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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1945
Page
6
reviews note wartime morale and social life as audiences plan to attend. reservations at The Boot & Art Shop. concert and theatre seats are in demand with limited availability. theatre uses state funds for a youth orchestra program amid ongoing wartime shortages.
Claudette Colbert and Shirley Temple star in a large cast production for a home front drama by David O. Selznick. The Marin Theatre will show the film Wednesday with an unusually long runtime of nearly three hours. To fit three daily showings, the management will open daily at 6 a.m. for three days.
Daily program page lists performances with star casts for Werthe Ober Prenehs Tote to Derk Watt and Roughly Speaklnz, plus Claudette Colbert Shirier Tenuta and others in Since You Went, The Great Flamarion, and Sed an Lamalla. Features Harlow in Hell s, Grant in Topper, Huston frontier melodrama, and Laurel and Hardy in Nothing But Trouble. Also notes American Romance, Oanestar Trail, and Staady with Pat Parish and Jackie Moran.
Ann Miller stars in a lively musical at the Ritz Theatre paced by Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra. The show blends gags and gal melodies with six songs including Gypsy From Brooklyn and Eadie Was A Lady. Scene moves from burlesque roots to college vibes before returning to burlesque.
Louisiana bayou thriller Dark Waters arrives at Martin Theatre with Merle Oberon Franchot Tone and Thomas Mitchell. Andre Ne Toth directs a tale of plantation intrigue as a rightful heir battles a murderous conspiratorial group to save a sugar estate. Tone plays a country doctor aiding Oberon, Mitchell portrays the scheming mastermind Sydney. Cast also includes Fev Rainier Filisha Cook Tr Tahu Rex Ingram and Nina McKinney.
A remarkable collection of German invasion maps and guidebooks for Britain lies in the hands of Prime Minister J. C. Staats. The unexecuted plan was discovered in a Brussels attic, while a note mentions the greyhound’s swiftness as a motif.
Rosalind Russell stars in Roughly Speaking a lively film about a woman who loses everything but keeps her laughter. Jack Carson Robert Hutton Andrea King and others fill supporting roles as the Pierson family saga unfolds set against three turbulent decades. Adapted from Louise Randall Piersons autobiography directed by Michael Curtiz with Mrs Pierson involved in the source material.
Jackson Coury leads Red Cross drive with countywide $17,000-plus collection surpassing $16,800 quota. Marianna clears $8,000 while four other communities exceed targets. About 50 workers countywide. Jackson County Negroes under E. J. Pete sub chair collect $1,200 toward a $500 goal. Also notes cacao tree fruit pods containing 30 to 50 cacao beans.
The Broadway stage play Junior Miss by the Civic Drama Guild of New York comes to Dothan City Auditorium Monday evening with advance ticket sales strong and about $0 value sold by noon Saturday. The Spinsters' Club sponsors the tour, with quality professional actors and actresses praised by theater owner Rufus A. Davis of the Martin Ritz and Alabama Theatres.
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