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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1949

Page

5

Famed Picture s Early Texas at Princess Theatre

Selznick's Technicolor epic Duel in the Sun comes to the Princess Theatre next Wednesday with a star cast led by Jennifer Jones Gregory Peck Joseph Cotten and Lionel Barrymore. The film portrays railroads versus cattle barons in 1880 Texas with extensive location work outside Tucson and at Lasky Mesa and features 1000 horses and 750 cattle in large scale battle and fiesta scenes. Directed by King Vidor and scored by Dimitri Tiomkin it is released by Selznick Releasing Organization.

Selznick Texas Princess Theatre Rr Jones Gregory Peck Joseph Cotten Lionel Barrymore Herbert Marshall Lillian Gish Walter Huston Selznick Releasing Organization Bernadette Cluny Brown Jennifer Jones Pearl Chavez Pearl Jesse Joseph Coten Senator McCanles Ewt Tilly —Hoseh David O. Selznick Tucson Arizona Lasky Mesa Hollywood King Vidor Dimitri Tiomkin David Selznick International

Johnny Belinda Opens Today at Princess Theater

Warner Brothers drama Johnny Belinda starts today at the Princess Theater starring Jane Wyman and Lew Ayres. Supporting cast includes Charles Bickford Agnes Moorehead Stephen McNally with Jan Sterling Dan Seymour and Rosalind Ivan in a Nova Scotia coast drama noted for Wyman’s strong lead role and McNally as the villain.

Jane Wyman Lew Avers Warner Bros. Ronge Johnny Belinda Hollywood Princess Theatre Warner Brothers Lew Ayres Princess Theater Charles Bickford Agnes Moorehead Stephen McNally Nova Scotia Lne Miss Wyman McNally Villian Jan Sterling Dan Seymour Warner Rosalind Ivan Bette Davis

Payne and Caulfield Team for First Film Role in Larceny

John Payne and Joan Caulfield join for Universal-Internat als Larceny at the Roxy Theatre due Thursday. Shelley Winters plays a wary siren as Payne and Dan Puryea plot and Payne delivers a brutal floor punch in a pivotal scene. Caulfield portrays a war widow targeted by Payne who falls for her mark.

Joan Caulfield John Payne Hollywood Universal-International Roxy Theatre Payne Shelley Winters Shelley Miss Caulfield

Smart Girls Don't Talk Opens at Roxy Theatre

Virginia Mayo stars as a society girl drawn into crime by gambling in the Warner Bros drama. Bruce Bennett plays an ace gambler with a swank establishment. Robert Hutton portrays Mayo's murdered brother as intrigue and violence unfold, with Bennett aiding in a last minute rescue.

Virginia Mayo Bruce Bennett Warner Bros Roxy Robert Hutton Bennett Miss Mayo Tom D'Andrea Richard Rober Mayo Bennett Hutton

Bob Hope in Where There's Life at Capitol Theatre

Bob Hope stars in Where There's Life at Capitol Theatre with Signe Hasso and William Bendix. The plot follows a disk jockey mistaken for Batovia royalty, with a female general entangled in romance and a tough NY cop pressing a marriage pact.

Bob Hope Paramount Capitol Theatre Signe Hasso William Bendix George Coulouris Vera Marshe George Zucco Harry von Zell Hope Batovia Miss Hassa New York Bob Bendix Barovia Melville Shavelson Allen Bortz Paul Jones Sidney Lanfield

Actors Career Paths Span Decade at Columbia University

The actor began his theatrical career as a student at Columbia University a decade apart from Joan who started in pictures four years ago. In Hollywood he has appeared in more than 30 films. The sunspot cause remains unknown though they form conical tornadoes sometimes reaching 20 000 miles high.

Columbia University Hollywood Joan

Perilous Waters Opens at Capt- Or Theater

A Monogram action drama stars Ae Castle Audrey Long and Peggy Knudsen in Perilous Waters. A Navy veteran unable to readjust to civilian life becomes entangled with murderous bookmaking racketeers who hire him to kill a newspaper publisher exposing their crimes.

Jack Wrather Monogram Capt- Or Ae Castle Audrey Long Peggy Knudsen

Much Music Heard In I Surrender at the Roxy Theatre

The Roxy Theatre shows the film I Surrender Dear featuring Gloria Jean opposite David Street with disc jockeys Jack Eigen Dave Garroway and Peter Potter. Songs include I Surrender Dear How Can You Tell Ama do Mio When You Are in the Room Blue Danube and Five of the Best. The Novelties quartet perform Figaro and Hungarian Rhapsody.

Roxy Theatre Swain Columbia Gloria Jean David Street Jack Eigen Dave Garroway Peter Potter Amado Mio

Son of Adventure at Capitol Theatre Stunts Drama

At Capitol Theatre Republic presents Son of Adventure starring Lynne Roberts Russ Hayden and Gordon Jones. The film follows two Army veterans who become stunt men after war service and are drawn into a murder investigation while pursuing clues as amateur detectives.

Capitol Theatre Republic Lynne Roberts Russ Hayden Gordon Jones Hayden Gordon

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