The best being when Costello was reading the cards on Dracula and the coffin was creaking and candle moving on top of it. About died laughing with that part and many others throughout the flick.

I watch it once or twice a year.

Mr. Talbot, why am I talking to your dog?

On the phone, too funny.

Universal-International as seen on opening credits to movie. All theaters most likely would have options to show cartoons before or in-between movies (if there were two). Below are some of the animations, cartoons that might have been shown at the time (1948). I can only say that I remember in late 50's or 60's as a child they would have movie trailers and other showings before the main attraction. 1948 way before my time. Below might give you some idea of what was going on in that time period.

Walter Lantz Productions was an American animation studio. It was in operation from 1928 to 1972 and was the principal supplier of animation for Universal Pictures.

The studio was originally formed as Universal Cartoon Studios on the initiative of Universal movie mogul Carl Laemmle, who was tired of the continuous company politics he was dealing with concerning contracting cartoons outside animation studios. Walter Lantz, who was Laemmle's part-time chauffeur and a veteran of the John R. Bray Studios with considerable experience in all elements of animation production, was selected to run the department.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_in_animation

I think you mean ShirleyTemple.

Yes, yes, yes!... I don't know what I was thinking... Of course it was Shirley Temple, thank you!

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Agnes was a FANTASTIC actress!

Yes she was.

Wow. That is quite a link with almost 1000 episodes. #36 (1948) is Sorry, Wrong Number. I may have to look more into this. Plus it can help me find more classic movies. I collect on rating and resolution of the video. More or less 460P and above. IMDb rating of 6.0 and over unless its a cult favorite. Then we can go for Plan 9 From Outer Space. So bad it's good. Thanks.

My pleasure!

She was also in Fort Apache. Great movie.

Yes. In Fort Apache her character was constantly swooning over John Agar's character. Well, she ended up marrying Agar to her eternal regret.

I still like it very much, loved it as a kid.

I love it!

PS I'm pretty sure 7 would be unacceptable today...LOL!

Going by the intro, it looks like the article is referencing Lexington newspaper movie listings of what was actually playing in other theaters in the area at the same time.

You are 100% correct even in September 1948. 1948 as a whole was a awesome year for movies. Above I have listed just September that I have seen and own.

That seems to be the case because the best (just September don't seem to be listed). Like the story though. Above I have listed ones I have seen and own. The year 1948 was a blockbuster for top movies.

I think the articles mentioned these were the movies showing in Lexington at that time.

I found a " The Kentucky Post and Times-Star" page on Google Books/Newspapers. Couldn't narrow it to September 1948, but close. I think MeTV has a subscription(s) to an archival newspaper website as they often mention various newspapers, etc in their articles. However there seemed to be quite a few theaters in that area at the time.

I think you are right about an archival newspaper site. It would explain the interesting mix of newspapers that are mentioned such as “Don Knotts told The Vancouver Sun …” or The Ottawa Star, or whatever.