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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1948

Page

5

Saigon opens at Princess Theatre with Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake

Alan Ladd stars with Veronica Lake in Saigon at the Princess Theatre. The melodrama follows a two buddy war flight crew entangled in a Shanghai to Saigon money smuggling scheme with lovers and treachery. Supporting turns by Douglas Dick and others elevate Leslie Fenton's brisk direction.

Paramount Princess Theatre Alan Ladd Veronica Lake Douglas Dick Saigon Princess Théatre Ladd Miss Lake Calcutta China Shanghai Pal Wally Cassell Luther Adler Morris Carnovskys Mikhail Rasumny Leslie Fenton

Native Fauna Losses Hit Hawaiian Islands and New Zealand

The Hawaiian Islands and New Zealand have suffered extensive declines in native animal life. Experts warn the destruction of habitats and introduction of non native species are driving many species toward extinction.

Hawaiian Islands New Zealand

Adventure Island thrillers on color screen at the Roxy

Paramount’s Adventure Island stars Roy Calhoun Rhonda Fleming and Paul Kelly in a color adventure inspired by Stevenson's Ebb Tide. Three derelict beachcombers seize a cargo ship then seek refuge on a dangerous uncharted island ruled by a white god amid beauty wealth and death.

Rhonda Fleming Paul Kelly Roy Calhoun Roxy Robert Louis Stevenson Pine Thomas Hollywood Paramount Roxy Theatre Stevenson Calhoun Miss Fleming John,Abbott Alan Napier

Ghost and Mrs Muir stars Harrison Tierney at Capitol

Gene Tierney Rex Harrison and George Sanders headline the Capitol engagement of The Ghost and Mrs Muir from Twentieth Century Fox. Edna Best heads the supporting cast as the housemaid in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's film with producer Fred Kohli man.

Capitol Gene Tierney Rex Harrison George Sanders Ghost Mrs. Muir Twentieth Century- Fox R. A. Dick Miss Tierney Harrison Gene Anna Siam Edna Best Joseph L. Mankiewicz Fred Kohliman

Vaudeville Themed Musical Leads Warner Bros Technicolor Feature

Warner Bros. premieres My Wild Irish Rose at the Roxy Theatre next Thursday. Dennis Morgan stars as Chauncey Olcott with Andrea King as Lillian Russell, joined by Arlene Dahl Alan Hale George O’Brien and others in a Portrait of turn of the century show business. The film features a minstrel sequence and eight Technicolor numbers created under LeRoy Prinz choreography after months of research and a nationwide beauty search.

Warner Bros Roxy Theatre Dennis Morgan Chauncey Olcott Andrea King Lillian Russell Arlene Dahl Alan Hale George O’brien George Tobias Ben Blue Sara Allgood William Jacobs David Butler LeRoy Prinz Olcott Miss Russell the Iron Duke William Muldoon Augustus Pitou Weber and Fields Prinz Lowlies Peter Milne Rita Olcott

Crude petroleum and natural gas seized by energy firm

A terse report notes actions by a major energy company involving crude oil and natural gas assets. It outlines the seizure or control of resources and the involvement of unnamed machines or equipment, with minimal context about cause or parties.

Werntene

Thunder in the Valley opens at the Roxy Theatre

Twentieth Century-Fox drama stars Lon McCallister Edmund Gwenn and Peggy Ann Garner with Technicolor photography. The Highlands set tale blends father son conflict, whiteheat vengeance, and a doomed romance as a killer stalks their farms amidst communal suspicion.

Twentieth Century-Fox Lon McCallister Edmund Gwenn Peggy Ann Garner Technicolor Roxy Theatre Scotland Highlands Lon Peg

Thunder in the Valley stars McCallister and Garner in dramatic Scottish tale

Lon McCallister leads as a wistful shepherd boy in Thunder in the Valley a drama of fate and clash in a turbulent valley. Peggy Ann Garner moves to adult romance alongside Edmund Gwenn in a fierce father son dynamic supported by Reginald Owen and Charles Irwin. Based on Bob Son of Battle the film was shot in Utah after Scotland proved unavailable, with Louis King directing and Robert Bassler producing.

Ann Garner Lon McCallister Peggy Ann Garner Edmund Gwenn MeCallister Adam M'Adam Maggie Academy Peggy Ann Garner Reginald Owen James Moore Charles Irwin Long Kirby Bob Alfred Ollivant Louis King Robert Bassler Scotland United States Utah

Summer Holiday at Princess Theatre Delights Roaring Twenties Echo

Mickey Rooney stars in a nostalgic Technicolor musical at the Princess Theatre recalling Fourth of July picnics and cellular collars. The film fuses Harry Warren and Ralph Blane songs with dialogue, a departure from typical screen musicals, in a adaptation of Eugene O Neill.

Stanley Streamers M-G-M Princess Theatre Eugene O’neill Harry Warren Ralph Blane

Thunder in the Valley Captures Scottish Highlands Setting

A vivid description places the action in the Scottish Highlands with a lush three thousand acre meadow at nearly ten thousand feet above sea level. A flowing stream and craggy hills frame the Technicolor backdrop for Thunder in the Valley.

Tain

Summer Holiday a sly 1906 Americana tale with song

Mickey Rooney and Gloria De Haven star in a light musical about a school valedictorian torn between social ambition and first love. The film blends dialogue driven by songs such as Afraid to Fall in Love and The Stanley Steamer to advance the plot under Rouben Mamoulian's direction.

Princess Frank Morgan Mickey Rooney Princess Theatre Rooney Morgan Gloria de Haven Walter Houston Butch Jenkins Marilyn Maxwell Agnes Morehead Uander Houben Mamoulian Dan-Dan-Danville Hi Danville High Rouben Mamoulian Omar Khayyam

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