This Week at Theatres A Packed Screen Schedule
The week features Joan Fontaine and Mark Stevens in From This Day Forward followed by Trap Happy cartoon. Lana Turner and John Garfield star in The Postman Always Rings Twice with House of Dracula and Popeye cartoon cartoons. Multiple dual features include A Letter for Evie and Popular Science novelty, and Friday Saturday sparklers like Hawaii Calls and Valley of Zombies. Also see Cowboy and the Lady today, Thunderhead, Son of Flicka, Gentle Annie, and Counter Attack among other headlines and serials.
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the Postman
Lana Turner
John Garfield
Louis K Liggett Dies at 71 in Washington
Louis K Liggett founder of the Liggett drugstore chain and United Rexall Drug Company died Wednesday night in Washington. The Rexall network includes 600 retail stores and serves 10 000 independent Rexall druggists in America and Canada.
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From This Day Forward Opens at Center Starring Fontaine
A romance about a young married couple faces trials including Bill’s legal troubles and wartime return. Joan Fontaine plays Susan the bookstore clerk opposite Mark Stevens as Bill with a strong supporting cast. Director John Berry presents a lively slice of life with humor and resilience.
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Mark Stevens
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Susan
Rosemary DeCamp
Henry Morgan
Wally Brown
Arline Judge
Renny McEvoy
Bobby Driscoll
Mary Treen
Queenie Smith
Doreen McCann
Erskine Sanford
John Berry
Goveror Schoeppel Pays 16 Cents For Pie Milk
Surprise Manhattan Kansas report says a college student waiter asked for payment from Governor Andrew F. Schoeppel. The governor paid 16 cents after the waiter quipped a rhyming line about the pie milk and the governor.
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Ohio Opens 86,183 Acres For Public Fishing Season
Ohio lists 495 lakes ponds and canals totaling 86,183 acres open to public fishing this season. The figure highlights state access for anglers and reflects preserved water bodies across multiple counties.
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Ohio
Hollywood Buzz From Clubs to Camaraderie
Hollywood columnist Harrison Carroll surveys nightlife and stars. Bob Waterfield’s confrontation outside the Hollywood Swing club ends with a missing wristwatch. John Payne Gloria De Haven and daughter travel to Roanoke Va after The Razor's Edge. Olivia de Havilland and Maj Joe McKeon romance rumor denied. Paulette Goddard backs teenager Yvette Linnell’s singing career. Susan Hayward turns down pay for twins in Smashup. Perry Como eye trouble from studio lights. Lana Turner fashion and work plans noted. Sabu takes four weeks off after Korda picture. Red and Edna Skelton and Frank Borzage recover a trailer. Steve Crane funds scholarships at Wabash and Crawfordsville. Shorts include Phil Silvers, Langs dating, Bennett mattress, Gene Kelly’s brother testing, Neall and Lane wedding anniversary, Ben Blue stores, Sibyl Rowan to return, Ozzie Nelson in Tenafly. Joe Cotten slated for London stage tied to The Voice of the Turtle.
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Europe
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Vicki
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Postman Always Rings Twice at Center with Turner and Garfield
Lana Turner shines as Cora Smith opposite John Garfield in a grim love tale of murder and retribution. The MGM adaptation of James M. Cain’s novel highlights Turner and Garfield in their strongest career moments alongside Cecil Kellaway in a supporting triangle.
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Aid GI students in Indianapolis under GI bill provisions
Indiana veterans enrolled in schools under the GI bill will receive state advances on federal subsistence funds until the Veterans Administration issues checks. A Council of State Governments poll finds over 2000 Indiana veterans in financial distress due to delayed VA subsistence payments.
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New York brothers cash $80 allotment and spend spree
Two brothers aged 13 and 8 in Binghamton New York told police they cashed an $80 government allotment check and spent $40 on toy drums walkie talkies igloo hats belts flashlights and a watermelon, outlining an odd spree. There were 2450 deaths from firearms accidents in 1944.
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Dracula at Broadhurst Reunites Classic Monster Cast
Horror film Dracula screens at the Broadhurst today through Tuesday. Lon Chaney Jr. stars as the Wolf Man with John Carradine as Count Dracula and Glenn Strange as Frankenstein's Monster alongside the Mad Doctor and Hunchback. Martha O Driscoll appears as the lab aide with Lionel Atwill and Ludwig Stossel in supporting roles.
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Wolf Man
John Carradine
Count Dracula
Glenn Strange
the Broadhurst
Dracula
Glenn: Strange
Martha O'Driscoll
Bank Failures Rise in Early Depression Years
Across 1929 and 1930 the United States saw a sharp rise in bank failures, with 551 failures in 1929 and 1345 in 1930, reflecting escalating financial distress during the onset of the Great Depression.
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