THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS,
•BIG HOLIDAY FILMUSICAL,
I IS FEATURE AT THEATRES
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[f you are looking for a gen
ius dose of stars, it’s to be had
the Peeples Theatre on Satur
y and Sunday, next, then at the
perial on Monday-Tuesday of
ct week in the form of “Thank
ur Lucky Stars,” gala holiday
jfilmusical presentation at Roanoke
^tapids Theatres.
Among other things, you’ll see
the dramatic Bette Davis almost
throwing a knee out of joint dur
ing a jitterbug dance. She has
^ust finished a song about all the
^worthwhile men being in the
I armed service with all that are left
either too young or too old—"you
either have to hold ’em off or
prop ’em up.” Then up pops a
gjive artist and chucks Miss Davis
"ver his left shoulder, so to say.
Ann Sheridan sings a song, and
so does John Garfield. And who
is that white-haired gent kicking
up his heels like a vaudeville
Roofer? None other than Alan
wlale. Olivia de Havilland, Errol
Flynn and Ida Lupino also raise
their voices in song.
In other words, just about every
star and featured player on the
^Varner Brothers lot shows up for
wl bit of a go in "Thank Your
Lucky Stars.” Humphrey Bogart,
with a three days’ growth of
beard, tries to get tough and is
backed out into the street by fat,
Jtindly S. Z. Sakall.
W “I hope my movie fans don’t
hear about this,” whispers Toughie
Bogart.
And all through the entertain
ment skips Eddie Cantor in a dual
jrole—now as himself, and, again
™s a bus driver who can’t get a
job in the movies because he looks
like Cantor. Eddie is still able to
carry a show on his shoulders.
There are some swell tunes in
“Thank Your Lucky Stars,” heaps
of fun, and some dull stretches,
too.
*****
In a unique “switching policy”
to afford both their uptown and
downtown patrons the opportuni
ty to see their special holiday bills,
the Peoples plays "Girl Crazy” for
their Monday-Tuesday bill on next
week’s program. Additional de
tails of this film) .... and it’s a
honey) will be found on the op
posite page.
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“Hi Diddle Diddle,” which will
be the Wednesday-Thursday film
next week at the Peoples, is a
crazy, sophisticated farce that
throws reason right out of the
window for the sake of laughs.
There isn’t a serious moment in
the entire film and the peppy pace
doesn’t give the interest much
chanc to lag.
Aside from its excellent enter
tainment, “Hi Diddle Diddle” also
features in the cast, Pola Negri,
star of yesteryear, who returns to
the American screen after many
years’ absence. Although Miss Ne
gri’s role, that of a temperamental
opera singer, is not unduly large,
it is a showy one, and she per
forms to a nice advantage.
Adolphe Menjou plays a gay,
charming scoundrel and man
about-town married to Miss Ne
gri, by whom he is supported. He
gets a chance to try his bag of
Action shots of the school for murder as pictured in the Cosmo
politan magazine are shown above. At left is shown how students are
permitted to cripple the instructor—if they are able. Second photo from
left shows students tackling one of the many obstacles in the sta^md-ono
half mile obstacle race which is an important part of their training
Third photograph from left shows Lt. Col. D’Eliscu and a Ranger dens
onstrating a Commando rope trick. Above is shown a field first aij
station for casualties—of which there are many.
tricks when Miss Burke tells him
that she has lost her fortune to
a swindler. In his efforts to re
cover the supposedly lost fortune
he gets himself involved in a num
ber of compromising situations
with the ladies. The fellow is
prompted by the fact that his son
(O'Keefe), who is a sailor, is mar
ried to Miss Burke’s daughter
(Miss Scott). After he has re
covered the money, Menjou dis
covers it was a gag.
*****
“Deerslayer”, which has been se
lected for the Friday-only bill on
next week’s Peoples program, is
a good out-door action picture,
particularly suitable for children.
Out-door fans will welcome it as
an “indian picture”, in place of
the more familiar Western villainy
and outlawry.
When Hurons descend on the
peaceful Mohican and Delaware
tribes, a Mohican princess, played
by Yvonne de Carlo, is taken pris
oner with the aid of a traitorous
Mohican. Parks, to whom the
princess is bethrothed, vows to res
cue the one and kill the other.
The white settlers also are attack
ed by the Hurons and other cap
tives are taken. With the aid of
Kellogg, as Deerslayer, and War
ren Ashe, as a frontiersman, the
rescues, interspersed with plenty
of action, are effected. The Hu
rons are driven away by the or
ganized settlers. Jean Parker,
loved by Kellogg, is won by Ashe.
* * * * *
Inasmuch as Saturday’s film on
next week’ Peoples program will
be their New Year’s offering; that
it will be one of the biggest pic
tures of the year, and that we do
not wish to “confuse” you with
telling of so many films in one
story, we will wait until our next
week’s issue to announce the name
of the attraction.
Virgil McDowell, Jr.,
Home For Holidays
Riverside Academy
Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 23.—River
side Military Academy closed to
day for the annual Christmas va
cation, and the nearly 900 Cadets
composing the Academy’s record
enrollment and representing forty
three states and foreign countries
left for the holidays.
The Corps will re-assemble in
Gainesville on December 30 when
all activities resume in accordance
with the accelerated plan of year
round operation which makes pos
sible completion of the four-year
course in only two and two-third
calendar years.
Among those returning home for
the Christmas Holidays was Cadet
Virgil Enlow McDowell, Jr., son
of Mr. V. E. McDowell, of 90S
Monroe Street.
School Holidays
Enfield School closed Thursday
the 16th, for the Christmas Holi
days, and will reopen on Wednes
day December 29th, having seven
school days holiday.
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| PROGRAM WEEK OF
| DECEMBER 26, 1943
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Betty Hutton - Eddie Bracken
Star Spangled
* Rhythm
Added: Variety Views
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THE OLD
HOMESTEAD
Added: Selected Short Subjects
WED - THURS.
Humphrey Bogart And
Ingrid Bergman
, CASABLANCA
Added: Latest News
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PEOPLES
SUNDAY
All Star Cast
THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS
Shows at 1:45 - 4:00 » 8:30
MON, - TUES.
Mickey Rooney - Judy Garland
GIRL CRAZY
Added: Technicolor Cartoon
I WED. - THURS.
Martha Scott ■ Adolphe Menjou
HI DIDDLE DIDDLE
Added: Technicolor Featurette
“Behind The Big Top”
I FRIDAY
Bruce Kellogg - Jean Parker
THE DEERSLAYER
/ Added: Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
SATURDAY
’ Roddy McDowell ■ Donald Crisp
LASSIE COME HOME
Added: Technicolor Cartoon
(MQEQfAC.
SUNDAY
Mickey Rooney - Judy Garland
GIRL CRAZY
Shows at 2:00 - 3:55 - 8:30 1
MON. - TUBS.
All Star Cast
THANK YQUR LUCKY STARS
Added: Technicolor Cartoon
I . WEDNESDAY
John Loder - Ruth Ford
ADVENTURE IN IRAQ
Added: Selected Short Subjects
THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Laurel And Hardy
THE DANCING MASTERS
Added: Latest News
SATURDAY
Preston Foster - Lloyd Nolan
GUADALCANAL DIARY
Added: Technicolor Cartoon
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