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Page Fourteen THE REGISTER. GUARD. EUGENE, OREGOH Sunday, March . Hilton Film More Days considered one of ft. memorable pictures o! ft, !" "Random Harvest" eorttaT? P'ay packed crowds at ft. u Donald. t- Zh'fi!m.with Greer Gan a wounan will h. " through Tuesday on attraction whicheaturSf reel Tpi.hni,i " wo. "The a&fi. "Random n-,,,. , . Pen of James Hilton, who 15 1 ,7.l"e "ooabye, Mr a,J and "Lost Horizon." it MkT shell-shocked soldier whT' back from World Wsr i JS knowinewhoh.n,.. l.1" then wis restored toTa memory. 0B n.TJ?e,. supportin et In tu. M-G-M production featurew Peters Philip Dorn, Uta H nor, and Henry Traven. 'Honeymoon' Stars Grant And Rogers Bringing together for the first time two top stars of the screen, Ginger Rogers and Cary Grant, RKO Radio offers a stirring glimpse of love against a world at war In Leo McCarey'a "Once Upon a Honeymoon." The film is now at the Heilig and will be moved to the May flower starting Thursday. Using as his theme the light hearted, gay type of romantic cnrrin for which he Is famous. McCarey has invested his picture with gripping dramatic meaning by backgrounding It against Nazi world-ambitions in Europe and the successive sweeps into Austria and Poland and France. r.nt nlavs the Dart of an Am erican newspaper correspondent anH hroadcaster. watching inter' estedly as the situation comes to a crisis. Miss Rogers is cast as an American dancer in Europe who succumbs to the glamor of a suave German baron and marries him, just as Austria falls to Miuer. Interested in the Baroness per sonally and in the Baron because things begin to happen whenever he goes to a new country, me newn naoerman follows the two around, lands in Warsaw with them just at the Polish blitz begins, and fin ally convinces the Baroness that her husband is a clever Nazi agent and not the type of man she snouia stay married to. Joan Co-Stan With Wayne The queen of sophisitieated 2l8mour, Joan Crawford, returns to the screen after an absence of several months in a new adventure romance, "Reunion in France," which will open Thursday at the McDonald for a three-day run. Miss Crawford has two co-stars laying opposite her, John Wayne, who plays an RAF aviator shot down over France, and Philip Dorn, who portrays a powerful French official who collaborates with the Nazis after the fall of France. Time of the drama is just after Dunkirk, when Parisians either fled or stayed to take what the Germans had to offer. The excite ment features Reginald Owen, Al bert Basserman, John Carradine, Ann Ayars, and J. Edward Brom berg as members of the support ing cast. "Reunion In France" will be co- teatured with "Over My Dead Body," mystery comedy featuring Milton Berle and Mary Beth Hughes. aLi mmi M-Trtii '.; if . i".' T ? ! I l ( I 1 1 yi?-.i ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S latest romantic suspense drama Is due Sunday, March 28, at the Heilig theater Stars of the Universal picture, leu to rignt, are inicuonuu iarcj, hii and Joseph Cotten. The latter two are co-starred in the Jack H. Skirball production. RED-HEADED Greer Garson plays opposite Ronald Colman in "Random Harvest," continuing through Wednesday at the Mc Donald. Studio Notes HOLLYWOOD, March 21. ( HPS) Republic's serial queen, Xay Aldridge, has been set for a leading role in the new Vinton Preedley play on Broadway, Dancing in the Streets." Kay will lay a Washington secretary. Mary Martin is the star. Veronica Lake and Franchot Cone have been cast to co-star for he first time together-In Para nount's plcturlzation of Somerset Maugham's best-selling novel, "The Hour Before Dawn." The itory, set in England during the present war, deals with espionage nd counter-espionage against the Termans. Republic has borrowed Mabel 'aige from Paramount to play he title role in "Prodigal's Mo- her," a Ben Ames Williams orig inal. Columbia has borrowed