The Human Comedy Opens At Center Theatre
The Human Comedy adapted from William Saroyan plays at Center Theatre. Mickey Rooney delivers a standout performance as the younger Macauley son in a story of a poor but spiritually rich American family with Ma Macauley Fay Bainter and Marcus Van Johnson in key roles.
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William Saroyan
Center Theatre
Mickey Rooney
Andy Hardy
Macauley
Ma Macauley
Fay Bainter
Marcus
van Johnson
Loc
Frank Morgan
James Craig
The
Ofice
Craig
Marsha Hunt
Donna Reed
Jack Jenkins
Filmdom
Dorothy Morris
Theaters Hero This Week At The Center
A rundown of current film offerings across Center shows, featuring The Human Comedy with Mickey Rooney and Frank Morgan, Amazing Mrs Holiday with Arthur Treacher, Deanna Durbin, and a mix of newsreels, serials, cartoons, and musical numbers across Tuesday through Saturday venues.
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Center Today
Mickey Rooney
Frank Morgan
Center
Mrs. Holiday
Arthur Treacher
Deanna Durbin
March of Time
Bill Jack
Adolph Hitler
Paramount News
Who Made God A Reflection On Faith And Doubt
A short reflective piece near a church ponders the unanswerable question Who made God and the limits of human reason. It contrasts atheistic doubt with faith and cites Tennyson, Saint Paul, and biblical language to argue that belief can be known through faith despite lack of proof. The author aims to comfort boys in service and readers at home.
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God
Zeus
Reader
Alfred Tennyson
Saint Paul
Damascan
Mars Hill
Robert Ingersoll
Chinese Soldier Targeted By Hazing At Camp White
At Camp White Oregon Pvt Jay Jon a Chinese soldier faced daily hazing from barracks mates who mocked him with the phrase Americans crazy. They dumped him head first in a GI can nailed his shoes to a rack floor and gave him hot foots. Another Chinese soldier later explained the phrase means Americans very crazy people.
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Camp White
Ore
Jay Jon
Jon
The Amazing Mrs Holliday at Center Theatre
Deanna Durbin stars in The Amazing Mrs Holliday at the Center theatre this Thursday. Action centers on San Francisco society with sequences of peril after Japanese incursions and features Edmond O'Brien Barry Fitzgerald and Arthur Treacher. Five Durbin vocal numbers are woven into the plot.
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Deanna Durbin
Mrs. Holliday
Center Theatre
San Francisco
Orient
Deanna
Edmond O'Brien
Barry Fitzgerald
Arthur Treacher
Juccini
Fritz Kreisler
Alice Mattullath
Nevin and Stanton
Madame Chang
Parolee Held In Twin Slayings In Cleveland
A reform school parolee is held without charge in the slaying of 3-year-old twin boys James and Char Collins and an assault on a nine-year-old in a Cleveland suburban area. Gov Bricker pledges state aid to curb delinquency as authorities investigate the case and the suspect's background.
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Cleveland
Reform School
Frank W. Story
John W. Bricker
State Welfare Department
Gov. Bricker
James
Char Collins
Henry Hagert
T Youth
Jack Buchanan
City Food Inspector &. B. Banan
Hagert
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