Tender Comrade Opens Four Day Run At Center Theatre
Ginger Rogers stars with Robert Ryan in a romance of a war wife Jo Flanagan who marries Chris Jones then follows him to khaki and overseas. Jo works in a defense plant and joins other service brides as housing and transport woes mount. Supporting players include Ruth Hussey Patricia Collinge Kim Hunter Ma Christians Jane Darwell and Richard Martin.
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Ginger Rogers
The
Center Theatre
Robert Ryan
Miss Rogers
Jo Flanagan
Los Angeles
America
Chris Jones
Europe
Chris
Chris, Jr
Ruth Hussey
Patricia Collinge
Kim Hunter
Ma Christians
Jane Darwell
Richard Martin
Robert
Ginger
In Old Oklahoma Comes to Center Theatre
Center Theatre screens In Old Oklahoma Thursday through Saturday with John Wayne Martha Scott and Albert Dekker. The film follows Cathy Allen who writes a shocking 1906 book and is drawn to rival oil men Jim Gardner and Dan RS as a boomtown conflict unfolds over Indian territory leases.
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Old
Oklahoma
Center Theatre
John Wayne
Martha Scott
Albert Dekker
Cathy Allen
Miss Scott
Cathy
Jim Gardner
Husky
Sapuipa
Jim
The
Bougainville Casualty Estimates From Solomons Action
In Bougainville on March 29 Maj. Gen. Oscar W. Griswold reports 3,506 Japanese bodies counted since March 8 with total enemy casualties since the November landings exceeding 8,000. He notes many killed by artillery are behind lines and estimates 15,000 Japanese at campaign start, now halved, with American casualties not reported.
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Bougainville
Solomons Islands
Ata Bay
Oscar W. Griswold
Movie Industry Marks 50th Anniversary With Restored Classics
The article notes the film industry will observe its 50th anniversary in April by restoring old titles. It recalls Edison’s 1894 kinetoscope debut in a New York shoe store, credited to George Eastman for the film strip, and the Tate brothers’ early demonstrations that drew crowds and income.
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Jack O'Brian
New York
Thomas Alva Edison
Broadway
Edison
George Eastman
Rochester
Kodak
Eastman
Alfred ©. Tate
Bertram M. Tate
Alfred
DEA
Bert
Keystone
Rip van Winkle
George Melies
Will H. Hays
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Earth
Eart
Theaters This Week Showings and Film History Notes
A slate of features and cartoons for the week includes Tender Comrade, In Old Oklahoma, Here Comes Elmer, Raiders of Sunset Pass, Northern Pursuit, Swing Shift Maisie, and Texas Rangers Ride Again. The article traces early cinema origins, from Fred Ott to Kinetographic Theatre and the rise of restored silent films via the Library of Congress Restore Films project.
Egypt’s Palm Trees and Ancient Illumination Origins
Egypt possesses over five million date palms. Wax candles likely originate from Phoenician times. Oil lamps trace back to several thousand years before Christ.
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Egypt
Smoke Rings and Swing Ballads Recall 1940s Hits
A RCA Victor companion album to Up Swing surveys popular ballads from 1936 to 1943. Eight bands are represented with new vocalists, including Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, and Ella Fitzgerald era names. The piece notes Moon Love and All The Things You Are among the featured tunes. Red Cross asks readers to give more in 1944.
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Clyde Ee
Helen Forrest
Artie Shaw
United Artists
RCA Victor
Victor
America
Benny Goodman
Helen Ward
Tommy Dorsey
Larry Clinton
Claude Debussy
Ben Wain
Tchaikovsky
Sammy Kaye
Clyde Burke
Freddy Martin
Clyde Rogers
Duke Ellington
Ivie Anderson
Skip Neene Modernaires
Kenny Seeks Postponement of National Democratic Meet
In Sacramento on April 1 General Robert W. Kenny urged Democratic Chairman Robert Hannigan to move the Democratic national convention from July 19 to July 24. He also hinted at legislation to shift California party conventions from July 20 to July 24 and noted Texas holds its primary July 22, after the convention was set.
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Sacramento
Calif
State
Robert W. Kenny
Robert Hannegan
Kenny
California
Texas
Impossible for California delegation to reach Chicago convention
The speaker warned the Ca delegation cannot make the Chicago convention on time if the ent schedule proceeds, signaling potential constraints on attendance and event timing.
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Chicago
Bougainville resumes films after two week lapse
On Bougainville Salome Islands films resume tonight after a two week blackout. Japanese airstrip actions at Piva and Torok prompted a ban in March to avoid drawing enemy fire. Major General Oscar W. vonold said reconnaissance indicated Japanese presence and approved the return of screenings.
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Bougainville
Salome Islands
Apri
Piva
Torok
Oscar W. Wold
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