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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1949

Page

5

T Men Shows Agents Work In Treasury Drama At Capitol

A Treasury Department themed drama based on actual cases from Treasury files opens Monday at the Capitol Theatre. The Edward Small production released by Eagle Lion Films shows undercover work and the enforcement network including the Intelligence Unit and Coast Guard. Stars Mary Meade Alfred Ryder Wally Ford June Lockhart and Charles McGraw headline with Aubrey Schenck producing and Anthony Man directing. Rats destroy or damage. 200 million bushels of grain annually.

Treasury Department Treasury Records Capitol Theatre Edward Small Eagle Lion Films Denis O’keefee Bruno Hauptmann al Capone Elmer L. Irey O'Keefe Irey Undercov Intelligence Unit Customs Service Agency Border Patrol Secret Service Alcohol Tax Unit Coast Guard Mary Meade Alfred Ryder Wally Ford June Lockhart Charles McGraw Aubrey Schenck Anthony Man

Judy Garland and Fred Astaire Lead Easter Parade at Princess Theatre

Judy Garland and Fred Astaire star in Irving Berlin's Easter Parade at the Princess Theatre with Peter Lawford and Ann Miller. The M G M Technicolor musical follows hoofers in a Ziegfeld Dillingham era setting, featuring classic and new Berlin songs and standout numbers for Garland and Astaire.

Fred Astaire Judy Garland Peter Lawford Ann Miller Irving Berlin Princess Theatre Dillingham Berlin Astaire Miss Garland Alabama Michigan Arthur Freed M-G-M Charles Walters Princess Screen

Heading For Heaven film at Roxy Theatre features Erwin and Farrell

The Roxy Theatre opens Heading for Heaven, a warm human comedy starring Stuart Erwin and Glenda Farrell. Ace Pictures produced the film about a real estate development plot and a gang of crooks aiming to steal it from a long‑time family owner.

Roxy Theatre Heaven Stuart Erwin Glenda Farrell Ace Pictures Erwin

Bejeweled Madonna Heist Faces Unexpected Rivals

Don Castle stars as a young rancher owner of the statue. Lynne Roberts plays the sophisticated underworld girl hired to steal the Madonna for a crooked employer, Sheldon Leonard. Romance and superstition mix as competition and theft clash in this artful caper.

Don Castle Lynne Roberts Madonna Sheldon Leonard

Animals Star With O Conner In Picture

Universal-International presents Feudin Fussin and A Fightin featuring Donald O Connor and Marjorie Main with Percy Kilbride as Ma and Pa Ket tle in The Egg and I. Jasper the horse leads a four footed cast including Jim the crow Robert the rattlesnake Peter the porcupine Sammy the skunk and eight dogs. The animals were sourced from Hollywood farms with no cartoon alignment.

Donald O'Connor Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride the Princess Universal- International Pa’ Kettle the-Princess Theatre Jasper the Horse Jim the Crow Robert the Rattlesnake Peter the Porcupine Sammy the Skunk Hollywood Jasper

Land Sale Sparked by Swami Advice in Family Tale

The plot follows a husband pressured by a swami’s counsel to sell a long held family land on the South side. Erwin rejects an offer and plans to buy the neighboring tract, bringing complications and a denouement restoring him as head of the home. Milburn Stone and Charles Williams play fast talking crooks, Irene Ryan appears as a maid.

Russ Vincent Erwin Milburn Stone Charles Williams Irene Ryan George O'Hanion Glenda Dick Elliot Janice Wilson Ma Newton Lewis D. Colia George Moskov Ilm

Douglas Fairbanks Jr Stars in The Corsican Brothers Re release

Douglas Fairbanks Jr plays dual roles in Edward Small’s The Corsican Brothers to be re released by Producers Releasing Corporation starting Tuesday at the Roxy Theatre. Ruth Warrick co stars with supporting cast Akim Tamiroff and H B Warner. The film, based on Alexandre Dumas, follows a Corsican family vendetta with twin brothers who resemble each other in thought and action. Filmed partly in Sherwood Forest, a favored location of Fairbanks Sr.

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr Edward Small Producers Releasing Corporation Roxy Theatre Alexandre Dumas Gregory Ratoff Howard Estabrook Doug Jr Ruth Warrick Akim Tamiroff Henry Wilcoxen J. Carol Naish John Emery H. B. Warner Gloria Holden Franchi Ro Colonna Corsica

Madonna of the Desert at Capitol Theatre

The Republic drama Madonna of the Desert opens today at the Capitol Theatre starring Don Castle Lynne Roberts Don Barry and Sheldon Leonard. The film centers on a priceless centuries old statue that gives the picture its title and is set in northern California with a thief as a key character.

New Republic Capitol Theatre Don Castle Lynne Roberts Don Barry Sheldon Leonard California

Private Eye Loves Trouble Opens at Princess Theatre

A private eye investigates lies in I Love Trouble based on Roy Huggins The Double Take. Franchot Tone stars as a hard hitting sleuth entangled with Janet Blair and a web of double dealing figures including Janis Carter and Steven Geray. Tone is framed for Miss Merrick's murder but uncover s the plot and exposes the scheme.

Princess Franchot Tone Janet Blair Columbia Princess Theatre S. Sylvan Simon Emen The Princess: Theatre Roy Huggins S&s Janis Carter Adele Jergens Glenda Farrell Steven Geray Tom Powers Lyan Merrick John Ireland Donald Curtis Eduardo Ciannelli Robert H. Barrat Lynn Merrick Tone Geray Miss Merrick

Feudin Rivalry and a Sleepy Horse in Rimrock Race

The article describes Jasper the horse performing odd acts on the Feudin Fussin and A-Fightin set including gin rummy and sleeping potions. Donald O Connor snoozes with the horse in his bed after Jasper drinks potions. Donald stays awake walking the horse all night to avoid a fatal sleep. He is exhausted the next day for the Rimrock Big Bend sweepstakes foot race.

Jasper Donald O'Connor O'Connor Donald

Miracle of the Bells at Capitol Theatre

The film The Miracle of the Bells features Fred MacMurray Valli and Frank Sinatra and opens at the Capitol Theatre. It follows a dying woman's wish driven by a cynical press agent who tries to win her fame by returning her body to her hometown and staging a town miracle.

Fred MacMurray Valli Frank Sinatra Capitol Russell Janney Sinatra

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