Rationing comedy at Center Theatre with Beery
Wallace Beery stars in the topical comedy Rationing at Center Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday. He and Mae Main clash constantly while Dorothy Morris as Marjorie and Tommy Batten as Beery's adopted son navigate love and rationing troubles. Beery joins the army for a commission, becomes a ration board member, and helps expose a meat ring as a local black market crisis unfolds.
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Center Theatre
Wallace Beery
Mr. Beery
Main
Beery
Miss Main
Dorothy Morris
Tommy Batten
Marjorie
Tommy
Marjorie Main
Didoes
Jack Haley Musical Show Higher and Mirthful Cast
A romantic farce set in a Fifth Avenue mansion centers on a scullery maid and a con man posing as society types as they scheme for money. Jack Haley Michele Morgan Frank Sinatra star in a lively musical with Jimmy McHugh Harold Adamson songs and a witty plot.
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Frank Sinatra
Center Theatre
Michele Morgan
Jack Haley
Leon Errol
Marcy McGuire
Paul and
Grace Hartman
Barbara Hale
Dooley Wilson
Sinatra
McHugh and Adamson
Jimmy McHugh
Harold Adamson
Fifth Avenue
Iless
Ving
Victor Borge
Mary Wickes
Paul and Grace Hartman
Mel Torme
Theaters Hone This Week Showings Listed
The page lists weekly film playdates at Theaters with titles such as Madame Curse, Why of Wartime Taxes, Rationing, Roaring Guns, and The Kansan. Notable stars include Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Betty Grable, Robert Young, and Basil Rathbone. Also features cartoons, serials, and travel talks including Victory Short and Disney productions.
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Sienaan
Greer Garson
Walter “Why
Pidgeon
Wallace Beery
Marjorie Main
Death Valley
FitzPatrick
Richard Jane Wyatt
Beath Valley Rangers
Hoot Gibson
Ken Maynard
Walt Disney Cartoon
Victory
Paramount Today
Rosie O'Grady
Betty Grable
Robert Young
Universal News
Richard Arlen
Jean Parker
Technicolor
Victory Thru Air Power
Disney Aviation
Flying Gunners
Edgar Kennedy
Mary Martin
Franchot Tone
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
Jon Hall
Maria Montez
Educational Film Studios After War
Wartime development of motion pictures as educators via government training films may lead to studios focused on educational films after the war. Financing could come from boards of education, universities, and health departments, since theater audiences have shown little demand for education in film form.
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Hollywood
Boards of Education
Educational
Hopkins described as resting well at Mayo Clinic
Harry Hopkins, close Roosevelt ally, is described as resting well at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester after arriving from Florida with influenza. The clinic reports he is up in his room and that clinical tests are underway with no conclusions until mid next week.
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Hopkins
Ochester
Minn
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Mayo Clinic
Florida
Pigeon And Garson Star In Madame Curie Film at Center Theatre
Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon headline the Hollywood biopic Madame Curie opening at the Center Theatre. The story traces Marie Curie’s Paris student days, her partnership with Pierre, and their discovery of radium, ending with Pierre’s death and Marie’s solo resolve.
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Pierre
Madame Curie
Center Theatre
Pigeon
Garson
Story of
Hollywood
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Eve Curie
Marie
Paris
Pierre Curie
Thei
May Whitty
Henry Travers
Albert Basserman
Overton to retire from Senate after 13 years in office
Senator John H. Overton of Louisiana announces he will retire at the end of his term January 3, ending a 13 year U S Senate career. He will not seek renomination in the September Democratic primary, saying the early notice leaves the field open for potential contenders. In a separate historical note, early Texans kept cattle for hides with carcasses left for predators.
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Overton
Washington
John H. Overton
Louisiana
Senate
Army Told To Let Papers Cover Events
The War Department issued a policy statement affirming press rights to cover domestic disasters and require military cooperation when involved. It follows protests after military police barred AP photographer William Belch from photographing the Atlantic Coast Line wreck near Lumberton, North Carolina, December 16, which killed 70 people.
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Washington
North Carolina
War Department
William Belch
Associated Press
Lumberton
N. C
Department
Acella Denies Egg Throwing in Hackensack Incident
B L Acella, 26, told police he bears responsibility for eggs thrown at the Stripes in Hackensack New Jersey. He claimed he was aiming at a nearby c
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