Swing Time Brings Astaire Rogers to Paramount Stage
The musical romance Swing Time arrives at the Paramount Theatre for four days featuring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in a new ballroom style. Clifford Victor Moore and Helen Broerick head a witty supporting cast with Eric Blore in a major role. A notable set, designed by John Harkrider, showcases a mirrored nightclub atop Manhattan’s tallest tower as Astaire performs a blackface tap on hands and feet in the Bojangles of Harlem number.
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Astaire
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Jerome Kern
Paramount Theatre
Victor Moore
Helen Broerick
Eric Blore
Astaire-Rogers Filmusicals
Manhattan
John Harkrider
Harlem
Robin Hood Of El Dorado At Rialto Screen
Warner Baxter stars in Robin Hood Of El Dorado at the Rialto today and Monday. The outdoor epic recalls the frontier era and mirrors milestones of photoplays with a vast canvas and spectacular action.
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Robin Hood of
el Dorado
America
Robin Hood
Rialto
Aoe
Weekly Theaters listings with star lineup and titles
Major cinema programs feature William Powell and Carole Lombard in My Man Godfrey at Paramount. Brisk Palm Springs musical acts headline Sunkissed Stars. Swing Time and Greedy Wampty Dumpty headline Broadhurst shows with Bogart at Two Against the World and Parole at Rialto. Carol ina offers Show Boat and Love Before Breakfast. Rialto runs Robin Hood of El Dorado and Human Cargo with assorted shorts and serials.
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Paramount Today
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Alice Brady
Eugene Pallette
Gail Patrick
Palm Springs
Paramount News
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Ginger Rogers
Helen Broderick
Eric Biore
Broadhurst
Fox Movietone News
Preston Foster
Cesar Romero
Ann Harding
Walter Abel
Alan Winewart
Noah Beery, Jr
Alaska
Age
Joaquin Murrieta on Screen in Warner Baxter Epic
Warner Baxter delivers a bold performance as Joaquin Murrieta in a California gold rush drama. The film portrays the legendary outlaw leading 400 men amid romance, vengeance, and frontier conflict.
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Joaquin Murrieta
Far West
Warner Baxter
California
Baxter
Human Cargo at Rialto Theater with Trevor and Donlevy
A high tension drama at the Rialto Tuesday and Wednesday stars Claire Trevor and Brian Donlevy. Allan Dwan directs a fast paced romance about a deb and a reporter who face the underworld’s new human smuggling menace. Alan Dinehart Ralph Morgan Helen Troy Rita Cansino also feature in a swift, gripping production.
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Rialto
Robinhood
EL Dorado
Warner Baxter
Ann Loring
Bruce Cabot
Margo
Red Nichols
Melody Master
Irons
Brian Conlevy
Alan Dinehart
Ralph Morgan
Paris
New York
Sportlight
Robi, Montgomery
Rosalind Russell
Rialto Theatre
Claire Trevor
Brian Donlevy
Allan Dwan
Sol M. Wurtzel
Helen Troy
Rita Cansino
Miss Trevor
Donlevy
Show Boat Comes to Carolina Theatre This Week
The 1936 Universal film version of Show Boat arrives at the Carolina theatre for Monday and Tuesday. Irene Dunne and Allan Jones star in a romance on a Mississippi river show boat with Julie sung by Helen Morgan and Paul Robeson in a strong baritone role supported by a 200 voice chorus and large cast.
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Edna Ferber
Jerome Kern
Oscar Hammerstein
Universal
Carolina Theatre
Magnolia
Ravenal
Mississippi
Irene Dunne
Allan Jones
Charles Winninger
Captain Andy
Helen Westley
Helen Morgan
Julie
Paul Robeson
Moving barber shop wheeled by beams through Lewes streets
A barber in Lewes Delaware loaded his shop onto greased wooden beams and rolled it down the street lock stock and barrel. He moved several blocks with 26 customers riding in the trembling chairs and receiving treatment. No casualties were reported.
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Stret
Powell Lombard Star in My Man Godfrey at Paramount
William Powell and Carole Lombard headline the Universal romantic comedy My Man Godfrey opening at Paramount. Powell plays the forgotten man used as a scavenger hunt prize and butler to the Batty Bullocks alongside a cast including Alice Brady and Mischa Auer.
