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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
9
Richard Ainley says farewell to films and returns to the stage with The Gentleman Came to Kill opening at the Assistance League Playhouse in Sylvan Beach before Broadway. Jane Frazee Mischa Auer and Robert Paige also star in the lineup.
Keith's Syracuse screens feature Charley's Aunt with Jack Benny and Kay Francis in a new 20th Century Fox version. Also showing Highway West with Arthur Kennedy and Brenda Marshall, plus Hold That Ghost continuing for another week. China Fights Back at Paramount depicts China's ongoing war and refugee crisis.
Haydn Hickok reviews The Reluctant Dragon at the Paramount a 73 minute film billed as a tour of Walt Disney Studio. Bob Benchley guides viewers through animation dubbing cameras and previews including How to Ride a Horse and a two reel cartoon The Latter. The piece also notes other features on the bill and mentions Goofy Clarence Nash and the upcoming Bambi and a Parson of Panamint western melodrama.
The listing features multiple films with showtimes: Whistling in the Dark at Loew's State and other titles including Stars Look Down, The Reluctant Dragon, Parson of Panamint, China Fights Back, Charley's Aunt, Highway West, Holt That Ghost, Here Comes Happiness, plus Skaneateles Summer Theater Philadelphia Story and Bridgeport Playhouse Apron Strings.
Hollywood actor Dudley Digges joins the cast of the forthcoming Tyrone Power feature Benjamin Blake based on Edison Marshall's move. This joins star Power as production advances on the Edison Marshall adaptation.
Grace McDonald will head the female lead in Frank Gabrielson's new play The Great Whitewash set for a New York City premiere on September 11 at the Cort Theatre. Frank Albertson is slated for the top male part in Syra eusan's comedy. E T Steve leaves Chicago My Sister Eileen. Marcy Wescott returns to her original role.
Warners Brothers will film Banjo Eyes starring Eddie Cantor after its New York engagement on Broadway. The musical based on Three Men on a Horse heads to screen with Cantor in the lead. Anne Shirley takes the female lead opposite James Craig in RKOs Gwangi fantasy melodrama. Stella Adler joins The Shadow of the Thin Man cast. Gene Lockhart and Kaaren Verne receive term contracts from Warners.
Hollywood notes Dan Duryea, praised for his turn in The Little Foxes, joins Universal’s Nobody’s Fool as a young gangster after debuting opposite Bette Davis. Duryea, a Cornell graduate, replaces Franchot Tone as Cornell Dramatic Club president and appeared as Leo on stage. The Little Foxes star Patricia Collinge earns applause. Teresa Wright shines as Bette Davis’s daughter.
The list highlights multiple regional venues like Acme Avon Cameo Globe Harvard Hollywood Palace and Regent with double features including Adam Had Four Sons Dark Diamonds The Great Lie Where Did You Get That Girl Las Vegas Nights Youre Out of Luck Washington Melo Arama Backout The Devil and Miss Jones Son of Monte Cristo Trail of the Lone Pine Mystery Sea Raider Strawberry Blonde Melody for Three Meet John Doe Under Age Trial of Mary Dugan Affectionately Yours People vs Dr Kil dare Sunny Road Show Fighting 69th.
Chiang Kai-Shek leads a Chinese stand against Japan as 90 percent of industrial capacity is destroyed or immobilized. The March of Time notes China’s counter-offensive centers on a newly organized network of vital war industries built in small units.
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