Lassie Come Home Opens At Center Theatre In Four Day Run
The Technicolor drama Lassie Come Home opens today for a four day run at the Center theatre. It follows a collie named Lassie on a thousand mile journey to reunite with her young master in the English and Scotch countryside, featuring Roddy McDowall Donald Crisp and a cast led by Dame Magritty Edmund Gwenn Elsa Lanchester and Elizabeth Taylor.
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Eric Knight
Center Theatre
Roddy McDowall
Donald Crisp
Father
My Valley
Dame Magitty
Edmund Gwenn
Nigel Bruce
Elsa Lanchester
Ben Wester
Elizabeth Taylor
J. Patrick O’malley
Lassie
Dame Mae Whitty
Hollywood Behind the Scenes Sparks from War Era Gossips
Hollywood chatter traces Kathryn Grayson visiting Sawtelle veterans hospital to cheer Lt. Thomas Moore, a Winston-Salem playmate, and notes his two planes named after her. Edie Ward sports a black eye from boxing with his wife. Betty Grable wigs intrigue. Betty Hutton returns thinner after flu.
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Hollywood
Kathryn Grayson
Veteran's Hospital
Sawtelle
Thomas Moore
Winston-Salem
N. C
Katie
Africa
Zelma
Kathryn
Zelma Hedrick
Germany
France
Italy
Bulgaria
Red Skelton Stars in Whistling in Brooklyn Comedy
Red Skelton appears as Wally Benton The Fox in Whistling in Brooklyn set in Brooklyn. A beautiful reporter meddles in Red’s fake marriage to Ann Rutherford while tangling with police and a mob of gangsters. Rags Ragland plays Red’s adviser as the plot twists through romantic and murder mystery elements.
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Red Skelton
Wally Benton
The
Fox
Brooklyn
the Center Re
Ann Rutherford
Jean Ims
Red
Ann
Ragland
Jean Rogers
Brooklyn Bridge
Center Theatre
Church praises Roosevelt leadership in London dispatch
The Church of England Newspapers in London lauded President Roosevelt for his international leadership. It also said New York Governor Thomasey ceased being isolationist only when events made it ridiculous.
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Roosevelt
London
Church of England
Gov. Thomasey
New York
Army Nurses Doff Hats To Wounded Men In Pacific
Three Army flight nurses at a central Pacific air base praise wounded soldiers. They recount helping dress wounds on long flights from Gilberts to Hawaii and say evacuees included Army, Navy, and Marines with over 100 patients. Messages note swift evacuation, nurses loading planes and even sharing soup and coffee with pilots.
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Central Pacific Air Base
INS
Gilberts
Hawaiian Islands
Lila Jorgensen
Minnesous
Frances Morgan
Dallas
Tex
Margaret Reeve
Atlanta
Army
Navy
Duhn
Lieut. Reeve
Euro
l_nes
Morgan
Reeve
Jorgensen
Canton
Mrs. Roosevelt
Ration Tokens to Counterfeit Safeguards in Production
Cincinnati plant Osborne Register Co. will mass produce new dime size red and blue ration tokens for the Office of Price Administration. Production aims for 20 million daily and rising to 50 million. work secret, with Secret Service scrutiny and fluorescent coating to deter counterfeiting.
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Cincinnati
INS
Office of Price Administration
George J. Nealeans, Jr
Cleveland
OPA
Osborne Register Co
U. S
Secret Service
Center Today Through Wednesday Matinee at Local Theater
A lineup features Lassie Come Home with Roddy McDowell and Edmund Gwenn, What's Cooking Doc Merrie Melody, Into the Clouds Technicolor reel, Bond premiere Gung Ho with Randolph Scott and Grace McDonald, Whistling in Brook Lyn with Red Skelton, Home Defense Disney cartoon, and Kid in Upper Four. Latest News previews and Thursday Friday showings.
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Lassie
Roddy McDowell
Edmund Gwenn
Merrie Melody
Randolph Scott
Grace McDonald
Whistling
Brooklyn
Red Skelton
Anne Rutherford
Daily Screenings and Serial Features Overview
The listing notes a mix of films and serials including Mine Sweeper by Richard Arian and Jean Parker, Mormon Specialty Somewhere in Egypt cartoon, News of the Day with Wednesday Thursday Calling Dr Death, Chaney and Patricia Morrison, plus Friday’s Outlaws of Stampede Pass with Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton and The Phantom. Also mentions No Muttin for Nut Tin and a short Letter to a Hero.
