The Shocking Miss Pilgrim opens in Houston with Grable
Betty Grable and Dick Haymes headline a Technicolor musical at the Houston Theatre. The film features eleven newly discovered Gershwin songs sung by Grable and Haymes, set in 1870s Boston and tracing the rise of the first female typewriter. Supporting cast includes Anne Revere and Allyn Joslyn.
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Betty Grable
Houston
Dick Haymes
George
Gershwin
Twentieth Century-Fox
Miss Pilgrim
Houston Theatre
Boston
Cynthia Pilgrim
Prim Boston
George Seaton
William Perlbero
Tra Gershwin
Pemiberg
Ira
Dick Haymen
Fivermore
Anne
Beaton
Sweet Packard
Grable
Haymes
Betty
John Pritchard
Anne Revere
Allyn Joslyn
Gene Lockhart
Elzabeth Patterson
Elisabeth Risdon
Arthur Elds
Charles Kemper
Roy Roberts
Victoria Elizabeth James
Harry James
Twentieth Century Fox
Houston Theatre Today
The Farmer's Daughter and The Hit Parade Of 1940 Listings
The page lists films and showtimes for the week with Joretta Young and Joseph Cotton in The Farmer's Daughter on Tuesday Eddie Albert and Constance Moore in The Hit Parade of 1940 on Wednesday through Friday. Also featured are Terror Treat and Exla Here Cheater Myhe in The Lone Walk In Metrics and Midnight Show San Quentin, The Westerner with Gary Carper, and Mounty Soe with Lynn Roberta returning from military service.
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Constance Moore
Joan Edwards
Eddie Albert
Woody Herman
Charles Sarrett
Terror Treat
Exla
Tiersex
San Quentin
Gary Carper
The
Farmers Daughter New Comedy Hit At Martin Theatre
The new comedy Farmers Daughter arrives at the Martin Theatre with stars Joseph Cotten and Loretta Young supported by Ethel Barrymore Charles Bickford Rose Hobart and Tom Powers. Critics praise it as a lively tale from farm to Capitol with Life magazine naming it Movie of the Week and praise from Bill Rose and others. The article also mentions cellulose sourcing from wood pulp and care tips for rayon fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Theatre
Joseph Cotton
Loretta Young
Ethel Barrymore
Charles Bickford
Rose Hobart
Tom Powers
Bill Rose
the Eagle
Rose
Life Magazine
Toe Farmer
Cornfield
Capitol
Cellulose and Durum Wheat Roles in Food and Fiber
Cellulose, the solid part of plant cell walls, forms the basic material for rayon. Durum wheat is a spring wheat not for bread, but ideal for making the finest macaroni.
James Stewart Stars In Its a Wonderful Life at Martin Theatre
James Stewart plays a small town hero in his first postwar picture It's a Wonderful Life. Donna Reed co stars as George Bailey foregoes world travel to run a building and loan aiding decency. Lionel Barrymore and Thomas Mitchell also featured.
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James Stewart
Punna Keel
Lionel Barrymore
Donna Reed
Stewart
Miss Reed
Martin Theatre
George Bailey
George
Thomas Mitchell
Not a full headline due to fragment
Henry Travers plays a messenger from heaven helping Stewart make a momentous decision in a framed scene featuring an uncle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Travers
Heaven
Stewart
Ashford Negro Held On Larceny Charge
Ashford route two resident Louis Frank Hutchinson was jailed on grand larceny charges after city police arrested him Friday afternoon. The 19 year old was found in a stolen automobile on U S highway 84 east of Dothan, the car traced to N St Andrews Street in Ashford. The vehicle, driven about 1500 miles and slightly damaged, was returned to its owner Richard D Griffin of Newville and Dothan. Hutchinson is held without bond. In other news, chicken production on farms totaled over 647 million birds in 1946.
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Louis Frank Hutchinson
Ashford
Hutchinson
N. St. Andrews St
Richard D. Griffin
Newville
Dothan
New To
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Joretta Young and
Ritz
Gene Antry
Lynn Roberta
Gary Citi
Relph Bellamy
Anns Nin
Gilbert Roland
Gay Caveler
Anny Kaye
Brook
Ian Curtla
Gowber Hiluea
Ugh Besumont
Tormapy
Jimovie Dorey
Dorseya
Mu Soong
Walten
Seaton Wien
Perlberg
Puritan Mills, Inc
Atlanta 2
Bill Farmer
Gene Autry
United State
Piers
Lynne Roberts H Patter
ZA Martin and
Davie Theatre
MD Det Hay
Amu
Ashford Negro
Autry
Lynne Robe Sterling
Cass County
Republic
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