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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1942
Page
6
War film presents Britain's Fleet Air Arm with the aircraft carrier Ark Royal as star. John Clements Leslie Banks and others deliver solid acting while authentic deck operations and naval air battles unfold. Scenes include takeoffs from Ark Royal and a dramatic Greece sea engagement.
Ray Milland and Paulette Goddard star in Cecil B DeMille s technicolor epic set in the 1840s Caribbean. John Wayne, Raymond Massey and others support as storms rage and ships sink in a lavish adventure film hailed as cinema season’s biggest event. DeMille s career as a master producer-director is celebrated.
The Hinshaw family reunion planned for White Hall near Randleman on the first Sunday in September is postponed due to war emergencies. J. R. Hinshaw of Asheboro says last year’s officers will return next year, with Troy Hinshaw as vice president and Ruth Hinshaw as secretary treasurer. Other officers include C. E. Hinshaw and Lola Hinshaw, with Grace Hinshaw Helm of Philadelphia on the program committee. A note on forgotten men follows, about Whistler’s father, George Washington Whistler, who built the first Moscow to St. Petersburg railroad. A separate item remarks that Mount Matumai’s crater in Alaska dwarfs New York City buildings.
A Hastings Times review summarizes Victory For Love by Pamela Wynne and We Belong Together by Cecile Gilmore. The piece highlights wartime seaside drama, romance, and spy tension in Victory For Love set at Pole Star house with evacuees and a French suitor, plus domestic strife and modern marriage themes in We Belong Together. It notes strong characterization, plausible situations, and readers likely to enjoy light wartime fiction.
Gene Autry returns to the Broadhurst screen in Call of the Canyon starting Wednesday. His familiar sidekicks Smiley Burnette Tadpole and new stars Ruth Terry Dorothea Kent Cliff Nazario join The Sons of the Pioneers for music. An engaging cowboy tale with sprightly songs and witty dialogue.
A publication list of films and shorts for the week includes Bela Lugosi's Corpse Vanishes and Unusual Occupations, In Color First Swallow, plus Fox Movietone News. Tuesday features The Man Who Wouldn't Die with Lloyd Nolan and Marjorie Weaver, and Happy Circus Daze and Incredible Stranger. Wednesday to Thursday showcases How Green Was My Valley with Roddy McDowall, Fox Mainstone News, and Friday to Saturday runs Stick to Your Guns and Mickey's Birthday Party.
A 1920s report notes Korea uniquely issues a divided marriage certificate, with one half given to the bride and the other half to the groom, reflecting a distinctive civil document practice.
Scientists describe Yellowstone’s geysers and steaming pools as remnants from ancient volcanic activity. The park’s geothermal features illustrate the Earth’s long geological history and ongoing subterranean heat.
Warner’s newest action film The Big Shot stars Humphrey Bogart as a one-time underworld heavy forced to taunt and mug for survival. Irene Dunne plays his sweetheart who helps him battle deep financial woes and a lawyer’s help after his prison spell.
A compact study note on English usage missteps and pronunciation. It covers common errors with phrases like to and me, pronunciation tips for i sounds, and spelling pitfalls. A word study prompt urges daily vocabulary growth and defines cynical as disbelieving in human motives. The piece ends with a geography line about the Taman peninsula as the northwestern limit of the Cauc mountain range.
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