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fyewacket's The Name T Feline laying Bit production . has been overcome by sphere m mo '"-"" H1".!8., i. the stiiec-struck Willi . cmnkV - i. nnw rehearsing the latest Very Little '" .((or "Boll, Hook, and ..Xch opens nt VLT Feb. 4. is now going by the hi-WinB name m 1. flinn lhat nlaved Jjn the Broadway success. Making PART ,', is it her) main job in V ',... i ncline as a "u.w . i. K,rt lo cast a spell. As a I smoky, al'ns Pypwackct I inH is ininpn inanimate objects as a & and book in portraying & Bunk, and Candle" is a C ol modern witchcraft. It Lu.rv and Marvin Krenk ,k'j owners and actor's agents ...II as Eleanor Butler, Gene fir and Robert Horn. C plays GiUian Holroyd, a Lmtchwho manages a New r hmico Marvin ic jiltiStlM icruiiii ivnu i.ni.- htr spell, j BtSlNKSS jris Auni yuix-iuu uwiiuju, , I iUn 'h, cinncc" riile Herlockcr plays Gil , trothcr, Nicky. Nicky, in ilt, has the witchcraft tcn .1 if the rest of bis family. II "wrlock," or male witch, lii cast as Sidney Hedlilch, i publisher who is interested .nlure en the black art. -Griffith is directing "Bell, nd Candle," assisted by his Adtle. Set designs arc by -Brown, production manager, iirigs will he provided by 1 Jacobs. i office hours, will be an si later. I av iw,i v Jr.i a !r i,n,,n,.v ,. . Uli-Blstorluianl photo, Wiltshire eng.) ho h ' H . ' "E, STAK-STRUCK CAT, seems to think ?.?h5 Tr hT- bccn ?loscr 10 ll,c came,a n Hs Photo, judfiinB from his mugfiing above. But he had to be satisfied to be f Pictured with some of his co-workers in "Bell, Book, and Candle," the Very Litlle Theatre production schc uled for a Feb. 4 opening. Also in the picture arc, from lelt, Robert Horn, who plays a book publisher, Marv Krenk a modern-day witch, and Gene Herlockcr, a warlock (or male witch). Theater Schedule Martin, Lewis, Hope, Crosby Leading Stars HOLLYWWOOD lAV-The box off ice champions of 1952 were an nounced last week. It appears that the movie business is still a man's world. Of the top 10 winners of a poll of theater men, eight are males. Only two gals Doris Day and Su- RF.X Stindav thru Tuesday. "Ponvsan Havu-nrrl minanxH In -,ilr Soldier" and "Joan or the Orarki": I (hp exclusive Huh riavnlipprt.ni, Wednesday thru Saturday, "Lusty Men"l .. . CIUD- Uay Placca scv- 1IKI1IG Sunday thru Saturday. "Because of You" and "Island Rescue." DOS' A 1,11 Sunday thru Tuesday, "Stop, You're Kllllnfi Me" and "Mr. Wolklo Talkie"; Wednesday thru Sat urday, "Thunder in the Kast" and "Hell la Sold Out." and "The Savage." McKKNZIE Sunday thru Tuesday, "T.ustv Men" and "Nleht Without Sleep"; Wednesday thru Saturday, "Turning Tolnt" and "Operation Secret." VARSITY Sunday, Monday. "Scar- ilet Street" and "Kacape to Hone Kong" cnth and Harvard ninth. Let's look at the males who won. 1 j T,'ic"" i Three selections come in the musi- Slartin and Lew is, Ring Crosby and Bob Hope. The other five Cary Cooper, John Wayne, James Stewart, Greg ory Peck. Randolph Scott arc largely identified with outdoor epics. WANT ESCAPISM That would indicate the current tastes of moviegoers. They appear to want escapism music, comedy and espically adventure. And when the public calls for such fare, the MAYFLOWER Sunda tidy. itme y,uKi' ; ttcnnesnav mru ' . m ,. . Saturday. "Man Who Could Work Mlr-lfal'cnmy Held acles" and "ThlnKS to Come." LANE Sunday thru Tuesday. "Sleel Trap" and "Hour of 1,1"; Wednesday thru Saturday. "Francis Goes to West Point" and "Willie and Joe Blark at tho Front." 