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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1948

Page

5

Doubles Cross In Roxy Film Roses Are Red Opens At Roxy

A suspense drama by Sol Wurtzel titled Roses Are Red opens Tuesday at the Roxy Theatre. Don Castle Peggy Knudsen and Patricia Knight star in a plot where a District Attorney is abducted and replaced by his convict counterpart stirring political intrigue and a counter conspiracy.

Sol M. Wurtzel Roxy Theatre Don Castle Peggy Knudsen Patricia Knight Irving Elman D.A Edward Keane Joe Sawyer Roxy

Thunder in the Valley opens at Princess in color drama

Twentieth Century Fox presents Thunder in the Valley starring Lon McCallister Edmund Gwenn and Peggy Ann Garner. The story blends a father son feud a vengeful murder plot and a tender romance set in Scotland with a murder stalker driving the valley into fury and suspicion. Peggy Ann Garner debuts in a grown up role and Lon McCallister stars as a wistful shepherd boy alongside Edmund Gwenn in a tale of fate and intertwined lives.

Twentieth Century-Fox Lon McCallister Edmund Gwenn Peggy Ann Garner Technicolor the Princess Scotland Centarsound Long McCallister Lon EB ‘ Gwenn Adam M'Adam Maggie Peggy Ann Garner Wah

Bogart and Bacall Star in Dark Passage at Roxy Theatre

Bogart and Lauren Bacall lead in Dark Passage directed by Delmer Daves with screenplay by Daves based on David Goodis novel. Agness Moorehead Bruce Bennett Tom DAndrea Clifton Young Rory Mallinson support. Filmed near San Francisco features the Golden Gate Bridge and a slugging scene under the bridge. Franz Waxman provides the score.

Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall Warner_ Bros Roxy Theatre David Goodis Delmer Daves Daves Agness Moorehead Bruce Bennett Tom D'Andrea Clifton Young Rory Mallinson Miss Bacall Young Lacy Ogart San Quentin San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge Bogart Young Franz Waxman

Flynn Stars In Cry Wolf at Capitol Theatre

Warner Bros romantic melodrama Cry Wolf starring Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck opens Monday at Capitol Theatre. Supporting cast includes Geraldine Brooks Richard Basehart Jerome Cowan John Ridge Ly Patricia White Rory Mallinson and more with screenplay by Catherine Turner based on Marjorie Carleton novel directed by Peter Godfrey.

Barbara Stanwyck Errol Flynn Warner Brothers Richard Basehart Capitol Warner Bros Capitol Theatre Geraldine Brooks Jerome Cowan John Ridgely Patricia White Rory Mallinson Catherine Turney Marjorie Carleton Peter Godfrey Henry Blanke Franz Waxman

Autinville School to Present Play and Operetta

The Austinville school elementary grades will present a program on Thursday evening May 13 at 7 30 at the elementary building. The primary grades perform an operetta The Golden Whistle and the intermediate grades present a two act comedy No Suit For Bill. Miss Rachel Holiday will play the accordion. Everyone is invited.

Austinville Bill Rachél Holiday

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy on Roxy screen

Mickey Rooney stars as Andy Hardy in Love Laughs at Andy Hardy the first postwar film of the series. He returns to Wainwright College plans to propose to Kay Wilson but is forced to take a tall blind date Coffy Smith and handles the dilemma with his usual gusto.

Andy Hardy Mickey Mickey Rooney Roxy Andy Wainright College Kay Wilson Bonita Granville Kay Coffy Smith Dorothy Ford

My Girl Tisa Opens at Princess Theatre

Warner Bros United States Pictures presents My Girl Tisa a romantic love story set in 1900 Teddy Roosevelt era. Sam Wanamaker stars in his film debut with Akim Tamiroff Alan Hale Hugo Haas Galen Roberts Stella Adler Benny Becker and Eliot Nugent directing from a play by Allen Boretz. The plot follows a newly arrived visitor striving to save her father while Wanamaker pursues legal ambitions amid a world of gambling and social tension.

Warner Bros My Girl Tisa United States Pictures Princess Theatre Sam Wanamaker Akim Tamiroff Alan Hale Hugo Haas Galen Robbins Stella Adler Benny Baker Eliot Nugent Allen Boretz My Girl Tisa Milton Sperling The Arine Teddy Roosevelt Wanamaker Ingrid Bergman

Rooney Plays Killer McCoy Role In MGM Film

Mickey Rooney stars as Tommy McCoy in MGM's Killer McCoy shown Thursday and Friday. The ex newsboy becomes a prizefighter who is drawn into a deadly ring accident and is shaped by a troubled upbringing with a drunken father while trying to do right.

Mickey Rooney Killer McCoy M-G-M Tommy McCoy

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy joins the campus comedy lineup

The Hardy Family film follows Andy Hardy who faces college tensions and romance. Kay announces her engagement to a successful career man while Andy grapples with love and career choices on campus aided by Rooney in the title role and co stars Miss Granville Lina Romay and Dorothy Ford.

Ing. Coffy Kay Andy Carmel Andy Hardy Lewis Stone Fay Holden Milly Miss. Ford Rooney Miss Granville Lina Romay Dorothy Ford

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