70,000 Witnesses at Paramount Opens This Week
A murder unfolds at a college football stadium as 70,000 fans witness a star player’s sudden death. Detective David Landeau and teammate John Holmes investigate to uncover the killer amid a suspenseful melodrama starring Phillips Holmes Dorothy Jordan Charlie Ruggles and Johnny Mack Brown.
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Paramount Theater
Phillips Holmes
Dorothy Jordan
Charlie Ruggles
Johnny Mack Brown
Brown
David Landeau
Holmes
Buddy
Miss Jordan
Ruggles
Win Phillips Holmes
Charles Ruggles
British Empire Covers About Two Billion Square Miles
The British Colonial Empire now encompasses roughly two billion square miles, indicating vast global reach across multiple continents and sea routes.
Divorce in the Family at Broadhurst
Jackie Skippy Cooper stars in Divorce In the Family at the Broadhurst Theater on Monday and Tuesday performances.
The Good Old Kind Dialogue Sparks Banter
A Pathfinder strip caption centers on a playful exchange about marriage and wives with a wry punch line. It features a light domestic joke highlighting old fashioned expectations and humor in a domestic setting.
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Pathfinder
Turtles Strike Farm Crops In Oklahoma Mystery
Cliff Austin of Tashina enlists family to guard melons after missing produce. Morning patrol nets 51 small turtles from nearby creek suspected of feasting on cantaloupes and watermelons.
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Tashina
Okla
Cliff Austin
The Last Mile on Talking Screen at Paramount
World Wide Pictures presents The Last Mile a prison death house drama to be shown Monday and Tuesday at the Paramount. Preston Foster stars as Killer Mears with a notable supporting cast including Howard Phillips Alec B Francis Louise Carter George B Stone Alan Roscoe and others. Sam Bischoff directs the screen version adapted from John Wexley and Seton Miller.
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World Wide Pictures
Paramount
Clark Gable
Mears
Preston Foster
Dr. X
Richard Bennett
Sam Bischoff
John Wexley
Seton Miller
Howard Phillips
Alec B. Francis
Louise Carter
George B. Stone
Alan Roscoe
Albert J. Smith
Daniel L. Haynes
Walter Walker
The Last Man at Broadhurst Theatre
A Columbia production at the Broadhurst features Charles Bickford as a bold detective uncovering a mutinous shipboard plot behind several insured vessels. Constance Cummings and an strong supporting cast dramatize action packed seafaring suspense with serials and a comedy act providing added entertainment.
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Columbia
Broadhurst Theatre
Charles Bickford
Bickford
Constance Cummings
Alec Francis
Robert Ellis
Kit Guard
Harry Carey
Theaters This Week Showcases Wide Range of Acts
Paramount Sound News lists a varied lineup for this week including 70,000 Witnesses featuring Phil Holmes and Dorothy Jordan, His Royal Shyness with Andy Clyde, Birth of Jeez gost, Singing Plumber comedy, Stopping The Show, and additional acts.
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Paramount Sound News
Phil Holmes
Dorothy Jordan
Andy Clyde
Jeez” Gost
Filmography snippet headlines with 1930s stars
A fragmented list references films and performers such as Jackie Cooper Conrad Nagel Lewis Stone Lois Wilson Lew Ayers Maureen O'Sullivan and Constance Cummins. The text hints at multiple titles including Okay America and Street of Cairo and notes Movietone News appearances.
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Vorce
Jackie Cooper
Conrad Nagel
Lewis Stone
Lois Wilson
Tuba Tooter
Tom and Jerry
Okay America column film stars Lew Ayres in High Point
Lew Ayres headlines the film Okay America at the Broadhurst in High Point, portraying a modern journalist who sees all and prints all. The plot follows his quest to break a major kidnapping case while a devoted secretary aides him amid a strong supporting cast.
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America
the Broadhurst
New York
Lew Ayres
Ayres
Maureen O'Sullivan
Louis Calhern
Nance O'Neill
Allan Dine
Curtains In Order To Make Sure That Your Curtains
A short note discusses ensuring curtains are long enough to cover windows effectively. It emphasizes proper measurement and hanging height to achieve full coverage and neat appearance.