'der Signs "Pal Joey" IBV0OD "Pal Joey," the :a and Hart musical whose :i revival on Broadway won T.,e,Hav. Wednesday. "Modern Mar-: ladies are bound to suffer. .'Hies' Circle Award as the ; riaue- and "invisible woman"; Thurs-J Fernale stars have the best -jmcal of the 1951-52 season, i.lKn'J,sjV:E!.,!y-"svcn slnnm """ chance in musicals. Witness the :e brought to the screen for; I rapid rise of Doris Kappelhoff, also Hi Pictures by Billy Wilder, Fins oth-er Road) Sunday. Mon-jknovvn as Day. But the movies a been signed to produce, di ud write the screenplay. titillbe Wilder's first picture Paramount lot since he was k to i contract there more a years ago. A triple Acad inrd winner, for directing Jiborating on the screenplay 'ifLost Weekend," and for col- rig on the screenplay of! Bitnt ivr amdM. "Km Air '1 Boulevard," he Will report hody Seen My Cal": Wednesday, Thuri- .MAKK TALENTS day, "M lv n !"'.nt Anne ana rr. ff ,;, , ,., in rmrtv less EaRIn"; luesflay, weanesuay. . llenry'a Full House" and- "Holiday for; Very few of the great screen stars sinnera"; Thuraday thm Saturday,! 0f comedv have been actresses. Runyon Story Opens Sunday Heiling to Show 'Because of You' Gangsters and comedy mix In the latest movie adapted from the pen works of Damon Runyon, Stop, You're Killing Me." which opens Sunday at the McDonald Jheatre. The Heilig this week will fea ture a story of a woman who con ceals an ugly past for a happy home, then forfeits the home when the past is revealed, This film. "Because of You," also opens Sunday. In "Stop " Broderick Craw ford and Claire Trevor play a mar ried couple in typical Runyoncsque muggs-and-dolls style. The story is of Rcmy Marko (Crawford), a gangland overlord who has desires to go straight be cause of his devoted wife and daughter. He takes his family and I some loyal henchmen to Saratoga! Springs where they occupy one of the resort s most palatial man sions. TRACK HOLDUP Meanwhile, a local race track bookie is held up for half a mil lion dollars, and the bandits take refuge in Marko's house. At this point, the four robbers are mur dered by the double-crossing fifth, and the Marko family becomes in volved with four "parties" which need to be disposed of; half a mil lion in hot money, and a trigger happy hoodlum hiding in the attic. In "Because of You" Loretta Young plays a young woman who, innocently implicated in her lov er's crime, conceals her prison rec ord and later loses both 'husband and child when an accident serves to reveal her past. HARD WAY Loretta portrays a harassed heroine in most of the film, but as the suffering wife and mother, she learns the hard way that hon esty is the best policy. Other films arriving locally this week worthy of mention include "Blue Angel," the picture that made Marlene Dietrich famous, which opens at the Mayflower Sun day; "Things to Come," the old, but good, H. G. Wells fantasy thriller, which follows "Blue An gel" at the Mayflower starting Wednesday; and "Thunder in the East, an exciting action film about