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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1946

Page

5

If I'm Lucky musical opens at Princess Theatre this week

20th Century Foxs newest musical stars Vivian Blaine Perry Como and Carmen Miranda in If Im Lucky with Harry James and Phil Silvers. The film follows a band drawn into a political campaign and a love triangle as they tour and weigh a radio offer against politics.

20Th Century-Fox Vivian Blaine Perry Como Harry James Carmen Miranda Princess Theatre Phil Silvers Edgar Buchanan Como Buchanan Canary James Michelle O'Toole Cupid Reed Hadley Josef Myron Edgar de Lange Lewis Seiler Bryan Foy Josef Myrow

Courtland Social News Highlights Holiday Parties

Miss Mamie Redman hosted twenty guests at a Christmas dinner and decor filled home. Dinners followed by Mr and Mrs Hotchkiss and others at the Hotchkiss country home with twenty four guests. Faculty and school groups hosted by Miss Harriet Godfrey and by Miss Annie Brown Godfrey and Mrs Mildred Houston. Several residents traveled to Huntsville Montgomery and Florence for visits and holiday shopping.

Mamie Redman Charlie Hotchkiss Wm. Hotchkiss Harriet Godfrey Courtland School Pressley Rebman Mamie Rebman Annie Brown Godfrey Mildred Houston Town Creek High School Godfrey Marie Tedder Huntsville Bill Vaughan Oklahoma Clarence Horton Montgomery Portland H. D. Lane E. S. Ballentine R. H. Tweedy New York Mobile

Sergeant Green to Get Discharge from the Army

T-5 William E. Green of Vine mont 2 Box 104 is at Fort Dix N J awaiting discharge after ten months in the European Theatre with the 333rd engineers as clerk. He holds the Army of Occupation Ribbon and World War II Victory Medal and plans to return to farming. his wife lives at 325 Sherman Street Decatur.

William E. Green Jesse C. Green Vinemont 2 Fort Dix N. J E Army T-5 Green 333Rd Engineers Army Redstone Arsenal Huntsville Sherman Street Decatur

Social Roundup in Huntsville and Birmingham

The guest of Mrs Jas H Tolley of Belle Mina during the week. Mrs Dave Martin Mrs R H Tweedy Jr Mrs James Blythe Mrs Wardie Marsh Mrs Frank Coburn and Mrs Harris Pippen were shopping in Huntsville on Monday. Mr and Mrs Harris Pippen and Bert Pippen spent Wednesday in Birmingham.

Jas. H. Tolley Belle Mina Dave Martin R. H. Tweedy, Jr James Blythe Wardie Marsh Frank Coburn Harris Pippen Huntsville Monay Bert Pippen Birmingham

Return of the Ape Man at the Roxy

Bela Lugosi stars as a dangerous scientist who revives a prehistoric ape man and plans brain transplants to enhance its strength. John Carradine portrays his henchman in a Monogram horror film directed by Phil Rosen with a cast including George Zucco Moran Judith Gibson and Michael Ames.

Monogram Roxy Theatre Bela Lugosi John Carradine Lugosi Carradine George Zucco Moran Judith Gibson Michael Ames Phil Rosen Sam Katzman Jack Dietz Robert Charles

Badman's Territory Opens With Randolph Scott Cast

The film Badman's Territory opens at the Princess Randolph Scott stars with Ann Richards and George Gabby Hayes. Lawrence Tierney portrays Jesse James with Frank James by Tom Tyler and Bob Dalton by Steve Brodie. Isabel Jewell plays Belle Starr in a large cast with Chief Thundercloud. The plot pits federal control against rugged independence as Scott and Richards pursue love amid lawless territory.

Ann Richards Randolph Scott Texas RKO Radio the Princess Scott Miss Richards George Gabby” Hayes Jesse James the Daltons Sam Bass Belle Starr Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Badman Lawrence Tierney Dillinger Frank James Tom Tyler Bob Dalton Steve Brodie Isabel Jewell Miss Jewell Thundercloud Chief Talequah Trail Cross Southern Pacific Belle Star

Night Train to Memphis at Roxy Theatre fuels romance and feud

Republics Night Train to Memphis debuts at the Roxy Theatre with Roy Acuff Allan Lane and Adele Mara. Dan Acuff returns from prison to confront a railroad feud and love entanglements as a dynamite camp explosion climaxes the tale. Morbidity note mentions Koch discovering the tuberculosis germ in 1882.

Allan Lane Adele Mara Roy Acuff Memphis Roxy Smoky Mountain Boys Republic Roxy Theatre America Dan Acuff Dan Roy Constance Stevenson Constance Acuff Irving Bacon Joseph Crehan Emma Dunn Roy Barcroft Kenne Duncan le Roy Mason

Devotion at the Roxy stars Lupino Henreid Havilland Greenstreet

Warner Bros presents Devotion at the Roxy with Ida Lupino Olivia de Havilland Paul Henreid and Sydney Greenstreet in a Bronte sisters tale set in early nineteenth century England. The drama centers on Charlotte and Emily Bronte and a love triangle tested by fame and class with a strong supporting cast.

Warner Bros Roxy Theatre Hollywood Ida Lupino Paul Henreid Olivia de Havilland Sydney Greenstreet Mar England Charlotte Emily Bronte Yorkshire

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