Theater Men To Attack Tax In Four Day Meeting
The Theater Owners of America open a four day Los Angeles meeting as they target the 20 percent wartime amusement tax. The group represents 9,500 movie houses with 6.5 million seats and will review the federal court order requiring a divorce between studios and theater interests. Charles P. Skouras chairs the sessions with speeches by Charles Sawyer and Eric Johnston on successive days.
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Los Angeles
Theater Owners of America
Charles P. Skouras
National
Fox West Coast
Amusement Timetable Listings From Local Theaters
Local cinema schedule shows screenings across venues AERO IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME at 6 45 and 10 05 Winner s Circle 8 40 CINEMA PARK Johnny Stool Pigeon 7 15 10 45 Gay Amigo 8 45 FOX White Heat 12 21 3 45 7 09 10 33 House Across the Street 2 23 5 47 9 11 INDIAN Not Wanted 7 35 11 15 The Great Gatsby 9 20 ORPHEUM Top of the Morning 1 10 3 20 5 35 7 45 10 00 PALMS Rape of Sand 1 25 3 25 5 35 7 40 9 55 PHOENIX Hell s Devils 1 16 4 04 7 00 9 59 Torture Ship 3 08 6 04 9 03 RIALTO My Own True Love 11 15 2 25 5 40 8 50 Sorrowful Jones 12 45 4 00 7 10 10 25 STUDIO Nevada 10 25 1 05 3 50 6 30 9 15 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 9 55 11 40 2 20 5 00 7 45 10 25 VISTA I Was a Male War Bride 2 32 6 36 10 40 Impact 12 40 4 44 8 48
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Cinema Park
Johnny Stoolpigeon
Gay Amigo
House Across the Street
Phoenix
Rialto
Sorrowful Jones
Nevada
Mrs Cloyd Wins Mrs America Title At Asbury Park
Frances L. Cloyd, 23, of San Diego, crowned Mrs America after beating 30 contestants at the 11th annual event in Asbury Park New Jersey. She will tour county fairs to earn carfare home to California and is named most beautiful mother in the USA. Runners up include Mrs Florida Laura O Banion and Mrs Columbus Mary Rippel. Mrs Cincinnati Lavonne Bond Breyer won congeniality.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Frances L. Cloyd
California
America
Florida
Laura O’banion
Columbus
Ohio
Mary Rippel
Cincinnati
Lavonne Bond Breyer
Gable Won't Play Title Role In The Big Moose
Hollywood gossip notes Clark Gable will not play the title role in The Big Moose but the film features his work with Z Wayne Griffin. Spenser Tracy nicknamed Gable Big Moose. Various Hollywood figures including Montgomery Clift, Ingrid Bergman, and Mary Pickford are referenced with career and personal updates.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
Z. Wayne Griffin
Clark
Spencer Tracy
Montgomery Clift
Berlin
Mira Letts
America
Monty
Mira
Roberto Rossellini
Gar Moore
Florence
Rossellini
Roberto
Anna Magnani
Paris
Marlene Dietrich
Envoy Plans Arizona Tour By Desert Irrigation Sites
United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia J Rives Childs will tour reclamation projects in Arizona and Southern California next week to study irrigation under desert conditions similar to the Middle East. He arrives at Williams Air Force Base Chandler Arizona on Tuesday to inspect Salt and Gila river projects by air and ground mid week and Yuma projects Thursday. Accompanying him are Waud Larson and Ian A Briggs from the Bureau of Reclamation.
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J. Rives Childs
United States
Saudi Arabia
Arizona
California
Middle East
E. A. Moritz
Ambassador Childs
Williams Air Force Base
Chandler
Ariz
Gila River
Waud Larson
Bureau of Reclamation
Phoenix
Ian A. Briggs
Bureau
Yuma
Faye Emerson and Elliott Roosevelt Split Over Career
Elliott Roosevelt and actress Faye Emerson have separated with no divorce planned. They wed in 1945, now pursuing separate careers with Faye in New York and Elliott at Hyde Park. Friends cite clashing interests as the cause. a separation agreement may precede any legal steps.
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New York Journal-American
International News, Service
New York
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Roosevelt
Faye
East 66Th Street
Mary Boland
Zachary Scott
Elliott
Hyde Park
Roosevelt Farm
William Crawford
California
Elizabeth Donner
Philadelphia
Ruth Goggins
Fort Worth
Texas
Civic Drama Presents Three One Act Plays at Sombrero
Three one act plays by Tennessee Williams The Long Goodbye Crushed Petunias This Property Is Condemned were staged at the Sombrero Theater 4747 North Seventh Street by the Civic Drama Festival. The adult productions explored juvenile delinquency life futility and rebellion with a cast including Eugene Grigsby Gloria Osborn Elsa Higginbotham Chuck Mueller Lowell Andrews Ted Britt Jerry Hall Dorothy Fanin H R Mitchell Pauline Pleacner Bob Ingersoll Paul Benard and 13 year old Marvel Butts Final festival entry will be Thornton Wilder Our Town.
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Tennessee Williams
Petunias
Sombrero Theater
North Seventh Street
Civic Drama Festival
Desire
Eugene Grigsby
Gloria Osborn
Elsa Higginbotham
Chuck Mueller
Lowell Andrews
Ted Britt
Jerry Hall
Dorothy Fanin
H. R. Mitchell
Pauline Pleacner
Bob Ingersoll
Paul Benard
Marvel Butts
Sombrero
Thornton Wilder
Our Town
Valley Theatres Run Through Phoenix Area Venues
Local listings show engagements at Mesa and Peoria venues including Parkway where Will James' Sand and You Gotta Stay Happy play alongside Rowena and T-Bart at Scottsdale locations.
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Ingrid Bergman
Stromboli
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West Point
Ann Sothern
Pebble Beach
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Robert Sterling
Mary Pickford
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East
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Otto
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ED Luke Motor Company
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KTAR
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Lineal
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Hancock
James Cagney
Ist
Wash
Wayne Morris
Janis Paige
Phoenix Drive-In Theatres
West Indian School
van Buren
Alan Ladd
Ida Lupino
Paramount Presents
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