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Saturday, Tuesday
“The Powers Girl” and “Hi
Diddle Diddle” Unusual
Entertainment
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•THE POWERS GIRL
Saturday, December 25
In addition to humor, “The Powers
Girl” carries the name of John Pow
ers, whose glamour school graduates
grace magazines and billboards thru
out the country, and presents a group
of his much-publicized models. There
is music played by Benny Goodman
and his orchestra, with several clari
net solos, and singing by Dennis Day.
of the Jack Benny radio show. Add
ed for good measure is the story of
two girls and a man. complete with
misunderstandings and reconcilia
tions.
Anne Shirley is dismissed from her
small-town school post because of the
use of her picture, taken without her
knowledge, on the cover of' a maga
zine. She goes to New York to de
mand an explanation, but her sister
(Carole Landis) feels that the situa
tion can be used to her advantage.
It does, after a hilarious episode in
the anteroom, gain her an interview
with John Powers 'Alan Mowbray)
and the promise of a career in mod
eling. It also promotes a romance
between the girl from the country
and the guilty photographer.
“HI DIDDLE DIDDLE”
Tuesday, December 28
The story of “Hi Diddle Diddle”
concerns a sailor boy who arrives late
for his wedding and then learns that
his mother-in-law has been swindled
out of her money and stock by a jea
ous suitor of the bride. Sonny has
only a 48-hour leave and enlists his
father’s aid.
Dad recovers the money after a
series of financial manipulations.
Sonny and his bride, anxious to be
together for their honeymoon, are
constantly interrupted and separated
by Dad's antics, but are finally re
united at the finish.
Adolphe Menjou plays his usual
suave role as the father and Billy
Burke is again cast as the forgetful
mother. Martha Scott and Dennis
O’Keefe play the parts of the young
couple as capably as possible. Pola
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It would seem that William Holden is Having trouoie in making up
his mind between Martha O DriseolI and Barbara Britton in “Young
and Willing,” which comes to the Plymouth Theatre here for the
special showing at 10:30 p.m„ Christmas Day, Saturday of this week.
Murder - Mystery
To Show Sunday at
Plymouth Theatre
“Find the Blackmailer” Has
Galaxy of New Faces
Among Cast
An unusual murder mystery drama
calculated to tingle the spine of the
most hardened ‘'who-done-it” fan
will be the new screen fare present
ed at the Plymouth Theatre here
next Sunday. The picture is War
ner Brothers' "Find the Blackmailer,”
featuring Jerome Cowan, Faye Emer
son and Gene Lockhart.
The plot centers about a talking
blackbird, trained by its ex-convict
owner to repeat the name of the man
he is attempting to blackmail. Choos
ing the town's leading citizen and
candidate for the mayoralty for his
victim, he trains the bird to say
‘ Don't kill me Rhodes,” in the event
Negri, who makes her return appear
ance after a long absence, looks well
and handles her part eifectively.
Christmas Greetings
My heartiest good
wishes to all friends and
patrons and their fami
lies this Christmas.
Please accept my
thanks for your grand
cooperation this past
year. I trust that I can
continue to be of serv
ice to you.
E. R. CHESSON
Sinclair Salesman
Day Phone 275-1 Night Phone 210-1
Begin Basketball
Alter Christmas
Plymouth High School boys
and girls are planning to begin
the basketball season after the
Christmas holidays. Several boys
who played last year will be out
for the team again, and a suc
cessful season is in prospect, al
though they are getting off to a
late start. The boys’ team will
be coached by W. B. Gaylord, dis
trict sanitarian, who played bas
ketball at Wake Forest College,
while the girls’ team will be
coached by Mrs. Benton Liver
man.
No games have been scheduled
yet, and it is not known exactly
when the teams will be ready to
take the floor. The girls are al
ready working out and have a
fairly good number trying for the
team. The boys will begin prac
tice right after Christmas, and
a game will be scheduled as soon
as it is felt they are ready.
that he is murdered by a fellow gang
ster. Asking the sum of $60,000 for
the abandonment of these plans, he
hopes to make a quick get-away. Be
fore his plan succeeds, however, some
body murders him with an ice-pick.
A wild search for the blackbird en
sues and almost everyone in the cast
becomes a suspect for the murder of
the blackmailer. With the aid of a
clever detective, Rhodes finally suc
ceeds in tracking down the missing
blackbird, which proves to be an im
portant clue to the solution of the
crime.
