The Great Waltz at Paramount and Shirley Temple at Broadhurst
The Great Waltz opens today and Monday at the Paramount with Luise Rainer Fernand Gravet and Miliza Korjus in a Strauss story set in Vienna with a 90 piece orchestra. Shirley Temple is billed to appear in Just Around the Corner at the Broadhurst theater today.
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High Point Enterprise
Piedmont Center of Industry
High Point
North Carolina
Paramount Theater
Shirley Temple
Alexander
Broadhurst
Vienna
Luise Rainer
Fernand Gravet
Miliza Korjus
Paramount
Strauss
Gravet
Poldi
Miss Rainer
Vienna Woods
Imperial Opera
Franz Josef
Miss Korjus
Carla Donner
Song Bird
Hugh Herbert
Lionel Atwill
Bert Roach
Henry Hull
Blockheads at Rialto Promises Laughter and Classics
The Rialto shows Blockheads new Hat ch comedy with Stan Laurel and liver Hardy among the stars. Tuesday features The Life of Emile Zola with Paul Muni. Other nights present Gold Diggers in Paris and Juvenile Court plus Prairie Justice and Fighting Devil Dogs in 12 chapters.
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Blockheads
Stan Laurel
Liver Hardy
Tomorow
Rialto
Alr
Patricia Ellis
Miniambell
Billy Gilbert
James Nayson
Paul Muni
Emile Zola
Paris
Udy Valle
Rosemary Lane
Ums
Thorey
Paul Kelly
Rita Layworth
Frankie Darrow
Jalo
Bob Baker
Stan Laure
Oliver Hardy
Disney Color
Donald Crisp
John Litel
Music Land
Rudy Vallee
Hugh Herbert
Allen Jenkins
Frankie Darro
Fakir
Global car registrations rise and per‑capita ownership
Over the past decade car registrations increased by about 45 percent worldwide. Current estimates show roughly one car for every 48 persons, indicating expanding global vehicle ownership and use.
Street Sellers Display Prices From Windows Shoppers See Wares
Vendors in England place price tags atop their stalls so housewives can read from their windows. The practice helps customers compare goods without entering markets.
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England
Shirley Sings And Dances In Just Around The Corner
Shirley Temple stars in Just Around The Corner at the Paramount for a three day engagement. Claude Gillingwater as Uncle Sam Henshaw delivers an outstanding performance while Charles Farrell plays the architect parent to Shirley. Joan Davis Bert Lahr provide romantic comic support and Bill Robinson joins Shirley for a finale dance. The film features three new songs including This Is A Happy Little Ditty and I Love To Walk In The Rain.
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Shirley Temple
Paramount
America
Shirley
Uncle Sam” Henshaw
Claude Gillingwater
Uncle Sam" Henshaw
Charles Farrell
Fath
Joan Davis
Bert Lahr
Bill
Bojangles
Robinson
Lost arts of ancient crafts and metals noted
The making of malleable glass and the dye process for Tyrian purple are cited among historic crafts. The manufacture of Damascus steel is highlighted as another notable lost art.
US Airplanes in Army and Navy Total About 2700
The United States reports roughly 2700 airplanes in service split between the army and the navy. About 1200 are in the army and nearly 1500 in the navy.
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Navy
United States
Army
Marx Brothers Return in Room Service at Paramount
After a year away the Marx Brothers return in Room Service at Paramount and critics call it their funnies fast laugh vehicle yet. The comedy features a real plot with suspense and the three brothers’ zany antics sharpened by Morrie Ryskind’s script, following earlier collaborations like A Day at the Races and A Night at the Opera.
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Paramount
Morrie Ryskind
United States Leads Global Piano Production
The United States remains the world’s top piano maker, producing over 100000 instruments annually, a leading figure reflecting its long standing prominence in musical manufacturing.
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United States
The Great Waltz and Room Service At Paramount Theaters
This week at Paramount Theaters features Luise Rainer and Fernand Gravet in The Great Waltz on today and Monday, with Man's Greatest Friend and Pete Smith News. Also on Tuesdays and Wednesdays the Marx Brothers in Room Service with Lucille Ball and Frank Albertson, Hal Kemp Orchestra, Racing Pigeons, and Spotlight. Thursday through Saturday presents Shirley Temple in Just Around the Corner with a cast, They Live Again, Petunia Natural Park cartoon and Paramount News.
