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Ray Milland, Betty Field, Star ****** ARE HUSBANDS NECESSARY? % * * * # For Feature Film Of Week Here “Are Husbands Necessary?” has ffeen selected as the feature film of next week’s entertainment pro gram at Roanoke Rapids Theatres, and it will be shown at the Peo ples on Sunday—then will move uptown to the Imperial for a two-day run as the Imperial re verts to its customary schedule. The film co-stars Ray Milland and Betty _Field. Ray and Betty who own their own home, piano and car in con junction with the finance compa ny, live a gay and irresponsible life until the beauteous but dumb wife starts meddling with her husband's business. The untimely return of Milland's college pals and his old girl, Patricia Morison, add to the disruption of their cas ual existence. Betty Field takes upon herself the duty of calling on the president of the bank in which her husband works (Charles Dingle) and along with a few other wacky schemes she dreams up practically ruins his career. At the same time, Milland goes out on a prolonged bender with Pat Morison, Leif Erickson, Richard Haydn and Phil Terry, leaving his little wife in an emo tional state. Between these two situations the pic roils along al ternating between amusing scenes and flat amateurish ones. Miss Field is top-notch, beauti ful and well worth watching in this opus. Ray Milland’s fans will be pleased as punch to watch him go through his acts. The sup porting cast is more than ade quate, with special commendation going to Leif Erickson, Richard Haydn, Eugene Pallette, Patricia Morison, Charles Dingle, Elizabeth Risdon. ****** “The Magnificent Dope" will be the Monday-Tuesday bill on next week’s Peoples program. It has an emphasis on comedy, with un dertones of romantic drama, and according to advance reports stacks up as excellent entertain ment, with Henry Fonda, Don Ameche and Lyn Bari in leading roles. Henry Fonda is most excellent as the “magnificent dope”, chosen in a contest as the most complete failure in the country, as promo tion stunt for Don Ameche’s “suc cess institute.” The institute, which is gasping for breath and students, launches the stunt in desperation I the product of the fertile brain of Lyn Bari, Ameche's advertising as sistant and fiancee. Edward Ever ett Horton is the success teacher’s not-too-able assistant. Fonda comes down from his | Vermont home and a completely | happy philosophy of life, falls in ; love with Miss Bari, a fact of b which she is not aware, and de : cides to take the course. To make ;he stunt really pay dividends, they work on Fonda's love for the *irl he describes, “back home”. When Fonda discovers the man, Miss Bari loves is Ameche, he relieves she had a 3hare in the ■omantic deception practiced on lim by Ameche and Horton, but j hat matter is straightened out. ts Fonda’s formula for relaxation vins him a big insurance eon ract. Miss Bari goes home with lim, and Ameche switches to “re axation” as the secret of success. ****** “Calling Dr. Gillespie”, which irill be shown Wednesday-Thurs lay of next week at the Peoples 3 newsworthy as a film because tis the one Lew Ayres was at irk on when he left pictures to ter a conscientious objectors’ mp. The absence of Ayres from e cast line-up does not mean e end of the Kildare pictures, r this character has merely been changed to a refugee doctor from Rotterdam, whose part is enacted by Philip Dorn. • The yarn has to do with the efforts of Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) and his new assistant to get at the mental quirk which causes a wealthy lad (Phil Brown) to commit acts of violence. It seems that every time the fellow hears a train whistle the devils in his brain wake up and prod him into a rampage. His deeds be come progressively serious, with murder as the grand finale. What adds to the sadness of the situa tion is the bust-up of a romance between Brown and Donna Reed. There is some good acting By j-/iunei oarrymore, uorn, ivnss Reed, Brown, Nat Pendleton, Al ma Kruger, Walter Kingsford and. a couple of others. sii s|i s*s ^ j|s John Carroll and Ruth Hussey are the co-stars of “Pierre of the Plains ', which will be shown at the Peoples for the Friday-only “bargain day” picture next week. sfc s|e s|c sfc s{e Next weeks Peoples program in cludes the showing of “West of the Law”, a western, out-door drama for the Saturday presenta tion. An Italian domestic radiocast recently boasted of the “high mo rale” of the Italian people and then went on to admit that “here and there a little .grumbling is heard in the corners of the alleys and stairways, the halls and the sidewalks.” ' f TOWN TALK Miss Marie Seymour has return ed from Birmingham, Ala., after visiting her sister, Mrs. Guy Bruce. Miss Ruth Woodruff of Erwin is spending this week with Miss Verdell Woodruff. Mr. and Mrs. Bealor Langston, Murphey Langston, and daughter of Hartsville, S. C., were called here last week because of the death of Sam Kidd. Corporal Edward B. Davis of Army A i r Base, Hattiesburg, Miss., has been promoted to Ser geam, it was learneu nere mis week. Sergeant Davis has been in the Army for one year, and be fore entering the service was em ployed by Rosemary Mfg. Co. Mrs. Annie Myrick spent last week in Dunn and Erwin. Miss Merle Siijgletery spent the week-end in Oak City with friends. Pvt. Richard J. Whitby of Fos ter Field, Texas, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Humphrey last week. Pvt. Danny Duke of Camp Lee, Va., spent last week-end here. Clyde Clements of Norfolk, Va. is visiting his mother, Mrs. W. L. Clements. Misses Mary Williams, Doris Brown, and Gurney Brown are spending this week in Wilmington, Del. Pete Myrick of Norfolk, Va., spent the week-end here. Mrs. Braxton Cooper, Mrs. C. B. Sledge and Emmett Stainback spent last week in Winston-Salem with relatives. Mrs. Vernon Lee and Mrs. Ber nard Hux and son, Donald, spent Sunday in Seaboard. