Crawford And Taylor At
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IMPERIAL THEATRE
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In "When Ladies Meet"
“When Ladies Meet”, one of the
most fascinating films of the sea
son, returns for another showing
here on next Sunday. With Joan
Crawford and Robert Taylor in
the principal roles, the film will
be shown at the Imperial Theatre.
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Bing Crosby and Mary Martin in
"Birth Of The Blues” will be at
the Imperial Theatre on Monday
and Tuesday of next week. The
picture is reviewed on the oppo
site page.
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Currently, when public interest
is as high in aviation as the planes
which course the sky, comes “Fly
ing Cadets”, which will be at the
Imperial on Wednesday of next
week. It is a punchy, exciting
air drama, and the story has pep
and general appeal.
Edmund Lowe gives a convinc
ing performance of the aerial ace
of World War No. 1 whose ser
vices are sought by his aeronauti
cal-designer brother, Frank Albert
son, and the latter’s partner, Wil
liam Gargan, to instruct cadets in
flying under the hoped-for sub
sidy of Uncle Sam. The devil-may
care Lowe, squares his gambling
debts in the East and wins e
nough to boot for the purchase of
a plane in which his wings to the
Pacific Coast to assume the desig
nated post
In the Lowe closet is a pathetic
“skeleton,”—the fact that he
hasn’t seen his wife since the Arm
istice, and doesn’t know he has a
fine, now-of-flying-age son from
the marriage. The boy, Frank
Thomas, Jr., seeing ads of the fly
ing school in the newspapers, ma
triculates for the course, knowing
that his dad is to be his instruc
tor. The relationship comes to
light, as far as Lowe is concerned,
when he flunks the youth, who
takes up a risky plane which his
father has just test-flown and pro
nounced a hellion for staying in a
spin. The drama of Lowe going
up after his son is intense. At
the finale the family is recon
. ciled. In between there is a love
triar.gle ’twixt Lowe, Albertson and
Peggy Moran.
In addition, “Merry Go Round
Revue” will be presented on the
stage.
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“Three Girls About Town”, which
will be at the Imperial on Thurs
day and Friday of next week, is a
madcap farce, chockfull of laughs
based on a variety of situations.
The story deals with the efforts
of two hotel convention hostesses
and the manager attempting to
hide the body of a supposedly
murdered guest in order that the
hotel not be ruined by unfavorable
publicity. A newspaperman stum
bles onto the secret, identifies the
“body” as a government labor me
diator, and gets entangled with
the law himself, after averting a
threatened strike. The mystery
of the “body” is uncovered and
all ends well.
Many of the situations and lines
are on the adult side, and some
of them tread on various toes. The
struggle over the “body” occurs
while a morticians’ convention is
being held, for one thing. Joan
Blondell and Binnie Barnes as the
hostesses, Janet Blair as their sis
ter; John Howard as the reporter,
Robert Benchley, as the manager,
Eric Blore, Hugh O’Connell, Una
O’Connor, Almira Sessions, Dor
othy Vaughan, Paul Harvey, Frank
McGlynn and Walter Spderling all
deliver handsomely in their roles.
Leigh Jason directed this William
Bischoff production.
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“Riding The Sunset Trail”, with
Tom Keene, will be at the Imperial
on Saturday of next week. Added
will be "Dick Tracy Vs. Crime,
inc.”
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Miss Jean Marie Tyler of Suf
folk, Va., spent the Christmas hol
idays with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney James Sad
ler, Mrs. Mary S. Stewart, and
Anita Tyler spe: . Christmas day
with relatives in Suffolk, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Spikes and
daughters, Norma Rose and Camil
la, of Burlington, spent Christmas
with Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Vaughan.
Albert Paquette of Charlotte
spent the Christmas holidays as
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Vaughan.
Mrs. Van Parrott spent several
days with her sister in Jarratts,
Va.
Miss Katie Cates and “Tooth
Pick” Edwards attended the dance
in Seaboard Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Cates and
daughter, Lola, spent Christmas
with relatives in White Plains, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy McCraw spent
Christmas with relatives in Salis
bury.
Mr. and Mrs. William Boone and
daughters, Evelyn and Helen, of
Scotland Neck spent Sunday here
with relatives.
Miss Marie Cates of Norfolk, Va.
spent Christmas day with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Cates.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Parrott,
Marshall Simpson and Mrs. J. F.
Welch were visitors in Rocky
Mount Monday.
Miss Edith Wood of Washington,
D. C., spent Christmas with her
parents on Franklin St.
Pete Myrick of the U. S. Navy
spent Sunday with his mother,
Mrs. Robert Myrick.
Francis Cox of Fort Bragg spent
Christmas with friends and rela
tives in town.
James Pope of the U. S. Coast
Guard at Portsmouth, Va., spent
the week-end here with his family.
James M. Sea well, Jr., and Rob
ert Louis Shaw of Fort Jackson,
S. C., spent the Christmas holi
days with their relatives in Gaston.