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Robert L. Stevenson
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Fredric March
White Zombie Weird Film to Premiere at Paradine
The film will debut Friday at the Paramount theater revealing Haiti occult practices involving exhumed bodies used as slaves. Bela Lugosi stars as the hypnotic villain, with Madge Bellamy in the lead female role and Joseph Cawthorn among the cast.
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Paramount Theatre
Haiti
United States
Hollywood
Edward
Victor Hugo Halperin
Garnett Weston
United Artists Corporation
Bela Lugosi
Count Dracula
Dracula
Madge Bellamy
Joseph Cawthorn
Johnny Marron
Paramount
Excellent Cast in Rialto Film Stranger In Town
Warner Bros presents Stranger In Town at Rialto Monday and Tuesday with Chic Sale Ann Dvorak David Manners Noah Beery and Raymond Hatton in leading roles. Sale plays a pioneer rival to chain stores while Dvorak rises as a star. Manners supports strong. Beery and Hatton anchor the cast.
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Warner Bros
Rialto Theatre
Sale
Ann Dvorak
Sky Devils
Scarface
Molly Louvain
David Manners
Assent
Talking Screen
Noah Beery
Raymond Hatton
Sewing Tips for Hem Control and Laundering
A sewing tip explains placing a small tuck near the top of the hemline during binding to adjust length after laundering. The tuck is removed before curtains are washed, preserving the needed inch or two lost to shrinkage.
Bring Em Back Alive at Paramount Theatre
A feature film by Frank Buck titled Bring Em Back Alive arrives at the Paramount Monday September 26 promising extraordinary animal footage. The RKO picture follows Buck’s jungle exploits in Asia and Africa with dramatic clashes and a tiger’s attack on a 30 foot python showcased for authentic wildlife cinema.
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Paramount Theatre
Frank Buck
Asia
Africa
America
van Beuren
Federated Malay States
Jackie Cooper at Broadhurst in Divorce in the Family
Jackie Cooper returns to the screen in Divorce in the Family at the Broadhurst on Monday and Tuesday. He plays a boy coping with his mother’s divorce and a stepfather while Lewis Stone, Conrad Nagel, and Lois Wilson co star in a drama filled with humor and pathos. The program also features The Birth of Jazz Krazy Kat cartoon and Streets of Cairo travel talk.
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Jackie Cooper
Skippy
the Broadhurst
Jackie
Lewis Stone
Conrad Nagel
Lois Wilson
Cairo
Alaska’s Piedmont Glacier Named Malaspine
Alaska’s Piedmont glacier, known as Malaspine, features ice over a thousand feet thick. The description underscores the vast ice cap and its notable depth in the region.
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Alaska
Six Hundred Extras Appearing In Film at Rialto
The Silver Lining uses over six hundred extras from many nationalities to portray New York tenements and Park Avenue scenes. Alan Crawford producers and director Crosland bring scenes from Ireland to Norway and from East Side squalor to high society glamour. The cast includes Maureen O'Sullivan Betty Compson John Warburton Montagu Love Mary Doran.
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Rialto
Silver
Alan Crawford
Patrician Pictures
Rialto Theater
Crosland
New York
Ireland
France
Germany
Belgium
Spain
Brazil
Switzerland
Norway
East Side
Park Avenue
Maureen O'Sullivan
Betty Compson
John Warburton
Montagu Love
Mary Doran
John Holland
Cornelius Keefe
Martha Mattox
Jayne Kerr
Grace Valentine
J. Frank Glendon
Helen Gibson
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Chic’ Sale
Hollywood” Comedy
Silver Lining
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Texas
Bad Man
Tom Mix
Cote
Teese News
Noel Madison
George Stone
Tomeie
Paramount Picture
Rialto Film
Dvorak
Nosh Beery
Cooper
The
Mere’tory
Duckin
Buck Jones
Loretta Sayers
Sportlight
Richard DIX
Tim McCoy
Lena Rivers
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