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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1947

Page

5

The Locket at Princess Theatre Opens

RKO drama The Locket opens at the Princess Theatre. Laraine Day stars as Nancy Patton with Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum, and Gene Raymond. The film follows a dual personality as past crimes surge during Nancy’s impending marriage and a dramatic wedding night confrontation.

RKO Radio Laraine Day Brian Aherne Robert Mitchum Gene Raymond Princess Theatre Nancy Patton John Willis Willis Dr. Blair Nancy Norman Clyde Clyde Blair England Miss Day Aherne Mitchum Raymond Little Sharyn Moffett Ricardo Cortez Henry Stephenson Katherine Emery Reginald Denny Fay Helm Helene Thimig Bert Granet Jack J. Goss John Braham Sheridan Gibney the Princess

Jerome Kern Melodic Magic in Centennial Summer Roxy Debut

20th Century Fox presents Technicolor film version of Centennial Summer at the Roxy starring Jeanne Crain Cornel Wilde Linda Darnell William Eythe Walter Brennan Constance Bennett Dorothy Gish with eight new Kern songs. Otto Preminger produces directs a star filled Philadelphia 1876 story with memorable tunes like All Through the Day In Love In Vain The Right Romance Up With The Lark Railroad Song Centennial Long Live Our Free America and Cinderella Sue.

Jerome Kern 20Th Century-Fox William Eythe Walter Brennan Constance Beninett Dorothy Gish Roxy Theatre Alber E. Idell America Philadelphia Otto Preminger Constance Bennett Paris Hollywood Harriet Rogers Oscar Hammerstein Leo Robin Cinderella Sue E. Y. Harburg

Masonic Lodge to Select Officers at June Meeting

Rising Sun lodge No. 29 will hold its annual communication in Decatur on June 16. All members are urged to attend as the meeting will include regular business and the election of officers for the upcoming Masonic year, according to secretary D L Allen.

Rising Sun Lodge No Decatur D. L. Allen

Funeral for Infant Twins in Athens Alabama

Funeral services for Linda Faye Stringer and Brenda Maye Stringer infant twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stringer of 711 West Washington Street Athens were held at the city cemetery Friday afternoon conducted by Rev. L. W. Hart pastor of the First Baptist Church Athens burial followed by Spry Surviving are the parents and the grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Stringer.

Athens Ala Linda Faye Stringer Brenda Maye Stringer J. C. Stringer West Washington Street City Cemetery L. W. Hart First Baptist Church of Spry

Without Reservation Opens at Roxy With Colbert and Wayne

Mervyn LeRoy presents Without Reservation a gay contemporary comedy starring Claudette Colbert and John Wayne. On a New York to Hollywood voyage Colbert’s novelist bonds with Wayne and Don DeFore as Marines, leading to misadventures including a crowded train ride and a jail stay amid romantic mixups in Chicago and New Mexico.

Mervyn LeRoy Claudette Colbert John Wayne Roxy Miss Colbert New York Hollywood Marine Flying Corps Wayne Don DeFore Chicago DeFore Claudette New Mexico Anne Triola Dona Drake Frank Puglia Louella Parsons

First Copper Stills Found in County Since War Destroyed

Athens Alabama June 14 Sheriff J G Sandlin destroyed two copper stills found in the county since the war The larger was 800 gallons and the smaller 200 gallons The operators fled as deputies approached marking a rare postwar discovery and seizure by law enforcement.

Athens Ala J. G. Sandlin

Gill of Salem and Mrs. Stringer

J. D. Gill of Salem and Mrs. Mattie Stringer exhibit at a local event. The pair are noted among exhibitors with shared ties to community activities.

J. D. Gill Salem Mattie Stringer

Blue Skies shines with Crosby Astaire Caulfield

A Paramount Technicolor musical opens at the Princess featuring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire with Joan Caulfield. Crosby sings sixteen songs and duets, while Astaire performs Puttin On the Ritz and dances with flair as Caulfield debuts as a leading musical performer.

Joan Caulfield Fred Astaire Bing Crosby Paramount Irving Berlin Princess Theatre Bing Miss Caulfield Joan Sol C. Siegel Stuart Heisler Paramount Technicolor America Fred Billy de Wolfe Olga San Juan Berlin Crosby der Bingle Ritz

Strange Love of Martha Ivers At Roxy Tuesday

At the Roxy Theatre next Tuesday Paramount presents The Strange Love of Martha Ivers directed by Lewis Milestone with Barabara Stanwyck Van Heflin Lizabeth Scott and Kirk Douglas. A diabolic tale of murder deceit and blackmail unfolds around four tangled lives in a suspenseful melodrama.

Paramount Martha Ivers Hal Wallis Lewis Milestone Barbara Stanwyck van Heflin Lizabeth Scott Kirk Douglas Roxy Theatre

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