Film Theaters Sue 13 Films Over Block Booking
In Chicago on July 3, six neighborhood theaters filed in U S District Court seeking 5.25 million dollars in treble damages from 13 distributors. The suits allege a conspiracy to suppress competition and discriminatory block-booking by Loew's Inc RKO 20th Century Fox Paramount Warner Columbia Universal United Artists Balaban and Katz Publix Great States Theaters and Warner Brothers Distributors.
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Chicago
U. S
Loew’s, Inc
RKO
20Th Century Film Corporation
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Films Distributing Company
Warner Brothers Pictures
Warner Brothers Circuit and Management Corporation
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Universal Film Exchange, Inc
United Artists Corporation
Balaban and Katz
Publix Great States ‘Theaters
Warner Brothers Pictures Distributors
Douglas Nelson to get private bridge for school
Wark England July 3 AP The county council agrees to build Douglas Nelson a bridge at his home so he can reach the school bus without wet feet. He starts school age six next month. The private bridge costs £400 or $1120 and spans Gofton Burn a brook eight feet wide and two feet deep.
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Wark
England
Douglas Nelson
Douglas
Gofton Burn
Burt Lancaster’s wife gives birth to daughter Joanne Mari
Santa Monica July 3 AP An 8 pound baby girl Joanne Mari is born to Norma Lancaster mother of Burt Lancaster the actor Their family includes three other children Lancaster is in Italy filming a new movie and could not celebrate with cigars.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Burt Lancaster
Joanne Mari
Norma Lancaster
Lancaster
Italy
City Detective Honored for Recovery of Stolen Property
Detective Gordon Selby named officer of the week by First Federal Rangers Fox Leaders Club for recovering nearly $5,000 in stolen goods over three weeks while assigned to the pawnshop detail.
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Gordon Selby
Federal Rangers
Fox Leaders Club
Selby
Daily Horoscope for Wednesday July 4
The reading advises patience and calm judgment when plans face delays or obstacles. Avoid aggressive actions, stay serene, and use careful analysis. Those born today may sense delays due to physical or static factors, with a mix of aggressive urges and philosophical restraint.
Leon Errol Birthday Star Memoir Highlights Career Start
Birthday note for Leon Errol born July 3 1881 in Sydney Australia now famed film star with a stage career spanning vaudeville in Sydney his first New York appearance in The Ziegfeld Follies of 1910 and later London stage work including Joy Bells after Hitchy Koo in 1918.
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Leon Errol
Sydney
Australia
New York
London
France Reports 8 Million Radio Sets Registered
France says eight million radio sets are registered and another one to two million may be unregistered to avoid taxes. The claim cites government data and notes potential tax implications for owners.
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France
Ingrid Bergman and Hollywood links amid busy year
Hollywood gossip notes Ingrid Bergman's Rome visit with lawyer Greg Bautzer shaping she may accept future pictures in Hollywood amid money talks with Rossellini. The column lists Marie Wilson's Darling I Love You role, Jane Russell training for Humprhey Son of Pale Face, Jack Dempsey Story prep with Robert Ryan, and other star moves including Errol Flynn, Barbara Stanwyck, Red Skelton, Judy Garland, and Rita Hayworth amid Hollywood activity and industry chatter.
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Greg Bautzer
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Pia
Bautzer
Ingrid
Rossellini
Marie Wilson
Wald- Krasna
Marie
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Robert Ryan
Jack
Victor Mature
Errol Flynn
Egypt
Jack Benny
Errol
Jane Russell
Las Vegas
Bob Hope
Roy Rogers
Humphrey
Paleface
Bob
Roy
Mr. Gable
Jane
Lone Star
Red Skelton
David Rose
Judy Garland
London
Rose
Red
the Palladium
Barbara Stanwyck
Philip Reed
Lionel Barrymore
Billie Burke
Joe E. Lewis
Ink Spots
el Rancho
Jean Hagen
Norma Shearer
Square Dance Events Here
Community schedule listing multiple square dance classes and dances. Includes Thursday beginners class at 8 p.m. at 333 W. Washington led by Henry Wasielewski. Friday intermediate class at 8 p.m. at 333 W. Washington with Bob Walters. Allemanders at 9 p.m. and Belles and Beaux at 8:30 p.m. at Longview School. Saturday events include West Virginians at 9 p.m. Edison School, Isaac Squares at 9 p.m. Isaac Paw and Taw at 9 p.m. Temple Beth Israel, Western Saddle Club at 9 p.m. 20th St. and Squaw Peak, Boots and Calico at 8:30 p.m. Alma School Mesa, Circle C at 9 p.m. Coolidge Army Air Base.
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Bob Walters
Longview
West Virginians
Edison School
Isaac School
Temple Beth Israel
Western Saddle Club
20Th St
Squaw Peak
Calico
Alma
Mesa
Circle C
Coolidge Army Air Base
Amusement Timetable Listings From Local Drive-Ins
A compiled theater schedule shows numerous cinema listings with theater names, film titles, and multiple showtimes across venues such as CINEMA PARK DRIVE-IN FOX-Hollywood Story and PALMS Five. The note ends with a line stating Portugal sold most of its output of white arsenic to Britain.
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FOX
Hollywood Story
Great Caruso
Paramount
Phoenix
Last Outpost
Fort Apache
Portugal
Britain
Independent Theatres Showings Across Cities
Local listings note screenings at Apache Drive-In Globe Miami Peoria Parkway Chandler Rowena T-Bart and Scottsdale venues. Feature titles include Short Grass and Target Unknown with Mark Stevens in The Fighting Sullivans Serial Chapter 6 You re in the Navy Now presenting through regional theaters.
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Glendale
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Jane Greer
EL Rey
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PIX
Sunnyslope
Linds Darnell
Aera College
Tempe
Percy Kilbride
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