Theaters Schedule This Week At Center Broadway Areas
The ad lists cinema showings across multiple theaters including Dixies in Technicolor with Crosby and Lamour, Humphrey Bogart in Action in North Atlantic, and Bob Steele in Riders of Rio Grande. It notes cartoons, newsreels, serials, and stage acts with dates Wednesday through Saturday and features like Air Force, Hello Frisco Hello, and Tarzan New York Adventure.
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DIXIE
Crosby
Dorothy Lamour
Pete Smith
Fala
North Atlantic
Humphrey Bogart
Raymond Massey
Broadhurst
Joe E. Brown
Judy Canova
Beach
Loony Tune Cartoon
Chicago
Jinx Falkenburg
Joan Davis
Popeye Cartoon
Bob Steele
Tom Tyler
Victory Reel
Black Dragon
Tin Pan Alley Cats
Paramount Today
AIR Force
John Garfield
Gig Young
Universal News
Falcon
George Sanders
Rson
Bonnie Baker
Tommy Eynolds
Frisco
Alice Faye
John Payne
Ozzie Nelson
Popular Science
Guy
Dick Foran
All Star Comedy
Rialtonday
Sportlight
Fox Movietone News
Hoot Gibson
Ken Maynard
Overland Mail
Screen veterans find work in new films
Hollywood reports many screen veterans employed in current pictures. In a Leon Errol comedy Jack Mulhall and Pat O’Malley play hotel clerks while Eddie Borden appears as a bellhop and J Farre ll is involved in the production.
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Hollywood
Leon Errol
Jack Mulhall
Pat O'Malles
Eddie Borden
J. Far
Story Roles Noted in Classic Films
Rell MacDonald is described as an elevator starter and Mildred Harris with Julia Faye play nurses in The Story of Dr Wassell. Kit Guard appears in the ensemble. Preston Sturges uses a stock company of 15, including William Demarest Victor Patel Franklin Pangborn Frank Moran Robert Warwick and Chester Conklin in Hail the Conquering Hero.
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Rell MacDonald
Dr. Wassell
Mildred Harris
Julia Faye
Cemille
Kit Guard
Preston Sturges
William Demarest
Victor Patel
Franklin Pangborn
Frank Moran
Robert Warwick
Chester Conklin
Gershwin Opposed Biopic Before Death
Hollywood reports that George Gershwin resisted making a film about his life and music. Producer Jesse Lasky recalls Gershwin saying any biopic should wait until age sixty, a moment never reached due to Gershwin’s 1937 death two years after the remark.
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Gershwin
Hollywood
George Gershwin
Jesse Lasky
Lasky
Pelican and Indians Feature in Fractured Ocean Image
A surreal fragment notes a four foot pelican and the Osage Indians with odd imagery. It mentions oil wealth and African catfish, with phrases about swamps and upside down swimming, all in a disjointed travel through a world stage.
Bing Crosby stars in Dixie opening four day run
The musical drama Dixie opens a four day engagement at the Center headlined by Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour with Marjorie Reynolds Lynne Overman and Raymond Walburn. The film recreates 1850s minstrel entertainment with Dan Emmet shaping the Virginia Minstrels and features six well known tunes including Dixie Dan Tucker Turkey in the Straw Buffalo Gals Rose of Summer and Swing Low Sweet Chariot.
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Center Theatre
Bing Crosby
Dorothy Lamour
Marjorie Reynolds
Lynn Overman
Raymond Walburn
Bing, Dottie
Dixie
Center
Lynne Overman
Hollywood
America
Virginia Minstrels
Dan Em
Movie Estates Go Begging For Owners
Hollywood notes that Harold Lloyd's appeal to lower his home’s assessed valuation was denied again, revealing how only early stars built and enjoyed vast estates. His mansion valued at a quarter million sits on 17 acres once costing over half a million, with fountains, greenhouses, a private golf course, pools, and elaborate grounds now seen as relics of a bygone era.
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Hollywood
Harold Lloyd
Los Angeles
Lloyd
Bill Barnum Wears Same Costume After 25 Years
Hollywood veteran Bill Barnum aged 67 reprises his frontier role in Frontier Bad Man wearing the same suit boots and hat from Riders of the Purple Sage. The wardrobe choice astonishes the department and is noted as a rare instance of unchanged measurements in Hollywood.
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Bill Barnum
Hollywood
War Picture Here Thursday Stars Bogart
A premiere of Action in the North Atlantic will be shown at the Center Theatre Thursday. Directed by Lloyd Bacon the wartime drama features Humphrey Bogart Raymond Massey Julie Bishop Alan Hale Sam Levene Dane Clark and Ruth Gordon in a story praised by maritime officials as the most honest war picture.
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North Atlantic
United States Merchant Marine
Humphrey Bogart
Center Theatre
Lloyd Bacon
Raymond Massey
Julie Bishop
Alan Hale
Sam Levene
Dane Clark
Ruth Gordon
Lavish establishment holder laments taxation and sale
The owner recalls building a lavish estate, living there briefly, then selling or leasing to stars. Lloyd says there is no chance to lease or sell now, and he cannot continue without tax cuts. He notes his situation differs from ordinary Americans due to pre tax concerns in the film colony.
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Happy Days
Lloyd
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