Our Town screens at Loew's July 4 with star studded cast
Hayden Hickok reports Sol Lesser presents Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in technicolor at Loew’s on July 4 with Martha Scott new to film and William Holden leading a Hollywood ensemble including Fay Bainter, Bondi, Kibbee and Erwin. Frank Craven repeats his narrator role as the production retains the stage spirit and uses authentic New England scenery by William Cameron Menzies.
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Our Town
Sol Lesser
Thornton Wilder
Grover
Torners
N. H
Pultzer
Guy Kibbee
Stuart Erwin
Frank Craven
Broadway
New England
William Cameron Menzies
Stumpilally
Lesser
Mr. Wilder
American Vaudeville and Broadway News Preview
Whittlesey House will publish American Vaudeville Its Life and Times in the fall. Harold Arlen Syracuse composer to write the Sweet Land of Liberty score. Eddie Cantor to stage an all Negro musical show Broadway bound in the Fall. George Mc Manus of The Herald Journal may play Jiggs in films from King Features. Screen rights bought by Barney Gerard. George Abbott technical director on The Boys from Syracuse. world premiere late in July.
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Walter Hampden
Syracuse University
Schenectady
Mr. Hampden
Chief Big Bear
Cecil B. DeMille
Paramount
Hampden
Hollywood
RKO Radio
Charles Laughton
Notre Dame
Vaudeville
Whittlesey House
Harold Arlen
Syracuse
Eddie Cantor
George McManus
Herald- Journal
Jiggs
King Features Syndicate
Barney Gerard
George Abbott
Evening Movie Schedule At Loews State And RKO
Rack of shows listed with times for The Mortal Storm starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart at Loew's State. Also Girl in 313 with Florence Rice and Kent Taylor, Stour S ons drama with Don Ameche, La Conga Night with Hugh Herbert, My Favorite Wife with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, Opened by Mistake at RKO Schine Eckel, Typhoon with Dorothy Lamour, Those Were the Days with Ezra Stone at several venues.
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Margaret Sullavan
James Stewart
Florence Rice
Kent Taylor
Loew's State
Stour Sons
Drame
Don Ameche
Eugenie Leontovich
Hugh Herbert
Constance Moore
Rro-Schine-Paramount
Wife
Irene Dunne
Cary Grant
Charles Ruggles
Janice Logan
Rkoschine-Eckel
Dorothy Lamour
Robert Preston
Ezra Stone
Bonita Granville
Rko-Schine-Keith’s
How to Play and Win at Contract Bridge
A detailed bridge analysis discusses a complex hand where South must cope with a double dummy layout. It shows declarer errors, defensive signals, and the critical misguess of the club queen, explaining why the contract cannot be made despite long suits and careful ruffing. East’s possession of seven clubs with West four diamonds reveals the singleton club, making the automatic play for the club queen clear once West leads.
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South
Declarer
Declarer Ted Son
East
North
West
Ace
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Czech Nazi Antiwar Drama At Paramount Studio
Hollywood markets shift amid war news as Paramount releases two anti Nazi pictures. The Mort al Storm and Four Sons dramatize family conflict on the 1936 Czecho Slovak border with Eugenie Leontovich and Don Ameche starring. Lighter note features La Conga Nights with Hugh Herbert playing four sisters and a mother.
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Hollywood
Europe
Paramount
Margaret Mann
Brothers
Brother
Alan Curtis
Robert Lowery
George Ernest
Hugh Herbert
H. H
Be Still and Know That I Am God in Life’s Slow Beauty
A broadcaster reflects on how pace harms life and learning. He cites Rodin and David Grayson, urging slow reading, listening, and experiencing sunsets and friendships fully to taste life’s deepest gift. The piece advocates quiet, receptive inner stillness as the path to beauty.
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England
France
David Grayson
Doubleday Doran
Rodin
God
David
Betty Grable to star in Down Argentine Way at Fox
Betty Grable reports to 20th Century Fox ahead of July 1 contract start to replace Alice Faye in Down Argentine Way. Production shifts to June 24 as Grable replaces plan for Alice Faye with Don Ameche in the technicolor musical. Warner Bros buys Grable contract from Paramount, signaling a major studio push for her.
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Betty Grable
Hollywood
20Th Century-Fox
Betty
Alice Faye
Alice
Don Ameche
Darryl Zanuck
Harry Joe
Brown
Brethren
Warner
Paramount
Ida
Lucy
Broadway Cast Shuffle for Valeatry Was a Lady
Irving Cummings will direct Valeatry Was a Lady with Carmen Miranda Charlotte Greenwood Henry Stephenson Cesar Romero and Chris Pin Martin in the cast Cesar Romero remains hospitalized with typhoid but improving may join the production Paulette Goddard to depart Cape Cod engagement for femme lead opposite Fred Astaire in Second Chorus director H C Foster sets July 15 as go signal Astaire to play trumpet not a dancer Ida Lupino impresses on They Drive By on Warner lot Lloyd Bacon plans marriage to Florence Baker after divorce Joan Crawford Loretta Young Nelson Eddy Nancy Kelly celebrate their first anniversary Madeleine Carroll in Lisbon for military permit Mary Astor hosts a circus party for daughter Marilyn Thorpe's ninth birthday and pony rides pink lemonade and merriment. other Europe bound stars noted but not fully confirmed.
