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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 5. 1937
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Loretta Young And Don Ameche In War Romance On Craterian s Screen
T STARS
"Broadway Melody of 1938" Here Wednesday
Romance On Rialto Screen
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KAY FRANCIS AND
QUARREL
Latest of the new show season's
entertainment opens a three-day
run today et the Craterian Theater,
with the showing of "Love Under
Fire,' which stars Loretta Young and
Don Ameche at the head of a notable
east.
Romance In modern, turbulent
Spain, a fast-moving comedy drama
of Intrigue and adventure. "Love Un
der Plre" has Borreh Mtnevitch and
hla Gang, harmonica wizards who
scored a tremendous suoces in "One
In a Million." In even more scenes
than in that previous film In the
clever arrangements which have made
them the outstanding musical troupe
of Its kind In the world. Also fea
tured are Prances Drake. Walter Cat
lett, John Carradlne, Slg Rumann,
Harold Huber and Katherlne De
Mllle.
Replete with fast end furious fun
u the two stars Ignore the spatter
of shells about them, and the ex
ploding of bombs In the distance, to
pat, kiss and makeup, the picture
has Miss Young as a frightened girl,
fleeing madly about Europe, seeking
to evade capture and imprisonment
for a crime she mistakenly believes
the haa committed. A Scotland Yard
detective, Don Ameche, pursues her
as a criminal until he discovers cer
tain facts which clear up matters.
Meanwhile, however, both detective
and suspect find themselves In the
midst of still greater trouble. The
foreign city la bombed from the air,
and troops move In on a rampage,
blasting a bank. In search of certain
Jewels of high value. An officer,
learning that an English girl has bea
ten them to the Jewels, arrests Lor
etta, In endeavoring to escape from the
country, both Loretta and Don find
the pursuit hot and heavy. Their
airplane la fired on. their car nar
rowly escapes as a burning plane falls
beside It, and then, apparently safe
on a merchant ship, they are captur
ed by a enemy gunboat. A turmoil
of exciting events follows, finally
brought to a satisfying climax that
adds mora thrills to the earlier tu
Hopyard Strike Ebbs
EUGENE, Sept. 4. Sheriff O.
A. Swart today reported the Seavey
hop yard near here operating with
nearly a full crew and without dis
order despite a strike called late yes
terday. Use Mall rrloune want ads.
. "Broadway Melody of 1938," this
year's edition of the annual musical
extravaganza that has become the
standard by which most musicals art
Judged, has Its local showing Wed
nesday at the Craterian Theater,
where it opens a four-day run as one
of the new show season's most glit
tering attractions. Among the many
stars of radio, stage and scree-n who
combine their talents in the show
are, Judy Garland. Robert Taylor,
Eleanor Powell, Buddy Ebsen and
Sophie Tucker.
Drama Of Prison
Life Opens Today
On Rialto Screen
Those who like their movie men
rugged and strong plenty good If
they're good, and plenty bod If they
are so Inclined are due for a treat
today, when "San Quentln." power
ful melodrama opens at the Rialto
Theater for a three-day run.
On the good side the fans will see
Pat O'Brien, which ought to be sat
isfactory enough. He's the captain
of the yard in San Quentln. On the
bad side they'll have Humphery Bo
gort and Joseph Sawyer as a couple
of tough prisoners, plus big Barton
MacLane as a crooked Jail official.
But the picture Isn't altogether
masculine. For sweetness and light
there's that lovely red-headed lead
ing woman, Ann Sheridan, as a San
Francisco night-club singer with
whom Pat falls in love, and who in
cldently Is Bogart's sister.
"San Quentln" Is far from being a
gloomy picture, preview observers de
clare, In spite of the fact that a
lot of the action la behind the walls
of the ancient penitentiary on the
shore of the San Francisco bay.
Others in the cast besides the men
tioned Include Joseph King, James
Robblns, Gordon. Oliver and hun
dreds of extras.
Guy Kibbee, one of Hollywood's
ace comedians, and Cora Wither spoon,
topnotch comedienne, combine their
talents on the screen for the first
time in a dramatic comedy, "The Big
Shot," which plays as the added fea
ture with "San Quentln." Gordon
Jones and Dorothy Moore share the
love Interest.
"The Big Shot" Is based on the
story of a small town family who
suddenly find themselves rich. Kib
bee and his daughter, Miss Moore, are
perfectly contented, but the mother
Insists on moving to the city where
she plans an ambitious social career.
There the family skeleton bobs tip
with much hilarity to seriously com
plicate her plans.
KLAMATH FALLS, Sept. (JP)
Padlocks on plnball machines will
render them immune to seizure when
the county-wide ban goes on Tuesday
morning. District Attorney Hardin C,
Blackmer Informed operators of the
games today.
