Eve of St. Mark film adaptation tops wartime drama
20th Century Fox brings the Maxwell stage hit The Eve of St. Mark to the Hollywood theater through Wednesday. Anne Baxter William Eythe Michael O Shea lead a strong cast with Vincent Price Ruth Nelson and Ray Collins in a wartime love story praised for its frank and tender drama and emotional last stand on Bataan.
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St. Mark
20Th Century-Fox
Hollywood Theater
Anne Baxter
William Dythe
Michael O'Shea
Vincent Price
Ruth Nelson
Ray Collins
Joe
Bataan
William Eythe
Quizz West
Eythe
Indiana
Walter Brennan
Lon McCallister
Jeanne Crain
Charlotte Greenwood
June Hever
Ward Bond
Charles Dingle
Actor Robert Alda Leads Gershwin Costume Parade
Robert Alda as George Gershwin in Warner Bros. Blue is praised for wardrobe help. Gershwin’s clothing sense is noted as extremely sharp, while Alda prepares with 39 costume changes, more suits than he has owned before.
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Robert Alda
George Gershwin
Warner Bros.’ Y In Blue
Gershwin
Alda
Vermont Dentists Offer At Home Visits in 1839
In 1839 Vermont dentists advertised they would attend ladies at their homes if requested, reflecting early mobile dental care practices. The notices emphasized convenience and personal service for female patients, a precursor to modern home health care options.
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Vermont
Movie Listings at Wisconsin Theater Highlight Broad Cast
A multi film lineup runs through Wednesday at the Wisconsin theater with Pretty Ruth Terry leading a strong cast in The Amazing Mrs Holliday and Deanna Durbin headlining as the resourceful girl. Other features include Outlaws of Santa Fe with Red Barry and Whistling in Brooklyn starring Red Skelton, plus Underground Guerrillas and Sundown Valley in rotation. Additional attractions feature The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Lady in the Death House, Boss of Raw Hide, Ice Capades Revue, Never a Dull Moment, The London Blackout Murders and Hello Frisco Hello with a robust ensemble across the program.
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Wisconsin
Ruth Terry
Byron
Freddie Fisher
Schnickelfritz
Ernest Tubbs
Texas Troubadors
Isabel Randolph
Shirley Mitchell
Don Wilson
Santa Fe
Don “Red” Barry
Wally Vernon
Helen Talbot
Mrs. Holliday
Deanna Durbin
Deanna
Orient
America
Edmond O'Brien
Barry Fitzgerald
Arthur Treacher
Red Skelton
Wally Benton
Fox
Whistling
Brooklyn
Jean Rogers
Ann Rutherford
Red
Ann
Ragland
Sun Avenue Theater
John Clements
Tom Walls
Mary Morris
Sundown Valley
Charles Starret
Jeanne Bates
la Crosse
Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Cumberland Mountains
Fred MacMurray
Sylvia Sydney
Henry Fonda
Fonda
MacMurray
Lionel Atwill
Jean Parker
Douglas Fowley
Dave O'Brien
Jim Newill
Ellen Drew
Richard Dunning
Jerry Colonna
Vera Vague
Ritz Brothers
Frances Langford
Mary Beth Hughes
London
John Abbott
Mary McLean
Louis Borell
Lester Matthews
Alice Faye
John Payne
Jack Oakie
Lynn Barr
Laird Gregor
June Havoc
Ward Bond
George Barbier
San Francisco
Rivoli
Moppet
Margaret O'Brien
Margaret
James Craig
Craig
Marsha Hunt
Donald O’conner
Peggy Ryan
O'Conner
O’conner
Miss Ryan
Ann Blyth
Joel Kupperman
Danny Kaye
Shore
Dana Andrews
Goldwyn Girls
Kaye
Destination Tokyo cuts down in room count for more closeups
Warner Bros says Destination Tokyo features one and a half times more closeups than any prior film. Cary Grant and John Garfield lead, but the reason is that nearly every foot of the feature was shot in crowded quarters under director Delmer Dax.
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Destination Tokyo
Warner Bros
Cary Grant
John Garfield
Delmer Daxes
Best Foot Forward at Riviera Prom Night Hijinks
Lucille Ball leads the cast in Best Foot Forward at the Riviera theater as a college prom invitation spirals into comic chaos. Tommy Dix invites Ball to the Winsocks Military Ball, but his girlfriend Virginia Weidler complicates the scene. William Gaxton portrays Ball's publicity agent as the Ice Capades troupe returns for a guest appearance.
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Riviera Theater
Lucille Ball
Tommy Dix
Virginia Weidler
Tommy
William Gaxton
Miss Ball
Vera Hruba
Megan Taylor
Lois Dworshak
Donna Atwood
Red McCarthy
Fresh Water Made Sea Like For Film Boats
Technical directors on the Hal B. Wallis film Passage to Marseille at Warners faced boats floating too low beside a freighter in salt water. Remedies were considered, including reducing passengers, but the fix was to add 1300 pounds of crude salt to fresh water to match sea water gravity.
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Hal B. Wallis
Marseille
Warners
Humphrey Bogart
Peter Lorre
They Like Dinah Shore Pin-Up Favorite of Service Men
Dinah Shore, the Nashville song bird, is a popular pin-up with service men. Her photographs in dancing costumes from Warner Bros. musical Thank Your Lucky Ears are in high demand.
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Dinah Shore
Warner Bros
Gas Ration Sparks Delayed Scene on Warners Set
327 ration exceptions let Humphrey Bogart and the Warners crew film part of Passage to Marseille near Lake Sherwood. A boatman in a motorboat disrupted filming by disregarding Curtiz after a scene began, declaring an all day affair, then his engine died from lack of gas.
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Humphrey Bogart
Hal B. Wallis Film Company
Warners
Marseille
Lake Sherwood
Pust
Michael Curtiz
Workmen Uncover Gold Riches While Digging For Friant Dam
Workmen digging sand and gravel for the Friant dam in California uncovered nearly 100000 dollars in gold. The find surprised crews and could affect construction timelines and funding. Local authorities began securing the site and assessing the treasure's legal disposition.
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Friant Dam
California
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