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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1951

Page

6

The Mating Season at Princess theater stars Ritter and Tierney

Thelma Ritter shines in her funniest film to date The Mating Season with Gene Tierney and John Lund at the Princess. Ritter plays a hamburger stand operator who ends up in a chaotic marriage comedy fueling a stylish, bubbly romantic farce. Tierney abandons noir for light domestic hijinks as a diplomat's daughter. Lund fills the groom role amid schemers and a meddling mother-in-law.

Thelma Ritter Princess Theatre Paramount Gene Tierney John Lund Miss Ritter Thelma Film-Land Miriam Hopkins

Passage West opens at Princess theatre this Thursday

Technicolor adventure drama centers on a California bound wagon train held by escaped convicts. John Payne Dennis O'Keefe and Aileen Whelan star as a fighting preacher and his group struggle through a brutal siege with a red head heroine torn between love and peril.

Paramount California John Payne Dennis O’keefe Aileen Whelan Princess Theatre

Williams and Nigh Star in Roxy's Blue Blood Film

Bill Williams and Jane Nigh headline Roxy's Blue Blood opening today filmed in Cinecolor. The story follows a horse trainer befriended by two rancher's daughters who saves a former racehorse from slaughter and aims for a blue ribbon amid a budding romance with Miss Long and Miss Nigh.

Williams and Nigh Roxy Bill Williams Jane Nigh Kentucky Monogram Roxy Theatre Shields Misses Nigh Long Tanglefoot Williams Miss Long Miss Nigh

Realistic Crime Expose Drama Shown At Capitol Theatre

The Capitol Theatre screens Crime Inc a dramatic transcription of Martin Mooneys expose of rackets featuring Leon Carrillo Tom Neal and Martha Tilton. The film parallels 1930s gangland disclosures and portrays how racketeers profit from legitimate business control politics and law enforcement while bribery blackmail and intimidation prevail.

Martin Mooney Crime, Inc Capitol Theatre Leon Carrillo Tom Neal Martha Tilton New York Mooney

Holiday Affair Opens Monday At The Capitol

The Capitan news item notes the Don Hartman RKO romance Holiday Affair opens Monday at the Capitol. Starring Robert Mitchum Janet Leigh and Wendell Corey the Manhattan set tale follows a war widow with a son torn between two suitors with light humor and romance driving the plot.

Don Hartman RKO Radio Robert Mitchum Janet Leigh Wendell Corey Manhattan Miss Leigh Corey Mitchum

Study Finds 3.5 Percent of Americans Disabled by 25

A study indicates that by age 25 about 3.5 percent of Americans have a chronic illness or major disability. The finding highlights early onset health challenges and potential implications for public support systems.

The Breaking Point Starred Garfield in a Turbulent Ocean Thriller

John Garfield plays a war veteran fishing boat skipper facing temptation and crime in Warner Bros drama The Breaking Point. Patricia Neal appears as a glamorous model of trouble. The story follows smuggling, a deadly dilemma, a murdered ally, and a climactic sea gun battle.

John Garfield Patricia Neal Wallace Ford Warner Bros Ernest Hemingway Skipper Garfield Pat Neal Juano Hernandez Princess Theatre

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