Blackmer refused to postpone hts
September 6 deadline in spite of a
visit Walter Tooze, plnball attorney,
who urged that the machines be al
lowed to operate until disposition of
plnball cases at Dallas.
Sweet romance and desert in
trigue from the backgrounda of the
Rialto Theater's two big hits for
Wednesday and Thursday.
One is "Blonde Trouble," hilarious
romantic riot featuring Eleanore
Whitney and Johnny Downs with
Lynne Overman, El Brendel and
twenty-five other comedians In sup
port. The other is "Legion of Mlss
Ing Men,' dramatic story of the
Foreign Legion with Ralph Forbes
and Ben Alexander in the, leading
roien.
HELD FOR FRAUD
NEW YORK. Sept. 4. P) Johnny
Torrlo, once the boss and partner of
Scartace Al Capons in Chicago, and
more recently listed here as "Public
Enemy No. 1," today was twice In
dicted by a special federal grand Jury
on income tax charges.
Sentences totalling twelve year Im
prisonment and fines amounting to
130.000 may be imposed If Torrlo Is
found guilty.
Torrlo is charged with defrauding
the government by failure to pay In
come taxes for 1933 and 1939 amount
ing to (with penalties) 1 10.278.80,
and with conspiracy to evade income
tax payments for 1933, 1934 and 1938.
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10 OFFICERS, BANDIT
KILLED IN GUN FIGHT
SPRING FT ELD, O., Sept. 4. (AP)
Two officers and a bandit were killed,
a third officer was wounded, and one
bandit was captured tn a gun battle
today near Medway, 15 miles south
west of here.
The shooting followed the 1,207
payroll robbery of a Springfield cafe
proprietor, who was abducted from a
city street about noon. The other
gunmen escaped.
Patrolman Martin Randolph, 38,
and ohlef Deputy Sheriff Edward
Furry, 46,' were killed. Patrolman
Martin Donnelly was slightly wound
ed In the furious exchange of shots.
The dead bandit was unidentified
OeorRe Brent, with Beverly Kob
erts, heads the all-star cast of "God's
Country and the Woman," all-technicolor
production of James Oliver
Curwood's best loved novel which
opens a three-day engagement at the
Roxy Theater today.
WOULD GIVE MAKO
WALKING PAPERS
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FOREST HILLS. Sept. 4. (AP)
There's a strong campaign afoot al
ready to get husky Gene Mako off
the American Davis cup doubles
team and break In a new partner for
Don Budge before Germany cornea
hunting for the cup next summer.
The tennis fathers have not been
oontent with Mako'a play for some
time. They felt he was the weak
link In the American team that went
questing for the big trophy this sum'
mer. Gene lulled their suspicions
for a time with brilliant exhibitions
both In the Inter-zone final against
Germany and In the challenge round
victory over England at Wlmbtedon,
but the straight-set trouncing ad
ministered to him and Budge by the
great German pair, Gottfried Van
Cramm and Henner Henkel, In the
national doubles championships last
Monday has the wolves In full cry
again.
HOLLYWOOD, Cal.. Sept. 4.(AP) .
Kay Francis and her studio are
ou the outs, legally, but neverthe-'
less she is expected to report for
work sometime today.
Kay yesterday filed suit against
Warner Bros, to break hex M.000-a-week
contract.
The brunette star of many sophis
ticated films was expected at the
studio today to complete wardrobe
fittings for her newest picture, ft
studio representative said. The pic
ture, "Return From Limbo," already
Is in production with Pat O'Brien
as Its other lead.
The actress, In her suit, alleged
she had been given roles that re
flected on her artistic ability and
that, moreover, she had not been
given a certain part that had been
promised her, namely the lead la
the screen adaptation of "Tovar
Ich." Claudette Colbert, borrowed from
Paramount the studio Warners
"raided" four years ago to get Miss
Francishas the role Instead.
Seek Plrket Restraint
COQUILLE, Sept. 4. ;p) J.
Wlnshlp, Marsh field, and the Fisher
men's Cooperative, association, sought
Injunction in circuit court today to
stop picketing by the Pacific Coast
Fishermen's union, asserting the ac
tivity may deny employes the right
to work. Picketing began after Win
shtp signed a contract with the association.
Italian Wounded Return
KAPLES, Italy. Sept. 4. (fl) Eight
hundred wounded legionnaires arriv
ed today from Spain, aboard the hos
pital ship Gradlsca. They were cheer
ed by crowds and the chief of staff
of the Italian mill t la. General Russo,
then transported in ambulances to
various hospitals.
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DRAMA BEHIND THE WALLS WHERE
MEN GO TO DIE!
Two Tough Guys Trying to
Get Ahead of Each Other!
One the Captain of The
Yard ... the other the most
merciless killer In Cali
fornia's famous pen . . Qt
set for red-blooded thrills!
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