Alexander's Ragtime Band Opens Today at Paramount
The musical comedy makes its four day Paramount engagement led by Alice Don Ameche Tyrone power and others. The show headlines songs that topped hit parades and frame a story spanning three decades in American music.
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Don Ameche
Tyrone Re Bertin
Shakespeare
Eyacopation
A Farewell to Arms film praised by Paramount cast
A review lauds Paramounts A Farewell to Arms with Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes delivering gripping performances. The film adaptation of Ernest Hemingways wartime romance remains powerful, moving audiences with its honest portrayal of love amid conflict.
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Armas
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Italian ambulance corps in Victoria Be gins stage run
Helen Hayes stars as Catherine in Victoria Be gins. the Italian ambulance corps and Adolphe enjoy lead a strong supporting cast. The production is praised for convincing, vital performances and high standards set by the stars.
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Helen Hayes
Victoria
Catherine
Adolphe Enjoy
Shirley Temple Shines In Little Miss Broadway at Paramount
Shirley Temple delivers a lively performance filled with singing and dancing. George Murphy Jimmy Durante and Phyllis Brooks lead a strong cast as the musical comedy arrives at Paramount Theatre for Thursday through Saturday showings with new Bullock and Spina melodies and crowd-pleasing numbers like Be Optimistic and Little Miss Broadway.
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Edna Mae
Donald
Anaesthesia
Pete Smith
Record of Unprecedented January Rainfall in Kentucky 1937
In January 1937 Kentucky received about 45 billion tons of water. Records show exceptionally heavy precipitation across the state contributing to floods and widespread impact on farms towns and transportation. Weather officials note the unusual scale of the event for the month.
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Kentucky
Theaters This Week At Paramount And More
Multiple film lineups across Paramount Rialto and Carolina theaters feature stars such as Alice Faye Tyrone Power and Shirley Temple in varied titles including Ragtime Gamb, Little Miss Broadway and Pride of the West. Alphabetically scheduled days list cartoons bands and newsreels among the features.
Mel Ou Receives First Gift in 14 MLB Seasons
Chicagocknowledges popular reader poll as Mel Ou of the New York Giants earns a lifelong prize for top third baseman. The long awaited tribute marks his first gift in 14 major league seasons.
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Chicago
Mel Ou
New York Giants
Rouget de Lisle and the Marseillaise’s wartime reception
Rouget de Lisle, author of the Marseillaise, composed a song that became the opposing army’s battle hymn in a pivotal conflict. The anecdote highlights how a royalist figure’s work echoed through a revolutionary clash, shaping morale on both sides.
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Rouget de Lisle
Resolutionwt
The Saint in New York heads to Broadhurst theater
Louis Hayward stars as a smiling deadly killer in The Saint in New York. The film presents an unusual crusade against gangster overlords as New York authorities falter. Kay Sutton debuts as the mystery girl with a cast including Sig Rumanu and Charles Halton.
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Louis Hayward
Kay Sutton
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the Saint
Sig Rumanu
Paul Guilfoyle
Jonathan Hale
Frederic Burton
Ben Welden
Jack Carson
Charles Halton
Curt Bragdon
Wells Fargo Opens at Rialto With Epic Opening
The Rialto theater debuts Wells Fargo a romance starring Joel McCrea and Frances Dee with Bob Burns and a large supporting cast as a grand chapter in American history The program also features The Bad Man Of Brimstone starting Tuesday with Wallace Beery in a rugged Western saga alongside Dennis O Keefe and Virginia Bruce.
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Wells Fargo
Joel McCrea
Liord Nolan
Frances Dee
Bob Burns
Sportlight
Brimstone
Wallace Beery
Virginia Bruce
Bruce Cabot
Don Bester
the Auto Clinic
MR. Chump
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Lola Lane
St. Louis
San Franccisco
America
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Lloyd Nolan
Henry O'Neil
Porter Hall
Mr. Chump at Rialto Stages Thursday Only
Scat Davis and thampee share the honor with Lola Lane and Penny ton in Mr. Chump which plays Thursday only at the Rialto.
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Scat Davis
Thampee
Lola Lane
Pennyton
Mr. Chump
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Hypnotiz Comedian So Equestrian A at Broadhurst
Joe Penner stars in a three ring circus styled show blending hypnotism and equestrian tricks. He performs in a trance like state as the circus moves to a ranch and Penner must enter a cowboy obstacle horse race. The plot twists toward a climactic race with high thrills and laughs.
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Broadhurst
Dom
Penner
Lane
Ries
Stesward
Introduction Crave San Francisco and the swimming era
Peter Son, famed as a four time champion before turning to four stroke prowess, fought a 61 rout with Jim Corbett and introduced the Australian crawl to A swimmers in San Francisco.
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Peterson
Jim Corbett
Biodiversity Finds in Polar Land Reveal Diversity
In frozen regions by the Polar sea, researchers report 75 kk plants, five bat species, and two bum species discovered. The area shows an average surface temperature around 34 above zero and an average below 36 below.
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Tieta
Grant Land
Korean gimis barred from speaking to men except relatives
A historical note records that gimis in Korea were prohibited from speaking to all men except their relatives, reflecting strict social rules and gendered communication practices of the era.
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