Movie Listings From Houston News Schedule
Local listings show a slate of films across theaters with Chester Morris Lewis in Red for Women and Thelma in Old Bull. Other titles include Almost Married with Joan iobelli and Miss Pinkerton. Also Whistling Dan and The Mad alus feature serials and a few key comedies star Ben Lyon Miriam Hopkins and Wynne Gibson.
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Chester Morris
Lewisie
Uns Merkel
Red
Thelma
Ged Zam Pitts
Yersel News
Ralph
Violet Heming
Law Grad
Fox News
Warrename
Sidney Fox
Constance Ben
Pane
Nell Hamilton
Hollywood
Jeday
Joan Iobelli
By Whose Hand features Lyon and Weeks on Pullman train
Ben Lyon stars as a spontaneous newspaper reporter who falls for Barbara Weeks aboard a speeding Pullman. The mystery and melodrama unfold with eleven other passengers on a Columbia produced thriller directed by Ben Stoloff with a strong supporting cast.
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Ben Lyon
Alaama Theatre
Ullman
Yyon
Columbia
Lyon
Barbara Weeks
Miss Weeks
Ben Stoloff
William V. Mong
Nat Pendleton
Dwight Frye
Helene Millard
Ethel Kenyon
William Halligan
Kenneth Thompson
Tom Dugan
Lorin Baker
Dolores Rey
Broadway
Blondell and Brent Star in Miss Pinkerton at Alabama
Joan Blondell and George Brent headline Miss Pinkerton shown at the Alabama theatre Sunday. The serial adaptation of Mary Roberts Rinehart’s novel promises fine storytelling, settings, and direction by Lloyd Bacon with a superb cast and Blondell in a standout leading role.
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Joan Blondell
George Brent
Miss Pinkerton
Alabama Theatre
The
Alabama
Mary Roberts Rinehart
America
Saturday Evening Post
Lloyd Bacon
Telit
Public Enemy
Union Depot
Stage Stars In Cast of Almost Married
Four Broadway stars head the Fox picture Almost Married opening next Wednesday at the Houston theatre. Violet Heming Ralph Bellamy Alexander Kirkland and Allan Dinehart headline a human mystery thriller centered on a devil's triangle with a high wattage New York stage lineage.
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Houston Theatre
Violet Heming
Ralph Bellamy
Alexander Kirkland
Allan Dinehart
Miss Heming
George Arliss
Kirkland
New York Theatre Guild
Dinéharts
Belasco
Hollywood
Mad musician in opera tale inspires deadly love
A mad musician portrayed by Kirkland believes true love is possible only through killing the one he loves. William Cameron Menzies directed the production and the cast and crew have returned to Birmingham. Local social notes list visits and travels among Mrs. Will Bishop, Miss Leonora Hatcher, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. McGar and families, Nellie Holman, Mrs. K. K. Williams, Miss Melliso Willems, Mrs. W. A. Parrish, Lucile Parrish, Jittie Rebecca Parrish, L. Filey, Mrs. Ed Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Fa Howell, Aubrey Strickland, and others visiting or residing in Birmingham and surrounding areas.
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Kirkland
William Cameron Menzies
Birmingham
Will Bishop
Washington, D. C
W. 3F. Lanier
Leonora Hatcher
Dethan
M.M. Hatcher
Atlanta
Nellie Holman
KK. B. Williams
Briss Melliso Willems
Panama City
W. A. Parrish
Mies Lucile Parrish
Jittie
Rebecca Parrish
Midiana City
Hartford
L. Filey
Bsopeheppy
Fia
Mire
Ed Stevene
Hartford Visit of Mrs Shaffer Weed and Family
Mrs Shaffer Weed and her children have been visiting her parents Mr and Mrs H T Holmen in Hartford.
Million Dollar Legs at Strand Delivers Farce and Fun
Opening Sunday at the Strand for three days, Million Dollar Legs packs a star lineup led by Jack Oakie and W. C. Fields with Lyda Roberts and Susan Fleming. In a Klopstokia set tale, Oakie recruits Olympic athletes to fund a nation’s bank balance while Mata Mahree stirs romance and political plots. The film promises broad comedy, athletic spoofing, and crowd-pleasing nonsense.
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Jack Oakie
Fields
Lyda Roberts
Ben Ipin
Susan Fleming
George Ancroft
Miriam Hopkins
Paramountews
Bill Cody
Wynne Gibson
Clara Deane
Pat O'Brien
Paramount
Strand Theater
W. C. Fields
Ben Turpin
Hank Mann
Hugh Herbert
Lyda
Red Headed Woman Opens Sunday at Houston Theatre
Jean Harlow stars in Metro film Red Headed Woman opening Sunday at the Houston Theatre. Harlow changes her hair to red for the title role as a stenographer whose ambition and sex appeal drive her to wealth and power, leaving broken hearts in her wake. The film, adapted by Anita Loos and directed by Jack Conway, features Chester Morris Lewis Stone Leila Hyams Una Merkel Henry Stephenson May Robson Charles Boyer and Harvey Clark in a lavish production spanning small towns to New York and Longchamp racecourse scenes.
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Jean Harlow
Houston
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Katharine Brush
Miss Harlow
Fiarlow
Anita Loos
Jack Conway
William Haines
Barrymore
Arsene Lupin
Chester Morris
Miracle Man” Fame
Lewis Stone
Leila Hyams
Una Merkel
Henry Stephenson
New York
Cynara
May Robson
Letty Lynton
Charles Boyer
Harvey Clark
Longchamps
Paris
Expressive legs key in Alice Adair film break
Alice Adair, a 21 year old dancer from Pauls Valley Oklahoma, who has spent five years in Hollywood, wins a chance to appear in Frank Borzage's A Farewell to Arms with a credited bit focusing on her legs. She hopes this leads to a regular contract and a possible career as a comedienne.
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Hollywood
Alice Adair
Alice
Frank Borzage
Mouthpiece opens at Houston Theatre with Warren William
Warner Bros film The Mouthpiece directed by James Flood and Elliott Nugent opens next Friday at the Houston Theatre. Warren Williams leads a large cast as a reforming prosecutor turned defender of criminals after a wrongful execution. Sydney Fox and Aline MacMahon co star in a story based on a New York legal figure, noted for sharp dialogue and tense action.
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Warner Bros
Houston
Warren William
New York
Frank J. Collins
William
Acust
James Flood
Elliott Nugent
Flood
Nugent
Fiood
J. C. Nugent
Sydney Fox
Aline MacMahon
Mise Fox
Strictly Tighonnrabie
Mier Fox
Celia Faraday
Wilam
Sounkman
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