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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1943
Page
6
A dense listing of film titles, stars, and serials spanning the week. Highlights include Randolph Scott, Glenn Ford color features, Disney cartoons, and Paramount News. The schedule covers daily blocs with double features, cartoons, and short subjects across West End and Rialto venues.
Fay Bainter plays a wealthy widow facing war time changes in The War Against Mrs Hadley at the Center. Edward Arnold is her suitor with Spring Byington as a social leader and Jean Rogers and Van Johnson supplying romance. Richard Ney appears as her son in a film praised for its human story.
The column notes a shift in film stars toward younger performers as Margaret O'Brien and Bill Severn rise in prominence, eclipsing veterans like Laraine Day and Robert Young. It cites industry remarks on age perceptions and suggests studios lower age barriers to fill leading roles.
The article notes that young actors like Roddy McDowall and Gary Cooper eclipse older stars in recent pictures. It highlights McDowall in My Friend Flicka and mentions other child performers such as Jackie Jankins and Christopher Severn as rising talents alongside veterans like Walter Pidgeon and Robert Taylor.
Desperadoes, a gun roared Technicolor western, opens today at the Center for a three day run. Randolph Scott Glenn Ford Claire Trevor and Evelyn Keyes headline a high powered cast. The film follows a range outlaw who seeks to establish law and order in a frontier town with fast action and vivid direction.
Lava Beds National Monument welcomed 36,619 visitors in 1940 versus 34,201 the prior year. The note mentions gear such as fireproof duck overcoats with hair felt lining and zippers for desert conditions and belts worn by Japanese soldiers believed to offer protection.
The excerpt teases a playful film awards scene with Miniver and Darryl Hickman from Joe Smith American and hints at Caro lyn with Virginia Honeymoon in Bali. It envisions an Academy Dinner attended by the young stars who react with wide eyed awe as Oscars are announced.
The record notes that of the initial 119 colleges in the United States, 104 originated distinctly from Christian churches, highlighting a heavy church influence on early American higher education.
The film Chetniks will play Tuesday through Thursday at the Broadhurst with stars Philip Dorn Anna Sten John Shepperd and Virginia Gilmore. It portrays guerrillas fighting conquerors and shows townsfolk resisting betrayal and famine as invaders vow to wipe out the town unless the Chetnik leader surrenders.
The article notes that the steel required to build a single battleship equals the amount used to produce 30,000 modern automobiles.
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