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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1944

Page

5

See Here Private Hargrove at Princess Theatre Four Days

Film adaptation of Marion Hargrove's best selling memoir opens Tuesday at the Princess Theatre. Robert Walker stars as Private Hargrove with Donna Reed and Keenan Wynn in key roles. Wesley Ruggles directs for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Fort Bragg and Army camp scenes recreate wartime K.P. duty and adventures with a musical interlude featuring In My Arms by Frank Loesser and Ted Grouga.

Private Hargrove Reader's’ Digest Princess Theatre Marion Hargrove Hollywood Donna Reed Hargrove Tom Mulvehill Keenan Wynn Ed Wynn Chill Wills Sergeant Cramp Donald Curtis Sergeant Heldon Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Wesley Ruggles Lana Turner Robert Young George Haigirt Harry Ate Fort Bragg N. C Donna Hulvehill Date Bureau New York Mulvehill Frank Loesser Ted Grouga Robert Walker Bataan George Offerman, Jr Wynn

What A Man at the Roxy Theatre

The film What A Man stars Johnny Downs with Wanda McKay and a strong supporting cast including Robert Kent and Lillian Bronson. A light comedy about a meek office worker whose new housemate fakes illness to stay, leading to mistaken crimes and a series of laughs with a lively, novel ending.

Roxy Theatre William X. Crowley Beryl Sachs Johnny Downs Hollywood Wanda McKay Miss McKay Robert Kent Harry Holman Lillian Bronson Wheeler Oakman John Ince I. Stanford Jolley Jack Gardner Johnny Barney A. Sarecky William Beaudine

The Good Fellows at the Roxy Theatre

Cecil Kellaway stars as a lodge joining insider in a comedy centered on fraternal life. Helen Walker plays Kellaway’s daughter Ethel while James Brown portrays Captain Tom Drayton and Kathleen Lockhart portrays his loyal wife. Mabel Paige offers comic emphasis as the mother-in-law.

Cecil Kellaway Order of Noblest Romans the Good Fellows Roxy Theatre Kellaway Helen Walker James Brown Diana Hale Kathleen Lockhart Mabel Paige Jim Helton Jo Graham Jim Ethel Tom Drayton Mrs. Helton Helton

Red Skelton in Whistling in Brooklyn at Strand Theatre

Red Skelton stars as Benton crime expert The Fox in Whistling in Brooklyn at the Strand today and Monday. Ann Rutherford Jean Rogers and Rags Ragland join in a comedy caper with murder mystery and a wedding plot as Red digs to clear his name and win a honeymoon.

Fox Skelton Isi Brooklyn Strand Theatre Red Skelton A Benton Ann Ragland Red Jean Rogers Maisie Rags Ray Collins Sam Levene Henry O'Neill William Frawley George Haight S. Sylvan Simon

It Happened Tomorrow at the Princess Theatre

Dick Powell Linda Darnell and Jack Oakie star in Rene Clair's comedy It Happened Tomorrow presented at the Princess Theatre. The story follows Larry Stevens a 1890 reporter who receives tomorrow's newspaper and encounters a string of odd adventures including a racetrack windfall and a perfect future forecast ending with a police link.

Dick Powell Linda Darnell Rene Clair Arnold Pressburger Princess Theatre United Artists Jack Oakie Frank Capra Armed Forces Larry Stevens Evening News Stevens Calaboose Arnold Presburger Nene Clan Edgar Kennedy John Philliber Sig Ruman

Forecasts of Crimes Spawned by Reading Tomorrow’s Paper

A cryptic note claims a name predicts crimes after scanning tomorrow's newspaper. The text suggests entangled events unravel as readers speculate on foreseen wrongdoing and a path to prevent it.

Phan Tom Predicts Stevens Death Surprises readers

A Phan Tom newspaper item forecasts Stevens’s death, creating a dramatic surprise climax for readers and prompting renewed interest in the ongoing case and public reaction across the city.

Stevens

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