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Ginger Rogers, David Niven in "Bachelor Mother" Now at Craterian
Rosalind Russell and Paulette Goddard Tangle in Wednesday Show
McLaglen Coming to Rialto
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- Paired for the first' time. Ginger
Jtogers and David Ntven are co
starred In "Bachelor Mother," open
ing today for a three -day showing
at the Craterian theatre.
Weaving a unique and clever love
; story into Its hilarious plot, "Bach
elor Mother" has Ginger as a sales
girl In a metropolitan department
. store, in which Niven Is the store's
efficient and business-like executive
son of the owner, played by Charles
' Coburn.
Passing by an orphanage during
her lunch .. hour. Ginger spies a
. woman leaving a baby on the steps
and rushing away. She goes to pick
up the child .and Is seen by one
of : the Institution's matrons, who
assumes that Ginger is the baby's
mother. Her denials merely make
matters worse, and an investigator is
sent to the department store to
check up.
This brings Ginger to Nlven's at-
L; tentlon,' who magnanimously gives
her a raise If she will be a good
"mother" and take proper car of
. her baby. Ginger goes berserk and
' desperately endeavors to make the
orphanage take the child. Falling,
ah tries to wish it on to Niven.
Horrified, Niven lectures her on
her Inhuman conduct and using her
job as a threat, forces her to rear
the youngster. The consequent asso
ciation between Ginger and Niven
arouses the Jealousy of her self
appointed b6y friend, who . anony-
'.. moualy informs Coburn that Niven
la the father of Ginger's child.
This leads to the hilarious climax
of the picture, when Coburn tries to
make Niven marry the girl so that
he may claim the Infant as his
grandson.
"Sherlock Holmes"
Adventure Shown
On Rial to' s Bill
The strange case of the Chinchilla
ftotlch; the Traitor's aate: the tlend
toh Instrument that strangles, crushes
and vanishes; the Star of Delhi; the
albatross of doom; with a woman In
lore the victim and the 115,000.000
Britten crown Jewels the loot this
la the thrilling story unraveled In
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's masterpiece
of mystery, "The Adventures of Sher
, look Holmes," In which the master
leteotlve la pitted against his arch
enemy, the master-criminal Morlarty.
: "The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes'
Beads the double bill opening for
today and tomorrow only at the New
Rialto theatre.
Basil Rathbone,' who scored such
a triumph aa Sherlook Holmes In
"The Hound Of The Baskervllles,
again has the title role of the no
tional sleuth. Nigel Bruce la aeen In
the role of Dr. Watson, congenial aid
to Holmes. Others In the all-star
east Include Ida Luplno, Alan, Mar
shall, Terry Xllburn, Henry Stephen
son and E. E. Cllve.
The contest between Sherlock
Holmes and Morlarty, a battle of
eoursge and wits. Is the first tlms
this version of the populaV aeries haa
been shown on the screen. George
Buoco, veteran character actor, por
trays the master-criminal.
"She Married A Cop," starring Phil
it
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The most realistic as wen as tne
most amusing battle between women
ever to take place on a movie set
Is the fight between Rosalind Russell
and Paulette Goddard which fur
nishes one of the comedy highlights
or "The Women," mmization or tne
sensational Clare Booth stage suc
cess, which comes to the Craterian
theatre Wednesday for a four-day
run.
The battle starts when Russell
discovers inat Goaaara is tne "otner
woman" In her husband's life and
starts the .attack, unmoved by the
restraining arms of Norma Shearer,
pressed Into the bout as an unwill
ing referee. Next, having broken
away from Shearer, Russell leaps In
for the start of the second round.
Round three: Goddard pushes Rus
sell's hat Into her face which means
the end of the hat, tf not of Russell;
Round four: They're upl They're
down I And all rules of fair play are1
out- Round five: Russell's down and
the battle's over, with Goddard the
wlnnahl
Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and
Mary Boland are among the. 136
women in "The Women," with not
a man In - the cast but with the
story, nonetheless, all about men.
Battle of Wits
Radio's battle of the century comes
to the screen of the Roxy theatre
for today and tomorrow only In "You
Cant Cheat An Honest Man," when
W. C. Fields and Charlie McCarthy
clash for the first time before the
cameras. Edgar Bergen Is starred wjth
the two famous comics and other
members of the fun cast include
"Mortimer" Bergen's new dummy, a
dude from the country Constance
Moore, Princess Baba, Eddie (Roches
ter) Anderson and Edward Brophy.
