Natural Wintertime on Center Theatre Screen
Sonja Henie returns to the Center Theatre in Wintertime a natural screen musical noted as her most successful. The film features Woody Herman and his orchestra with supporting turns by Jack Oakie Carole Landis and Cesar Romero in a mountain setting that showcases Henie’s skating charm.
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Center Theatre
Sonja Henie
Sonja
Iceland
Sun Valley
Happy Landing
Lovely Son
Woody Herman
Jack Oakie
Carole Landis
Cesar Romero
The
Ice
Behind the Scenes: Hollywood Buzz and kittenish woes
Hollywood gossip notes-star links and career moves from Patric Knowles to Loretta Young. Anecdotes cover marriages divorces recoveries, wartime service and reassignments, with mentions of Gable Davies and other stars, plus industry tweaks and property sales.
Streetcar Disappears Then Reappears Near Terminal
A streetcar vanished from its terminal a week earlier and was sighted 20 miles away on interurban lines. An off duty motorman saw the unlit empty car leave the terminal at 3 am. Police and company officials found it returned to its usual place after an unsuccessful search, with beer bottles and lunch scraps left in the aisle.
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Oklahoma City
Propst Receives Distinguished Flying Cross for Ploesti Raid
Staff Sgt. John Wilburn Propst twenty of Windy City near here earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for his role as gunner on one of the bombers in the Ploesti oilfield raid in Romania. He is the son of Henry Propst.
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Hickory
Navy
John Wilburn Propst
Ploesti
Romania
Henry Propst
Windy City
Here
Wintertime and Princess O’Rourke Show At Theaters This Week
Theaters listings for Center News and Broadhurst outline weekly showings including Wintertime with Sonja Henie and Jack Oakie, Alaskan Frontier, Fired Wife with Robert Paige and Louise Allbritton, Inki and Mina Bird cartoon, and Airways To Peace. National titles like Six Gun Gospel, Darkest Africa, Heaven Can Wait, Ox-Bow Incident, and Adventures of Flying Cadets are scheduled alongside cartoons and newsreels. Santa visits Fort Devens with a Christmas package for Sgt Mario Tucci after overseas service.
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Jack Oakie
Alaskan Frontier
Oie Center
Ednesday
Robert Paige
Louise Allbritton
Inki
Mina Bird
Cartoon
March of Time
Airways
Princess O'Rourke
Olivia de Havilland
Robert Kings
Dude Ranch
Center
Broadhurst
Evelyn Ankers
John Carradine
David Bruce
Johnny Mack Brown
Raymond Hatton
Edgar Kennedy
Africa
Don Ranecine
Gene Tierney
Universal Svews
Henry Fonda
Dana Andrews
Porky
Looneytune
Brittany
Pierre Aumont
Susan Peters
Ee Net
Duke OF West Point
Louis Hayward
Adventures of Flying Cadets
Rosied
Grady
Betty Grable
Robert Young
Rialto Today
Mary Lee
John Archer
Young and Beautiful
Anne Shirley
George Murphy
Bing Touche
Dorothy Lamour
Fox Movietone News
Sat “Hoppy
William Bo
Andy Clyde
Wall Star Comedy
Sympathy Strike Grips Valparaiso Port Activities
Sailors of the Chilean navy loaded and unloaded ships during a general 24 hour sympathy strike that paralyzed port operations and disrupted streetcar and bus service, slaughterhouses, iron foundries, lumberyards and wineshops in Valparaiso.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Princess O'Rourke At Center Theater With De Havilland
A sparkling romantic comedy stars Olivia de Havilland and Robert Cummings in Princess O Rourke at Center Theater Friday. An exiled New York Princess falls for Eddie O Rourke, a simple American. they marry with royal and political complications including a President and a royal wedding.
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Olivia de Havilland
Princess O'Rourke
the Center Theatre
Center Theatre
New York
Eddie O'Rourke
Eddie
Washington
Boy
United States
Miss de Havilland
Charles Coburn
Jack Carson
Jane Wyman
Allentown Dialect Confusion Hinders Local Censor Decoding
Petty officer Lester Heffner on furlough recalls his hometown paper in Allentown Morning Call while a German speaking censor explains a dialect barrier. Investigation found Troxell’s column translates as Pennsylvania Dutch and elicits notes for future reference.
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Allentown
Petty
Lester 8Ner
Ularly
William Pv. Troxell
Heffner
Panessa Twins Accused of Sharing Items in North Hollywood
Viola and Violet Panessa two Cal twins face accusations of sharing items. Authorities at the security administration allegedly went too far by giving the girls a social security number.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Viola
Violet Panessa
Cal
Security Administration
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