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Richard Arian
Jean Parker
Egypt
News of the Y
Shursday
DR. Death
Chaney
Patricia Morrison
Miranda
Cise
Stampede Pass
Johnny Mack Brown
Raymond Hatton
Nuttin
No Excep tions and Night to Remember In The Newsreels
Universal News lists Tonight through Saturday showings with headlines for No Exceptions and Night to Remember starring Loretta Young and Brian Aherne. The slate includes Mr Lucky with Cary Grant and Laraine Day, and Sahara featuring Humphrey Bogart plus a late show.
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Guadalcanal
Preston Foster
Lloyd Nolan
Victory
Helen Sing
Universal News
Loretta Young
Brian Aherne
Toon
Occupations
MR. Lucky
Cary Grant
Laraine Day
Novelty
Sahara
Humphrey Bogart
Jee Stooge
Masked Marvel
Ms Late Show
Kathryn Grayson
Gene Kelly
Tarzan's Triumph and classic features on Rialto bill
The Rialto lineup lists Tarzan's Triumph with Johnny Weissmuller and Frances Gifford alongside Fly In the ointment and Kingdom of Treasure. Fox Movietone News presents Two Tickets to London with Michele Morgan and Alan Curtis, plus Rationed Rhythm and Corny Concerto. Wednesday offers Somewhere I'll Find You and No Exceptions with Clark Gable and Lana Turner. Friday shows Carson City Cyclone and a Super Mouse cartoon with Ted Powell in a musical lineup including Hit Tune Jamboree.
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Rialto
Tarzan
Johnny Weismuller
Frances Gifford
Phanasy
Kingdom of Treasure
Fox Movietone News
London
Michele Morgan
Alan Curtis
Merrie Oe
Ednesday
Clark Gable
Lana Turner
Susie the Gorilla Seeks a Husband in Zoo Matchmaking
The Cincinnati Zoo plans a suitor for 18 year old Susie the gorilla who weighs 405 pounds and stands five feet two. Eligibles include Bamboo from Philadelphia Zoo 17 and 400 pounds, Bushman 505 pounds and 15 from Lincoln Park, and Ngagi 17 from San Diego. About 37,000 new students join the U S Cadet Nurse Corps.
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Cincinnati
Susie
Cincinnati Zoo
Philadelphia
Lincoln Park
Chicago
Bushman
Ngagi
San Diego
Calif
Production of Counterfeit Tokens Soars at Hidden Plant
A vast output of counterfeit tokens is created from material produced at an undisclosed eastern plant and shipped to Cincinnati for processing. Numerous punch presses churn out red and blue disks in astronomical quantities.
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Eastern
Cincinnati Works
Navy Lt Fish and Sgt Starr Nab Narcotics Ring In Africa
Vineland Lt Alexander S. Fish and Sgt Lawrence D. Starr pursued a Moroccan underworld narcotics ring to recover 11 688 morphine tubes stolen from the U S Army Medical Corps and arrest nine ring members. They posed within the drug trade, risking death in a perilous wartime undercover mission.
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Vineland
N. J
INS
Alexander S. Fish
Lawrence D. Starr
New York
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Stars and Stripes
Fish
Provost Marshall General
Division of Criminal Investigation
Starr
Clever Boy Sells Chair To Its Owner
A 15-year-old Vancouver boy acted as a salesman, reselling an easy chair to its owner. He walked into a furniture store and claimed his mother wanted him to sell it. The dealer valued the chair at $15 and later realized the chair had never left the store.
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Vancouver
Wash
Netherlands Bible Society to prepare national edition
The Netherlands Bible Society plans a new edition of the Bible aiming to become a national edition for all denominations. Dutch newspapers report cooperation from various Protestant denominations to replace the Statenbijbel, a Synod Bible completed in the past.
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Netherlands Bible Society
Holland
Amsterdam
Het Algemeen Handelsblad
Syndicate Deposit Secures Rendezvous in Den Meeting
Lem and Starr could not meet the syndicate price until they offered $1000 in marked bills as a deposit. The gang accepted and arranged a rendezvous. Sergeants followed from their office to the meeting in Den where an underworld police intervention occurred.
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Lem
Fish
Starr
Den
Pin-Up Girls Rally Against Army Ban on Cheesecake In Papers
New York showgirls defend using glamorous photographs in Army newspapers despite a directive to avoid risqué images. Imogen Carpenter Christine Ayres and Virginia Mayo argue such photos boost morale and aid recruitment, while others warn the policy threatens press freedom and homey camp atmosphere.
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New York
U. S
Iceland
India
Army Vs
Bowie
Imogen Carpenter
Ziegfeld Follies
Christine Ayres
Virginia Mayo
Yank
Army
War Department
Eve Ambers
Women Students Form Aviation Club at Pembroke College
Pembroke College Brown University women students form an aviation club as a pioneering effort among women colleges. Since November, the group has attracted over 40 undergraduate members.
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Aviation
Providence
Pembroke Lege
Brown University
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