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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1940

Page

18

Laugh It Off at Broadhurst delivers romance and comedy

A zesty musical comedy hits the Broadhurst for Tuesday and Wednesday with Constance Moore and Johnny Downs in a brisk romance. Veteran Ed gar Kennedy plays a judge amid luckless ex-stars who return to Broadway with swing dances and a musical revue.

Broadhurst Theatre Constance Moore Johnnyns Marjorie Ambeau Hedda Hopper Cecil Cunningham Janet Beecher Broadway Edgar Kennedy Ben Oakland Sam Lerner Paula Stone Broadhurst Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Johnny Downs Edw. Kennedy Pfriday Jesse James Roy Rogers Tracy Mr. Clyde Andy Clyde

Balalaika musical with Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey at Center

Hollywood stars Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey headline the Balalaika at the Center as a special Anniversary attraction. The musical features eleven numbers including a No Man's Land wartime reenactment of Holy Night with a 100-voice male chorus. Supporting cast includes Frank Morgan Charlie Ruggles Lionel Atwell and C Aubrey Smith. Spider web strands are noted as 0.00015 inch in diameter for some instruments.

Balalaika Nelson Eddy Ilona Massey Hollywood Ralalaika Miss Massey No Man's Land Eddy Frank Morgan Charlie Ruggles Lionel Atwell C. Aubrey Smith

Tuesday through Friday Film Schedule Highlights

The page lists weekly screenings and cartoon shorts featuring stars Laurez Belle Davis Paul Muni and Jackie Cooper. It includes King Kong and The Ghost Is The Bunk, serials, and musical acts. Fox News and Blue Montana Skies appear among Technicolor comedies and cartoons for a midweek lineup.

Jackie Cooper Fox News Montana Gene Auté Jean Errol Washington Rialto Today Robert Armstrong Fay Wray Bruce Cabot Popular Science Fredric March Gary Grant

Paramount Stage Presents South American Nights Extravaganza

Paramount brings South American Nights to High Point featuring 35 entertainers including ten dancers. The show blends novelty acts comedy and top singers with a bewitching chorus of Ten Glamorous Senoritas and the South American Band led by Carlos Venezuela. Also noted Mount Shasta photo record and U.S. tourist camp growth.

Paramount Ous Senoritas Carlos Venezuela Caracas Yv2rc New Yorker

Sonja Henie Stars in Everything Happens at Night at Center Friday

Sonja Henie stars in Everything Happens at Night opening a two day engagement at the Center. Ray Milland and Robert Cummings co star as her leading men in a tale of romance and intrigue set in Switzerland with political danger and stylish figure skating.

Sonja Henie Ray Milland Robert Cummings Soja Henie Sonja Switzerland Europe Warsaw London New York

Opportunity To Attend Theatre Anniversary Attraction

The Enterprise announces a birthday related treat for readers whose birthdays match the Center Theatre date January 30. This week the Center Theatre marks its first anniversary with three special attractions and continues to offer entertainment to the community.

The Enterprise Center Theatre

Birthday Guest Invitation to Center Anniversary Week

An EN reader requests to use The Enterprise offer to attend the Center as a guest during a special anniversary week this week. The note includes the user’s birthday on January 30 and asks for the address to complete attendance.

Birthday Offer For Center Theatre Patrons This Week

Those with January 30 birthdays, the anniversary of the Center Theatre opening, can view any attraction this week by cutting out the coupon, filling it out, and presenting it at the Center Theatre box office.

Center Theatre Center

Cary Grant Stars In His Girl Friday At Center

Cary Grant Rosalind Russell and Ralph Bellamy lead a fast paced comedy about romance and wit in His Girl Friday opening a three day engagement at the Center as part of Anniversary Week. Russell plays the central figure in a triangle while Bellamy and Grant push the plot through witty schemes.

Rosalind Russell Ralph Bellamy Escstatic Cary Grant Miss Russell Grant Bellamy Gene Lockhart Helen Mack Ernest Truex John Qualen Roscoe Karns Porter Hall Cliff Edwards

Colorado College Student Fights Speeding Charge in Court

Richard McKnight, a Colorado College student, presented a stack of equation-filled papers to the judge to argue he was not speeding. Traffic Officer Albert Peterson testified McKnight erred four blocks in calculating the chase distance, and the court imposed a fine of 812.50.

Colorado Springs Colo Richard McKnight Colorado College Albert Peterson McKnight

Anniversary Week At Center Features Classic Films

The Enterprise invites readers to free admission during anniversary week. Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell star in His Girl Friday on Monday through Thursday, Balalaika with Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey, and Sonja Henie in Everything Happens at Night Friday and Saturday. The Philadelphia zoo notes the only African pygmy elephant and echidna in captivity plus the oldest white handed gibbon.

Nelson Eddy Ona Massey Vincent Lopez Sonja Henie Ray Milland Robert Cummings Alfalfa Enterprise Center Cary Grant Rosalind Russell Ilona Massey Philadelphia Zoo Capaicity

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Sra Ilona Masey Ralph Bellam Emfer Ilona Massey Nelson Eddy Ibanila Ila Mika C.aubrey Smith Lionel Atwill Joan Kine Richard Cromwell Andy Devine Paul Muni Bette Davis Jaurez Fox Movietone News Betty Field Center Today Uncle Sam the Farmer Mick and Men Burgess Meredith Lon Chaney, Jr Bob Steele Universal News Gary Cooper Walt Disney Color Cartoon Bobby Breen Kent Taylor Color Cartoon Chas. Bickford Dorothy Day Dan Mcoo Kennedy the Great Carolina John King Slim Summerville Laurez Belle Davis Pete Smith Tom Neal Rita ‘Johnson Snow Follies Rangers Green Hornet Opeye Mount Shasta Army Air Corps Earth United States Ice Queen Another Center Tiney Aramount Featurin Otto Kruger Ona Munson
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