NEXT WEEK AT
LOCAL
THEATRES
GEORGE RAFT WAVES
BATON IN NEW FILM
COMING TO IMPERIAL
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Takes Role of an Orchestra
Leader in “Every Night
at Eight”
By HOWARD HANCOCK
In the past we have seen George
Raft as a dancer, a gangster, a
jail bird and a hero, a gambler
and a big-shot politician, but now
he comes to the Imperial screen
in a “brand-new” role, that of an
orchestra leader. And can little
Georgie wave that baton! Just
wait’ll you see “Every Night at
Eight,” his latest picture, in which
Alice Faye, Patsy Kelly and
Frances Langford are prominently
featured with him.
“Every Night at Eight” is good
entertainment. The plot may be a
little thin in places - but so is the
average ham sandwich, and be
sides, Georgie ,Raft is not the
type for the “Anthony Adverse”
stuff. He hasn’t a great deal to
do in this flicker, but when he
does appear he is entertaining and
appealing. There is excellent band
music, too, singing, amusing dia
logue, and romance, and, well,
what do you want for a quarter?
The story revolves around the
three girls: Misses Faye, Kelly
and Langford (well-known radio
singer). They perform very nice
ly as a trio. When the story gets
under way, the girls appear to be
not only broke and out of a job
but hungry. Imagine that - and
with the New Deal, too'. They en
ter an amateur radio contest in
which Raft and his band are com
peting. Miss Langford faints from
hunger and the girls lose their
chance. Georgie cops the prize, but
feels the girls have talent (and
Miss Faye beautiful blonde hair)
so he offers to act as their man
ager.
Georgie convinces a cafe owner
of the merits of his band, and the
three girls, and they are hired.
Soon they are drawing more pa
trons to the restaurant than a
French chef, and they are being
talked about - in the right way, of
course, we mean. The radio is the
next step. All are successful, but
Raft will not let the girls spend
their money or step out, compell
ing them to lead a simple life.
This appeals to the girls about
as much as taking a walk on his
day off would to a mail carrier,
so they rebel.
Now when one woman stages
even a minor little “rebellion” it
is bad enough, but when three fe
males start rebelling all at the
same time, well, ladies and gen
tlemen, there is simply H—1 to
pay, if you will pardon the use of
such an expression in this cul
tured column. Georgie has his
hands full. In fact, Georgie more
than has his hands full, but he
comes through like a true. Raft!
*■**:*.** *
When a sweet girl desires to be
helpful and obliging she usually
goes the whole way. For instance,
there’s the little incident in “Paris
in Spring,” which will be the
Wednesday picture next week at
the Imperial. Mai’y Ellis and Tul
lio Carminati quarrel. It isn’t an
ordinary quarrel. Tullio wants
Mary to be his wife (can you im
agine quarrelling about such a
thing,) and vows he will commit
suicide. by jumping off the Eiffel
Tower if she refuses. And what
does Mary do? She puts Tullio in
her car and drives right smack up ,
to the Tower door. If Tullio had
already been married to her, there
is little doubt but what she would
have taken him up to the top and
shoved him off - and what a
splash Tullio would make!
Of course, Tullio hasn’t the
slightest notion of ending his life.
He is in Paris, and it is spring
time; he dearly loves Miss Ellis,
and she him, but she doesn’t want
to be his wife - just yet, anyway.
On top of the Tower, Tullio
meets young, blonde Ida Lupino,
who is also preparing to jump off
because she and her fiancee have
had a spat. Tullio talks her out
of the idea of squashing herself
on the pavement below, and offers
to show her Paris. From then on,
“Paris in Spring” develops into
one of those Frenchy farces with
wrong couples being mistaken for
man and wife and getting into
fluffy bedrooms. It manages to
be a pleasant arrangement of
gayness and music, and it is as
“French” as a bottle of Dubonnet.
