Francis the Talking Mule At The Princess Four Days
Francis the Talking Mule plays at the Princess for four days. A lighthearted cinema feature draws crowds, with fans enjoying the classic screen comedy and its charm.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1950
Page
5
Donald O'Connor Stars in Francis at Princess Theatre
Donald O'Connor carries the Universal-International film Francis without song or romance. He plays a young army lieutenant guided by a talking mule through a Burma jungle ordeal, with Patricia Medina relegated to a hospital. The mule steals scenes as the two bond and navigate danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis
ZaSu Pitts
Universal-International
Donald O'Connor
Patricia Medina
Donald O’connor
Universal - International
Princess Theatre
Hollywood
Donald
G.I
O'Connor
Burma
Donald and the Axis Spy Pack Off War Plans
Donald earns brief hero status after mule tipped alerts expose Axis spy Miss Medina posing as a nurse. He nearly falls for her charm before arrest and exposure. The tale ends with Donald and his uncle living together after the war as Miss Medina’s ruse collapses and supporting cast impresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
Ward Patricia Medina
Francis
Miss Medina
ZaSu Pitts
Ray Collins
John McIntire
Air Movies Shot In Ala
Director Henry King scouting for 12 OClock High traveled 11 000 miles by plane to shoot at Eglin Field near Fort Walton Florida and Ozark Field near Dothan Alabama. The DC 6 ferried cast crew and equipment non stop from Hollywood with six weeks at Eglin and a month lead time. The Air Force says the aviation details are authentic and the film stands as a true aviation movie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry King
Twentieth Century-Fox
Darryl F. Zanuck
Princess Theatre
Eglin Field
Fort Walton
Florida
Great Proving Ground
Army
Navy
Ozark Field
Dothan
Alabama
Third Army
Hollywood
Eglin
Ozark Fields
King
Air Force
Top O' The Morning Returns to Capitol Theatre
Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald reunite in Paramount's Top o' the Morning arriving next Wednesday at the Capitol Theatre. The comedy musical follows Crosby sent to Ireland to recover the famous Blarney Stone, with Fitzgerald as a rival police officer. Ann Blyth co stars, delivering her first adult musical role alongside eight songs including two new numbers by Burke and Van Heusen. The cast also features Hume Cronyn and a mix of traditional Irish tunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bing Crosby
Barry Fitzgerald
Paramount
Capitol Theatre
Bing
Barry
Cork
Ireland
Fitzgerald
Sword's Point
Ann Blyth
Hume Cronyn
Crosby
Johnny Burke
James van Heusen
Savage of the 918th Bomb Group
The script centers on the 8th Air Force unit 918th Bomb Group and the leadership style of General Frank Savage portrayed by Gregory Peck. It blends real WWII air war history with a fictional take on command dynamics and morale during heavy daylight missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sy Bartlett-Beirne Lay, Jr
8Th Air Force
Gregory Peck
Frank Savage
Frank Armstrong
C of C to Aid Business Bids In Decatur
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce partners with Atlanta regional DOC to provide members a daily synopsis of invitations to bid from 55 Defense procurement offices and 12 Federal Supply Service offices. Daily releases will be kept in the Chamber office for inspection and access to all interested persons who visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Federal Supply Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
Talking Mule
the Princess
MT On
West
Yvonne de Carlo
Chicago
Loretta Young
Cummings
Texas
Unery
Amcraft
Roy Acuff
Jack
Donald O’ Connor
Abbott
CIA Andrews
Agias
First Army
Jesse James
Andy Clyde
Sun
Paramount Presents
William Eythe
George Reeves
Carole Mathews
Tursday
Arry
Walt Disney Color
Pluto
HOLT
Ala
Gtrand Theatre
Hartselle
Wis
Crosby Tex Fitzgerall
Rusty Saves
Bowery Boys
Rai Eo Iesse
John Payne
Rhonda Fleming
Dennis O'Keefe
Thomas Gomer
Fred Clark
Setu
William
Hellfire
America
Erin
W. Vine St
Louis Trochemont
Beatrice Pearson
Mel Ferrer
William Bendix
Dennis O’keefe
Barbara Britton
Joe McCoak
John Gar
Drrin
Burt Lancaster
Paul Henreid
Claude Rains
Peter Lorre
Athens
Connecticut
Universal Ta Abel
MTC
AAS
Donald Nepnet
Wlana Zasu Pitts
Vera John McIntire
Burns and Allen
CBS
Fred Allen
Jack Benny
Groucho Marx
Joan Davis
Lucille Ball
Ster
NBC
Gomez
Norega
Louis & Foster Pa
Louis
Foster
Joel McCrea, Barry Sullivan
Dick Powell
June Allyson
the Reformer and
the Redhead
THE
Outriders
Technicolor
Dana Andrews
Susan Heyward
Princess
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