NEXT WEEK AT ROANOKE RAPIDS THEATRES_
Whispering Enemies at imperial Stars
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JACK HOLT;
TONY MARTIN
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On Monday-Tues. in Winner Take All
Jack Holt and Delores Costello
will be shown Sunday only at the
Imperial in “Whispering Enemies.”
Holt is seen as the dynamic man
ufacturer whose business is de
stroyed overnight when unscrupu
lous competitors spread the rumor
that his products contain poison.'
In revenge, he undertakes a similar I
campaign of scandal-spreading a- ;
gainst his rivals, and almost sue-j
cecds. The story of that revenge
makes “Whispering Enemies” one
of the most novel and timely docu
ments the two-fisted actor has ev
er brought to the screen.
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Tony Martin, Gloria Stuart, Hen
ry Armetta and Slim Summerville
will be seen Monday-Tuesday at
the Imperial in “Winner Take All,”
mixing comedy with romance and
prize-fighting.
Tony has the part of a cowboy
stranded in town who gets a job as
waiter in the lunch place run by
Henry Armetta. Martin scores a
lucky knockout in a benefit prize
fight, and then is used as bait by a
gambler who hands him a few set
ups. Martin gets the swelled head,
and the girl knows that he is rid
ing for a fall. So she persuades
a good fighter (Kane Richmond)
who is finally matched against her
hero, to knock him out and bring
him to his senses. Then with his
trainer (Slim Summerville) he gets
down to hard training, with the
gal’s encouragement, and finally
works up to the point where he is
good enough to meet the man that
licked him. Then into the routine
big-fight scene, with the hero tak
ing a beating in the early rounds
but coming back to score a knock
. out.
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"‘Romance of the Redwoods,” with
Jean Parker and Charles Bickford
in the leading roles will be seen
Wednesday-Thursday at the Impe
rial.
Bickford is seen as a veteran lum
berjack in love with Miss Parker.
The logger sees the girl fall in love
with a city-bred youth who had
come north to try his luck in the
timberlands. When a defective ma
chine kills the boy, Bickford is ac
cused of his murder. He is tried
and released, after the girl has
made a desperate appeal in his be
half.
But the townspeople remain con
vinced of Bickford’s guilt, and he
finds himself an outcast. When
they turn against the girl as well,
the logger decides to quit the woods
he has known and loved. He is
about to leave town when a forest
fire breaks out.
A crew of men are trapped be
tween the blaze and the backfire
they themselves had built to fight
the flames. Bickford, the only man
who can save them, refuses to listen
to the pleas of those who had per
secuted him. It is not until Miss
Parker adds her own plea that the
logger abandons his embittered de
cision to let the men burn.
The featured players receive sup
port from Gordon Oliver, who ap
pears as the city youth, Ann Shoe
maker, Alan Bridge and others.
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With Michael Whalen and Chick
Chandler in the roles of two re
Strange Plants and Insects.
Another Front Color Page by
William Crowder, Naturalist and
Marine Artist, Reproducing
Paintings of Weird Oddities in
the Plant and Insect World. See
Them in The American Weekly,
the Magazine Distributed with
Next Sunday’s Times-Herald.
Now on Sale.
porters who get up to their type
writers in mystery, and Jean Rog
ers as the cause of all the excite
ment. “Inside Story,” which will be
on the double feature program Fri
day only at the Imperial, gets off
to a fast start and maintains a ter
rific pace from beginning to end.
Betty Furness and James Craig
in “North of Shanghai” will com
plete the program. Miss Furness,
a reporter, is sent to Shanghai to
keep out of danger of gangsters
she had written articles about. She
meets Craig, a fellow passenger,
who was on his way to Shanghai
to obtain newsreel pictures of the
fighting. By the time they reach
port they are very much in love
with each other. Together they
work on a case involving the man
aegr of the Shanghai office of Miss
Furness’ newspaper. After many
exciting experiments they leave for
New York, there to be married.
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George O’Brien will be presented
Saturday only in “Arizona Le
gion.”'
“Scouts to the Rescue” will be
added.
For Miss Thorne
Miss Elizabeth Thorne, bride-e
lect, was honored on Saturday eve
ning with a lovely party, Miss Her
mine Carraway delightfully enter
taining in her honor. Coletrane
Hall where the party was held was
decorated with a color scheme of
green and white. The refreshments
carried out the bridal motif, white
molded ice centered with a green
wedding bell, cup cakes decorated
in bridal bouquet. The favors were
mints representing “planted” lily
of the Valley. The high score prize
for the evening was won by Mrs.
Howard Pruden; the low prize was
awarded Mrs. Sterling B. Pierce.
The honoree was given a piece of,
silver in Fairfax pattern. There
were sixteen bridge guests and four
other guests came in for refresh
ments. Those invited to enjoy this
party with Miss Thorne were:
Misses Ada Edwards, Vernie Ed
dins, Sarah Cannon, Hart Sheridan,
Martha Craddock, Virginia Blount,
Alma Blount, Frances Newsom,
Kent Bentley, Mesdames William
Thorne, Jr., D. C. Clark, Bahnson
Weathers, Howard Pruden, Sterling
Blackwell Pierce and William A.
