British film stars over age seek war enlistment
Hollywood reports British screen heroes such as Cary Grant David Niven Errol Flynn and Charles Laughton Face public pressure to enlist as England nears war with Germany. The editor cites actor Alan Mowbray to counter claims of delayed production and studio withdrawals and promises further details on page 1.
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International News Service
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David Niven
Errol Flynn
Merbert Marshall
Ronald Colman
Brian Aherne
Charles Laughton
Claude Rains
England
Germany
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Cear
The Women Opens At Majestic Theatre This Saturday
The Women brings an all star cast including Norma Shearer Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell to the Majestic in a modern comedy drama based on Clare Boothe's Broadway hit. The film follows daily women’s experiences with sharp dialogue and fashion parade background.
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Hollywood
Norma Shearer
Joan Crawford
Rosalind Russell
Majestic Theater
Clare Boothe
Miss Ahearer
Mary Haines
Siren
Crystal Ayen
Arch Rossi
Sylvia
Fowler
Majestic and Palace Showcase Full Week Section
The page lists multiple film features at the Majestic and Palace. Prominent titles include Miss Loy in Lady Esketh with new cast notes, In Name Only with Lombard and Grant, and The Rains Came starring Loy Power Brent. Also highlighted are North of the Yukon and Stunt Frob with supporting cast and weekend runs.
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Miss Loy
Esketh
Rama Saili
Brent
Tom Ransome
Brenda Joyce
Nigel Brice
Marie Ouspensakays
Mary Mash
Jane Derwell
Joseph’ Schildkraut
Holywood
Carole Lombard
Cary Grant
Kay Francis
Hollywood
Miss Francis
Cary
Carole
Helen Vinson
Charles Coburn
Jonathan Hale
Katherine Alexander
Louis Bromfield
Majestic
Myrna Loy
Tyrone Power
George Brent
Russian ballet troupe to open New York season in October
For fifth consecutive season San Antonians will get a new program by the famed Russe de Monte Carlo. The Russian dancers arrive October 10 at the Metropolitan opera house, New York, to begin their American tour November 1. Six new productions are announced, including Ghost Town and Devil's Holiday. Other Friends of Music attractions feature Argentina, Josef Hofmann, Fritz Kreisler, Lawrence Tibbett, and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra led by Vladimir Golschmann.
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Russe de Monte Carlo
Friends of Music
Elizabeth A. Deoe
Serson
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
United States
Canada
San Antonio
Sergeant Madden at State Tuesday
Policeman father Beery stars in Sergeant Madden with Wallace Beery Tom Crown and Laraine Day. The story traces the father's wish for his son to become a better cop and the clash with his adopted son Alan Baxter who resists police life. The film builds toward a confrontation as Beery must arrest his own son for a crime.
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Sergeant Madden
Wallace Meery
Tom Crown
Laraine Day
Ling
Beery
Drown
Ike
Alan Baxter
Als Son
Colbert Stewart Romance Returns at Palace Theater
Claudette Colbert and James Stewart star in It is a Wonderful World returning Tuesday at the Palace. Colbert plays a poetess who ends up in a car with Stewart while he tracks a criminal, and a mistaken kidnapping leads to unexpected romance.
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Palace Theater
Claudette Colbert
Janiis Stewart
Joles
Miss Colbert
Dha
Pollice
Study in Contrast on Edna May Olive in Nurse Edith Cavell
Comedienne Edna May Olive wears 12 elaborate costumes while in Bert Wilcox's radio production Nurse Edith Cavell. Anna Neagle stars in the title role with a plain gray uniform and brown oxfords throughout the picture, contrasting performance styles and attire.
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Edna May Olive
Herbert Wilcox
Edith Cavell
Anna Neagle
The Man in the Iron Mask Opens Friday at Aztec
Louis Hayward stars in The Man in the Iron Mask at the Aztec theater opening Friday. He plays dual roles including King Louis XIV and his unseen brother Philippe supported by Joan Bennett and a strong cast. The plot centers on a France of intrigue as a royal heir faces succession fears and dramatic confrontation.
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Louis Hayward
Joan Bennett
Hayward
Louis XIV
France
Philippe
Misa Renepeel
Vast
Marle ‘Cherese
Spain
Muskewers
Jnr
Warren William
Alan ¥ le
Miles Mander
Ieing
Land
Vnwin
Fifth Avenue Gir features Jim Holt in Ginger Rogers film
Breaks for Tim To Tin Holt rise as Gregory La Cava casts Jim Holt, son of outdoor star Jack Halt, as Ginger Rogers boyfriend in her solo-starring radio film Fifth Avenue Gir.
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Tin Holt
Jack Halt
Gregory la Cava
Jim
Ginger Rogers
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Yukon
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Empire
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