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Ner Big Broundway
Valeatry
Irving Cummings
Carmen’ ‘Miranda
Charlotte Greenwood
iHenry Stephenson
Cesar Romero
Chris Pin Martin
Cesar Isi
Paulette Goddard
Cape Cod Playhouse
Paramount
Fred Astaire
H. C. Foster
Astaire
Boris Morros
Robert Stiman
Fred
Ginger Rogers
Lloyd Bacon
Florence Baker
Grace Hayes
Inez Courtney
Italy
Luigi Fillasi
Connie Moore
Johnny Maschio
Helen del Valle
Lee Bowman
Wallie Beery Pic
Motion Picture Movies of America
Joan Crawford
Loretta Young
Nelson Eddy
Nancy Kelly
Joan Bilondel
San Francisco
Madeleine Carroll
Lisbon
Mary Astor
Marilyn Thorpe
Ford Revives Forgotten Actors with a John Ford Touch
Hollywood stars credit John Ford for reviving careers in The Grapes of Wrath and Stagecoach. Dane Darwell Russell Simpson John Carradine Thomas Mitchell and John Qualen gain lasting fame through Ford’s casting. Wayne and Tracy credit Ford for career longevity in The Long Voyage Home and Up the River.
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Carmen Morales
John Ford
Eugene O’neill
Hollywood
Ford
Dane Darwell
Ma Joad
Russell Shndega
Simpson
John Carradine
John Wayne
Wayne
Ole
Thomas Mitchell
Mitchell
Doc Boone
Agecoach
Joe
John Qualen
Spencer Tracy
Victor McLagren
the Informer
Ford Pictures
Theaters Show Multiple Early 1940s Double Features
Neighborhood and city theaters list pairings of films including Light That Failed Covered Trailer Sidewalks of London My Son Is Guilty Captain Fury Man from Montreal Its a Date Mexicali Rose Man from Dakota Blue Bird Lone Wolf Strikes Knights of the Range Seventeen Raffies Man Who Dared Sidewalks of London Knights of the Range Its a Date Secret Four Zanzibar Lone Wolf Strikes It s Date Slightly Honorable Zanzibar Zanzibar Castle on the Hudson Zanzibar Slightly Honorable Farmer s Daughter Pinocchio Danger on Wheels
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Acme
Lone Wolf Strikes
Knights of the Range
Elmwood
Franklin
Globe
London
Happy Hour
Harvard
Zanzibar
Hollywood
James
Jesse James
Castle On the Hudson
Riviera
Arn Hall
Abe Lincoln Actor Cast as Patrick Henry in Howards of Virginia
Broadway actor Richard Gaines signed by Frank Lloyd to play Patrick Henry in The Howards of Virginia alongside Cary Grant. Gaines replaces Raymond Massey who left Abe Lincoln in Illinois to film. Cast also includes Sir Cedric Hardwicke Martha Scott and Richard Carlson.
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Frank Lloyd
Richard Gaines
Patrick Henry
Virginia
Cary Grant
Gaines
Raymond Massey
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Massey
Grant
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Martha Scott
Richard Carlson
James Stewart to star opposite Joan Crawford in Crawford film
James Stewart has been named the male lead opposite Joan Crawford in the film A Woman's Face. The pairing marks a high profile collaboration in a project produced by Crawford's team, signaling a major 1940s screen collaboration.
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James. Stewart
Crawford
James Stewart
Joan Crawford
Ziegfeld Girl Tops Metro Nine Musical Films
Metro plans nine upcoming musical productions for the season with major stars. Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy will co star in two, while Miss MacDonald appears in another without Eddy. Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland team in a project, and Garland solos in another. James Stewart Hedy Lamarr Eleanor Powell Lana Turner lead The Ziegfeld Girl with Powell. Broadway Melody of 1641 features MacDonald. The Marx Brothers star in Go West. Noel Coward's Snert features Sayville. Through may team MacDonald with a musical version. Babes On Broadway Strike Up the Band and other projects create a busy slate.
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Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
Miss MacDonald
Eddy
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Miss Garland
James Stewart
Hedy Tramarr
Eleanor Powell
Lana Turner
Miss Povwell
Marx Brothers
Arthur Freed
Jock Cam
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