Mrs Miniver Opens Week At Center Theatre Today
War picture momentum continues as Mrs Miniver opens at Center Theatre today while Miss Annie Rooney and Berlin Correspondent screen at Broadhurst. Battle of Midway film to follow by Navy release, with Technicolor prints provided for nationwide exhibition to boost war bond sales.
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Mrs. Miniver
Center Theatre
Annie Rooney
Berlin
Broadhurst
Francis S. Harmon
Washington
War Activities Committee
John Ford
Navy
20Th Century- Fox
WAC
Theatres Division
U. 5 S. Navy Department
Lowell Mellett
Motion Picture
Office of War Information
Knox
Mr. Mellett
Ford
New York
Donald Crisp
Henry Fonda
Jane Darwell
Moe And Joe Quiet Benny Gags For Meanest Man
Hollywood reports Jack Benny uses two helpers nicknamed Moe and Joe to test gags. After testing with Morrow and Beloin, Benny judges laughs to decide which lines stay or go. He notes both Moe and Joe laughed at The Meanest Man in the World script, leaving him unsure which lines work.
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Hollywood
Wide World
Bme Morrow
Ed Beloin
Jack Benny
Moe
Joe
Benny
Morrow
Beloin
Burke Woodell Finishes First Phase of Training
Burke Woodell son of Mr and Mrs N B Woodell of 1008 Campbell Street has completed training at the naval station in Norfolk Virginia and is sent to the University of Wisconsin Madison for further radio school training. He enlisted in the Navy in June.
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Burke Woodell
Alvs
N. B. Woodell
Campbell Street
Naval Station
Norfolk
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Woodell
Navy
Seventy Two Registrants of Board 5 in Service
Seventy two registrants of Selective Service Board No 3 have enlisted in the Army Navy Marine Corps or the Air Corps within the past three weeks. Draft board clerk Joe Snider stated last night that in this group were 71 white men and one Negro.
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Tva
Selective Service Board No
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Corps
Joe Snider
WEEK OF CINEMA LINEUP FOR MRS MINIVER TO DOWN MEXICO WAY
A detailed week of film showings lists Greer Garson in Mrs Miniver and Walter Pidgeon with Wake Island and Tarzan's New Adventure, plus Popeye cartoons, News of the Day, and serials. Notable titles include Murder in Big House, They Died with Their Boots On, and Down Mexico Way with Gene Autry. Fox Movietone News and Technicolor reels accompany the schedule.
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Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Errol Flynn
Olivia de Havilland
Fox Movietone News
Billy the Kid IN
LAW & Order
Buster Crabbe
al St. John
Royal Mounted
Courage Of English At War Theme Mrs Miniver at Center Theatre
Mrs Miniver starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon comes to Center Theatre for a week. The film has drawn record attendance across the country including 10 weeks at Radio City Music Hall with over a million attendees. It tells of a courageous English householder and family facing war on the home front with valor amid air raids and peril.
Village Courage and Romance Amid Wartime Strife
Miss Garson and Pidgeon, a married couple with a college son, join the R A F as villagers rally after raid alarms. The raid wrecks the village, but faith endures as the Vicar speaks. Teresa Wright and Richard Ney lead a young romance while Reginald Owen, Henry Travers, Christopher Severin, and Dame May Whitty bolster a democratic wartime spirit. Henry Wilcoxon plays the vicar.
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Miss Garson
Pidgeon
R. A. F. Pidgeon
Dunkirk
Teresa Wright
Richard Ney
Reginald Owen
Henry Travers
Christopher Severn
May Whitty
Henry Wilcoxon
Shipping Cartons Available Here for Armed Forces
Cartons for shipping merchandise to armed service members are available at the Chamber of Commerce office. About 2,000 cartons, size approved by the Army and Post Office, are on hand at no charge. Mail parcels to service members between October 1 and November 1 and send foreign deliveries as early as possible to ensure delivery. First strike in the United States was called by journeymen printers in 1776 in New York City.
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Chamber of Commerce
Frank J. Sizemore
Army
Post Office Department
Sizemore
Armed Services
United States
New York City
Housewives To Receive List Of Vital Scrap
WASIINGTON September 19 War salvage plans distribute a list of over 100 items vital for war production. The American Industries Salvage Committee compiled the guide to help households locate materials around home and farm. The War Production Board announced local salvage committees will ensure every home gets a copy next week.
