Biscuit Eater Comes to Center Theatre Opening Tuesday
The Biscuit Eater film adaptation opens Tuesday at the Center Theatre telling of a boy who loves an outcast puppy and works to make him a blue ribbon winner while facing a family crisis. Ten year old Lee plays Lonnie McNeil with Cordell Hickman Helene Isard Richard Lane and Les Matthews in support.
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Center Theatre
James Street
Poppy Saturday Evening Post
Ily Lee
Tor
Street
Boharacter
Lonnie McNeil
Cordell Hickman
Helene Islard
Richard Lane
Lesr Matthews
Tugboat Annie on screen may find new leading lady
Hollywood reports the Tugboat Annie series may revive with a new star after Marie Dressler's death. Marjorie Rambeau is favored by the studios as a successor to portray the salty Salvage Captain, replacing earlier candidates like Elsa Maxwell.
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Paul Harrison
NEA
Hollywood
Annie
Cap'n Ullwinkle
Salamander
Kipper Annie Brennan
Marie Dressler
Y Metro
Actress rejects imitation and pledges personal style
The performer argues she is too busy having fun to imitate Dressler and would not replicate another actress's performance. She insists she can deliver a strong, original portrayal when she commits to a role.
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Dressler
Torrid Zone at Center Theatre with Cagney Trio
James Cagney Ann Sheridan and Pat O'Brien lead the comedy drama Torrid Zone opening Thursday for a three day run at Center Theatre. The tropical backdrop follows the American torch singer and card sharp amid banana plantation bosses with supporting roles by Andy Devine Helen VinsonJerome Cowan and others.
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James Cagney
Ann Sheridan
Pat O'Brien
Center Theatre
Cagney
O'Brien
Miss Sheridan
Card Sharp
Andy Devine
Helen Vinson
Jerome Cowan
Miss Rambeau Reflects On Tugboat Annie Role And Career
The actress discusses aging in makeup and her transition from stage to film since 1916, noting a long career from Broadway to Alaska. She recalls meeting Tugboat Annie creator Norman Raine and mentions Warner Brothers adapting the Raine stories after buying movie rights.
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Miss Rambeau
John Barrymore
San Francisco
Broadway
Juneau
Alaska
Tacoma
Annie
Northwest
Norman Reilly Raine
Raine
Warner Studio
Metro
Miss Raurbeau
Zombie Castle in Cuba Haunts and Laughs Cast
Paulette inherits an eerie Spanish castle off Cuba haunted by Haitian voodoo myths. Bob, a comic hero, and Paulette face ghosts as skeletons dance and a zombie appears, with Paul Lukas adding menace and Noble Johnson as the undead. The B picture becomes a surprise smash.
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Nanall
Louisiana Bayous
Paulette
Cuba
Haiti
Noble Johnson
Bob
Paul Lukas
First White Child to Travel Snake River and Alaska Voyage
The narrative recalls a woman who grew up as a sailor, knew the northwest coast, and traveled to Alaska at age 11 with her mother who opened a hospital. A 30 day storm bound voyage across a strait to Siberia tested them in an open whaling boat. Later she returned with a stock company to towns with little to no theatrical presence.
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Alaska
Siberia
Goddard and Hope Star in Ghost Breakers at Center Theatre
Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard star in The Ghost Breakers at Center Theatre with Richard Carlson Paul Lukas Willie Best and Anthony Quinn in supporting roles. The film blends thrills and spoof with rapid ghost gags and suspenseful moments wrapped in light comedy.
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Bob Hope
Paulette Goddard
Tom Turkey
Pete Smith
Center Theatre
Hope
Miss Goddard
Richard Carlson
Paul Lukas
Willie Best
Syracuse
Rochester
Anthony Quinn
Boy and His Dog in a Bird-Dog Tale
Little Billy Lee, a young film veteran, pursues a runt from a prized litter. He nurses the pup who grows bold and breaks kennel rules by foraging. Billy and a friend train the dog into a champion only to lose him in the end, a simple homespun climax.
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Billy Lee
Billy
French Seizes 150 Planes Near La Junquera
Spanish border reports say France seized 150 airplanes at an airdrome near La Junquera near the border. The planes were ready to be flown to French Morocco as of June 29.
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LA Junquera
Spain
French Morocco
Farmer Killed in Auto Crash Near Greensboro
C E Hanner aged 46 a farmer was killed when his car left the road and hit a tree near Greensboro yesterday.
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Greensboro
C. E. Hanner
New Serial Starts At Rialto Thursday
Dick Foran stars in a new serial titled Winners of the Year with Redskins Ride Again as the opening chapter at the Rialto starting July 4. The tale recounts pioneers fending off Indians and outlaws while crossing the early trans continental railway route through the remote west.
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Dick Foran
Rialto
Old West
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Kit Carson
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True Adventure
Ralph Bellamy
Mummy
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Goofy and
Wilbur
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Tracy
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