George ianders from Twentieth Century- ."ox for the lead in "Appointment n Berlin, story of British coun or-espionage before the present var. Vera Vague. Bob Hope's alr ine stooge, will make a scries of lort comedies for Columbia. Charles LauRhton, In a court oom scene of "This Lane Is line," has a speech which runs 00 feet of continuous sound ack. Margie Stewart, starlet appear ig in "Bombardier," has been otcd by men training for Arctic luty as "sirl we want to meet .hen we emerge from the frozen orth." John Garfield, who used to quawk when he had to kiss his 'fading ladies, kisses three in "The Fallen Sparrow": Maureen I'Hara. Martha O'Driseoll, Pa nda Morlson. "Tonight We Raid Calais," Is announced by 20th Century-Fox .is the releane title for the Com mando picture formerly called "Secret Mission." Annabella and John Sutton have the starring roles. im i- nnirjiiif in ' 'Shadow' Due On March 28 If a finished movie turns out to be 75 per cent as good as he originally dreamed it would be, then a director has a box-office success. That's the Alfred Hitchcock philosophy on picture-making, and it cannot be denied that he has made many successful pic tures. Among them have been "The Thirty-Nine Steps," "The Lady Vanishes," "Rebecca," "Foreign Correspondent," "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," "Suspicion" and "Saboteur." He has recently completed what his admirers claim is the best film of his career. It is "Shadow of a Doubt," coming March 28 to the Heilig theater. For his cast he chose such thor ough stage players as Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdon ald Carey, Patricia Collinge, Henry, Travers, Wallace Ford and others. MARINES flEhtine Japs are Robert Preston and Brian Donlevy in "Wake Island," set for Tnurs day at the Rex theater. Theater Programs HEILIG Sunday through Wednesday Once Upon a Honeymoon Thursday through Saturday The Traitor Within Fighting Buckaroo Mcdonald Sunday through Wednesday Random Harvest Thursday through Saturday Reunion in France Over My Dead Body IS! VLT Comedy Will Begin On Thursday First production of the new year at the Very Little Theatre, which made a practice of adding hits to its record in 1942, will be Turner Bullock's "Cuckoo's Nest," which opens Thursday night at 8:15 for a three-night run. The cast features a number of longtime favorites of Eugene audi ences, all under direction or, Mrs. Ken Griffith. Reservations for the show are renorted aoing rapidly at the Will amette Street market (telephone 551-J), where tickets may be re served betwn 9 a. m. and midnight every day, including Sunday. Plot of the comedy is laid in a small college town, where affairs of faculty and their wives rule the roost or pretend to. Rejected from this social circle because she is rather dim-witted, Adelaide Willifer (Florence Shumaker), wife of an English professor (Rob ert D. Horn), makes a bid for rec ognition bv buying the unpub lished novel of a penniless novelist (Glenn Hasselrooth). When the publishers receive Dr. Willifer's "Introduction to English Litera ture," they forget all about it, con centrate on the novel submitted bv Adelaide. . Queen of the clubwomen (Gerda Brown) rallies to her acclaim, but the college president (Ethan New man) and another professor (Rob ert W. Earl) register protests, Then a Dublicitv man (Ken Grif fith) appears, convinces them they should make Adelaide a "Lady of Letters" all for a book she hasn't even readl Involved in the hilarity are Va letta Arthurs as the professor's daughter, Sylvia Cuthbert as the Swedish maid, Genevieve Tugman as Adelaide's mother, Dee Knollin as the author's sponsor, Joyce Cof fee as a reporter. The Very Little Theatre is lo cated at entrance to the county fairgrounds, Thirteenth avenue west at Monroe. mm JOAN CRAWFORD and Philip Dorn are united In "Reunion In France," romantl adventure film from M-G-M which opens Thursday at the McDonald. John Wayne plays an SAF flyer. JOAN FONTAINE stars with Tyrone Power In "This Above All," State feature based on Eric Knight's best seller about con' temporary England. 