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Wasiington
American Industries Salvage Committee
War Production Board
Walter Winchell Anecdotes and Clubroom Tales
Paragraphed reminiscences recount Walter Winchell and a Jersey cut. The piece links his New York life, a saloon near a kosher deli, Hitler’s rise, and an FBI detainment after Pearl Harbor. It spins stories from the Stork Club, a Long Island niece, and Tallulah Bankhead on opium talk with brisk, period tone.
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Jersey Lown
Riviera
America
FDR
Hitler
Bund
Pearl Harbor
FBI
Children’s Dept
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah
Smiley Burns Teamed With Roy Rogers in Westerns
Hollywood reports Smiley Burnette has joined Roy Rogers to replace Gene Autry in Republic Pictures westerns. Heart of the Golden West will be the first project on the schedule as Burnette shifts from Autry's sidekick role to a new pairing. The U S Navy operates the hospital ship Relief, showcasing advanced seagoing medical facilities.
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Hollywood
Smiley Burnette
Republic Studios
Gene Autry
U. S. Navy
U. S. S. Relief
Former Resident Sidney A Perry Dies in New Bern
Sidney A Perry, former High Point resident, died early Saturday in New Bern from a heart attack. Survived by wife Cornelia Bruton Perry, son Sidney A Perry Jr of Concord, father C C Perry, sisters D H Parnell and Flom Autry, and brothers C S Perry Archdale and R T Perry Washington DC. Funeral planned in Concord where he lived 20 years.
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New Bern
Sidney A. Perry
High Point
Cornelia Bruton Perry
Sidney A. Perry, Jr
Concord
C. C. Perry
D. H. Parnell
Flom. Autry
C. S. Perry
Archdale
R. T. Perry
Washington, D.C
Modern Miss Shirley Temple in Miss Annie Rooney at Broadhurst
Shirley Temple stars as a Modern Miss in Miss Annie Rooney at the Broadhurst today tomorrow and Tuesday. The film follows a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who wins hearts across classes and centers on Annie Rooney engineering a family blend with a Park Avenue romance. Cast includes Dickie Moore William Gargan Guy Kibbee Roland Du Pree and Peggy Ryan with lively filterbug dance scenes highlighted by Hollywood’s best.
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Shirley Temple
Annie Rooney
the Broadhurst
Shirley
Uark Avenue
Annie
Shirley Vemple
Frand
Park Avenue
Dickie Moore
William Gargan
Guy Kibbee
Roland du Pree
Peggy Ryan
Hollywood
Berlin Correspondent Tribute Film at Broadhurst
A 1940s style review praises Berlin Correspondent at the Broadhurst for honoring American reporters. The plot follows a Yankee journalist lured by the Gestapo, who escapes tyranny and fights back by exposing truth and Nazi plots. Virginia Gilmore stars with Dana Andrews and Martin Osleck.
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Dana Andrews
Virginia Gilmore
Berlin
Broadhurst
Wed-Thur
Gestapo
Hitler
Herr Hitler
Mat Hari
Martin Osleck
Mona Maris
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Walter Pidgeon
Steck EE Garson
Annie Rooney Broadhurst
Moe and
Board 5
Broadway
Tarzan
Columbus
Johnny Weissmuller
Maureen O'Sullivan
Mr. Dap
Rockies
Norway
SC Duprez
Comedy Cartoon News
Paramount
Mr. Jap
Popeye
Sport
Universal News
Jon Chaney
Eveln Ankers
Larceny, Inc
Edward G. Robinson
Jane Wyman
Flatbush
Lloyd Nolan
Carole Landis
Wings For Freedom
Technicolor
Big House
Faye Emerson
van Johnson
Niagara Falls
Marjorie Woodworth
Tom Brown
Air
Man With
Edward Norris
Rialto
Lyle Talbot
June Duprez
Robert Benchley
West End
Richard Arten
Jean Parker
Walter Winchell
Sticks
Stork Club
Billingsley
el Reno
Oklahoma
Sherman
Pardner
Rock Island Railroad
Smiley
Popeye Cartoon
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