Regan (the singing Irishman) and
Jean Parker, plays as the companion
feature with "The Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes." The story of a
singing cop who gets Into the movies
with the help of his adoring wife
and a pet pig, "She Married A Cop"1
also features Jerome Cowan. Benny
Baker and Dorothea Kent In sup
porting roles. Regan sings "I Can't
Imagine," "Til Remember," "Here's
To Love" and several Irish folk songs
in the new musical comedy .
796 VOLUMES LOANED
BY J'VILLE LIBRARY
JACKSONVILLE. Sept. IS (SpD
The Jacksonville library reports
total of 798 volumes loaned during
August. Of ths total, fiction for
adults comprised 230 volumes; adult
non-flctlon 387; children's fiction
110 and children's non-flctlon 61
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KNIGHTS or PYTHIAS
Will convene Monday, September
18th. All members are requested to
attend.
l-v
In The
Day's
'News'
By FRANK JENKINS
rODAY'S scrap of NEW news (or
rumor) :
Japan and Russia, negotiating in
Moscow, are reported to have reached
agreement for an armistice on
the Manchoukuo - Outer Mongolia
frontier.
Informed sources" In Moscow are
said to believe that this may lead
to the signing of a Jao-Kut& non-
aggression treatv.
(As a general rule,
take this "Informed
with a grain of salt.
It Is wise to
source" stuff
An "informed
source" turns out rather often to
be somebody Intent on spreading a
little poison.)
D
ONT be surprised, however, at
anything Japan and Russia may
do. Both are utterly cold-blooded
(as are nations generally.) Each has
an eye out for any unprotected bits
of property the big fighters may
leave lying around loose.
Neither would be heart-broken if
ALL the other great nations of the
earth should fight themselves to a
state of helpless weakness.
REMEMBER always, In these first
weeks of the war, that the cards
haven't all been dealt. Nobody, as
yet, knows who will be on whose side
before it Is over.
Fear, trreed. hate, Jealousy, ambi
tion all these will have a hand In
the shifting of alignments that are
yet to take place.
Such is a world war.
r
A o
you don't want to get too far
off the track, don't rely too
heavily on the officially announced
versions of the fighting on the
western front.
Not that they are a pack of lies.
That isn't the point. The point Is
that military commanders don't an
nounce to the world (Including the
enemy) Just where they are planning
to hit hardest when they get ready
to hit.
The prize fighter who telegraphs
his punches usually winds up on the
canvas with the referee standing over
him and counting. The same prin
ciple holds good in war. . .. , f
The French may be foolish. In
peace-time, but in war they've always
been hard-headed. Don't look' for
them to telegraph their big punches.
AT the moment. It looks a If the
British and the French are sit
ting down to starve Hitler out rather
than paying a terrible price In lives
to BLAST him out.
A WILL
RESUME DRILLS
Company A of the National Guard
will resume regular drills Tuesday at
7:45 p. m. In the armory, according
to official notice issued to members
Friday by Captain O. Y. Tengwald.
The notice ending the vacation pe
riod, for guardsmen also stated tha$
during the balance of September
there' will -be an extra drill on Thurs
day nights to make up drill attend
ance for the balance of the quarter.
Captain Tengwald stated that the
Once winner of the Motion Picture
Academy award for the year's finest
acting and lauded for his great char
acterizations for the screen, Victor
McLaglen cornea to the New Rialto
theatre for Tuesday and Wednesday
only In the most down-to-earth role
of his brilliant career, as an ex-prize
fighter In "Kx-Champ," the story of
a former heavyweight champion who
staged a comeback to save his son
from certain doom. Tom Brown, Nan
Grey, William Frawley and Donald
BrtgRs have supporting roles with
McLaglen.
"Trapped In The Sky," starring
Jack Holt, will play as the added
feature with "Ex -Champ."
new Oarand semi-automatic rifles
are being supplied and other new
Issue will Include slacks.
Changes Instituted by recent army
orders will bring about a number of
vacancies in non -commissioned offi
cer grades In the company and these
vacancies are to be filled as rapidly
as possible from men In the company.
A few more recruits are needed at
present, the captain stated, and In
view of the possibility of having to
Increase the enlisted strength In the
near future, it Is desired to fill the
vacancies as soon as possible,
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"Bachelor Mother"
SURPRISE?
The greatest surprise comedy
hit we've screened in many
seasonsl Unheralded un
touted and then suddenly,
all over Hollywood, rumors,
'phone calls, Brown Derby gos
sip about this uproarious show.
0- "ew.
An KKO-Kodle ffcturt wfth
CHARLES COBURN FRANK ALBERTSON
E. E. CLIVE MNDR0 S- lMAN IN CHARGE Of PRODUCTION
Directed by Garton Kanin, Produced by B. G. DeSylva
Umn Play by Norman Kraina .... Story by Pollx Jackson
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