'Commandos' Held Over "Commandos Strike at Dawn," which is being acclaimed enthu siastically by Eugene moviegoers, will play through Wednesday at the Mayflower theater. A story ol the struggles of Norwegians against Nazi aggression, the film stars Paul Muni, supported by Anna Lee, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Derr. It marks return to the screen of Lillian Gish, silent day star. Cole Porter wrote the mask . methtog to ShouttoS1 Joan Leslie Is Fred Astalre's co-star In "The Sky's the Limit" REX Sunday and Monday In Name Only Parachute Battalion Tuesday and Wednesday The Grapes of Wrath The Ghost Breakers Thursday through Saturday Wake Island The Devil with Hitler 'This Above All' Plays at State Hailed by the critics as one of the great novels of our generation, and America's Number One Best- Seller for many months, Eric Knight's "This Above All," has at last been brought to the screen by 20th Century-Fox, and arrives at the State theater today for aj four-day run. I Co-starring Tyrone Power and j Joan Fontaine, the turn was pro duced by Darryl F. Zanuck, Acad-' emy award producer, under the di- : rectorial aegis of Anatole Litvak. The screenplay was fashioned by R. C. Sherriff, famed author of "Journey's End." Telling the story of two young lovers caught in the turmoil of war in Britain, "This Above All" has been termed "the first great love story of our generation." It takes the two principal characters through a great emotional crisis, and brings them through to a deci sion which is fundamentally vital for the continuance of their hap piness together. NOW TILL TUESDAY! - An Actress Never - To Be Forgotten! CAROLE LOMBARD CARY GRANT "INNAME ONLY" . . . PLUS . . . "PARACHUTE BATTALION" With Robert Preston Nancy Kelly Harry Carey NOW TILL THURSDAY! C0MSON 1. EmlnrnFiumtm mi-1 . k hy JAMES HILTON PLUS "Army Engineers" with Robert Armstrono; IN TECHNICOLOR MAYFLOWER Sunday through Wednesday Commandos Strike at Dawn Thursday through Saturday Once Upon a Honeymoon STATE Sunday through Wednesday This Above All Thursday through Sulurday A Yank in Libya They Raid by NiRht Fifteen-year-old Diana Lynn, who made a hit in "The Major and the Minor" and in Preston Sturges' latest, "Miracle of Mor gan's Creek," is to be starred by Paramount. VERY LITTLE THEATRE Thursday through Saturday Cuckoo's Nest 'Moon and Sixpence' Drama of South Seas W. Somerset Maugham's best seller of life In the South Seas, 'The Moon and Sixpence," will open in Eugene on Sunday, March 28, at the McDonald theater. George Sanders l starred In the film suggested by the life of Paul Gauguin, French artist. In the supporting cast arc Herbert Marshall, Doris Dudley, and the Vancouver beauty, Elena Vcr-dugo. 'Buckaroo' Next On Heilig Bill Flying hoofs will thunder across the Heilig theater screen on Friday when Charles Starrett routs the rustlers in Columbia's "The Fight ing Buckaroo." In addition to starrett, wno por trays an ex-Texus RanRer, the cast also includes laughable, lovable Arthur "Arkansas" Hunnicutt, vi vacious Kay Harris and Ernest Tubb who is accompanied in his western ballads by Johnny Lu ther's Ranch Boys. Directed by William Berkc, the new western promises thrills galore as Starrett takes up the trail of a band of cattle rustlers. HURRY! HURRY! DON'T MISS IT! Springfield Theater Bias crkt fi4 T" Attain l "HOLIDAY INN" nd Cerrlfin T'rhont In "ARIZONA STAUS COACH" tbart kjaekj Ml Nlws DINE & DANCE The HOLLAND NEW FLOOR SHOW. Keraunff Koletta Russian, Polish, Viennese Dance Classics tlUUTE PATTERSON NUurU of The Banjo HoUcmdcdrea Orch. B WSi'iQ 3SSSB WSMIS TYRONE POWEK I ! I JOAN FONTAINE Continuous Shows . Also "Pluto At Zoo" I . "" Today From 12:45 . 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