Abbott and Costello in It Ain't Hay at Center Theater
Damon Runyon's It Ain't Hay stars Abbott and Costello in a lively musical comedy now playing at Center Theater. The film features Grace McMard Cecil Kellaway Eugene Hewlet Patsy OConnor Ward Lane Leighton Noble and an energetic orchestra. The production includes romance music dances and witty routines with songs Glory Be Sunbeam Serenade Hang Your Rainbow On A Rainbow and more.
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Damon Runyon
Ter
Alett
Abbott and Costello
Center Theatre
Leighton Noble
Grace McDonald
Eugene Pallette
Patsy O'Connor
Richard Lane
Invasion Battle Report In Color At The Center Theater
The film At The Front, a U S Army Signal Corps and Office of Strategic Services collaboration, shows real combat footage from North Africa 1942. Filmed during November and December 1942, it follows tank actions near Tebourba and Medjez el Bab, air raids at Souk el Arba, troop advances from Bone, and prisoner captures.
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North Africa
Turday
United States
U.S. Army Signal Corps
Center Theatre
Stranger buys vacant lot for gardens in Kansas City
Bill Ratchford and about a dozen neighbors toiled on a large vacant lot to create victory gardens. A stranger arrived by car, told Ratchford he had bought the lot, and asked to reserve space to plant a few potatoes himself.
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Kansas City
Bill Ratchford
Victory Gardens
Ratchford
At The Theatres This Week Center
Center listings for the week include Abbott and Costello IT AIN T HAY and Brenda Marshall You Can t Escape for Ever with George Brent. Also The Aldrich Family short and Pluto and Armadillo Disney cartoon plus At The Front In North Africa war short. Center News Events.
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Center
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Aldrich
Disney Cartoon
George Brent
Brenda Marshall
Africa
North
Broadhurst and Andrews Sisters Entertains Night Lineup
Wednesday Thursday features How's About It with Andrews Sisters followed by Monkey Doodle Dandy comedy and News of the Day. Eddie Albert and Anne Shirley star in Lady Bodyguard with a Merrie Melody cartoon The Greatest Gift a miniature act and News of the Day. Friday Saturday presents Thundering Trails The Aldrich Family short Valley of Vanishing Men serial and I Spied for You Three Stooge Comedy.
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Broadhurst
Andrews Sisters
Eddie Albert
Anne Shirley
Aldrich
Valley of Vanishing Men
Paramount Sunday-Monday Showtimes and Cartoon Lineup
Universal News lists Pearl Harbor era wartime program notes with Ginger Rogers and Cary Grant in Once Upon a Honeymoon. Tuesday features Haunting We Will Go with Laurel and Hardy plus Quiz Kids Short. Also in the week are Me Musical Nephews Cartoon and Sock-a-Bye Baby. Chester Morris in BB Goes Hollywood. Frankenstein's Cat cartoon and Cajuns of the Tech tour short. Thursday offers Seven Sweethearts with Abbott and Costello and King Moun tines serial and How to Play Baseball Disney cartoon.
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Paramount
Ginger Rogers
Cary Grant
Universal News
Laure & Hardy
Hollywood
Chester Morris
T. Terry
Abbott & Costello
Disney Cartoon
Big Movie Week at West End Today and Tomorrow
Fox Movietone News presents a packed double feature lineup at West End with Ride Em Cowboy featuring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello plus Johnny Mack Brown, and Steel Against the Sky with Alexis Smith and Lloyd Nolan. Also shown are Vendetta, The Bandit Trail, To the Shores of Tripoli, and Below the Border along with various shorts and cartoons.
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West End
Tin soldering for Army tang and hospital numbers
The tin used to solder parts in a medium Army tang would make 10,000 tin can. There are 6,350 registered hospitals of various types in the United States.
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Tang
The
United States
Tough as They Come with Buck Jones Tim McCoy and gang
Buck Jones and Tim McCoy star in a tough action feature with The Dead End Kids. The program includes the final chapter of Gang Busters and a comedy to close.
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Buck Jones
Tim McCoy
Hollywood Fun and Rumors Sweep Through 1943 Cinema
Mickey Rooney drops the Buffalo Bill goatee plan for Girl Crazy after Norman Taurog’s director’s scathing rebuke. Margo returns to screen in Leopard Man. Spencer Tracy denies separation rumors while Rita Hayworth contemplates leaving Columbia. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz deny splits as Gypsy Jive notes Victor Young’s For Whom the Bell Tolls score. Myrna Loy ex Arlene, Leo McCarey riffs with a cafe tale. Margaret O'Brien works with Fontaine and Welles on Jane Eyre.
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Filmville
Mickey Rooney
Buffalo Bill
M-G-M
Mickey
Norman Urog
Margo
RKO
Spencer Tracy
Beverly Hills
Rita Hayworth
Columbia
Naval Aid Auxiliary
Long Beach
Victor Young
Young
Hollywood
Lucille Ball
Desi Anaz
Arthur Hornblow, Jr
Bubbles Schinazi
Wayne Morris
Myrna Loy
Leo McCarey
Dave Butler
Paramount
Alan Dinehart
Mozelle Britton
Margaret O'Brien
Margaret
Joan Fontaine
Orson Welles
Esther Williams models cotton swimsuit with stretchable stitch
Film star Esther Williams, famed swimming champion, models a new cotton swimsuit featuring double-lock stitching and an inner lining to improve stretch and fit.
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Esther Williams
Patric ia Tierney sister dodges film contract in Washington note
Gene Tierney’s kid sister Patricia writes from Washington that Hollywood holds little appeal and she would not move to California even for a contract. George Raft’s wife reportedly seeks a divorce as attorneys draft a settlement, while Pat rejects film opportunities despite studio interest. Ed Quillan jokes about milking goats for a scene in Trombone From Heaven.
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Hollywood
Gene Tierney
Patricia
Gene
Washington, D. C
Pat
Washington
George Montgomery
George Raft
Universal
Eddie Quillan
Military terms and discharge questions answered
A Myriameter equals 10000 meters and Tushenka is a spiced pork dish used by Russian soldiers. A buyer has ships abroad with 3000 pounds of it. A dishonorable discharge can only be removed by a congressional act, rarely done, and citizenship rights may be restored by presidential pardon, also rare.
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United States
Wall at Lincoln State Penitentiary Collapses After Warning
Ralph Cox of the state board of control warned the legislature that Lincoln State Penitentiary's south wall had been deteriorating for years and could fall at any moment. About ninety minutes later a 25 foot wall section collapsed.
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Lincoln
Ned
Ralph Cox
State Board of Control
Appropriations Committee
Cox
Money Stuck to Dallas Tax Cashier’s Fingers
An eccentric Dallas taxpayer paid 13 dollars 88 cents with a coin jar of coins and molasses. The cashier at city hall found 27 half dollars a quarter a dime and three pennies clinging to fingers, making the payment memorable.
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Dallas
City Tax Department
Slate Roofing Common in European Buildings
In Europe slate serves as a durable roofing material for many buildings, valued for its longevity and natural look. It is used on both historic and modern structures, often in dark gray or blue-black tones.
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Irene Manning
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Tripoli
John Payne
Maureen O’hara
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Missouri
Don “Red” Barry
Money Kennedy
No Nation
Queens of the Music Machines
Ame Ston
F' Andrews
Robert Paige
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Stooges
Walter Catlett
Anne
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NEA Service
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New York
Janet Blair
Joy Hodges
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Walt Disney Color Cartoon
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