gun-running to a peaceful, but threatened, city in the middle east. Vr'SV - . t1 I 1 S -pi . i - 1 ' Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Sun., Jan. 25, 1953 THE SALESMAN iu "Death of a Salesman," the next Uni versity Theatre production, will be portrayed by Jim Blue, left, of Portland. Jeanne Gottfrcdson, Pocatcllo, Ida., is cast as his wife. The show plays Feb. 6, 7, 11, 12, 13 and 14. The campus boxoffice will open Monday, Feb. 2. and remain open from 1 to 5 p.m. daily, except during the run of the production when it will remain open until curtain time at 8 p.m. "Outlaw Thickets" To Star Randy Scott HOLLYWOOD "Outlaw Thick ets," action-packed Western novel by Les Savage, Jr., has been pur chased by Scott-Brown Productions as a starring vehicle for Randolph Scott, to go before the cameras at Columbia with Harry Joe Brown producing. A historical novel of post-Civil War Texas, published originally in Zane Grey's Western Magazine, "Outlaw Thickets" tells the story of a young ex-Confederate soldier who becomes a "mavericker," rounding up unbranded cattle running wild in the brush, eventually acquires a fortune in the cattle business and becomes involved in reconstruction politics, opposing his old friends in the bush, until a climactic conflict with his now-grown son give him other ideas. CIIANGK OF PACK BERNARDSTON, Mass. (IH-l When the county poultrymen's as sociation held its annual dinner the main dish was roast beef. I Adults 40c I a Kids 16c I Way Gait"; Saturday matinee, or a tiaurno ana -,oos ana , j nnMPn. Smoky." wi.tyuj am i-wd. Ana me gais are generally at a loss when it comes to adventure. They can do little but provide romantic Interludes between the heroic exploits of the screen stalwarts. VICTORY .Slarcolal Sunday, Mon day. "Rose of Cimarron" and "Phone Call to a Stranger"; Wednesday, Thura dav, "Winning Team"; Friday, Satur day, "Will Rogeri Story." abia In .May. day. "Ilelurn of the Texan"; Salurnay, ! Sunday, "Sailor Beware." 10.1'ALITY ANO ECONOMY REFRIGERATORS ARCADE (Cottage firovr) Sunday. Monday, "Because You're Mine"; Tuel day, Wednesday. "It's a Big Country" anil "Beware Mv Lovely": Thursday thru Saturday, "Carson City." Far Foot Troubles tone's Leading Font wiilist - Dr. Handshuh Mlametle Ph. 4-3133 II Years in F.ucene Elimination Free Yes. movies today are patterned around the male talents. But such was not always true. The greatest star of the silent era was a girl named Mary Pick ford. And the top attraction of the parlv 'ant u-fls another ffirl. Khlrlpv MANE (Cottage Grove) Sunday Tmni thru Tuesday. "Bird of Paradise" and,11'"!"1- Hour of la-; Friday. Saturday. "Wo-! In fact, that decade before the man of the North country" "n(l "sk' j war can be considcreoT the heyday Full of Moon." 0f ne female star. The box office DRAIN Sunday, Monday. "Son of polls were then crowded with Paleface": Tuesday, Wednesday. "Fori nam(,, j(e JanPt Gavnor, Bette T&'tovt. Claudette Colbert, Irene Bullets"; Friday. Saturday, Tearless Dunne. Greer Garson, Ingrid Bcrg Facm" and "Atomic city." man joan Crawford, Norma Shear- EACI.E (Vnnrallal Sunday 4,, u.