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Luise Rainer
Fernand Gravet
Pete Smith
Paramount News
The
Marx Brothers
Lucille Ball
Frank Albertson
Hal Kemp & Orchestra
Shirley Temple
Charles Farrell
Joan Davis
Bert Lahr
Bill Robinson
Edgar Kennedy
Metro News
Dick Tracy
Roof Hen Coops In Lima Raise City Poultry
In Lima Peru hens are housed on flat rooftop coops atop low houses. Chickens hatch lay eggs and fatten for the table, forming a local urban poultry practice amid the city’s roofs.
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Lima
Peru
Carolina Shoppers Week at the Carolina Theater
The Carolina Theater in High Point announces Shoppers Week for December 11 featuring five days of films. Highlights include Letter of Introduction with Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen, Rage of Paris with Danielle Darrieux and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Part of Seven Seas with Wallace Beery and Maureen O'Sullivan, Saint in New York with Louise Hayward, and The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse starring Ed G. Robinson.
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Adolphe Menjou
Andrea Leeds
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Fox News
Daniell Darrieux
Paris
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Larry Clinton
Wallace Beery
Port OF Seven Seas
Maureen O'Sulivan
Frank Morgan
Saint
New York
Louis Hayward
Kay Sutton
DR. Clitterhouse
Edw. G. Robinson
Claire Trevor
Humphrey Bogart
Fox Hunt
Carolina Theater
High Point
Carolina
the Carolina
Danielle Darrieux
Douglas
Ed. G. Robinson
Alma College pay phone yields 99 pennies 47 slugs and four nickels
A pay telephone installed in Alma College dormitory in Alma Michigan produced 99 pennies 47 slugs and four nickels when opened for the first time this week.
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Alma
Mich
Alma College
Wing Lift Science Explained by Airflow Vacuum
The top surface of an airplane wing experiences most lift as airflow creates a partial vacuum above the wing. This lower pressure draws air downward, contributing to the overall lifting force alongside the bottom surface dynamics.
Mark Setting Musical Film Brought Back
Alice Faye Tyrone Power and Don Ameche star in Alexander’s Ragtime Band a sensational musical attraction returning to the Broadhurst Theatre for a three day engagement starting today. The Berlin score features 28 songs that topped hits and the film traces three decades of American music through a fictitious band.
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Aulexanders
Tyrone Powe Faye
Don Ameche Broadhurst
Alexander
York City
Music Hall
Broadurst Theater
Faye
Tyrone Power
Ameche
Berlin
Shakespeare
Sharpshooters at Broadhurst Aims for Thrill Seeking Cameramen
The film follows ace newsreel photographers Brian Donlevy and Wally Voon as they face danger for the thrill of the moment. Lynn Bari headlines the female lead with John King Douglas Dumbrille C Henry Gordon and Sidney Blackmer in supporting roles. The Camera Daredevils blend action suspense comedy and romance in the story.
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Broadhurst
Brian Donlevy
Wally von
Lynn Bari
Brain
Wally
John King
Douglas Dumbrille
C. Henry Gordon
Sidney Blackmer
Chicago firm reports first compensation for insulator break
Western Union Telegraph Company says a boy sent 15 cents for an insulator he broke on a line. The note claims a conscience letter from the boy signals belief the millennium is near. The firm notes this as the first compensation paid for damage from rocks and bullets over 60 years to 20 million insulators damaged on its lines.
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Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
Red Maples Fueled Early Pennsylvania Dye Trade
Red maples provided the blue dye supply for early Pennsylvania settlers, shaping local textile practices and trade routes. The Indigenous and settler interactions centered on color extraction and usage in household fabrics and trade goods.
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Pennsylvania
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Prairie Justice
Ase
Wild West
George Murphy
Rita Johnson
and Sheridan
Eve Arden
Ernest Cossart
Wallace Booey
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Port of 7 Seas
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Raha
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Don Ameche
Irvin Berlin
Bob Steele
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