Hell's Island at the American thrills in wartime setting
Columbia Pictures presents Hell's Island at the American Theatre with Jack Holt Ralph Graves and Dorothy Sebastian in a dramatic tale set in the French Foreign Legion in French Guiana The film features desert marches raids a military tribunal and an exotic Algerian cabaret Also on the program Mack Sennett's all talking comedy Fat Wives occupies the bill.
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French Foreign Legion
Hell's Island
Columbia Pictures
Jack Holt
Ralph Graves
Dorothy Sebastian
Jo Swerling
Hell’s Island
French Guiana
Legion
Sahara
Kentucky Strawberries Help Farmers Clear Debts
Western Kentucky strawberry crop this season produced 212 carloads with a gross income of 525000 dollars. Growers received an average net of 4.25 dollars per crate. The first commercial shipment of raspberries and dewberries from western Kentucky was made this year. Growers plan to increase berry acreage next season.
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Paducah
Western Kentucky
Kentucky
Vitaphone Variety Act With Clyde and Bebbe Ends Offering
The program closes with Thin' featuring Andy Clyde and Marjorie Bebbe as one of the latest Vitaphone variety acts, paired with the Graham McNamee talking news segment to wrap up the offering.
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Andy Clyde
Marjorie Bebbe
Vitaphone
Acte
Graham McNamee
All Quiet on the Western Front at the Broadhurst
Universal brings All Quiet on the Western Front to the Broadhurst theater open Monday. The film adapts Erich Maria Remarque’s war novel with a cast led by Louis Wolheim as Katezinsky and Lewis Ayres as Paul, praised for its faithful and powerful portrayal of the story.
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Universal
Erich Maria Remarque
Broadhurst Theater
Remarque
Louis Wolheim
Captain Flag
Critica
Sisters at the American Theatre Opens August First
Critics praise the all talking drama comedy Sisters starring Molly O'Day and Sally O'Neil. The three day engagement at the American Theatre begins Monday August 1 with a lively New York life story and a romance sparked by census taker Eddie Collins.
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Molly O’day
Sally O'Neil
American Theatre
New York
Wild Company at Paramount Tomorrow
The all talking film Wild Company arrives at the Paramount theater tomorrow. Fox Movie tone presents H B Warner Frank Albertson Joyce Compton and Sharon Lynn in a drama about a rich youth drawn to a nightclub entertainer and involved in a robbery and murder, leading to his conviction.
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All Talking Screen
Paramount Theater
Wild Company
Fox Movietone
H. B. Warner
Frank Albertson
Joyce Compton
Sharon Lynn
John Stone
Bradley King
Miss Ikking
Ken Maynard Heads To American In Lady Luck Close Week
Ken Maynard brings action to the American Theatre with Lady Luck closing week showings Friday and Saturday. Director Harry Joe Brown previews the Uni versal release Sons of the Saddle featuring Doris Hill as leading lady and promises real action with no one spared.
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Ken Maynard
Harry Joe Brown
Universal
Sons of the Saddle
Doris Hill
Our Blushing Brides at Broadhurst with Crawford and Montgomery
The Broadway program notes announce Joan Crawford in Our Blushing Brides at the Broadhurst theater for the last three days of the week. Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, Dorothy Sebastian and Raymond Hackett head a distinguished cast as Crawford plays a Fifth Avenue department store model drawn to love despite temptations. The film is praised as timely and vividly true with a fast moving dramatic arc and a climactic ending.
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Joan Grawford
Broadhurst Theater
Robert Montgomery
Miss Crawford
Anita Page
Dorothy Sebastian
P Raymond Hackett
Fifth Avenue
Mill Onaire
Montgomery
Broadway
Hollywood
the Broadhurst
The Jade Box Opens Friday at Paramount
Louise Lorraine and Buck Perrin star in The Jade Box a Universal serial built on oriental mysticism The ten chapter story by Fred Jackson blends mystery adventure and romance with a striking occult Jade Box power First chapter to be shown with the opening
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Universal
Louise Lorraine
Buck Perrin
Paramount Theater
Fred Jackson
Jack Perrin
Cast of lead roles in Universal chapter film
The article notes lead roles supported by a strong cast led by Monroe Salisbury Francis Ford Wilbur S Mack and Leo White. Ray Taylor directs the production directing many of Universal's successful chapter plays.
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Monroe Salisbury
Francis Ford
Wilbur S. Mack
Leo White
Ray Taylor
Universal
Rough Waters at Paramount Theater Starring Rin Tin Tin
Rin Tin Tin stars in Rough Waters from Warner Bros Vitaphone opening Friday at the Paramount. A gang and a dockside showdown lead to a $100,000 cash haul and a tense chase with Lane Chandler Jobyna Ralston Edmund Breese and Walter Miller in support. John Daumery directs.
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Warner Bros
Vitaphone
Rin- Tin-Tin
Paramount Theater
Lane Chandler
Jobyna Ralston
Edmund Breese
Walter Miller
John Daumery
Fliers Dust the Skies in Mosquito Battle Over Managua
Naval fliers push dusting flights over Managua to combat malaria with powder dispersal. Aircraft squadrons carry out dusting during the rainy season as spraying crews target malaria carriers.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Athens Opens Greece’s First Electric Tire Repair Shop
Athens becomes the site of Greece’s first electrically operated tire repair shop as the Acropolis city marks a milestone in modern automotive service. The development signals a shift toward powered conveniences in the capital's urban economy.
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Athens
Plato
Greece
Eddie Lowe in Good Intentions at Paramount
Eddie Lowe delivers a hard boiled performance as a famed crook who reforms for a girl but cannot escape his past in the movietone drama Good Intentions. Marguerite Churchill and Regie Toomey lead a notable supporting cast under William K. Howard’s direction.
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Eddie Lowe
Edmund Lowe
Fox Movietone
Paramount Theater
Lowe
Rocides
Marguerite Churchill
Regie Toomey
Owen Davis, Jr
Hale Hamilton
Earle Foxe
J. Carrol Naish
Eddie Gribbon
Robert Mce- Wade
Pat Somerset
Henry Kolker
Georgia Caine
William K. Howard
Farm Bureau Doubles Perishables Sales in Louisiana
In Baton Rouge Louisiana the farm bureau selling exchange reports doubled perishables sales over the past year handling 742 cars of produce and delivering about 500000 dollars to farmers through the exchange system.
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Farm Bureau
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Farm Bureau Selling Exchange
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