-sh,Mon storv": Frlda: uriiay. "Yukon Gold" and "Jungle Girl. Keith Spends Busy Holidays HOLLYWOOD Keith Ancles who recently finished a star-; ring role in RKO Radio's "Split Second," again missed spending the holidays with his wife and twoj sons. After the completion of "Split Second" in November, he left for New York to begin re hearsals for "Maggie," leaving his family in their San Fernando Val ley home. Last year Keith spent the Christmas and New Year's holidays on another important as signment visiting the troops In Korea. Mon-er, etc. '. Sat- ... n a (ntlK 1 vt i K s.ll.-vn.r.ir insi WANTED! MEN TO TRAIN FOR REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS ill to 60. Mint be residents of this county two or more Ni Competent appraiser receive S32S lo $350 per month. prience valuable. Write Box 912 Eugene Register-Guard That was when the public was intrigued with the stories of women deep, penetrating, roman tic. But the war changed all that. The return to realism did away with romance and brought audi ences back to hard facts. And so the gals have to take a back seat to the clowns, crooners and rugged heroes. But, who knows? the women may have their day again. First Run FARRELI. I.N '49 MEN' Tommy Farrell has been signed by producer Sam Katzman at Col umbia to play a top role in "49 Men," currently before the camera with John Ireland, Richard Den ning and Suzanne Dalbert in the starring roles. Fred F. Sears directs. mm ram MtT t UTtXot r...'te i jm t-Ta Comedy I 'Mr. MiiijW ! o.v snovf.r.' SuilM TZtttlt HAYWARD - MITCHUM 'TvaNs'1 V xnm KIHHIDY PLVS co-iiiT '.Niglil 1Vihii( SUspp"' Sir? "Ksieapp lo Hong Kon(" OPENS SUKDAY fg AMON lUMYONiS J RQARlrJ'BESrl A WARNER BROS. RIOT! Jl WM. RODERICK CRAWFORD CLAIRE TREVOR : COMPANION FEATVRE : IJMf . E9 M kWW. tllACY . Jot SAWYER A urrtiT rictuiii ntUNTAiioN STARTS SUNDAY r pjrt XP.'iS MMua G tNOa ' Ksm M NtWMAN O ms , y,. COMPANION ATTRACTION " g 'JOAN OF THE OZARKS' JOE E. BROWN JUDY CANOVA Feature Times Kwong Chow Cafe Phone 5-9181 or 4-2541 2100 West 6th Ave. We bring the best real Chinese food lo serve our good Eugene friends ftOW? NEW DISH -COME SEE IT YOVBSELF BEFORE WE TAKE YOUR ORDER SUNDAY Mil time subipct to chansrl HF.lI.in "ltand Rpm-up" 1:34. 5:0(1. -. "Rprauw of Vnu" S:l. :K. IIWU. MrnoVAI.n "Stop. You're Killing Me" 1-10. 4:15. 7:15. 1(1:15. "Mr. Walklo Talkie" :, 5:55. 9 W. MONDAY f.ll times aubject to chanKP) MrDONA!.n-"Stop, You're KMllnS Me" 1:10, 4:15. 7:15, 10:13. "Mr. Valkle Talkie" 2:50. 5:55. M0. Ilfll.lf "Iland Rescue" 1 34, 5:00. J 2S. "Becaiue of You" 3:01, :27. 10:0.1. STARTS TODAY Students 40c ST TODAY f , Xp$&& One of the WorW S i--NT VJ .ikJ uneoimeieai. ST Great Events! It "&r Y K" r MARIFNE DIETRICH. 1 1 ItMW tj.i NAN ond PAT'S 2752 ROOSKVF.l.T SFRVFS 1 INCH THICK STF.AK CHICKEN & PRAWNS RRF.AKFAST A.M. TO 10 P.M. For Parlies Call: 3-1H14 PHONE 5-T354 OPF.V WEEKDAYS :4S P.M. OPEN SATS.-SUN. 4:45 P. M. SUN. & MON. W Rl.VTH F'DMt'ND fi FNV SALLY AHD ST. ANNE COMEDY JA VFT IFir.H.KFFNAV WYVS FEARLESS PAGAN COMEDY Even In The First Wild Joy Of Her Arms - - - He Knew That There Had Been Another Man! Loretta YOUNG ,i JTr Wit To Mm there 1VW Ot1 H 4 ere Ju.t lo f '-' V 'M hlnda of women '". IfM-S and he knew l ,., , -- both! A MAM fan Forgive . Woman niMFI Every Mistake But ai THEY CALLED ME CHEAP . . . SHAMEFUL ...AN UNFITMOTHER! 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