Phil Baker film turns Take It Or Leave It into star studded screen hit
Phil Baker leads the film Take It Or Leave It at Princess Theatre with Eddie Ryan Marjorie Masson and Stanley Prager in a variety filled comedy musical. Screenwriter Harold Buchman Stoloff and producer Byran Foy adapt Baker’s radio juggernaut into an extravaganza of mirth melody and dance.
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Phil Baker
Hollywood Wiseacres
Princess Theatre
Phil Silvers
Edward Ryan
Marjorie Masson
Stanley Prager
Philaker
Crossley and Hooper
Hollywood
Baker
Harold Buchman
Snag Worris
Mac Benoff
Benjamin Stoloff
Byran Foy
Eddie Ryan
Morgan County Somerville Social News Highlights
Local notes from Morgan County Somerville detail Thanksgiving visits and weekend trips. Names include Mirene Puckett Sarah Joe Allen Margie Atkins J A Garrison Ula Garrison and families from route one and route two with visits to Decatur Cullman and Birmingham. Sherman Echols of Fairmont Nebraska spends furlough with his parents in the area.
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Mirene Puckett
Sarah Joe Allen
Marjorie Atkins
Jas. A. Garrison
J. A. Garrison
Comdr. Garrison
Navy Officers Training School
Princeton University
Ula Garrison
Birmingham
Local Notes From Morgan County Neel and Nearby
Community updates list movers to Decatur and local homes, names of residents visiting kin, and church activities. Highlights include Eva Puckett recovering from a stroke, a funeral gathering for Mrs. Martin Garrison, and a school queen Gloria Ann Johnson with king Billy dos Johnson.
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Hollis Long
Johnson Chapel
Luther Glasgow
Decatur
Otto Glasgow
Eva Puckett
Sutherland
Double Springs
Martin Garrison
Junior Long
Great Lakes
Robert Jacobs
China
Baptist Church
Louis Miller
Clanton
Harper
Massey Charge
Bynum
Comer Watson
Baby
Five Points
D. D. Lake
Parks Glasgow
Moulton
D. L. Betterton
Hartselle
R. L. Sparkman
R. H. Ellis
Gloria Ann Johnson
Homer Johnson
Billy
The Purple Heart Opens at Theatre With High Hopes
The Purple Heart opens today at the Theatre drawing attention as a major wartime release. It tells of eight American airmen who bomb Tokyo, are captured by the Japanese, and stand trial for murder rather than as POWs showing bold defiance that could rattle the entire Japanese empire. Darryl F. Zanuck produced the film with Lewis Milestone directing and a cast led by Priscilla Lane? and others.
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Regan
Tokyo
Island Empire
Darryl F. Zanuck
The
Purple Heart
Pwine Andrews
Richar Onte
Granger
Kevin O'Shea
Donald Barry
Trudy Marshall
Sam Levene
Lewis Milestone
Johnsons and Maxwell Visit Decatur on Weekend Trip
Echols on route one reports Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Johnson made a business trip to Decatur Monday. Mrs. Grady Maxwell of Decatur spent Sunday night with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Smith.
Heavenly Body at the Roxy Promises Cosmic Comedy
The Heavenly Body opens Tuesday at the Roxy Theatre starring William Powell and Hedy Lamarr in a domestic farce about an astronomy professor whose wife turns to astrology. James Craig plays the neighbor and would-be second husband as comic complications unfold amid horoscopes and mistaken loves.
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Hedy Lamarr
William Powell
James Craig
Hedy
Bill
Roxy Theatre
Craig
Comets
Powell
Miss Lamarr
Newcomer Actor Draws Attention in Powell Film
A handsome young newcomer is highlighted as a follower of Powell in a film directed by comedy master Alexander Hall. The piece notes the actor's striking presence and expects strong crowd reaction.
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Powell
Master of Comedy
Alexander Hal
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Roy Roberts
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Hartselle, Ala
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Nevada
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