'THE GREEN YEARS'COMING
TO PEOPLES FOR FOUR DAYS
Starting Sunday at the Peoples
Theatre and running for three
days will be “The Green Years”
with Charles Coburn and Tom
Drake as stars. Dramatic enter
tainment of a rare order has been
fashioned from the tale of an or
phaned Irish child brought up by
relatives in Scotland. The young
ster has to fight prejudice against
his Catholic faith and the taunts
of his schoolmates at the very
start of his new life in a Scot
tish household. When he attains
the working age he suffers terrible
frustration in his ambition to con
tinue his education and realize his
natural scientific gifts. His strug
gle to rise above his station in life
cerates drama that tears the emo
tions.
So convincingly and so sympa
thetically is the story told that
the audience can’t help sighing
with relief and experiencing a pro
found sense of joy when the lad,
after a series of discouragements
that would have licked one pos
sessed of less character, gets his
opportunity to become a doctor.
Starting Wednesday Vivian
Blaine and Harry Janies in 4Tf
I’m Lucky” will be at the Peo
ples Theatre for four days. Big
time operator Phil Silvers causes
a troupe of youngsters to quit
their jobs. He has a show lined
up. They meet him. There’s no
show. Strictly from hunger they
attend a political rally where the
inducement is free food and drink.
The rally is a flop as far as the
candidate is concerned. So Silv
ers whip up a show on the spot.
The crowd likes it, the speaker
gets attention, the troupe is work
ing.
Perry Como wanders in with a
song. It’s a good one. Miss Blaine
likes it, and Como too. Como is
m the show. They barnstorm the
state and it seems Edgar Buch
anan is about to be elected. But
he has a change of heart. He de
cides to play straight and throw
over machine politicians who back
him. They frame him with his past
performances. He retires. In the
politician’s book Como looks good.
He is induced to run. He comes
clean when the real nature of
the campaign is thrown at him
and quits, not, however, before he
exposes the crooks.
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ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. CL
PROGRAM WEEK OF
SEPTEMBER 22. 18*6
SUNDAY
Anita Louise - Michael Duane
Personality Kid
MONDAY
Tyrone Power-Nancy Kelly
Jesse James
Added: The New Adventures
of Taman
FRIDAY
Walter Brennan
Home In Indiana
SATURDAY
Roy Rogers
Song of Nevada
d: The Mysterious Hr. M.
NEXT WEEK AT
PROGRAM FOR
THE IMPERIAL
At the Imperial next Sunday
will be ‘‘Lucky Jordan” starring
Alan Ladd and Helen Walker.
Monday and Tuesday Dan Dur
yea and June Vincent will star
in “The Black Angel.” A black
mailing blonde is murdered-stran
gled b> her own scarf. One of
her victims, John Phillips, comes
railing to pay off and finds her
dead. He runs off but the dead
woman’s maid sees and identifies
him as being on the scene. The
due process of law has him sched
uled for the gas chamber. His
wife, June Vincent, believes hair
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line on individuals connected witl
the affair she lscates Dan Duryea
husband of the deceased, a song
writer-alcoholic. He sobers and en
lists on her side. They seek i
heart-shaped brooch, missing evi
dence. Tracking odd bits of infor
mation they secure jobs as enter
tainers in Peter Lorre’s night spot
but he proves a false lead. Lorri
is another client of the black
mailer. It is soon time for exe
cution. Miss Vincent pays her fi
nal visit to her husband. Thai
night Duryea gets plastered.
Wednesday at the Imperial Thea
tre “Sing While You Dance” wil
be shown starring Ellen Drev
and Robert Stanton. Wishing t(
establish herself as a song-plugger
a young woman tries to obtain s
second song from an unknowi
PROGRAM WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 22,1946 j 1
PEOPLES
Starting Sunday
CHARLES COBURN - TOM DRAKE
THE GREEN YEARS
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Starting Wednesday
VIVIAN BLAINE - HARRY JAMES
IF I'M LUCKY
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Sunday
ALAN LADD - HELEN WALKER
LUCKY JORDAN
Monday - Tuesday
DAN DURYEA - JUNE VINCENT
THE BLACK ANGEL
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Wednesday
, ELLEN DREW - ROBERT STANTON
SING WHILE YOU DANCE
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Thursday - Friday n
JOHNNY WEISSMULLER-VIRGINIA GREY !
SWAMP FIRE
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Saturday
CHARLES STARRETT C'J
HEADING WEST I
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writer, after his first proves a hit.
In so doing, she falls in love, lands
in jail, and feventually ends up
with the song, the fob and the
man.
For its feature attraction Thurs
day and Friday "Swamp Fire”
will be shown at the Imperial
starring Johnny Weissmuller and
Virginia Grey.
Carol Thurston is a standout as
a native of the bayou district, who
fights Virginia Grey, daughter of
wealthy Pierre Watkin, literally
and figuratively, for the affections
of Weissmuller, Buster Crabbe
does good work in the role of a
native trapper, who is a rival of
Johnny’s for Carol’s hand. One of
the picture’s highlights is Weiss
muller’s battle with an alligator
that has endangered Carol.
Weissmuller, who had lost a
ship m tne U. s. ijoast uuara, re
gains his confidence and is rein
stated as a bar pilot, guiding boats
to the Mississippi River. He is
m love with Carol, but meets Vir
ginia, whose father owns marsh
and swamp land, heretofore used
by the natives for trapping pur
poses.
When Weissmuller is injured in
a traffic accident, Virginia has
him cared for at her home and
prevents Carol from seeing him.
When he recovers, Watkins gives
him a job, but when he sees that
bis old friends are forbidden from
using the swamp land, he sides
with the natives and returns to
Carol.
Saturday, Charles Starrett in
"Heading West.”
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parks and
sons, of Durham, visited relatives
in the city Saturday and Sun
day.
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Miss Mary Cole spent Tuesday
in Richmond.
Wyatt Garner who has been con
f'ned to McGuire Hospital in
Richmond spent the week end with
his family. He returned to the
hosp'tal Sunday night.
Mrs. Bob Greene and daughter,
Margaret Ella, left Sunday for
Greenville after spending a week
here with her mother, Mrs. Ella
Cameron and other relatives.
Mrs. Katie Lester Harkey of
Spencer was a week end guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Overton.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hines of
Chapel Hill are house guests of
Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Cox.
Mrs. W. E. Matthews of Little
ton and Mrs. Pete Garner spent
Wednesday in Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Jones and
Miss Bettie Lou Jones of San
ford, spent Friday and Saturday
with Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Hedge
peth and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ray.
They left Sunday for Fredericks
burg where Bettie Lou will enter
Mary Washington College.
Mr and Mrs. R. E. L. Wheel
ess of Franklin, Va., were week
end guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.
C Williams. j
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Starke and
son Mack spent a few days sight
seeing on the Skyline Drive last
week.
Mrs. R. I. Starke, Mrs. N. D.
Cox, Mrs. Boh Hines of Chapel
Hill, and Miss Margaret Cox nt
Thursday in Richmond.
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