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Carter and son, Joel, were called to Dallas last week because of the illness of Mrs. Carters father, J. F. Campo. J. J. Wilkins spent Friday in Clayton with his sister, Mrs. Mary Benson. Cecil R. Crotts of Norfolk, Va. is spending this week with his mother, Mrs. Madie Crotts. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kennemur of Norfolk, Va. spent the week-end here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Parker and daughters, Ann and Cynthia, of Robersonville, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Hudson. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Reynolds and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Reynolds of Baltimore. Md., spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Reynolds. Mrs. C. C. Rawls of Bethel is visiting relatives here this week. Miss Mary Alice Thortis and Miss Kathleen Mayton spent the week-end in Boykins, Va. Mrs. Scott Lassiter of Franklin, v a. was a visitor here last week. Mrs. Henry- Peede and son of Rich Square spent last week with Mrs. Clifton Davis. Jimmy Thomason of Norfolk, Va. visited Miss Dorothy Rice last week-end. Mrs. Bessie Hines and Clayton Earl of Sedley, Va., and Mrs. Lucy Glover and Carolyn Glover of Durham were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Camp. Vernon Lee and Bernard Hux spent the week-end in Norfolk, Va. ' Mrs. Oakley Vaughan spent the week-end in Charleston, S. C., vis iting her husband, who is a pa tient in the hospital. Bill Peede of Norfolk, Va., spent the week-end here. Mrs. J. W. Pierce and Mrs. Florence Jordan are spending this week in Mobile, Ala. Francis Taylor of Norfolk, Va., spent the week-end with his moth er, Mrs. Sally Taylor. Mrs. Ruby Mincher and Mrs. Roger Hatchell spent the week end in Goldsboro. Charles Williams of Norfolk, Va., spent the week-end with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Wil liams. Miss Ann Akers of Newport News, Va., spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Akers. kittle Miss Sybil Jean Lee has returned home after visiting her grandmother, Mrs. J. P. Lee, in Seaboard. Ed Gray is visiting his son, Howard Gray, in Fredericksburg, Va., this week. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Blanken ship and two sons of Richmond, Va., spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Rice. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Shell of Fayetteville are visiting relatives here this week. Miss Minnie Johnson returned Sunday from Dillon, S. C. HONORS SISTER AT CLUB Mrs. Hugh Sherrod entertained the members of the Thursday Bridge Club, and a few additional friends Friday morning at a luncheon in her home on “Sher rod Heights” in Enfield and at the same time honored her sister, Mrs. W. H. Spence, of Jacksonville, Fla. Those pres.ent were Mrs. W. H. Spence, of Jacksonville, Florida: Miss Carrie Myrick, of Littleton: Mrs. Fred Wiggins of Rocky Mount, Mrs. W. N. Sherrod, Mrs. R. T. Beal, Mrs. J. F. White, Mrs. J. F. Edwards, Mrs. J. B. Britt, Mrs. Ivey Watson, Mrs. A. S. Har rison, Mrs. John M. Sherrod, Mrs. John Newton, Miss Nellie Bryan Newton, Mrs. E. L. Petway, Mrs, Paul Condrey, Mrs. R. F. Shaw, Mrs. D. Mac Johnson, Mrs. S. W. Dickens, Mrs. H. L. Kendall, and Miss Annie Mae Sherrod. BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON Mrs. P. V. Brown honored her granddaughter, Miss Shirley Brown Surles, with a luncheon in celebration of her birthday on Tuesday in Enfield. Covers were laid for the following: Misses Ann Norman, LaVerne Fleming, Emma Ruth Herman, Mary Spooner Har rison, Joyce McPhail, Emily Weeks, Margaret Adams, and the honoree Shirley Brown Surles. Miss Surles was presented a birth day gift from those present. | PROGRAM WEEK of AUGUST 30, 1942 | ||| PEOPLES SUNDAY Ray Milland Bettv Field ARE HUSBANDS NECESSARY? I _ ] MONDAY-TUESDAY Henry Fonda - Don Ameche Lynn Bari THE MAGNIFICENT DOPE IMPECMAL SUNDAY ABBOTT and COSTELLO RIO RITA I MONDAY-TUESDAY ' Ray Milland Betty Field ARE HUSBANDS NECESSARY? WEDNESDAY \ \ Richard Travis Brenda Joyce THE POSTMAN DIDN'T RING THURSDA Y-FRIDA Y Wallace Beery Marjorie Main JACKASS MAIL SATURDAY Andv Devine Leo Carrillo - UNSEEN ENEMY Added: Gang Busters No. 1 i WEDNESDA Y- THURSDA Y Lionel Barrymore Philip Dorn CALLING DR. GILLESPIE FRIDAY John Carroll Ruth Hussey PIERRE OF THE PLAINS SATURDAY WEST OF THE LAW Added i PERILS OF NYOKA [ f ^ i ROANOKE RAPIDS THEATRES - - “ON THE AIR” U Monday through Friday — 3 sOO P. M. — Radio Station WCBT 11 .■...
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