Roy Acuff Stars In Night Train To Memphis At Martin Theatre
Famous radio and hillbilly star Roy Acuff headlines the film Night Train To Memphis at the Martin Theatre. Co stars include Lindsey Ptountain Boys Adele Mara and Lane. The show, tied to Acuff’s personal appearances during the War Loan drive, drew praise for action and singing. Proceeds supported a war bond drive with substantial funds raised.
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Roy Aculf
weMeartin Theatre
Nodey
Memphis
Ray
Sindsey Ptountain Boys
Angstay Tollyteagh
Ahi Lane
Adele Mara
Sten
Saiire
Roy
Picuire
Aciff
Wiregrazs
WSM
Grand Ole Opry
Martin Theatre
Dothan Exchange Club
Joy Acuff
Smoky Mountain Boys
Allen Lane
Badman's Territory Opens at Martin Theatre Wednesday
Randolph Scott stars as a Texas sheriff who leaves his badge to pursue his reckless younger brother in the outlaw era of the Oklahoma Panhandle. Ann Richards plays a determined newspaper woman urging residents to petition Congress for territorial status and eventual statehood, with Gabby Hayes in a supporting role.
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Oklahoma Panhandle
Martin Theatre
Randolph Scott
Ann Richards
George “Gabby” Hayes
Scott
Texas
Miss Richards
Oklahoma
Congress
Coyote
George “Goooy
Mages
Marl Rowley
Henryetta Alcott
Outlaw Era Film Promises Colorful Western Action
A melodramatic Western tale pits outlaws against reformers amid clashes with famous bandits of the era. The Houston Theatre screens today and tomorrow with a starry cast including Hayes Tierney and Abbott.
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Arta
Thia
James Boys
Daltons
Dalton
Coffeyville
Hayes
James and
Janie Gets Married stars Iwan Leslie and Robert Hutton
A revisit of the earlier Janie follows with Joan Leslie as Janie and Robert Hutton as her bridegroom. Veteran supporting players Edward Arnold Ann Harding Hattie McDaniel Dick Friedman appear in a story about the tribulations of Janie’s first year of marriage and its complications in Horsetonville with a discharged Army man.
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Janie
Joan
Leslie
Robert Hutton
Edward Arnold
Ann Harding
Hattie McDaniel
Dick Frdman
G. O
Onder
Horstonville
Abbott Castello In Film Today And Monday
Abbott Castello, the short, fat member of the screen’s most public comic team, draws theatergoers in Universal’s The Naughty Nineties starring Costello and Gallagher. Castello’s appeal is likened to a hot cake soaking up butter as fans enjoy the duo on screen today and Monday at Houston
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Houston Pheatre
Abbott. Castello
Houson
Troy- Castello
Universal
Costello
Pardon My Past at the Ritz Theatre Today
Fred MacMurray stars in Pardon My Past at the Ritz with a dual role and Marguerite Chapman. The second feature is Phantom Cowboy with Lew Cody. The program also shows So Goes My Love with Don Ameche and Myrna Loy, Rendezvous with William Gargan, Letter For Evie with Marsha Hunt and John Carroll, Strange Triangle with Signe Masso, Utah Kid with Bob Steele Hoot Gibson and Ken Maynard, Song of Mexico with Adele Mara and Jim Barrier, Northwest Mounted with Russell Hayden, and Pass Key To Danger with Stephane Bachelor and Tim Mera.
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Fred MacMurray
Ritz
Bob Steele
Hoot Gibron
Ken Maynard
Adele Mara
Jim ‘Barrier
Russell Hayden
Northwest Mounted
Stephane Bachelor
Tim Mera
Costello’s rise from studio laborer to stage star
The text traces Costello starting with gloves and savings of $200 to buy a car, driving to Hollywood where he worked as a studio laborer. He later joined a Broadway burlesque troupe, met Abbott, and teamed with Bud for the most remunerative period of his career.
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Costello
Hollywood
Abbott
Bud
Theatre Schedule Preview for Marsha Munt and Sione Hasso
Wed and Thu feature Marsha Munt with John Carrol in A Letter From Evie and Sione Hasso in Strange Triangle. Friday showcases Bob Steele and Hoot Gibson in Utah Kid along with Adele Mara and Jim Barrer in Song of Mexico. Saturday presents Russell Hayden in Northwest Mounted and Stephane Batchelor with Adela Mara in Pass Key To Danger.
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Marsha Munt
John Carrol
Evie
Sione Hasso
Russell Hayden
Northwest Mounted
Stephane Batchelor
Adela Mara
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Dothan
Sendas
Hag
At Moon
Rduff Roy Ac
Ue Ohie” News
Martin
Bud Abbot
Mecor
Fies
New Jersey
Powarsatt
Plave
Houston Theatre
Janie Gets Married
Iwan Leslie
Ander
Myrna Loy
DON Ameche
William Gargan
Maria Palmer
Cowboy
Lew Cody
Ritz Theatre
Roy Acuff
Peter Lorre
Jean Leslie
Charles Starrett
Bonita Granville
Tom Conway
Charles Boyer
Jennifer Jones
Mars Brothers
Casablanca
Marguerite Chanman
Myrna. Loy
Don Amechee
My Love
Wm. Gangan
Hoot Gibson
Utah
Kid
Jim Barrer
Mexico
Tom Drake
Janet Blair
Gene Antry
Rockies
Tan
LSU Dobert Hutton
Anm
Harding Sonerwy
Mattie McPanetl
Bite Eran
Amartin
Bavis Theatre
Matinee
Price
Alan Lane
Orchestralcon
Crildren
Ender
Boc
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