Pardon Us Laurel and Hardy Comedy Heads to Houston
The first feature length Laurel and Hardy film Pardon Us opens Friday at the Houston Theatre. In a prison school setting James Finlayson teachers with a four cornered hat while Oliver Hardy endures tricks. The duo bring a string of schoolroom pranks and jail capers on a tour of laughs for the audience.
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Weil
Laurel
Mardy
Houston ‘Theatre
James Finlayson
Hataschea
Laure
Hardy
Parr
Laurel and Hardy
X Marks the Spot Explores Modern Reporters at Houston Theatre
Tiffany Productions presents X Marks the Spot at the Houston Theatre on Wednesday. Director Eric Kenton describes the contemporary newspaper man as hard working and principled, steering away from old stereotypes. Lew Cody stars as managing editor with Wallace Ford as war reporter, Fred Kohler as the heavy, and Sally Bians, Mary Nolen, Josie Coad in female roles.
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Tiffany Productions
Houston
Eric Kenton
Meat
Snen
Kenton
Diag Grame
Lew Cody
Wallace Ford
Fred Kohler
Sally Bians
Mary Nolen
Josce Coad
Inquiry Into Wage Slashing Demanded by House Leader
Washington February 3. Chairman Connery of the House Labor Committee urged an investigation into wage cuts by large industries still paying dividends. He cited figures showing wages down 40 percent since 1929 while living costs rose about 3 percent since 1975, and proposed a congressional inquiry under Representative Condon to base anti-cut legislation.
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Washington
Anserting
Connery
House Labor Committee
Massachusetts Democrat
House Ruler Committee
Representaive Condon
Labor Department
Norma Shearer stars in Private Lives at Houston Theatre
The screen version of Noel Coward’s Private Lives opens at the Houston Theatre for three days with Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery co starring. Reginald Denny Uwe Merkel Jean Hersholt and George Davis have prominent roles in this farce about a divorced couple remarrying and sharing a second honeymoon with comic clashes and verbal and physical skirmishes. The production is noted for its satirical tone and lively onstage quarrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel Coward
Manhattan Audisneen
Houston Theatre
Norma Shearer
Robert Montgomery
Gertrude Lawrence
Reginald Denny
Uwe Merkel
Jean Hersholt
George Davis
Aulies
Aken
Mpoures
Mies Shearer
Montgomery
Victroia Records
Miss Merkel
Denny
Ikewise
Last Ride Offers Rugged Entertainment For Families
The Last Ride opens at the Alabama Theatre with a strong cast led by Frank Mayo as Don Piccards and Dorothy Revier as Lits Avaro. Duke Warne directs a convincing tale by Arthur Hoertz, delivering tense melodrama and a punchy, virile tone that differs from conventional love stories.
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Alabama Theatre
Duke Warne
Arthur Hoertz
Don Piccards
Frank Mayo
Lits Avaro
Dorothy Revier
Charles Morton
Young Reporter
Virginia Crown Faire
Movie listings mix from Hicks and Montgomery shows
The page outlines weekly film runs at multiple theaters including Stars like Norma Shearer Robert Montgomery Lew Cody Sally Blane Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper Lionel Barrymore Kay Francis Dorothy Reveryn Dorothy reversal details show private lives jokes and serials with Fridays Sundays and next week lineups across Universal Fox Metro News theatres in Alabama and nearby cities.
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Hotston Sun
Twes
Normea Shearer
Robert Montgomery
Rick
Universal News
Lew Cody
Sally Blane
Tootin
Fox News
Sal
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Wallace Beery
Jackie Cooper
Alabama Sun
Norma Shearer
Houston
Aubrey Smith
Kay Franela
Lionel Barrymore
Alabama
Wallace Ford
Mary Nolan
Dorothy Revier
Charles Morton
Pardon Us
Stan Atic End
Oliver Herdy
Houston Ler
Guilty Hands secrecy fuels film set with dramatic stunts
Bayard Volker and W. S. Van Dyke guard Guilty Hands filming with keep out signs and secret precautions. Lionel Barrymore stars in a thriller about a criminal lawyer who kills to spare his daughter from unhappiness, with a climactic twist that shocks audiences. The Alabama Theatre opens the mystery Sunday with Kay Francis and a large supporting cast including Madge Evans and C Aubrey Smith.
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Bayard Volker
W. 8
van Dyke
Lionel Barrymore
Kay Frascis
Madge Evans
William Bakewell
C. Aubrey Smith
Polly Moran
Alan Mowbray
Forrester Harvey
Charles Crockett
Henry Barrows
Turkish reform plan outlined by Gillespia in Birmingham
A Birmingham dispatch reports Julian E Gienple II, a commercial attaché in Constantinople, praises Turkey’s leader Mustapha Jemal Pasha and outlines reforms for the Turkish republic. The quote highlights progress under the Pasha regime and notes hopes for continued modernization. The item appears among a line of ads and notices from Eagle Want Ads.
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Birmingham
Julian E. Gienple
Constantinople
Udore Mustapha Jemal ” Pasha
Turkey
Gillespia
Hig
Pasha
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Calor
Beatrice Hudson
Winifred Birickland
Laone Fuddell
Alippera
Natalie Heon
Carolyn Pierson
Elizabeth Blanchard
Henry D. Hand
North Foster Street
Greeley Gardena
Trent
Mgein
Neal Cow Ltd
New York
London
Jean Beesholt
Uns Merkel
Teday
George O'Brien
Gordon Rich
Kay Francis
Madge Erana William Bakewell, C. Apiney Smith
Polly Mesum
Spot
The
Chureh
Castoria
Eagle
George Washington
G & Malone
Watford
Vunder
Dothan
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