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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1948

Page

5

Give My Regards to Broadway at Princess Theatre

Twentieth Century Fox Technicolor musical opens at the Princess. Dan Dailey leads a vaudeville family story set as vaudeville fades in 1928 with romance and humor. The cast includes Charles Winninger Fay Bainter Barbara Lawrence Jane Nigh and others.

Nancy Guild Dan Dailey Twentieth Century-Fox Technicolor Princess Theatre Broadway Charles Winninger Charlie Ruggles Fay Bainter Barbara Lawrence Jane Nigh Bert Timber Cupid Dailey Inninger Lloyd Bacon Walter Morosco Samuel Hoffenstein Elizabeth Reinhardt John Klempner

The Naked City at Princess Theatre a Realistic Film

The Naked City a realistic thriller from Universal International opens Tuesday at the Princess Theatre. Barry Fitzgerald stars as Detective Dan Muldoon with Howard Duff Dorothy Hart Don Taylor in the cast. Filmed on location in New York City with NYPD cooperation. the plot follows the murder of a model and the methodical police investigation to a dramatic conclusion.

Barry Fitzgerald Detective Muldoon New York Naked City Mark Hellinger Universal- International Princess Theatre New York City Metropolis Big City Fitzgerald Dan Muldoon Howard Duff Dorothy Hart Don Taylor Duff Hellinger Miss Hart Taylor James Halloran Marvin Wald Albert Maltz Jules Dassin Manhattan

Red Stallion Opens at Capitol Theatre in Color

Eagle-Lion Cinecolor presents Red Stallion starring Robert Paige Noreen Nash and Ted Donaldson. A boy trains a horse to win a race and save his grandmother's ranch from foreclosure amid backstage thrills and dramatic farm life.

Noreen Nash Robert Paige Ted Donaldson Red the Capitol Eagle-Lion Capitol Theatre

Old Number 2 Near Last Run

MOBILE AL Aug 28 Old Number Two a victim of progress will make its last run over the Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railroad from Mobile to Reform Alabama Tuesday The Alabama Public Service Commission granted the ATN permission to halt its twice daily passenger schedules on the 214 mile route J E Gilliland president said service will end after its final eight hour run to Reform The line’s passenger trains were for decades a link between West Alabama towns and the outside world with weather turning roads into quagmires and later highway improvements reducing usage Veterans recall Number Two carrying 150 200 passengers in a day as road building expanded the system

Mobile Ala Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad Reform Alabama Public Service Commission At&n J. E. Gilliland Number Two Northern Terminal West Alabama Hatteras Creole Toxey Bogaloosa

Red Stallion filmed on location in Mount Shasta country

The Red Stallion stars feature Jane Darwell Guy Kibbee Ray Collins and Willie Best in a mountaintop Western romance set in northern California. Screenplay by Robert E Kent and Crane Wilbur directed by Lesley Selander with location filming around Mount Shasta.

Mount Shasta California Jane Darwell Guy Kibbee Ray Collins Willie Best Robert E. Kent Crane Wilbur Lesley Selander

Let's Live Again at the Roxy with John Emery

John Emery stars in the new Twentieth Century Fox comedy Let's Live Again at the Roxy Theatre this week with Hillary Brooke. The story follows an industrious scientist who quits atom splitting to pursue a comedic romance and canine misadventures, directed by Herbert L. Leeds.

Hillary Brooks John Emery Roxy Roxy Theatre Hillary Brooke Twentieth Century-Fox Emery Herman Wohl John Vlahos Frank N. Seltzer Rodney Carlisle Robert Smalley Herbert I. Lee

Broadway Comedy Revival Adds Hillary Brooke Leads

The piece notes Hillary Brooke's first foray into light comedy opposite Taylor Holmes, who recently impressed in Kiss of Death and Nightmare Alley, as part of a Broadway revival.

Hillary Brooke Taylor Holmes Diana Doug

For Rent Two Unfurnished Rooms at 723 Grant Street

Two newly decorated unfurnished rooms available for rent at 723 Grant Street. Contact phone number 15 for details and arranging viewing.

Grant Street

Millican Leads Featured Cast in Western Spotlight

Las and James Millican star in prominent roles in a western film screening. Cast and crew are highlighted as the picture showcases frontier action and rugged landscapes.

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