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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1948

Page

5

Red Hot Rhythms In Little Miss Broadway At Roxy Theatre

Columbia's Little Miss Broadway opens at the Roxy Theatre with Jean Porter as Judy Gibson and John Shelton as her football star fiancé. A racketeers plot with Doris Colleen and Ruth Donnelly provides laughs amid songs by Jerry Wald and the Waldmen.

Roxy Theatre Columbia Pretty Jean Porter Judy Gibson Broadway Handsome John Shelton Miss Porter Shelton Doris Colleen Ruth Donnelly Judy Edward F. Gargan Han Porter John Shelton Jerry Wald and His Orchestra Jean Porter The Roxy

U S Furniture Industry Employs Over 300000 Workers

The furniture manufacturing sector in the United States engages more than 300000 wage workers, reflecting a sizable workforce in this industry across the country.

United States

The Imperfect Lady Opens With Teresa Wright Star Power

Teresa Wright headlines Paramount's The Imperfect Lady at Princesse Theatre with Ray Milland in a Victorian era drama about a dancer whose past becomes a political liability for her husband. Supporting cast includes Virginia Field Anthony Quinn Reginald Owen Melville Cooper Rhys Williams. Virginia Field performs a song and dance number as Miss Wright's dancer friend.

Paramount Princesseatre Ray Milland Teresa Wright Cedric Hardwick Virginia Field Anthony Quinn Reginald Owen Melville Cooper Rhys Williams England Milland Teresa Comedienne Miss Wright

Last Of The Redmen Opens At Princess Theatre Thursday

The outdoor drama Last Of The Redmen based on The Last of the Mohicans stars Jon Hall as a British officer and Hawk-Eye the white scout. Evelyn Ankers Julie Bishop and Buster Crabbe also feature in a_Vitacolor production shot largely on location under director George Sherman.

Columbia Princess Theatre James Fenimore Cooper Jon Hall Hall Evelyn Ankers Julie Bishop Miss Ankers Miss Bishop Michael O’shea Tive Hawk-Eye George Sherman Cooper Buster Crabbe Buzz Henry Rick Vallin Herbert Dalmas George H. Plympton Sam Katzman

Limestone Bank Reports Strong Year at Athens Banquet

Limestone County Bank in Athens announced a solid year at its stockholders banquet held at the First Christian church basement. Stockholders received the usual 8 percent dividend plus a 4 percent special dividend and a notable increase to surplus. W. Van Gilbert presided as vice-president. New directors named for 1948 include Allen Asley, A. B. Crutcher, Gilbert, Horton, McConnell, McDonald, Nelson, White, Williams, and Williamson.

Athens Ala Limestone County Bank First Christian Church W. van Gilbert Allen Asley A. B. Crutcher James E. Horton A. M. McConnell J. M McDonald Bruce Nelson E. E. Nelson A. G. White T. E. Williams Thomas G. Williamson

Monograms Wife Wanted exposes matrimonial racket at Roxy

Monogram presents Wife Wanted at the Roxy next Tuesday with Kay Francis Paul Cavanagh and Robert Shayne in a tale of a blackmailing matrimonial bureau. Cavanagh plays a real estate broker and bureau head who schemes to swindle lonely clients. Francis becomes involved and aids in exposing the racket as a newspaper man investigates a fake suicide.

Kay Francis Paul Cavanagh Robert Shayne Monogram Roxy Theatre Cavanagh Miss Francis

Caughran To Head March of Dimes Drive

Athens business man W A Caughran again leads the annual March of Dimes Drive in Limestone county appointing organizers and workers to push the drive city and county. School children will also be recruited to give at least one dime in the drive.

Athens Ala W. A. Caughran Limestone County

Living In A Big Way Leads Gene Kelly Back On Screen

The film reunites Gene Kelly with Marie McDonald in Living In A Big Way, a postwar comedy about haste in love and a man overwhelmed by Hollywood life. Supporting cast includes Charles Wipninger Phyllis Thaxter and Spring Byington. the story is by Gregory La Cava who also directs.

Kelly Marie McDonald M-G-M Princess Gene Kelly U.S. Navy Gertie Miss McDonald Charles Wipninger Captain Andy Phyllis Thaxter Katharine Hepburn Spring Byington Jean Adair Gregory la- Cava la- Cava

Hollywood Confidential Types Trouble the Star Beat

Hollywood reporters share common obstacles on the star beat. The article lists four archetypes they encounter: the simpleminded chatty type who knows little of history, the self-protective interviewee who steers to the writer, the tough guy who masks gentleness, and the busy star who promises a moment but never delivers.

Hollywood Dearie Herbert

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Ray Willand Mona Freeman Cupid Ruth Joan Caulfield William Holden Jerry Wald Waldmen Arthur Dreifuss Victor McLeod Betty Wright Youngstown ITM Theatre Freeman Redmen Limestone Bank Nan Leslie James Warren Shayne Caughran March OF Dimes Kennedy Recapping CO First Ave San Fernando Valley Joan Crawford BY Bob Thomas Theatre Hartselle Arthur Lake Penny Singleton Blondie Lizabeth Scott John Hodiak Technicolor Lawrence ‘Ierney Lynn Roberts Gary Grant Myrna Loy Shirley Temple Bobby Soxer Allen Lane Santa FE Capitol Ingrid Bergman Gregory Peck Tyrone Power Gene Terney John Pathe Saturda James Warren Nitra Paramount Picture Big Way Maxie McDonald Charles Winninger Spring Syington Columbia Pictures Presents Zast OF Agfa Ames Fes Bourge Ambers Jazz Henry Herbert Delmas George H Plympton Sadi Katzman
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