. McCloud
Horace Brock
Tom Espy
Biba
W. M. Lanier
Spook Party and Picture Preview At The Houston Tonight
Tonight at 7:39 the Houston Theatre presents the Spook Party with Ali-Din and his act as the feature. Added attraction is Behind the Marr a thriller starring Jack Pest and Boris Karloff, sharing the Midnight Preview. Also noted is Slate Writing and a feature on communicating with the departed. Grace Ford Privetce Childs and Mamie Gell spent the day in Albany Ga.
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Boris Karloff
Houston
Dothan
Ali-Din
Slate
Ali-Tdin
Grace Ford
Privetce Childs
Mamie Gell
Albany, Ga
Beast of the City era film with Harlow and Huston
The Beast of the City depicts the conflict between law and the underworld in a dramatic urban setting. Walter Huston leads a large cast including Jean Harlow and Wallace Ford in a story based on a W R Burnett script, focusing on police corruption and crime as the plot unfolds on the big screen.
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Jean Harlow
Walter Huston
Law
Underworld
Interworld
Hearst
Renee
Walfep Hoivten
Jean Haclaw
Wallace Ford
Jean Terrebalt
WR. Burnett
Peshe
Carear
Chare Prawn
Bil
Strand Theatre Week Features Extra Hits
The Strand Theatre schedules a busy week with four star films and serials. Bad Girl runs Sunday to Tuesday featuring Sally Eflers and James Dunn. Heaven On Earth stars Ten Ayres with Anita Louise and Slim Summerville. East of Borneo with Charles Bickford and the second King of the Wild chapter headline Friday and Saturday. The theater touts new RCA sound and remodeled interiors for a higher class family experience.
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James Dunn
Sally Eilers
Heaven On Earth
Lew Ayres
Anita Louise
Slim Summerville
Charles Bickford
East of Borneo
Walter Miller
Elissa Landi
Victor McLaglen
Strand Theatre
Sally Eflers
Lfe
Borneo
Bickford
RCA
The
Strand
Dothan
Local visits and weekend guests in Midland City area
Midland City residents welcomed relatives and friends during weekend travels. Ralph Coleman of Samson visited kin, while J T Helms stayed in Skipperville. Several guests from Perry Coffee Springs Abbeville Enterprise Pinchard Dothan Ozark Birmingham Tuscaloosa Brannon Stand and Brannon Stand were noted among weekend visitors and hosts.
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Ralph Coleman
Samson
W. L. Hicks
Perry
J. T. Helms
Skipperville
L. A. Howell
C. W. Segrest
Coffee Springs
Mike Palmer
Jule Howell
Jack Howell
Abbeville
Nell Espy
Enterprise
Curtis Espy
Margaret Bailey
Hilda Grace Gissendanner
Pinchard
Jim Coleman
Dothan
Max Williams
Birmingham
Ellsworth Avant
Tuscaloosa
J. J. Riley
Ozark
Jewel Richardson
Lucile Locke
J. W. Daniel
Beatrice Quattlebaum
Brannon Stand
Bea York
The Guardsman at Alabama Theatre Sees Laughs in Naughtiness
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne star in The Guardsman at the Alabama Theatre. A jealous husband disguises as a Russian guardsman to test his wife, producing risqué comedy and sharp lines. Supporting roles include Roland Young Zasu Pitts Maude Eburne and Hermin Bing.
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Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Alabama Theatre Sunday
Theatre Guild Theatre
New York
Lunt
Fantume
Ilegitimate’ Theatre
Roland Young
Zasu Plus
Maude Eburne
Hermin Bing
Gilbert In West of Broadway Big Cast Support
John Gilbert stars as a dashing American vaquero in West of Broadway opening Wednesday at the Houston Theatre. The film shows him in war weary A E F attire with strong action and dialogue. El Brendel leads the supporting cast with Lois Moran Madge Evans and Ralph Bellamy in key roles. The story follows a wounded rich man who returns from war to find himself abandoned then marries in a nightclub. He later learns his wife truly loves him and a plot twist reunites them.
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Houston
Ali-Din
Lionel Barry
Karen Morley
John Barrymore
Arsene Lupin
Lynn Fontaine
Alfred Lunt
John Gilbert
Broadway
Gilbert
el Brendel
Man Friday
Lois Moran
Madge Evans
Ralph Bellamy
Arizona
Arsene Lupin Comes to Houston Theatre This Season
A 1902 style mystery film opens at the Houston Theatre featuring John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore in their first joint screen appearance with Karen Morley John Millan and Tully Marshall in supporting roles. Directed by Jack Conway the Paris stage success adapts Maurice LeBlanc’s thief as a witty master of disguises with a romantic angle involving a police spy posing as a countess.
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Houston
Arcene Lupin
John Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
Karen Morley
John Millan
Tully Marshall
Jack Cornway
Maurice la Blanc
Arsen Lupin
Barrymore Brothers
Paris
le Stance
Francis de Croisset
John Bearrymore
Miss Morley
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W. H. Hill
Dr. Dupree Davis
Malone Bldg
H. D. Harrison
Optometrist Harrison Jewelry Co
N. Foster St
Such
Holt
coLumBta Picture
Constance Cummings
John F Dillon
Spirit Slate
Metro News
Bill Cody
Houston Tonight
Atre
Midland City
R. C. Ballcom
Chas. Bickford
King of the Wild
RCA Sound
Dothan's Family Theatre
Houston Theatre
Karen Mortey
John Miljan
Jack Conway
Alabama Theatre Today
Ken Maynard
Alfrio Wunts
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