* * *e * * * *
“The Headline Woman,” co
starring Heather Angel and Roger
Pryor is the happy selection for
the Thursday-Friday bill on next
week’s Imperial program. The
story may be just a trifle far
fetched, but the action is fast,
and we believe this film will en
tertain and amuse you.
Comedy and melodrama are
combined very effectively in the
picture. There is a murder, and
this time you cannot help knowing
w ho the murderer is, but that fact
does not lessen your interest or
suspense because the heroine,
Miss Angel, is in postion of being
suspected. Much of the comedy
is provoked by the wise-cracks of
newspaper reporters. There is
one particularly amusing situa
tion where s**ven reporters, ex
pecting the police to raid a very
sw-anky and famous gambling es
tablishment, older an expensive
dinner which amounts to over
$200, knowing they will not have
to pay the check because of the
raid.
Besides thsoe mentioned, the
cast is composed principally of
Ford Sterling, Franklin Pangborn.
Jack Mulhall, Russell Hopton and
others.
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PATTERSON
SOFT BALL LEAGUE
August 15th
Carding vs Weaving
The Weavers were hit-crazv,
combing the offerings of Kirk
Gore, Carding pitcher, who scored
14 runs, defeating the Carders fo
the tune of 14 to 11. John Shaw,
Cole and Travis garnered three
hits to lead the Weaving. Ranny
Crowder and Blythe were leading
hitters for the Carding. The Card
ers erred four times which upset
Cannonball Gore.
August 16th
Carding vs Spinning
The Carding overcame the jinx
of the Spinning Room, defeating
them with a score of 9 to 8 in a
lam-banged good ball game. Jim
my Crow'der was safe on an error.
Advanced on Spence’s single and
scored on fielders’ choice, cross
| ing the base with the. winning
marker. Curtis Butler, two dou
| aint forecast ^ Afeead [
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NEW YORK . .■ . Jean Parker’s new Fall suit with the military air, ia
topped by. a smart‘little gray hat that gives a snggestion of a helmet,
which hints strongly of the favorite Fall sport. The bag verifies the hint
It is designed in football shape and properly initialed.
bles and a single; Glen Spence,
two singles and a home run, led
for the Card Room. Hugh Murphy
with three singles, Thompson with
a triple and a double, and Woods,
two doubles, were best for Spin
ning.
August 16th
Weaving vs Finishing
The Weavers fattened their bat
ting averages at the expense of
Liske, starting pitcher for the fin
ishers, scoring 19 runs to defeat
the Finishers to the tune of 19
to 14. Harper with a home run
and two singles, Monk Crowder
with a home run and a triple, and
Cole with a double and a triple
were the leading hitters for the
Weaving. Askew with a double
and two singles was the only Fn
isher to garner more than one hit.
August 21st
Weaving vs Spinning
The Weavers gained undisputed
possession of first place by de
feating the runner-up Spinners 8
to 3. Sinker-Ball Hutchinson was
at his best scattering the 12 hits
garnered by the Spinning Room.
Monk Crowder with a triple and
two singles; Hutchinson, Shaw,
and Poole with two each were
the best for the Weavers. Wilson
Crew with a double and two sin
gles; Thompson, Mosley and Fer
rell, with two each were the best
for the Spinning.
Next Week at Roanoke Rapids
THEATRE'S
Program Week Of August 26thl
PEOPLES
Monday-Tuesday
ANN SOTHERN - JACK HALEY
THE GIRL FRIEND
Wednesday-Thursday
GRACE MOORE
LOVE ME FOREVER
Friday
NANCY CARROLL
ATLANTIC ADVENTURE
Saturday
TIM McCOY
OUTLAW DEPUTY
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IMPERIAL
Monday-Tuesday
GEORGE RAFT - ALICE FAYE
EVERY NIGHT AT EIGHT
Wednesday
MARY ELLIS - TULLIO CARMINATI
PARIS IN THE SPRING
Thursday-Friday
ROGER PRYOR
HEADLINE WOMAN
Saturday
ALL-STAR WESTERN
CIRCLE OF DEATH