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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1949

Page

5

College Life On Screen Glimpses Campus Humor

A fresh and witty look at college campus life and the troubles of a student veteran as depicted on screen. The article notes humor, campus dynamics, and the veteran’s perspective amid campus culture.

Apartment for Peggy opens at the Roxy Theatre Thursday

A Technicolor Twentieth Century-Fox film featuring Jeanne Crain and William Holden, with Edmund Gwenn as The Professor, unfolds a lively campus tale in a small town. Peggy, a bold wife of a veteran student, pursues an apartment and her husband’s graduation amid comic misadventures.

Breggy Roxy Theatre Twentieth Century-Fox Technicolor Jeanne Crain William Holden Edmund Gwenn Faith Baldwin Peggy Jason Kris Kringle George Seaton William Perlberg Gene Lockhart Griff Barnett Randy Stuart

The Luck of the Irish Opens at Princess Theatre

Tyrone Power and Anne Baxter star in Twentieth Century Foxs new comedy romance The Luck of the Irish opening today at the Princess theatre. Cecil Kellaway and Lee J Cobb join the cast in a lighthearted film praised for merry romance and broad humor.

Tyrone Power Anne Baxter Twentieth Century-Fox Princess Theatre Power Miss Baxter Cecil Kellaway Lee J. Cobb Stephen Fitzgerald Ireland Nora New York Fitz Horace Jayne Meadows Frances James Todd J. M. Kerrigan Phil Brown Charles Irwin Henry Koster Fred Kohlmar Philip Dunne Guy Constance Jones

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands Opens at Prin cess Theatre

A London nurse scarred by war seeks happiness with a prison camp derelict in a tense thriller led by Burt Lancaster and Joan Fontaine. The London New York chases and crime underworld provide suspense, with strong turns by Anne Baxter Cecil Kellaway and Lee J. Cobb.

Joan Fontaine Burt Lancaster London Princess Theatre Old London Miss Fontaine Lancaster Newton Norman Foster Ben Maddow Walter Bernstein Gerald Butler Universa-International Harold Hecht Hugh Gray

Unconquered tops Capitol with DeMille epic clash

Cecil B. DeMille’s Technicolor drama Unconquered stars Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard in pre Revolutionary days. Howard Da Silva Boris Karloff and Katharine DeMille also appear as a tense love and power struggle unfolds with Indians and danger at Fort Pitt and a stakes twist.

Paulette Goddard Gary Cooper the Capitol Theapitol Theatre Cecil B. DeMille Howard da Silva Boris Karloff Cecil Kellaway Ward Bond Katherine DeMille Cooper Virginia Miss Goddard America da Silva Paulette Fort Pitt

Big Town on Screen Opens Next Tuesday at Roxy

Popular radio drama comes to Paramount's Big Town opening at the Roxy theatre with Philip Reed as Steve Wilson and Hillary Brooke as Lorelei Kilbourne. Robert Lowery plays an ace reporter, while Byron Barr and Veda Ann Borg co star in the Pine Thomas production.

Steve Wilson Philip Reed Pine-Thomas Paramount Ruiagh Airways Big Town Byron Barr Veda Ann Borg William Thomas

Race Street opens with hard hitting drama and vigilante cop

George Raft stars as a handicapped avenger who takes the law into his own hands after a friend's murder. William Bendix plays a San Francisco police officer who tries to stop him, while Marilyn Maxwell portrays the singer linked to the vigilante. The film builds to a tense final confrontation.

George Ratt William Bendix Marilyn Maxwelt RKO Radio the Princess George Raft Marilyn Maxwell RKO Raft Capper Bendix San Francisco Miss Maxwell

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