Thousand Cheer at Center Theatre Captivates Cast and USO Highlight
Kathryn Grayson stars in Thousand Cheer a Technicolor musical romance at Center Theatre with Gene Kelly Mary Astor John Boles and Mickey Rooney. The film features an extended USO show at an army camp with performances by Judy Garland Lena Horne Kay Kyser and others and ends with a United Nations song finale.
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Center Theatre
Kathryn Jones
Kathryn Grayson
Mary Astor
Boles
Kathryn
Gene Kelly
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Iturbs
Red Shelton
Donna Reed
Lyn Maxell
Margaret O’brien
Frank Morgan
Dr. Gillespie
Ann Lucille Ball
Marsha Hunt
Eleanor Powell
Lena Horne
Benny Carter
Virginia O'Brien
June al
Gloria DeHaven
Bob Crosby
Kay Kyser
Jose Iturbi
United Nations
Miss Grayson
Kelly
John Boles
Ben Blue
Frances Rafferty
M Elliott
Frank Jenks
Frank Sully
Dick Simmons
Ben Lessy
Joan Crawford in Above Suspicion at Center Theatre
Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray star in Above Suspicion a spy hunt comedy drama about honeymooners mistaken for tourists who must locate a missing British agent in Germany The film features Conrad Veidt Basil Rathbone and Reginald Owen and runs for three days starting Thursday at Center Theatre.
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Joan Crawford
Fred MacMurray
Center Theatre
ogni = MacMurray
Germany
Conrad Veidt
Basil Rathbone
Reginald Owen
Foreign Intelligence
Europe
Gestapo
New Cars to Save Gas Say Chemist at Socony Lab
Dr Carl ton H Schlesman of Socony Vacum Corp Paulsboro laboratories predicts by 1953 Americans will ride in lightweight automobiles using only half the gasoline of present models. The designs aim to match the dwindling crude oil supply.
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NEW York
INS
Carlton H. Schlesman
Socony-Vacuum Company
Paulsboro Laboratories
Comedy and Sports Reels Highlight Midweek Screen
A quirky mix of features runs this week including Golf Limited sports reel and a Merrie Melody cartoon A Feud There Was. Abbott and Costello headline Wednesday night with IT AIN'T HAY. plus Football Thrills and Baby Puss. Fox Movietone News frames Friday Saturday with Lightning Bill Carson and Gandy Goose cartoons. Champions Carry On and Over the Wall Brevity round out the program.
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Merrie Melody
Ednesday
Abbott and Costello
Smith Specialty
Fox Movietone News
Bill Carson
Gandy Goose
Theaters This Week Offer Classic Films and Stars
The schedule lists "Thousands Cheer" with Katharine Grayson and Gene Kelly, "The Price of Rendova" by Victory Short, and Friday Saturday shows "Above Suspicion" with Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray. Also listed are "Ted Wems" novelty, "Practical Joker" comedy, and latest news.
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Kathrryn Grayson
Gene Kelly
Joan Crawford
Fred MacMurray
Ted W ‘Ems
Pistol Packin Mama and Moonlight in Vermont At Local Theatres
Weekly listings show ADHURST and surrounding venues presenting Pistol Packin Mama featuring Ruth Terry and Bob Livingston, New Prisoners New Men, Figaro and Cleo, Moonlight in Vermont with Gloria Jean and Fay Helm, Ozark Sportsman, Inside Fighting China, California Joe with Don Barry and Helen Talbot, The Price of Rendova Victory Short, Prunes and Politics, Edgar Kennedy Comedy, and The Phantom Serial in a News of the Day rhythm.
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Adhurst
Ruth Terry
Bob Livingston
Figaro
Cleo
Walt Disneyee
Ednesday
Vermont
Gloria Jean
Fay Helm
Ozark
China
World Action
California
Joe
Don Barry
Helen Talbot
Edgar Kennedy
Lady Takes A Chance and More At Paramount Schedule
Paramount presents a mixed lineup including Lady Takes A Chance with Arthur and John Wayne, sci specialty Universal News, Aldrice Haunts A House, Climbing the Peaks sports reel, Itch In Time Merrie Melody, Scattergood Survives A Murder, Early Bird Gets The Worm, Women In Sports Technicolor reel, Crime School with Bogart and Dead End Kids, Masked Marvel serial, Inkie and Minah Bird cartoons, Higher And Higher with Michele Morgan and Frank Sinatra, Mystery Of The 13th Guest with Purcell and Carradine, Reason And Emotion, Mermaids On Parade, Fox Movietone News, and Something To Fight.
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Paramount
Arthur
John Wayne
Universal News
Aldrice
Jimmy Lydon
Charlie Smith
Merrie Melody
Scattergood
Guy Kibber
Margaret Hayes
Bird
Women In Sports
Humphrey Bogart
Dead End Kids
Masked Marvel
Inkie and Minah Bird
Michele Morgan
Frank Sinatra
Rialto Today
Dick Purcell
John Carradine
Walt Disney Cartoon
Fox Movietone News
Sharkey the Seal Delights Boston Crowd With Tricks
INS reports Sharkey the Seal wowed Boston audiences with five foot leaps and radio chatter. Trainer Mark Huling, based in Kingston, reveals Sharkey learns rapidly in group settings and performs up to 50 shows yearly, eating 10 pounds of boneless fish daily.
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Boston
Sharkey
Seal
Mark Huling
Kingston
M. Y
Huling
Catalina Island
Calif
Ray
Three Airmen Die in Fortress Crash Near Alexandria
Three members of a Flying Fortress crew from the Alexandria army airfield were fatally injured when their plane crashed 15 miles southwest of Alexandria. Six other crewmen parachuted to safety after the pilot ordered bailout from 3,500 feet following engine failure reports.
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Alexandria
Here
Guy F. Hix
Hix
Secret German voice beam weapons reported
Radio reports claim German troops employ voice transmission beams only six yards wide at a mile distance, complicating interceptions.
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New York
INS
Gas Overcoats Akron Explain Absorbs Gasoline Leaks
A Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co official explained a synthetic absorbent material used to soak up gasoline leaks after a fuel tank is pierced and before the hole seals itself. The product arrests spills and reduces fire risk.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire BS Father Co Co
French Warship Somali Launched at Wilmington Del
The destroyer escort Somali, last of six built for the Fighting French, was launched at Dravo Shipbuilding yard Wilmington Del this afternoon. Mrs Harold Sheets of New York christened the vessel named to honor a tribe of French Somaliland natives.
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Wilmington
Del
Dravo
Harold Sheets
New York
Socony Vacuum of Co
Ian
Babies born in single night at Japanese relocation center near Lamar
Medical authorities at the Japanese relocation center near Lamar Colorado disclosed that 11 babies were born in one night. The busiest individual outside of Ol Man Stork was Dr. W T Carstarphen, head medical officer.
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Lamar, Colo
INS
Lamar
Colo
W. T. Carstarphen
Portable pipelines aid rapid fuel and water supply in North Africa
Portable pipelines in 20 foot sections were deployed to move fuel and water quickly during the United Nations North African campaign.
Highest U S Rail Pass Reaches 11320 Feet At Divide
A Colorado line claims the highest railway elevation in the United States at 11 320 feet above sea level on the continental divide. Locals note the altitude marks a rare engineering feat and challenge for trains serving the route through the mountains.
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United States
Continental Divide
Colorado
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