George Hayes and Rudolph Wil
liams, students at the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, are
spending the holidays here with
relatives.
Julian Glover of Norfolk, Va.,
spent Christmas here with his
family.
Jim Pope of Norfolk spent the
week-end here with his family.
James Fanney spent the week
end as guest of Mr. and Mrs. N.
C. Christensen in Norfolk, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Lowder
and son, Haynes, and Mrs. Marvin
Cooley spent Friday in Norfolk,
Va., with relatives.
Mrs. William Warren and
daughter of Norfolk, Va., are
spending this week with Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Fanney on Jefferson
Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Harper and
son of Danville, Va., spent Christ
mas with Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Harper.
J. W. Willingham of Kansas
City, Kansas, spent the Christmas
holidays with friends in town.
Miss Lucile Pulley of Scotland
Neck is spending the holidays as
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Kincaid.
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Hawkins
spent Christmas with relatives in
White Plains and La Cross, Va.
Miss Mary Watson Schofield
spent the Christmas holidays with
relatives in Marion, S. C.
Miss Maxine Garner spent the
Christmas holidays with relatives
in Liberty.
Daniel F. Cagle of Charlotte is
spending the holidays here wth
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F.
Cagle.
Harold Humphries, student of
State College, is spending the hol
idays here with his mother.
Some of the boys from Fort
Jackson, S. C., who are spending
the holidays with friends and rel
atives are: R. Allan Welch, Emory
Vaughan, Wells D. Tillery, Billy
Burton, John Connor, George
Wood, A. W. Thomason, Thomas
H. Cook, Henry Fitts, Jr., Stan
ley Butler, David Lyles, Claud M.
Inscoe, Carl Edwards, E. P. Hy
man, ‘‘Boo Boo” Butler and Henry
Evans.
William Farber spent a few days
of this week in Baltimore, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Cooper spent
a few days with relatives in Co
lumbia, N. C.
Earl Glover spent the holidays
with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mitchell
in Louisburg.
Mrs. Marvin Cooley of Baton
Rouge, La., is spending a few
weeks here with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. W. Butler.
Mr. and Mrs. Winborne Barnes
and son of Newport News, Va.,
spent Christmas with his mother
on Hamilton Street.
Miss Virginia Wheeler spent
Christmas with relatives in Lasker.
J. W. Fanney spent the past
week with relatives in Hollands,
Va.
Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon and
family spent Christmas Day with
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Murfree.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fanney spent
Christmas Day with her parents
In Littleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Billups and
daughters, Mellis Ann and Peggy,
of Enfield, spent Christmas with
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Tickel.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Jones and
son spent several days with rel
atives in White Plains and La
Cross, Va.
Sgt. Stanford West of Fort
Bragg spent Christmas with his
parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. Frank
West.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Atkins
and children, Harriett and An
drew, of Washington, spent Christ
mas with Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Vaughan.
Irvin Dickens of Wilson spent
the holidays here with his pari
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dickens.
Lt. Roy Johnson of Bethlehem,
Penn., spent Friday with Mr. and
Mrs. J. Reece Welch.
James Wilson, student of State
College, spent the Christmas holi
days with his parents.
Miss Lillie Harrell Liverman
spent Christmas day with her par
ents in Lasker.
Miss Mazie Huffines of Brown
Summitt is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. T. E. Cox.
Mrs. R. I. Starke, who recently
underwent an operation at Roa
noke Rapids Hospital, has improv
ed and returned to her home on
Jackson Street.
Miss Frances White of Rich
mond visited her aunt, Mrs. J. E.
McGee, during the holidays.
Miss Avah Wood has returned to
T.PTinir flffpr trialfincr ml a anrl
friends.
Miss Lucille Smith of New York
visited Mrs. Fannie Manning and'
other friends here this week.
Algie Pearson of Fort Blanding,
Fla., spent the week here with his
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hughes have
returned to Durham after a visit
to Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Loy.
Geo. Wood and Wells D. Tillery
of Camp Jackson visited relatives
here this week.
Miss Vivian Kirkland of Sea
board was a visitor in the Gity
Friday.
Mrs. P. E. Davenport of Raleigh,
Dianne Stafford of Knoxville,
Tenn., Mary Lane Tucker, and
Mrs. George Tucker of Whitakers
visited Mrs. L. J. Meade Sunday.
Mrs. L. J. Meade spent Monday
with Mrs. G. F. Tucker in Whit
akers.
Miss Kathleen Lakey spent
Christmas with her parents in
Danville, Va.
DIAL R-394
PROGRAM WEEK OF
JANUARY 4, 1942
SUN.
Tommy Trinder-Claude Hulbert
THREE COCKEYED
SAILORS
MON.-TUES.
Warren William-Ruth Ford
SECRETS OF THE
LONE WOLF
WED.-THURS.
Jon Hall-Victor McLaglen
South of Pago Pago
FRL-SAT.
Three Mesquiteers
SADDLEMATES
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"Merry Go Round" |
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