Others in the cast include Mar
jorie Hoshelle, Robert Kent and Wade
Boteler.
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The U. S. Department of Agricul
ture has presented 1,000 quinine
plants to Brazil to be used in testing
the feasibility of producing quinine
in different portions of that country
The shrouds of a single army para
chute contain as much nylon as three
dozen pair of stockings, or more than
a year’s supply for the average wo
man.
On cold days, be sure to protect
your motor against starting wear.
You can do this easily by buying
Opaline or Sinclair Pennsylvania
Motor Oil. Both of these oils
flow freely in cold weather yet
retain their body at engine heat.
That’s because wax and petro
leum jelly (which thicken in cold
weather) a re removed by a special
refining process. Protect your
motor smd save your pocket
book. Ask your nearby Sinclair
Dealer for free flowing Sinclair
Opaline or Sinclair Pennsyl
vania Motor Oil!
C. O. KELLY, Agent
Office at Kelly’s Economy Auto Supply Store Phone 275-1
Soldiers in Ireland
Furnish Theme for
Film Here Monday
“Doughboys in Ireland” at
Plymouth Theatre for
One Day Only
Advance notice of Columbia's
"Doughboys in Ireland,” which comes
to the Plymouth Theatre next Mon
day only, dubs it a “hip-hip hooray
soldier show for today.” The "hips”
are furnished by lovely leading lady
Jeff Donnell, the colleen with the
smiling irish eyes, and the glamor
ous Lynn Merrick with the golden !
hair and voice. The “hooray” is not
only for them, but for singing star
Kenny Baker, renowned for his ap
pearances on the Fred Allen and
Jack Benny radio show; plus the
mirthful antics of the Jesters, also
of radio fame; plus the smart troup
ing of the entire cast.
With romance and song to put joy
in the heart and lusty gags to keep
the laughter rising, “Doughboys in
Ireland” gives a sky-high boost with
that lighter-than-air feeling to all
participating in its production.
The story tells of Danny O'Keefe
(Kenny Baker), band leader and
night club singer, together with his
inductee pals (the Jesters) as they
K. P. their way into a soldier’s life.
It then carries them overseas and
brings a breath of Broadway into old
Ireland.
But very quickly the routine of
camp life is upset by a donkey cart,
a donkey and a snappy eyed colleen.
While on sentry duty, Danny gets
into an argument with the donkey
and a colleen, Molly Callahan (Jeff
Donnell). Molly’s and the donkey’s
stubbornness seem to be a Callahan
trait, for her whole family takes up
the shillalah against any soldier who
henceforth so much as casts an eye
at a village colleen. That, of course,
soldiers being what they are, keeps
the Callahans quite busy.
Since this fued is Danny’s fault,
he has to make amends to the Cala
hans. “Mother Machree," sung as
only Danny can sing it, turns the
trick and the whole Callahan family
puts away its big stick and opens its
big Irish heart.
Big as it is, Molly’s heart can
scarcely hold her feelings for Danny,
but although Danny must remain
I friendly to keep peace with the Calla
I bans, his heart is back in the V. S. A.,
tied up in the blonde glamor and
melodic vocal chords of Gloria Gold.
TO SHOW HERE CHRISTMAS DAY
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George iMurpny, l arole Landis, Dennis Day and Ann Sothern in a
scene from “The Powers Girl," with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra,
which shows at the Plymouth Theatre Saturday of this Week.
Mew Development
Is Saver of Labor
Raleigh.—The cutting of logs in
lengths of 10 to 15 feet, rather than
in the customary 5-foot lengths, is a
new development in the Coastal Plain
area which is encouraging greater
pulpwood production and is saving
labor, trucks, and tires, reports Farm
Forester H. E. Blanchard, of White
ville, to the State College Extension
Service here.
The trees used for pulpwood are
being cut into longer lengths in the
woods and are then reduced to 5
foot lengths after they reach the mill.
"This new system makes use of me
chanical equipment rather than man
who at one time sang with his band.
Then Gloria arrives to entertain
the boys a camp and Denny discov
ers that her heart may belong to a
daddy, but he’s not it. The letters
she has been writing, the candy and
cookies are all from her elderly secre
tary. He is heartbroken and then be
gins to wonder if it isn't really Molly
whom he loves.
Before he can make up his mind,
he is wounded in a Commando raid.
