Rag Time to Swing in New Musical Film
A poster for a two day screening featuring Adolphe Menjou Jackie Cooper Bonita Granville and George Bancroft traces American life over a quarter century through rag time to swing. The drama follows a girl's rise in musical circles and a boy's dream of popularizing syncopated dance music with romance marriage separation and reunion set against New Orleans Chicago life from pre World War days to modern times. Thirty musical numbers from blues spirituals to jive and a jam session finale highlight the progression with stars Gene Krupa Benny Goodman Charlie Barnet Joe Venuti Harry James Alvino Rey and Jack Jenney.
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Adolphe Menjou
Jackie Cooper
Bonita Granville
George Bancroft
New Orleans
Chicago
Gene Ixrupa
Benny Goodman
Charlie Barnet
Joe Venuti
Harry James
Alvina Rey
Jack Jenny
Peaturing
Gene Krupa
Alvino Rey
Submarine Raider at Broadhurst stars Howard and Chapman
A Pearl Harbor era adventure film shows a U S submarine raid in Southern waters. John Howard plays the submarine captain avenging Pearl Harbor with Marguerite Chapman as the heroic woman who inspires a nation. The piece notes the cast and the high risk stakes of the 24 hour crisis.
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Pearl Harbor
Broadhurst
John Howard
Marguerite Chapman
Sherlock Holmes Returns to Broadhurst in Voice of Terror
Basil Rathbone stars as Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror at the Broadhurst Tuesday and Wednesday. The tale pits Holmes against ruthless enemy agents broadcasting a planned sabotage and carrying it out. Nigel Bruce co-stars as Dr Watson with Evelyn Ankers Reginald Denny and others in a period mystery thriller.
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Basil Rathbone
Evelyn Ankers
Sherlock Holmes and the
Voice OF
Terror Broadhurst Tue- Wed
Sherlock Holmes
Sleuth
Sherlock
Voice of Terror
the Broadhurst
Arthur Conan Doyle
Doctor Watson
Nigel Bruce
Reginald Denny
Thomas Momez
Montague Love
Henry Daniels
Rathbone
Holmes
Nigel Bretce
John Howard
Marguerite Chapman
Phantasy
Stooge
Roy Rogers
Gabby” Hayes
Lake
Overland Mail
Tito
Guitar
Andrews
Richard Davies
Automotive sector urged to scrap nonessential tools and fixtures
The automotive industries have been urged to discard all tools, dies, and fixtures not needed for maintenance of essential automotive transportation. This move aims to streamline operations and focus resources on core vehicle support.
Scrap drive yields 340,000 tons returned to steel mills
In the first quarter the automotive industry sent back more than 40,000 tons of dormant metal scrap and 297,000 tons of productive scrap to steel mills as part of the intensified program.
Tortilla Flat and Salvage News Reel Highlights
Universal News presents Tortilla Flat with Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr and John Garfield. Salvage defense reel shown. On Tuesday audiences see Whats Cookin with Andrews Sisters and Gloria Jean Ducktator Loony Tunes California Jr Symphony Brevity and Trouble Spot of East Variety segments.
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Spencer Tracy
Hedy Lamar
John Garfield
Universal News
Andrews Sisters
Gloria Jean
California Jr. Symphony
East
Marlene Dietrich
John Wayne
Norma Shearer
Melvyn Douglas
Grapes
Variety
Sylvia Sidney
Henry Fonda
Cane Express
Ann Sheridan
Ronald Reagan
Fox
John Doe
Gary Cooper
Barbara Stanwyck
Bataan
Fox Movietone News
Paulette Goddard
Ray Miland
Tyrone Power
Gene. Tierney
Billy the Kid
Saga Valley
Buster Crafbe
al St. John
Mr. Jap
Popeye
West End Manpower Ed Hee Holes Tree MA
Ed Hee Holes tale from West End touches on manpower concerns with names Edward Robinson and Geofrey Dietrich linked to Marl y Ric et eee aviene.
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Manpower
Ed Hee
Edward Robinson
Marl Y Ric
Eee
Aviene
Dietrich and
Geofree
Atlantic schooner and Dilling satire in 1930s papers
Reading through excerpts from Oct 19 and Oct 21 newspapers, the discussion touches on wartime loyalties, the training of Coast Guard cadets aboard the old schooner Atlantic, and the wartime fate of the Vanderbilt pewter cup after the Atlantic’s Transatlantic race win. It also recounts Elizabeth Dilling satire at the U.S. Court of Appeals and her pending sedition trial, including songs mocking officials.
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Coast Guard Academy
Vanderbilts
Wilhelm
Stokes
Elizabeth Dilling
United States Court of Appeals
Washington
Wm. Power Maloney
Glider vs Power Plane Accident Risk Compared by Official
A journal and Mary McDonald of the national organization of Public Health Nursing discuss how light weight and lack of combustible fuel make glider accidents less dangerous than power plane crashes, reflecting safety assessments by orthopedic health authorities.
The Major and the Minor Leads Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland
Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland headline the Paramount comedy The Major and the Minor. Rogers plays a girl who disguises herself as a child to ride home, meeting trouble on the train while Milland’s character helps steer the farcical adventures that follow.
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Ginger Rogers
Ray Mill
Rita Johnson
Robert Benchley
Ray Milland
Paramount
Robert Bencler
Diana Lynn
Ginger
Lela Rogers
New York
N C Nurses Association to Celebrate 40th Year
The North Carolina State Nurses Association marks its 40th anniversary with an Raleigh convention running Wednesday through Friday. Notable speakers include Mary Bliss of the American Nurses Association, Gertrude Benfield of the Red Cross nursing service, Beatrice Ritter of Binghamton City Hospital, Mary Jenney of the U S Public Health Service, Dr J B Makepeace of UNC, Kate Hyder of Flint-Goodridge Hospital, and Lucy Germain of the American Nursing Association.
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Raleigh
N. C
J. B. Makepeace
University of North Carolina
Kate Hyder
Flint- Goodridge Hospital
New Orleans
Lucy Germain
The
American Nursing
Pied Piper Ranked Among Best Pictures of the Year
The Pied Piper based on Ne Vil Shute’s novel opens Friday at the Center Theatre. Monty Woolley Roddy McDowall and Anne Baxter star as an Englishman who shelters a band of children fleeing the German advance across France to England. The film preserves the book’s warmth and humor while detailing their perilous trek under Gestapo scrutiny.
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Ne Vil Shute
Center Theatre
Monty Woolley
Roddy McDowall
Anne Baxter
Jera
France
England
Collier's Magazine
Shep
Gestapo
Yale
Largest oil pipeline contract awarded for 530 miles
Seven contractors were awarded the contract to construct the world’s largest oil carrying emergency line. The 4 inch pipeline runs about 530 miles from Longview Texas to Norris City Illinois, linking Texas to Illinois under the project plan.
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Texas
Illinois
Longview
Tax
Norris City
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Janet Blair
Pat O'Brien
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Bill Elliott
Tex Ritter
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Bill Fargo
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N. C. Nurses Association
Ray
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