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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1950

Page

5

Return of the Frontiersman opens Thursday at Princess

West in Color view begins Thursday as Gordon MacRae Julie London Rory Calhoun and Jack Holt star in the Warner Bros. western epic Return of the Frontiersman set in Laramie Wyoming with high action and scenic Technicolor."

Bud Gordon MacRae Fred Coby the Princess

Amazon Quest Background Scenes Drawn For Western Tale

The film follows Tom iff framed for murder becoming an outlaw to prove innocence amid gun battles saloon brawls fast riding and stagecoach holdups. A romance unfolds between Julie London and MacRae with two songs Cowboy and Underneath a Western Sky sung by the latter accompanied on guitar.

Iff Julie London MacRae

Marine Raiders at the Roxy and Amazon Quest films

Pacific War film Marine Raiders opens Tuesday at the Roxy with Pat O’Brien and Robert Ryan as Marine officers and Ruth Hussey as an Australian Auxiliary Air Force lieutenant. The article also notes Amazon Quest a rubber history drama directed by S. K. Seeley with Tom Neal Carole Mathews and Carole Donne among the cast.

Uncle Sam Marine Raiders Roxy Corps Pat O’brien Robert Ryan Ruth Hussey Australian Women's Auxiliary Air Force RKO Frank McHugh Barton MacLane Guadacanal O’brien Ryan Amazon Hollywood Amazon Quest Amazon Jungles Tom Neal Carole Mathews Carole Donne Ralph Graves Don Dillaway Don Zelaya Joe Crehan S. K. Seeley Louis Stevens

Paid In Full to Open at Princess Theatre Next Tuesday

Robert Cummings Lizabeth Scott and Diana Lynn star in Paramount's Paid In Full a Hal Wallis drama about two sisters in love with the same man. Eve Arden Ray Collins Frank McHugh and Stanley Ridges head a strong cast. The picture directed by William Dieterle runs with action scenes of romance and wartime drama.

Robert Cummings Lizabeth Scott Diana Lynn Paramount Princess Theatre Eve Arden Ray Collins Frank McHugh Stanley Ridges Long Hal Wallis Hollywood Miss Scott Capital Cummings Reader's Digest Frederic Loomis William Dieterle

Flynn's Montana Sheep Wrangles In Technicolor Rodeo

Errol Flynn stars in a Warner Bros color Western as a Montana sheep rancher guiding a flock through cattle country. The film features campfire raids stampedes street brawls and a dramatic cliffside sequence with a fiery horse. Alexis Smith co stars with support from Sakall Kennedy Brown and MacDonald. produced by William Jacobs at Warner Ranch California.

Errol Flyn Forsyte Warner Bros Montana Roxy Theatre Flynn Dodge City Santa Fe Trail San Antonio Alexis Smith Clark Gable Cuddles Sakall Technicolor Warner Ranch Calabasas California Douglas Kennedy James Brown Ian MacDonald William Jacobs

Godfrey Headlines Princess Theatre Film Event

Arthur Godfrey stars as principal narrator in Warner Bros. “50 Years Before Your Eyes” at the Princess Theatre this Thursday. The film assembles turn of the century bathing beauties, Keystone Cops style auto drivers, and a cast including Charlie Chaplin Ben Turpin Douglas Fairbanks Al Jolson Will Rogers Rudolph Valentino and more.

Arthur Godfrey Princess Theatre Warner Bros Godfrey Keystone Cops Charlie Chaplin Ben Turpin Douglas Fairbanks al Jolson Will Rogers Rudolph Valentino

50 Years Before Your Eyes stars famous screen moments

Warner Bros presents a look back at a century of film history featuring H. W. Kaltenborn and President Truman’s impersonation, Teddy Roosevelt 1912 footage, early film of Mussolini Hitler and Stalin, Nomura with Japanese officers on the White House lawn, plus Lillian Russell Buffalo Bill Sousa Pickford Barrymore Caruso and Billy Sunday.

Godfrey H. W. Kaltenborn Truman Kaltenborn Milton J. Cross Quentin Reynolds Teddy Roosevelt Mussolini Hitler Stalin Admiral Nomura White House Lillian Russell Buffalo Bill John Philip Sousa Mary Pickford John Barrymore Enrico Caruso Billy Sunday Evangelist

Defense Department switch handles vast daily call load

The U S Defense Department telephone exchange in Washington processes about 225000 inside calls and 90000 outside calls each day, reflecting heavy communications traffic at the federal hub.

U. S. Defense Department Telephone Exchange Washington

Prologue to the Picture Dramatizes 300 Year Freedom Traditions

The prologue frames three centuries of American freedom traditions and introduces the film, emphasizing historical continuity. It sets a solemn tone and signals the documentary’s exploration of national ideals.

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