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My Man Godfrey
Paramount
Powell
Butler
William Powell
Man Godfrey
Paramount Theatre
Carole Lombard
Hatch
Alice Brady
Gail Patrick
Jean Dixon
Eugene Pallette
Alan Mowbray
Mischa Auer
Robert Light
Franklin Pangborn
Unsung Hero at Broadhurst Transforms Mail Robbery Tale
At the Broadhurst theatre the Postal Inspector film unfolds a $3,000,000 mail robbery plot with Ricardo Cortez as the inspector and Bela Lugosi as the villain. Flood scenes and romance subplots heighten drama while Dave Oliver provides comic relief and Patricia Ellis Michael Loring Marla Shelton Henry Hunter star in a vivid period-era crime drama.
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G-Men
Ricardo
Broadhurst Theatre
Ricardo Cortez
Patricia Ellis
Michael Loring
Marla Shelton
Henry Hunter
Dave Oliver
Bela Lugosi
the Menace
Robery
Parole Theme Inspires New Film at Carolina Theatre
Universal Pictures turned President Roosevelt’s parole idea into a drama titled Parole The project followed months of research and script work with penologists and officials before filming It premieres Friday and Saturday at the Carolina theatre with the President’s humane parole philosophy shaping the dialogue
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Universal Pictures
Carolina Theatre
Universal
Mr. Roosevelt
Cormorants Found Trapped in Deep Crab Pots
A report notes cormorants were found caught in crab pots 120 feet below the water surface. The incident highlights dangers for seabirds in deep-water gear and may prompt nearshore wildlife cautions for fishermen.
Old Time Remedy Proves Best for Athlete's Foot
For 50 years sufferers from Ring worm Itch Tetter Eczema have used Tetterine for relief. Now Tetterine proves best for Athlete's Foot stopping itching at once. It kills parasites that cause itching and heals promptly. 60c at all drug stores. Wan Tetterine and get relief or money back.
Three Cheers for Love gay musical at Broadhurst
A fast stepping romantic musical opens Tuesday and Wednesday at the Broadhurst with Eleanore Whitney and Robert Cummings in lead roles. Louis De Pron Olympe Bradna and a large cast including William Frawley Roseos Karns Veda Ann Borg John Halliday Grace Bradley and Billy Lee star in a plot about a finishing school kept open to showcase a tap dancing heroine and a songwriter professor who fall in love.
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Eleanore Whitney
Robert Cummings
Broadhurst Theater
Miss Whitney
Cummings
Louis DePron
Olympe Bradna
William Frawley
Roseos Karns
Veda Ann Borg
John Halliday
Elizabeth Patterson
Grace Bradley
Billy Lee
Eleanore
Hollywood
Golf Ball Drops Into Judge’s Pocket at East Lake
Judge Jesse M. Wood stood on the No. 12 tee when a ball from No. 11 tee traveled about 150 yards and landed in his hip pocket. Both agreed it was better to lift and drop than attempt a niblick shot.
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Atlanta
Jesse M. Wood
East Lake Country Club
Trailin West Singers Two Foran Songs at Broadhurst
Dick Foran sings Moon light Valley and Drums of Glory in Trailin West at the Broadhurst theater. The Civil War era melodrama features Foran in a leading role with Paul Stone Gordon Elliott and Add Richards among the cast.
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Broadhurst
Dick Foran
Broadhurst Theater
Foran
Paul Stone
Gordon Elliott
Add Richards
Robert Barratt
Josep Chehan
Fred Lawrence
Mddi Shubert
Henry Otho
Staer Holmes
Oldest American Clocks Built by Carpenters
Early American clocks used wooden works crafted by carpenters while European clocks originated from jewelers locksmiths blacksmiths astronomers and priests.
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Europe
Chef's Clear Soup Created for Louis XIV
The royal chef crafted a perfect consommé after Louis XIV ordered a clear soup that would reveal the king’s reflection. The dish achieved fame for its clarity and artistry in presentation.
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Louis XIV
Fran
Heir
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