Molly is quickly at his side, but since
Columbia's advance notice also says
that this is a "lilting, laughing, lin
ger-longer love story,” it should end
nappily for Danny and his wild Irish
rose. It does.
ual labor," says Blanchard. "Trained
woods workers are available and they
know how to work in this way.”
He points out that the logs are
skidded from the woods to the truck
instead of bringing the truck to the
pens or piles of bolts. This saves on
both trucks and tires.
‘ Under the new system, the logs
are bought by weight rather than by
measurement. A unit of 160 cubic
feet is considered to weigh 6,500
pounds for pine and 7.000 pounds for
hardwoods. Small pieces from tops
and odd lengths are put into the load
along with the 10 and 15 foot lengths,
and thus the utilization is just as
good for the new system as for the
old," Blanchard ays.
Scrap iron and steel were not im
portant raw materials in Civil War
days. The open hearth furnace,
which today uses 90 per cent of the
scrap consumed by the steel indus
try, was not operated in this coun
try until 1868.
Wishing You
A Merry Christmas
By the Makers of
LIGHT
WHITE
FLOUR
and
Wholesale Co.
H. E. Harrison
PLYMOUTH
PLYMOUTH THE AT
"Plymouth's Community Asset"
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THURSDAY DECEMBER 23
Norway lives on despite German occupation . . . love and danger
mix in this fascinating drama . . . Aherne and Oberon at their
best in a dangerous romance.
Brian Aherne - Merle Oberon In
"FIRST COMES COURAGE"
with Carl Esmond - Isobel Elsom
Latest News Events
FRIDAY DECEMBER 24
SHOWS CONTINUOUS FROM 1 P. M.
Your favorite action trio rides to new adventures.
Bob Steele -
Tom Tyler - Jimmie Dodd In
'BLOCKED TRAIL"
Chap No. 7 “Valley of Vanishing Men” “Shot in the Escape"
SATURDAY DECEMBER 25
SHOWS AT 3:30, 7, and 9 P.M.
They’re out of this world . . . These gorgeous glamour girls . . .
the most exquisite of American beauties ... In a setting that will
thrill you!
George Murphy -
Anne Shirley - Carole Landis in
"POWERS GIRL"
with Dennis Day - Benny Goodman
and his 'Band - Alan Mowbray
“The Hungry Goat”
SATURDAY NIGHT DECEMBER 25
SPECIAL BIG SHOW CHRISTMAS NIGHT AT 10:30
Six characters . . . and we do mean characters ... in search of
an author . . . they hope to act . . . they want to act . . . comedy
surprise of the year.
William Holden - Susan Hayward in
"YOUNG AND WILLING"
with Eddie Bracken - Robert Benchley
Added Treats: “Dance Americano” "Inky and the Minah Bird"
SUNDAY
DECEMBER 26
The perfect crime by a perfect lady . . . it's clue-less . . . startling
. the mystery of the “Shake-down" murders.
Faye Emerson - Jerome Cowan In
FIND THE BLACKMAILER
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with Gene Lockhart
Added treats: “Glimpses of Mexico"
“Came Commandos"
MONDAY
DECEMBER 27
Snappy . . . Happy . . . Laughing play-acting . . . With the Yanks
in Ireland . . . Y’ou'll love the scene at the wishing well . . . 1’ou‘ll
cheer when Y’ankec Boys meets Irish girl.
If
Kenny Baker - Jeff Donnell in
DOUGHBOYS IN IRELAND
with Lynn Merrick and the Jesters
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Added treats:
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“Heavenly Music”
TUESDAY
DECEMBER 28
He had two days to spend with his bride . . . but his father had
other ideas . . . The hectically hilarious story of a yonug couple with
48 hours for a honeymoon.
Adolphe Menjou - Martha Scott in
"HI DIDDLE DIDDLE"
with Pola Negri - Dennis O'Keefe
Added treats:
“Ration Bored”
“Sky Pastures”
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 29
BARGAIN MATINEE AND NIGHT HALF-IIOl’R
A heart-warming story, set to a tunc-and-tap routine ... A jun
ior jamboree . . . featuring the youngster stars of yesterday.
Jane ‘Withers - Henry Wilcoxon in
"JOHNNY DOUGHBOY"
Added treats: Chap. 12 “The Batman" "Pass the Biseuits Mirandy”
COMING THURSDAY, DEC. 30th
LADY OF THE BURLESQUE
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