Out Of This World at Martin Theatre Monday and Tuesday
Filmusical featuring Eddie Bracken Veronica Lake Diana Lynn premieres Monday at Martin Theatre. Previews praise a starry lineup with Carmen Cavallara Ted Fiorito and Olga San Juan as specialty acts plus a Bing Crosby vocal tease by Bracken. Diana Lynn drives plot with Eddie Bracken as rising radio voice. sales controversy tied to contract.
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Martin’ Theatre
Gaga
Eddie Bracken
Veronica Lake
Diana Lynn
Carmen Cavallara
Ted Fiorito
Henry King
Ray
Diana
Eddie
Western Union
Lynn
Bracken
Tim Theatre
Tecemoane
Ted Fiorno
Cass Daley
Olga San Juan
Nancy Porter
Theatre Amusements Schedule Highlights
Local theater listings show multiple today through Sunday performances from stars like Joan Slavic Jack Haley and Cornel Wilde. Notable titles include Gedoge Whitorial A Thousand And One Nights The Great Stage Board Robbery and The Falcon in San Francisco plus late shows and Sunday matinées.
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Martin
Osle
Joan Slavic
Jack Haley
Gedoge Whitorial
Eddie Brackin
Diana Bynn
Pvelyn Reyes
Cornel Wilde
The Martin Continues Showing Pictures Of Servicemen
The fifth group of Houston county servicemen’s pictures to be shown on the Martin screen includes Bernice Faulk Hughes Hughes Clark Lewis Benefield Howell Windsor Taylor Purvis and others. The group will be shown with the regular film program on Thursday Friday and Saturday.
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Houston County
Martin
Thetare
Bernice T. Faulk
USA
Hubert G. Hughes
Usn
Buford L. Hughes
Raymond Paul Clark
John F. Lewis
Irby Daybe Benefield
Chalker Howell
Cox
P.F.C
Jack G. Windsor
John T. Taylor
Alvah R. Purvis
Martin-Davis Plans Negro Theatre Here
Rufus Davis and co owner announced plans to begin construction of a theatre for Negroes on West North Street opposite the government housing project for Negroes. Groundbreaking is slated for October 1.
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Martin-Davis
West North Street
Rufus Davis
Duke of Paducah to Perform at Ritz Theatre
The Duke of Paducah will bring a hillbilly stage show to the Ritz Theatre on Thursday September 2 with a full company of singers and musicians. A motion picture, A Wave, A Wac and A Marine, featuring Elsie Knox and Henry Youngman, will be shown in conjunction with the performance. The act is described as clean, fast comedy with rustic songs and ample stage wit, based on a long-running radio and stage career.
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Whitey Ford
Duke of
America
Ritz
Alton Gridiron Coach Speaks on Navy Vet and Life
A Western Academy coach named Lanwens addresses Alton fans about a Navy veteran and the role of football in life. The remarks underline resilience, teamwork, and community values shaping the program.
Joan Davis and Jack Haley Star in Geo Whites Scandals
Joan Davis and Jack Haley headline the new musical comedy Geo Whites Scandals with Gene Krupa and his band. The Martin Theatre shows feature romance plots between Haley and a spinster sister, Dickey and Martha Holliday, and a series of musical numbers by Yellen Fain Brown Henderson Harline and Ethel Smith. Robotic rhythm and chorus ensembles highlight the production with Krupa solos and a vaudeville burlesque finale.
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Joan Davis
Jack Haley
Geroge ‘White
Gene Frupp
Martin Theatre
Miss Davis
Haley
Star Comics
Phillip Terry
Martha Holliday
Jack Yellen
Sammy Fain
Krupa
Lew Brown
Ray Henderson
Beverly Wills
Leigh Harline
Miss Holliday
Ethel Smith
Kuwarti Plans Water Supply From Bazra for Ira n City
The city of Kuwarti Iran population 80000 will depend on water shipped 256 miles by barge from Bazra Iraq. Davis says a new theatre is planned with seating capacity and will show the same pictures as downtown theatres. Negro vaudeville units will be booked with regular shows.
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Kuwarti
Iran
Bazra
Iraq
Atre Chain
Dothan
Davis
1001 Nights Brings New Type Fantasy To Martin Screen
Advance notices preview the Technicolor fantasy of Alibaba and the woodsy satire of old Bagdad in Aladdin Cornel Wilde and Princess Armina Adele Jergens. The Martin Theatre engagement features Wilde becoming a matinee idol Keyes a top comedienne Silvers in his comic rise and Jergens headed for Hollywood fame in this glamorous era tale.
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Bagdad
Corns] Wilde
Evelyn Keyes
Phil Silvers
Adele Jergens
Martin Theatre
Cornel Wilde
Hollywood
Aladdin
Frank Sinatra
Armina
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Forest Rangers
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van Johnson
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Medelene Carroll
Ilonder
Presory
Lane Turner
Larathe Troy
Lupin Peters
Duka
Paduca
Duncan Renaldo
al Pearce
Dale Evans
Pluwith Shantee
Frances
Langford
Guy Kibbe
Jamboree
WSM Grand Ole Opry
Paducah
Spud Davis
Tennessee Volunteers
Pretty Boots Altman
Duke of Paducah
Grand Ole Opry
Wovkra
Durty Anderson
Arnines
Cheery
Pamon Abdullah
Phi
Evelyn
Keyes
Tim
Lanwens
Geo. White
Orchestera
Crilderen
Fred
Paulette
Susan MacMunnay
Coogaro- Mine
Jms
Pallett
Mareth Shumate
Thelen Strubel
George Brarsmall
Toll
Lionel Barrymore
Madeline Carrol
Adsession
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George White
Glenn Tryon
Bettejane Greer
Gene Krupa
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Ray Weble
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