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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1950

Page

5

Little Italy backdrop fuels gripping House of Strangers

An all star cast led by Edward G Robinson Susan Hayward and Richard Conte stars in House of Strangers shot on New York s lower East Side with Italian dialogue to heighten realism. Conte plays Max the favored son whose father is tyrant banker Gino Monetti and whose other sons plot against him.

Richard Conte Twentieth Century-Fox Princess Theatre Debra Paget Susan Hayward Edward G. Robinson Susan Hayward New York Little Italy Lower East Side Robinson Gino Monetti Conte Max Luther Adler Paul Valentine Efrem Zimbalist, Jr Miss Hayward Debya Paget Esther Minciotti Diana Jas Titu RKO Radio Banjo the Capitol Sharyn’ Moffett New England Jacqueline White Walter Reed Una O’connor Richard O. Fleischer Lillie Hayward

That Midnight Kiss Brings M G M Technicolor Romance

Musical of the year at the Princess Theatres frames a joyous Technicolor romance. Mario Lanza and Kathryn Grayson star with Joe Iturbi and Ethel Barrymore in a lively tale of a singing truck driver who wins a Philadelphia debutante, featuring Liszt and Kern music and a cast of veteran comedy and musical stars.

Kathryn Grayson M-G-M Mario Lanza Joe Pasternak Anchors Aweigh Judy Princess Theatre Pasternak Joe Iturbi Keenan Wynn Ethel Barrymore Lanza Philadelphia Miss Grayson Thomas Gomez Debantante Miss Barrymore Tschaikowsky Jerome Kern Katheryn Grayson Albieff Sturba Chopin Saint- Saens Norman Taurog Higg

Top o' the Morning opens at Princess Theatre with Crosby

Bing Crosby stars in Top o the Morning at Princess Theatre with Ann Blyth Barry Fitzgerald and Hume Cronyn. An insurance plot centers on the theft of the Blarney Stone in Cork with Crosby posing as an artist and falling for Fitzgeralds daughter. The film features eight songs including two new numbers.

Bing Crosby Ann Blyth Princess Theatre Barry Fitzgerald Hume Cronyn Paramount Hume Sonya Bing Barry Cork Fitzgerald Cronyn Crosby Burke and van Heusen Miss Blyth

Four Faces West at Capitol Theatre

Western film Four Faces West opens Wednesday at the Capitol Theatre. Joel McCrea Frances Dee and Charles Bickford star in a United Artists release adapted from Eugene Manlove Rhodes Paso Por Aqui. The fast paced western follows daring men crossing rugged New Mexico during the 1880s with dramatic riding and pursuit.

Capitol Theatre New Mexico Men of Daring Law and Order Joel McCrea Frances Dee Charles Bickford United Artists Eugene Manlove Rhodes McCrea

Entertaining Mixture Delights With Broad Musical Flavors

A listening experience described as varied and satisfying offers a full rounded entertainment dish. Critics praise its diverse musical palette and engaging presentation across genres.

Royal Stallion Leads Wild Horse Drama at Capitol

A Western drama from Columbia stars Royal the stallion and Billy Sheffield guiding a drought era ranch tale. Preston Foster and Gail Patrick portray the ranch couple while Guinn Williams Buzz Henry and Charles Kemper support. Royal dominates the screen with a bond between boy and horse amid cattle country scenery.

Royal Billy Sheffield West Capitol Theatre Brenda Weisberg Billy Foster James Miss Patrick Guinn Big Boy

Western chase climaxes in memorable dramatic sequence

The text highlights a dramatic Western scene where a posse pursues a subject, described as among the era’s most amazing bits of drama. The climax is surprising and unforgettable, with Alfred E. Green credited as director, famed for The Jolson Story.

Alfred E. Green Jolson

Trail of the Lonesome Pine at the Roxy with Foxc Moonlight

The Roxy Theatre reopens with The Trail of the Lonesome Pine starring Sylvia Sidney Fred MacMurray and Henry Fonda in Technicolor. A feud torn mountain community sees a road engineer arrive stirring jealousy and a fatal clash as romance and land conflict collide.

Henry Fonda Sylvia Sidney Roxy Theatre Paramount Fred MacMurray John Fox, Jr

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