Vintage Cartoon and Stardom Show At Center Today
Readable items list Mickey Rooney Judy Garland appearances and variety acts from early theater listings. Included are Universal shorts and Merrie Melodies cartoons with names like Porky Pig and Diddle Diddle. Other notes mention serials, Newsreels, and stage acts from the era.
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Mickey
Judy Garland
Robert Ryan
Tom Neal
Aldrich
Jimmy Lydon
Char Smith
Smith
Merrie Melody Cartoon
Diddle Diddle” Scott
Adolph Menjon
Pete Smith
ERS
San Joaquin
Mack Brown
Boer
Ethel Waters
Universal Ght
Guibert
Frank Fay
Variety
Leon
Mary Beth Hughes
Iles Boyer
Joan Fontain
Eee
Union Pacific
Barbarawyck
Joel McCrea
Edward G
Marguerite Chapman
Victor
Pamela Blake
Chief Newlyrts
Victory
Porky
Movietone News
Jack Benny
la Lane
Rts Reel
Ednesday
Udette Colbert
Paulette
Fox Movietone News
Gibson
Ken Maynard
Edgar Kennedy
Daffy
Behind The Rising Sun at Center Theatre Wednesday
A four day run opens Wednesday at the Center Theatre for Behind The Rising Sun based on James R. Young’s book. The film portrays Japanese militarism and a cross section of life with six main characters, including J. Carrol Naish and Tom Neal as a father and son, with Margo as the son’s love interest.
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James R. Young
Don Douglas
Margo
Tom Neal
J. Carrol Naish
Japan
Center Theatre
Cornell
New Order
Garbage trucks in Burlington carry odd sign reading Used Vitamin Convoy Service
In Burlington Vermont garbage collection trucks display a sign that reads Used Vitamin Convoy Service prompting curiosity about the message and its meaning as residents notice the unusual wording on public vehicles.
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Burlington, Vt
Girl Crazy Opens At Center With Gershwin Scores
The Gershwin musical comedy Girl Crazy opens at the Center today featuring Gershwin favorites such as Embraceable You and I Got Rhythm. Mickey stars as a fun loving youth who reforms at Cady College and helps save the school while Judy, dean's granddaughter, becomes his love interest.
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Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Tommy Dorsey
Center Theatre
Rags” Ragland
Guy Kibbee
Nancy Walker
Robert
Strickland
George Gershwin
Saaeney
Wogether
Mickey
Cady College
Arizona
Judy
Dean
July
Gil Stratton
Robert E. Strickland
June Allyson
Germans Press Tito's Forces In Eastern Bosnia
Marshal Josip Broz Tito's guerrillas face pressure from superior German troops across eastern Bosnia Yugoslavia. In one clash Broz's forces killed 20 Germans and wounded 33 with cavalry support in western Bosnia, while Yugoslavs ambushed a German column in northwestern Croatia, killing 30.
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London
Josip Broz
Tito
Bosnia
Yugoslavia
Army of Liberation
Broz
Croatia
Bavaria
Balkan
Associated Press
Cairo
Italy
Behind the Seen Hollywood Gossip and Scandals
Hollywood gossip notes cover lawsuits over fame and mistaken identities, marriages, and aliases. Dinah Shore and George Letz romance notes hint at secret marriage risks while stars like Alda Ameche Huston Britton and Moguy face personal setbacks and dramatic on set incidents.
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Dinah Shore
George Mont
Dinah
Fanny Rose
George
George Letz
the Montgomery
Laughs at Paramount Over Technicolor Rain Bow Island Mud Scene
Eddie Bracken and Gil Lamb developed rashes from mud used in a Rain Bow Island scene. Bracken has facial irritation while Lamb shows it where he sits.
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Paramount
Eddie Bracken
Gil Lamb
Rainbow Island
Eddie
Lamb
Hollywood Hi Jinks In 1940s Club Scene
George Kelly of the Yacht Club Boys owns a General Eisenhower jacket framed in his living room as a souvenir after a tailor in Africa botched it. Dietrich wears a gold lame cape in Kismet that shorted a cable and showered sparks. Belita teams with Ann Miller dancer Bill Shawn. The Bambucho rhythm by Emil Coleman at the Mocambo grows popular as Arthur Murray adopts it. Helen Vinson dances with Lt. Robert Williams at the Biltmore Bowl. The Andrew:
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Hollywood
George Kelly
Yacht Club Boys
General Eisenhower
Africa
Kelly
Dietrich
Sparks
Belita
Ann Miller
Bill Shawn
Emil Coleman
Mocambo
Arthur Murray
Helen Vinson
Robert Williams
Biltmore Bowl
Andrew
Showgirl Bunny Waters toWed Johnny Green in Picture
Showgirl Bunny Waters, six feet tall, will bow to her bridegroom Johnny Green. Jerry Cooper to sing the song likely to appear in a Mickey Rooney-Sidney Miller picture Hot Rhythm. Universal intervened to stop Susanna Foster from trimming her hair for nurses training. Luew’s State New York offered George 17000 for a two section Vietins or io Leon ss coms Ai anea tatlie Gea.
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Bunny Waters
Johnny Green
Mickey Rooney
Sidney Miller
Jerry Cooper
Universal
Susanna Foster
Loew
New York
George
Io Leon
Film Stars and Oscars News from a Holiday Season
Jimmy Van Horn reports a 200 foot reel of 16 millimeter film featuring Maria Montez confessing love to Jean Pierre Aumont. Ingrid Bergman discovers Clark Gable’s favorite table at a Ventura Boulevard restaurant. Henry Hull travels between Texas Missouri New York to visit family amid Lifeboat wrap up and air corps ties. Academy cancels dinner for awards night, favoring theater presentation.
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Jimmy van Horn
Maria Montez
Jean Pierre Aumont
Ingrid Bergman
Ventura Boulevard
Clark Gable
Henry Hull
Ton, Tex
Shete
Hull
Missouri
Henry, Jr
New York
Joan
Air Corps
Hollywood Hazards and High Spirits in 1940s Scene
Reports warn overcrowded Hollywood gatherings risked fires and injuries with packed rooms and tight spaces. Celebrities and club members mixed with dancers and composers as new diaries, marriages, and industry honors surfaced amid liquor store promotions and a surge of women in U.S. lumber jobs.
Germany Used 2500 Dogs to Locate Wounded in World War I
Germany employed about 2,500 hospital dogs during World War I to locate wounded soldiers on the battlefield aiding medical teams and saving lives amid brutal combat.
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Germany
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