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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1949

Page

5

Barkleys of Broadway reunites Astaire and Rogers at Princess Theatre

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers star as Josh and Dinah Barkley in MGM’s Technicolor musical at the Princess Theatre. The plot centers on marital strain as Dinah meets a foreign playwright and hints of career choices arise. Harry Warren Ira Gershwin provide songs. Oscar Levant performs. Directed by Charles Walters produced by Arthur Freed.

Josh Harry Warren Ira Gershwin Oscar Levant Tschaikowsky Billie Burke Gale Robbins Jacques Francois the Barkleys Broadway Charles Walters Arthur’ Freed Astaire Rogers Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Mmost Princess Theatre

Unconquered Opens at Roxy Theatre With Technicolor Splendor

The Roxy Theatre will premiere Paramount’s Unconquered a multi million dollar Technicolor epic starring Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard. The event marks a major screen occasion as the film opens to a large cast and grand production.

Gary Cooper Paulette Goddard Paramount Roxy Theatre Cecil B. DeMile Pachette Goddard

Stars Rod Cameron Bring Romance to Princess Theatre

Rod Cameron Lona Massey and Adrian Booth star in romance and adventure at the Princess Theatre next Wednesday. The story unfolds during the Sioux uprisings which troubled South Dakota long before it became a state. Cameron plays an Army Major torn between friendship with an outlaw and duty to arrest him.

Rod Cameron Lona Massey Adrian Booth Princess Theatre South Dakota Plunderers Republic Ilona Massey Forrest Tucker

Body and Soul Opens At Roxy This Thursday

The Enterprise Studios film Body and Soul starring John Garfield and Lilli Palmer opens Thursday at the Roxy Theatre via United Artists. The drama follows a middleweight fighter amid managers and gamblers, with Hazel Brooks as the new discovery and a cast including Anne Revere and Virginia Gregg.

United Artists John Garfield Lilli Palmer Hazel Brooks The Roxy Roxy Theatre Enterprise “Studios Body and Soul Enterprise Hollywood Abraham Polansky Garfield Gary Cooper Anne’ Revere Art Smith Joseph Pevney Lloyd Goff Canada Lee Broadway Virginia Gregg William Conrad Conover Lauren Becall Ethelreda Leopold Charine James Wong Howe Marion Herwood

Swanson Debuts Yof Frontier Epic Novel

Neil H. Swanson presents Yof frontier. America, a sweeping historical spectacle hailed as the first major giant war-ending epic since the conflict.

Neil H. Swanson America

Fury at Furnace Creek Opens at Capitol with Mature Stars

A new Western featuring Victor Mature and Colleen Gray premieres at the Capitol Theatre. The film promises a thrilling yet little known chapter in the West’s conquest with an Apache raid scene and wardrobes designed by Keyes over two decades.

Glenn Langan Victor Mature Furnace Creek Capitol Coleen Gray Capitol Theatre Keyes Hollywood Miss Palmer Miss Brooks Dempsey-Carpentier Boyle Thirty Acres Jersey City Garfield Enterprise

Wagon Train Massacre and Fort Furnace Siege Scenes

Creek delivers a fast paced film about two sons seeking to clear their father's name a U S Cavalry officer accused of betrayal. The production used southern Utah badlands as a stunning new location and required unprecedented location shooting complexity.

Fort Furnace Creek U. S Coarer Utah

The Plunderers Set To Open Wednesday

The Republics Trucolor drama The Plunderers recreates the 1880s with covered wagons charging Indians cowpunchers and a dramatic burning of Fort Furnace Creek in a 10 acre replica setting.

Fort Furnace Creek

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