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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1950

Page

5

Prince of Foxes Opens at Princess Theatre Today

Twentieth Century Fox invites audiences to Prince of Foxes starring Tyrone Power Orson Welles and Wanda Hendrix at the Princess Theatre. Henry King directs a globe spanning production shot entirely in Italy with a multinational cast and thousands of Italian extras. The film follows Cesare Borgia’s intrigues in a lavish historical drama set against medieval and Renaissance scenery.

Samuel Shellabarger Italy Twentieth Century-Fox Princess Theatre Tyrone Power Cesare Borgia Wanda Hendrix Darryl F. Zanuck Tyrone Power Orson Welles Sol C. Siegel Marina Berti Everett Sloane Katina Paxinou Felix Aylmer Polonius Archbishop of Canterbury Henry V Henry King King Romola Lloyds of London Jesse James Castile Milton Krims San Marino Monte Titano

Woman's Missionary Union Meets at Valley Grove Church

The Valley Grove Baptist church Woman's Missionary Union held its January meeting led by president Mrs. Free with prayer by Mrs. Charles Speake. Minutes by Mrs. Betty Hampton noted. Royal Service participants included Mrs. Speake and others. Visitors attended. efforts discussed to raise funds and plan a social.

Woman's Missionary Union of Valley Grove Baptist Church Free Charles Speake Betty Hampton Jimmie Tucker J. W. Duilton Pruitt Free Rupert Waites Edward Gillespie Leon White Marie White

Night Unto Night Opens with Reagan and Lindfors

Warner Bros presents a Florida tropics melodrama Night Unto Night opening next Tuesday at the Princess Thea tre. Ronald Reagan stars in a dramatic role after John Loves Mary. Viveca Lindfors co stars with Broderick Crawford Rosemary DeCamp and Osa Massen in supporting parts. Adapted from Philip Wylie novel by Don Siegel directs with Franz Waxman providing the score.

Warner Bros Florida Tropics Ronald Reagan Viveca Lindfors Princess Theatre Reagan John Loves Mary Miss Lindfors Errol Flynn Broderick Crawford Rosemary DeCamp Osa Massen Philip Wylie Don Siégel Franz Waxman

Veteran director Herbert Brenon plans film comeback at 70

Hollywood notes report film veteran Herbert Brenon, who just turned 70, aims to return to cinema by producing rather than directing. He recalls past hits with Ronald Colman and William Powell, credits a long marriage and wartime relief work, and is adapting Rupert Hughes’s mystery with James Wong Howe.

Herbert Brenon Brenon Ronald Colman William Powell H. B. Warner Nils Asther Sorrell Son Annette Kellerman Brenon Pictures Hollywood Los Angeles Rupert Hughes James Wong Howe Ace Cameraman

Reward Fueling West Church in Hellfire Star Doll Brown

In a Wild West tale Zeb Smith vows to collect a $5000 reward on Doll Brown to fund a church. He aims to win her surrender through heart rather than violence, a plot that drives conflict in the feature Hellfire filmed at Republic and starring William Elliott with Marie Windsor as Doll Brown.

Hellbent West Bandit Doll Brown William Elliott Hollywood Elliott- McGowan Ing Elliott-McGowan Brother Joseph Card Zeb Smith Elliott Zeb Joseph Doll Brown Marie Windsor H. B. Warner Forrest Tucker Jim Davis Paul Fix Grant Withers

Sorrowful Jones Arrives with Hope in Broadway Comedy

Bob Hope stars as a thrift minded bookmaker in Sorrowful Jones a Damon Runyan story showing Monday at the Capitol Theatre Lucille Ball co stars with a strong supporting cast including William Demarest Bruce Cabot Thomas Gomez and Mary Jane Saunders The tale follows a prickly financier who becomes guardian to a desperate man’s young daughter creating heart warming changes in his life and romance.

Bob Hope Mary Jane Saunders Lucille Ball William Demarest the Capitol Broadway Damon Runyan Hope Capitol Theatre Bob Bruce Cabot Thomas Gomez Miss Ball Bruce Abot Big Steve Mary Jane Bookie Jones

Film critique on modern moviemaking lacks individuality

The speaker laments current films as factory produced, lacking the distinctive touch directors once wielded. He contrasts contemporary assembly line pictures with the stronger authorial stamp of past cinema.

Alabama Recreation Society Opens Three Day Convention

The Alabama Recreation Society starts a three day convention in Montgomery on January 21. Notable speakers include Rep. Rains of Alabama Mayor Jimmy Arrington of Collins Miss and Dr J H Hadley of Tuscaloosa. The Ephemeris provides data on the sun north star and other stars.

Montgomery Ala Alabama’ Recreation Society Rep. Rains D-Ala Jimmy Arrington Collins, Miss J. H. Hadley Tuscaloosa U. S

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