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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1948
Page
5
A historical romance based on a Jules Verne novel screens at the Capitol. The story follows a secret wartime mission across a route from St Petersburg to Irkutsk with battles at Nijni Novgorod and Omsk, siege of Irkutsk, and dramatic romance amid Mongolian conflicts.
The frothy romantic comedy Out of the Blue stars George Brent Virginia Mayo Tarhan Bey Ann Dvorak and Carole Landis and opens today for a two day engagement at the Roxy Theatre. Set in Greenwich Village the plot follows a Philadelphia debutante and a painter with a prize dog amid tangled relationships and alcohol fueled misadventures.
A comedy of gobs girls and fighters unfolds on the Capitol Theatre screen. Jack Oakie Vivienne Osborne George E Stone headline with Gertrude Michael as Kay Whitney. Jonesy the salty sailor pursues Red then marries Kay amid boxing scenes and millionaire settings.
Twentieth Century Fox premieres Kiss of Death with Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, and Coleen Gray. Filmed largely on actual New York locations for gritty authenticity, the drama follows a gangster torn between love, loyalty, and turning on his pals as he battles three fires in a brutal manhunt.
Carole and Virginia. Ann fakes a corpse then returns to life causing bewilderment as neighbors report a body on the terrace. Elizabeth Patterson, Julia Dean and Richard Lane head the cast while Leigh Jason directs the studio comedy romance.
A suspense thriller pits two sisters against each other in a mystery opened Monday at Capitol Theatre. Cathy O Donnell and June Lockhart star as the sisters with Hugh Beaumont Greg McClure and Mark Daniels in supporting roles. The opening scenes feature Miss Lockhart’s mysterious reappearance heightening tension.
The Prine theater debuts Sitting Pretty starring Robe Young Maureen O Hara and Clifton Webb. A young couple Harry and Tracey King struggle to find reliable baby sitters and hire Belvedere, a mysterious sophisticated man who takes over the household and stirs community upheaval.
Production details for a dramatic film converge after a key event. Ben Stoloff of Producers Releasing Corp arranges Bernard Vorhaus to direct while Karen de Wolf and Dwight V. Babcock prepare the screenplay.
A backstage profiles Webb noted for versatile skills from lock changing to baby care and rhumba dancing. The Broadway alum, in Sitting Pretty, co-stars Ard Haydn Louise Allb Randy Stuart Begley Larry Olsen John Betty Ann Lynn and Willard Bertson in a rare film farce appearance.
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