Pierce of Weldon, N. C. The re
freshment guests were Misses Jane
Gaw, Carrie Smith, Delphia Harris
and Ruth Dean.
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TALK
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. Clayborn Smith of Ra
leigh were week-end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R. I. Starke.
E. B. Moseley was confined to
the hospital a few days this week.
Misses Jessie, Margaret and Ger
tie Wood, Mrs. Blanche Moore and
1 Joe Crawford spent Saturday at
Wake Forest.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hasty and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Wright and daughter, Mahala,
spent Saturday in Rocky Mount.
Mrs. G. W. Brewer of Charlie
Hope is visiting her daughter. Mrs.
. Ira Edmonds.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Taylor vis
ited relatives at Dundas, Va., Sun
' day.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Hawkins. Mrs.
Dan Tyson and Roy Jenkins visit
ed in Rocky Mount Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hasty and
children visited relatives at Frank
lin, Va. Sunday.
Mrs. Arthur Seward and children
of Charlie Hope spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Edmonds.
D. H. Mason of Greenville. Miss.,
is spending the week here with his
family.
Mrs. R. T. Lassiter of Boykin,
Va. was a visitor in the city Sat
urday.
tvermir mason or state ^(joiiege
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. H. Mason, here this week.
•Miss Ella Lassiter spent the week
end in Boykins with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Lassiter.
Miss Ollie Brinkley of Ports
mouth was the guest of Miss Mar
tha Speight last week.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Gurley, Misses
Mary Gurley and Bettie King and
Byron Gurley spent Saturday in
Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Morgan, Miss
Derith Morgan and Billie Morgan
spent last Sunday in Suffolk.
Misses Carrie T. Smith and Jo
sephine Carty spent Saturday in
Richmond.
Mrs. M. H. Hedgepeth, Mrs. B.
J. Dunning. Misses Doris Hedge
peth and Emily Dunning spent Sat
urday in Rocky Mount.
Miss Ann Moss Faison of Suffolk
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. V. C.
Morgan.
Mrs. Dora Hawkins, Miss Louise
Wells and Carey Massey spent Sat
urday in Richmond visiting Mrs. G.
W. Massey and Cleaton Massey.
Mesdames J. W. Martin, Loftin
Moody spent, Wednesday in Rich
mond, Va.
Cecil Baird is visiting his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Baird,
at La Crosse, Va.
A. B. McAllister is a patient at
Memorial Hospital in Richmond,
Va.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lakey, Mrs.
J. R. Burton, Miss Mildred Burton
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| and “Bootsie” Lakey spent Sunday
in Danville, Va.
Henry Green of Carolina spent
the week-end with his father, Paul
Green.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Baird spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. R.
A. Baird at La Crosse, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Godwin Lane, Mes
dames W. E. Lane, Blaney Vaughn
spent Saturday in Jonesboro with
Rev. and Mrs. D. L. Fouts.
Miss Louise Braswell of Jackson
is spending this week with Mr. and
Mrs. Abner Braswell.
Mrs. Minnie* Green and “Nig”
Gumes spent Sunday in Lasker
with Edgar Gumes.
Mrs. A. A. Lowe has returned to
Jonesboro after spending a week
with her daughter, Mrs. Blaney
Vaughn.
“Bobo” Starke of Carolina spent
the week-end with his parents, ivir.
and Mrs. Ft. L. Starke.
Mesdames P. W. Pearson, J. M.
Ingram and children, Bettye
Wynne, Margaret Anne, Jimmie,
Miss Clyde Lynch and Willie Al
ford attended the birthday dinner
of J. I. Pearson at Valentine, Va
Sunday.
Ft. C. Hardy of Elizabeth City
spent the week-end here with his
family.
Mrs. W. P. Bullock is spending
this week with her sons, P. A.
and W. S. Bullock, in Seaboard.
Mrs. Hubert Collins of Washing
ton. D. C. spent the week-end in
town.
Mrs. Wilmer Hostess
A much enjoyed party was given
on Monday evening when Mrs. Fred
Wilmer entertained the Monday
Night Bridge Club and several ad
ditional guests. There were several
bowls of lovely flowers to add to
this delightful occasion. After en
joying six progressions of contract
the scores were added and prizes
awarded, Mrs. H. S. Loy winning
the high score club prize and Mrs.
Neil Pharr the high guest prize.
A salad plate was served at ten
fifteen. The club members and ad
ditional guests included: Mesdames
Howard Pruden, Frank Hawley, Ju
lian Allsbrook, Scott Benton, Car
roll Wilson, H. S. Loy, Neil Pharr,
John Dunn, Gordon Berkstresser,
J. D. Cassada, J. M. C. Covington,
Misses Ruth Transou, Lucille Car
Ion, Elizabeth ' Clark, Mrs. Rives
Manning and Miss Brewer.
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