Keith Premiere January for Hope Musical at Keith’s
Hope musical to premiere January 8 at Keith’s with Louisiana Purchase following Ball of Fire. Cast updates include Sheldon Leonard joining Tortilla Flat as Tito Ralph. Other notes cover Banjo Eyes and stage projects for Reed, Tracy, Lamarr, Garfield, and Ellen.
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Lousiana Purchase
Victor Moore
Jan. S&s
Sheldon Leonard
Syracuse University
Metro
Tortilla Flat
Tito Ralph
Spencer ‘Tracy
Hedy Lamarr
John Garfield
Eddie Cantor
Rooney’s Broadway Bond: Rooney Plays Many Roles in Babes on Broadway
Mickey Rooney stars in MGM’s Babes on Broadway opening at Loew’s State. The article highlights his rapid impersonations of Carmen Miranda, Sir Harry Lauder, Richard Mansfield, and more, noting his methodical research and two-hour makeup for each routine.
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Mickey Rooney
Carmen Miranda
Sir Harry Lauder
Richard Mansfield
Mickey
Hollywood
Loew's State
Rooney
Clark Gable
Lionel Barrymore
Eddie Leonard
New York
Miranda
Paris
Tex
Harry Lauder
Wena Aa
Ananne Fae Ann Peache
Lauder
Mansfield
Glenn Miller Band Deal Foreshadows Musical Screen Boom
Hollywood reports Glenn Miller and his band have signed with 20th Century Fox for a Betty Grable musical biography tentatively titled Melody Mad. The project, scripted by Stanley Rauh, spotlights Miller’s life amid an era leaning toward escapist musicals and comedies as war films multiply.
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Grable
Lovella D. Parsons
Hollywood
Five Hounds
20Th Century-Fox
Betty Grabld
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Miller
Stanley Rauh
Glenn
Alex Theater
Glendale
Dorothy, Lamour
William Holden
Hollywood Adopts The Grant Central Murder for Screen Duo
Sue MacVeigh writes a new detective novel The Grant Central Murder adapted by Hollywood M G M for film. Barry Nelson and Laraine Day will portray a husband and wife sleuthing team in the project.
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Hollywood
M-G-M
Grant Central
Sue MacVeigh
Barry Nelson
Laraine Day
Movie Time Listings Tie Up Screens with Timed Showings
The theater ad lists film runs and start times for titles such as They Died With Their Boots On, Four Jacks and a Jill, Tarzan’s Secret Treasure, Miss Polly, Dumbo, Look Who’s Laughing, Among the Living, and more. Screens show early matinees and late evening features at RiKKO Shine Paramount and RKO Schine Eckel venues with specific times.
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Ray Bolger
Anne Shirley
Rikko-Shine- Paramount
Johnny Weismuller
Maureen O'Sullivan
Zwen Pitts
Slim Summervillen
RAN Air
Loew's State
Dumbo
Walt Disney
Joan Carroll
Edmond O'Brien
Rko-Schine-Keith
Edgar Bergen
Fibper McGee
Molly
Albert Dekker
Susan Hayward
Rakoschine-Eckel
Neighborhood Theaters Run Short Film Lineup
A list of film showings at multiple neighborhood theaters features double bills including Acme Sun Valley Serenade and Reluctant Dragon at Sun Valley, Allen and Avon offerings, plus titles at Cameo East Elmwood and others, with odd misprints and garbled lines.
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Sun Valley
Allen
Bishop
Aloha I Means Goodbye cast set at Warner Bros schedule
Hollywood stars Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan are named as leads in Aloha I Means Goodbye a Hawaii espionage story by Robert Carson Warner Brothers has added the project to its immediate production schedule.
Tarzan Star Weissmuller Returns for Fifth Film
Johnny Weissmuller known for Tarzan films returns from a two year break to star in Tarzan's Secret Treasure at Loew's. The Olympic swimming champion, six foot three and 190 pounds, rose from a sickly childhood to world speed records and 39 national championships before turning pro in 1929.
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Tarzan
Loew's
Maureen O'Sullivan
John Sheffield
Reginnd Chen
Barrye Engearald
Tom Conway
Philip Do
William Bachrach
Illinois Athletic Club
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Paris
Amsterdam
Henry Aldrich ROTC film on Para mount schedule
Henry Aldrich in ROTC has been advanced for immediate production on the Para mount schedule. Jimmy Lydon will continue in the title role.
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Hollywood
Henry Aldrich
R.O.T.C
Paramount
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Army Surgeon Joins RKO For Second American Picture
English director Peter Godfrey is assigned to Megaphone Army Surgeon as his second American film for RKO after the success of Unexpected Uncle. The project marks his continued collaboration with the studio and expands his slate in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Peter Godfrey
RKO
Zanuck's 42 Movies Stress Silver Lining in 1940s View
Hollywood writer Jimmie Fidler reports that 20th Century Fox promotes cheerful cinema as relief from daily troubles. He notes audiences seek happiness, happy endings, and escapist entertainment over grim realism, with film as a builder of dreams for mass consumers.
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Jimmie Fidler
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Red Cross
Won contracts Bridge Pity the Poor Expert
An expert paired with a weak partner on defense struggles to guide the defense. Despite proper signals, unread cards allow opponents to steal a vulnerable slam. South dealer, North South vulnerable, part score.
Bridge bidding misread leads to cautious slam attempt
South overreached on a 2 spade bid misreading North's call and pursued a slam on an 80 part score. West opened clubs, East discarded diamonds, and declarer leveraged a heart run and trumps to exhaust defenders, securing the final winning trick with dummy's trump.
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North
East
West
Declarer
Dummy
Trump
Hollywood Stars Pass on Roles and Tours in Film News
Silent era icon Lillian Gish turns down Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch lead as too old. Eddie Albert eyed for Little Pinks at RKO. Mary Pickford to tour Canada after Jan 11 with a house raffle for merchant marine widows, then U.S. tour. Milton Berle’s bride Joyce Matthews to star opposite Richard Arlen in Wrecking Crew. Marion Anderson set for Gala Performance with Charles Boyer. Claudette Colbert nearby Academy scene in Remember the Day. Edward Chapman freed from RAF duties to play Amy Johnson’s father in Woman With Wings.
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Silent Pictures
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Eddie Albert
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Damon Runyon
Mary Pickford
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Milton Berle
Joyce Matthews
Richard Arlen
Marion Anderson
Alexander Paul
Charles Boyer
Claudette Colbert
Japanese spearhead nears Changsha amid civilian flight
Dispatches report a central China offensive pushing within 40 miles of Changsha as civilians flee. Japanese reinforcements cross the Milo River under heavy bombardment and threaten the Yale-in-China University complex amid ongoing Chinese resistance across four provinces.
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Changsha
Chungking
China
Hunan
Yale-in-China University
G Man Serial at Hollywood Studio Faces Spies Theme
Hollywood Republic Pictures books G Man vs the Black Dragon as a 1942 serial. The project centers on Japanese spies operating in the United States.
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Hollywood
Republic Pictures
United States
Rita Hayworth To Star With Sal in My Gal Sal
Hollywood reports Rita Hayworth will play opposite Salvatore in the screen biography My Gal Sal directed by Paul Dresser. The male lead, previously said to be Don Ameche, is confirmed as Sal.
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Victor Mature
Don Ameche
Rita Hayworth
My Gal Sal
Paul Dresser
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