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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1944

Page

5

Up In Mabel's Room shines in new film at Princess Theatre

Edward Small presents a revived stage farce turned film comedy starring Gail Patrick Marjorie Reynolds Dennis O Keefe Mischa Auer Charlotte Greenwood Lee Bowman Binnie Barnes John Hubbard Janet Lambert The plot follows a groom hiding a past indiscretion with a note inscription pursued by a jealous wife and a Russian butler with a backdrop of New York City color sequences and a song Oh Mabel.

Mabel Edward Small Princess Theatre Gail Patrick Marjorie Reynolds Dennis O'Keefe Mischa Auer Charlotte Greenwood Lee Bowman Binnie Barnes John Hubbard Janet Lambert Mothel Dennis O’keefe Wilson Collison Otto Harbach Chuckles Tero Allan Dwan Edward Paul Michel Michelet C. H. Wheeler Bee Bowman Warjore Reynolds Dennis Q.keefe Otto Harbach Tom Reed United Artists

Lost Angel at Roxy Theatre

A tender romantic comedy centers on Margaret O'Brien as a child prodigy who runs away with a breezy reporter. Scientists study a foundling girl to prove any child can be a mental giant, while a reporter challenges the idea of magic.

James Craig Roxy Theatre Margaret O’brien Margaret Miss O’brien Reporter Craig Flm

Child learns tenderness as reporter shelters youth comedy cast

A girl runs away seeking a reporter who shelters her for a time. The arrangement reveals human values and happiness in the lives of the reporter and his fiancée James Craig and Marsha Hunt. Keenan Wynn and others deliver strong performances in a lively stage of humor and sentiment.

James Craig Marsha Hunt Margaret Keenan Wynn Ed Wynn Craig Philip Merivale Henry O'Neill Donald Meek Sara Haden

No Soldiers in War Film Opens at Strand

A new technique in Hollywood debuts with Uncertain Glory at the Strand. The film is a war picture where the war is distant and the hero faces only a final fadeout from a single rigid sentry, a minimalist approach praised by French viewers.

Hollywood Strand

Nothing Sacred to Open at the Roxy this Week

New York City urban satire unfolds in color as Fredric March and Carole Lombard star in Nothing Sacred. Ben Hecht wrote the script. David O Selznick produces. The film shoots feature skyline views over Manhattan, Park Avenue contrasts, and Polo Grounds scenes among others.

New York Fredric March Carole Lombard Ben Hecht Roxy Theatre Manhattan David O. Selanick Rebecca James H. Street Father Knickerbocker Empire State Building Radio City Paul Mantz Park Avenue Lenox Avenue Harlem Polo Grounds Tombs Prison 59Th Street

Errol Flynn Stars in French Heroics Film

The article notes Errol Flynn and Paul Lukas headed a production about heroism in wartime France. Lukas, Academy Award winner for Watch On The Rhine, is highlighted alongside Flynn.

France Joan of Arc Errol Flynn Paul Lukas Ubilutas

Uncertain Glory brings Flynn and Lukas to Princess Theatre

The film set in occupied France pits Inspector Bonet against the criminal Picard as Bonet must decide whether to save one hundred innocents by aiding a notorious fugitive. Errol Flynn plays Picard, while Paul Lukas portrays the conflicted inspector in a tale of duty versus conscience.

Errol Flynn Paul Lukas Princess Theatre France Inspector Bonet Surete Jean Picard Bonet Picard

Dr Gillespie's New Assistant at the Roxy Theatre

Dr Gillespie’s New Assistant opens Thursday at the Roxy Theatre with Lionel Barrymore as the physician. The drama centers on a mysterious ailment solved by a new assistant revealing a patient’s past and a related love story.

Susan Peters Lionel Barrymore Dr. Gillespie Princess Theatre Roxy Theatre van Johnson Richard Quine Keye Luke Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger Nat Pendleton Marie Blake Frank Orth

Boulder Reservoir Capacity Across Arizona and Nevada

The Boulder reservoir spans Arizona and Nevada, extending 115 miles with a capacity of 30,500,000 acre feet.

Boulder Arizona Nevada

World War I: Two of Three American Soldiers in France Fought

A historical note states that about two thirds of American expeditionary forces who landed in France during World War I participated in combat. It highlights the heavy involvement of U S troops in the European theater.

France

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