A Chump at Oxford Brings Laughs to Broadhurst Stage
Comedy duo Laurel and Hardy star in A Chump at Oxford at the Broadhurst Theatre. The plot follows two street cleaners who inadvertently capture a bank robber and, after a reward, are sent to Oxford for a misadventure filled with hazing at a university. The pair encounter chaos with mischief and university pranks, delivering a lively, humorous sequence of episodes.
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Oxford
Broadhurst
Laurel and
Idy
Stedd
Spires of
Unirsity
Eton
Gayery
The Blue Bird to Open Three Day Engagement
Maurice Maeterlinck s The Blue Bird opens Thursday in a three day engagement. The film features Shirley Ple Spring Byington Nigel ee Gale Dondergaard Eddie lins Sybil Jason Jessie Ralph and a large cast, directed by Iter Lang in Technicolor with vivid settings and fantasy locations. Latvia reports government owned byways chalk up 140 accidents in the last year, 17 fatal.
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Maurice Maeterlincks
Shirley Ple
Spring Byington
Nigelee
Gale Dondergaard
Latvia
Ofich
Real Glory heads Paramount bill Tuesday and Wednesday
Gary Cooper Andrea Leeds and David Niven star in Samuel Goldwyn's The Real Glory an exciting adventure drama at the Paramount Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday Cooper stars in a strong dramatic role Leeds plays the romantic heroine Niven delivers a stirring performance with Reginald Owen Kay Johnson Vladimir Sokoloff and Russell Hicks in supporting roles director Henry Hathaway emphasizes action romance and gun-play with a climactic battle sequence
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Gary Cooper
Andrea Leeds
David Niven
Samuel Goldwyn
Paramount Theatre
Cooper
Miss Leeds
Niven
Reginald Owen
Kay Johnson
Vladimir Sokoloff
Russell Hicks
Henry Hathaway
Weeklong Variety Show With Cartoons and Serial Thrills
The schedule lists daily film and stage items including Joe Penner and Betty Grabble acts, Adventures like Acres of Plenty and Rhumba Land with Wim Shaw, Blackmail with Kedw Robinson, and the Yukon Flight. It features Little Lion Hunter, Stranger Than Fiction, Pie Ala Maid, Charley Chase, Tex Ritter, Green Hornet serial chapter 13, Drums of Fue Manchu, Brave Little Tailor, and a Walt Disney cartoon.
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Sonday
Bookies
Joe Penner
Betty Grabble
Reelism
Wim Shaw
Kedw. G. Robinson
Jack Newell
Charley Chase
Tex Ritter
Real Glory Delivers Breath-Taking Screen Battles
The Real Glory features a suspenseful sequence praised as one of the most thrilling battles in cinema for years. Jo Swerling wrote the screenplay guiding the intense action and dramatic tension throughout the film.
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Terrife
Jo Swerling
Little Old New York at Center Theatre this week
Darryl F. Zanuck presents Little Old New York at Center Theatre for a two day engagement led by Alice Faye Fred MacMurray Richard Greene and Brenda Joyce. The romantic drama follows waterfront belle Faye and inventor Fulton with Andy Devine Henry Stephenson and Fritz Feld among the cast.
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Fifth Avenue
Robert Fulton
Darryl F. Zanuck
New York
Center Theatre
Alice Faye
Fred MacMurray
Richard Greene
Brenda Joyce
The Real Glory Receives Goldwyn’s Lavish Set Pieces
The story highlights the heroism of the Philippine Scouts who faced Moro uprisings after the US Army left the islands. It contrasts their daring policing with a tense peace, while Goldwyn delivers lavish production, authentic settings, striking photography and memorable outdoor sequences.
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Goldwyn
Road to Singapore and other Easter showings at Center
The Balcony notes Easter offerings at Center with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in The Road to Singapore plus Dotty Lamour in tropical capers. Also mentions Little Old New York with Alice Faye and Robert Fulton, Fred MacMurray, and Brenda Joyce, along with reviews of The Blue Bird, Laurel and Hardy in A Chump at Oxford, and Showdown with Laughton and Leigh.
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Oxford
Stan Laure
Oliver Hardy
Leon Errol
Thbrsday
Emergency Squad
William Henry
Robert Paige
Louise Campbell
Charles Laughton
Vivien
Scarlett O'Hara) Leigh
Shadow
News of the Day
Dotty
Bing
Bob
Singapore
New York
Center
Alice Faye
Robert Fulton
Fulton
Richard Greene
Dimples
Brenda Joyce
Fred MacMurray
Falton
Alice
Road to Singapore Opens as Easter Attraction
Bing Crosby Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope star in Road to Singapore a musical comedy set in tropical locales with Goona-Goona pineapples and a raft of comic set pieces including Patty Cake routines organ numbers and a blackface sequence. The story follows Crosby and Hope in a playful adventure with Lamour joining as the love interest and center of comic romance.
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Bing Crosby
Dorothy Lamour
Bob Hope
Jerry Colonna
Hope
Bing
Charles Coburn
Judith Barrett
Kaigoon
South Seas
Singapore
Pomona High School bat missing by 11 foot 120 pound prize
Pomona California officials report a prank as a bat eleven feet long and weighing 120 pounds vanished from the trophy case before the high school baseball tournament. In Wisconsin Harry Grotsky resisted a holdup by guiding the robber to extra cash and shoes, securing a total take of 75 dollars before the thief fled.
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Pomona
Calif
Kenosha
Wis
Harry Grotsky
Grotsky
Gretsky
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Eddie Albert
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Hal
Hal Kemp
Universal News
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Carolina
Tovay-Honday
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Barton MacLane
Rochelle Hudson
Stooge
Rial
Gotham
Darryl F. Zannuck
Belle
Henry King
Little Old New York
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Livingston
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Johnnie Russell
Shirley
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Leigh
Laughton
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OHN Barton Rochelle Lites
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Pete Smith
Fox @ Three Stooge
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