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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1948

Page

5

Fun and Fancy Free Opens at the Princess in Technicolor

Disney and Warner talent mix in a two story musical fantasy headlined by Edgar Bergen Dinah Shore and Luana Patten. The film includes Mickey Mouse Beanstalk with Willie the Giant and the Bongo tale with Sinclair Lewis inspired bear.

Jaminy Edgar Bergen Luana Patten Charlie McCarthy Mortimer Snerd Mickey Mouse Donald Duck Walt Disney Technicolor The Dinah Shorey Jiminy Cricket Bongo and Lambelle Romantic Bears Willie Lulubelle Bruinette Bergen Disney Toon Luana’ Patten Mickey Dinah—Shore Bie Miss Shore Dinah Shore Billy Gilbert Cliff Edwards Jimmy Cricket Luana Paten Reoe

My Wild Irish Rose heads to Princess Theatre

Warner Bros presents the Technicolor musical at Princess Theatre starting next Wednesday. Dennis Morgan stars as Chauncey Olcott with Andrea King as Lillian Russell, joined by Arlene Dahl Alan Hale George O’Brien and others in over a dozen musical numbers.

Warner Bros Memory Lane Arlene Dahl Dennis Morgan Andrea Ee Brilliant Technicoloronis Agmieres the Rincess Technicolor Chauncey Olcott Andrea King Lillian Russell Alan Hale George O’brien George Tobias Ben Blue Sara Allgood My Wild

Second Chance at the Roxy highlights jewel heist romance

The 20th Century Fox film Second Chance opens at the Roxy Theatre with Kent Taylor Louise Currie and Dennis Hoey headlining a plot about an international jewel thief turned investigator and a daring diamond caper around the Ma Tabar diamond. The story follows a slick thief and his reforming blonde partner as they couple crime with romance and face a dramatic, cliffhanger ending.

Louise Carrie Kent Taylor The Roxy Twentieth Century-Fox Roxy Theatre Louise Currie Dennis Hoey Larry Blake Waterloo Kent” Taylor Taylor Miss Currie Tallulah Bankhead

Film highlights authentic recreations of 1900s stage life

The piece details My Wild Irish Rose with Olcotta Miss Russell and notable figures like The Iron Duke William Muldoon Augustus Pitou and Weber and Fields. It notes Prinz choreographs authentic musical numbers after months of research and Rita Olcott supplies the book with Peter Milne writing the screenplay. Arthur Edeson, the veteran cameraman, also filmed Lillian Russell in 1912.

Peter Milne Rita Olcott Arthur Edeson Hollywood Lillian Russell

Drums Along the Mohawk Shown at Capitol Theatre

Twentieth Century Fox adventure drama Drums Along the Mohawk returns to the Capitol Theatre with Claudette Colbert and Henry Fonda. John Ford directs vivid frontier action about colonial settlers in New York’s Mohawk Valley with large-scale sets and 300-strong Utah crew.

Twentieth Century- Fox Capitol Theatre Watter D. Edmonds Claudette Colbert Henry Fonda Mohawk Valley New York State John Ford Lamar Trotti Sonya Levien Ace Edna May Oliver Eddie Collins John Caradine Dorris Bowden Utah Hollywood

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