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"Jamaica Inn", With Charles La ughton, Opens Craterian Showing Today
"Drums Along The Mohawk" Coming To Craterian Wednesday
Jones Family At Rialto Tuesday
Bob Burns Here
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BRILLIANT ROLE
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1939.
"Jamaica Inn," starring Char
les Laughton and playing today
and Monday only at the Crate
rian theater, presents motion
picture entertainment that for
sheer excitement, unalloyed ad
venture, continued interest, is
said to surpass anything shown
-. here for a long time. The pic-
A- ture combines the excitement
' of Daphne du Maurier's story,
the fascination of Charles Laugh
ton's performance and the sus
pense of famed Director Alfred
Hitchcock's production.
"Jamaica Inn" dips back in
English history to a period of
less than a hundred years ago,
when bands of land pirates
scourged the Cornwall coast,
lured sail ships to their ruin on
" the rocky coast, pillaged their
contents and wiped out their
crews.
Against this background,
Laughton emerges as an elegant,
. dandified, debauched country
' squire, Sir Humphrey Pengallan.
And before the picture proceeds
far, he is shown secretly in
league with the tattered band
of wreckers, and very openly
enamored of the beautiful Mau
reen O'Hara, sister-in-law of the
Vhulking brute who captains the
land pirates.
A perilous state of affairs rises
when Maureen rescues Robert
Newton from death at the hands
of the wreckers and hides him'
In Laughton's home. And when
Newton reveals himself to
Laughton as a secret agent on
the trail of the Cornish plun
derers, the story begins to pulse
with excitement.
As special added attractions
on the Craterian theater pro
gram, Pete Smith has his hilari
ous and altogether revealing
"Let's Talk Turkey," showing
how not to carve the holiday
bird; "Football Thrills of 1938."
and, of course, the latest news
events.
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"Espionage Agent"
With Joel McCrea
On Rialto Screen
As timely and potent a warn
lng as this nation has ever been
given via the medium of motion
pictures is contained in Espion
age Agent," which opens for to
day and tomorrow only at the
New Rialto theater with "Call a
Messenger" as the second fea
ture. Joel McCrea, Brenda Mar
shall and Jeffrey Lynn are star
red In the dramatic story which
is wound around the lives and
doings of Uncle Sam's guard
ians of no mans land.
There is an unusual love story
involving McCrear as a career
man" in the diplomatic service
and Miss Marshall as a home
less, orphaned girl who has be
come the tool of a foreign spy
ring. Shortly after their mar
riage, the young diplomat is
The peaceful Mohawk Valley
aflame with battle, its colonists
meeting with fire and musket
the onslaught of the savage Iro
quois! Now the screen reveals
again its unrivalled power to
portray stirring action in
"Drums Along the Mohawk,"
which comes to the Craterian
theatre Tuesday for a five-day
showing. Filmed in Technicolor
and starring Claudette Colbert
and Henry Fonda, it is based
on the great novel by Walter
S. Edmonds. More than $2,000,
000 was spent in production to
make it one of the outstanding
thrill and adventure films ever
released. The cast of thousands
includes Edna May Oliver, Ed
die Collins, John Carradine and
Jessie Ralph among others.
forced to resign from the service
when his wife's connection with
the spy ring becomes known.
To redeem themselves, the cou
ple sets out on a hazardous ven
ture, that of breaking up the
spy ring with which the wife
was once involved. Unaided,
they succeed brilliantly in clear
ing themselves after a series of
exciting adventures.
Filmed with all the frankness
of "The Confessions of a Nazi
Spy," the new spy drama also
features, in a large cast, George
Bancroft, James Stephenson and
Nana Bryant.
'Call a Messenger brings to
the screen two rival scroen gangs
the "Dead End Kids" and "The
Little Tough Guys." Both are
starred in the film which plavs
as the added feature with Ts
pionage Agent" today and to
morrow at the popular Main
street showhouse.
Blliy Halop and Huntz Hall,
two of the outstanding mem
bers of the "Dead End" gang
come over to tangle with all the
Little Tough Guys in the new
comedy which also features
Mary Carlisle, Larry (Buster;
Crabbe, El B r e n d e 1, Victor
Jory, Anne Nagel and Robert
Armstrong.
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Plan Jobless Census
Salem, Nov. 18 (IP) Plans
for a state-wide unemployment
census to provide a complete
list of workers available for pri
vate industry are being formu
lated by the advisory council
of the state employment service,
Director L. J. Stoll reported today.
Ore and Bullion
Purchased
Uoowd br Stt ot Calibrate
WILD B ERG BROS.
SMELTING & REFINING CO.
OfficMi 742 Mkt St.,Su Pruvdica
PUnci South Sin FrmcLioo
HE HAILS FROM MISSOURI.. BUT
HIS HEART'S AS BIG AS THE
U. S. A.!
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BOB BURNS
FROM MISSOURI'
GLADYS GEORGE GENE LOCKHART
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Baritone oming
Reservations are now being
accepted at Pruitt's Music-Radio
Center for the Donald Dickson
and Marian Anderson concerts
to be presented at the Holly
theatre during the winter
season.
Donald Dickson, who comes
here February 8, is not only
one of the most handsome bari
tones in the music world today,
SCOTTISH RITE REUNION
The Medlord .Bodies will
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VLX Nov. 30-21-22. Lunch and
Dinner will be served each
day. Visitors and all members of
the Bite cordially Invited to attend
L. B. Williams, Secty.
Hearing Folks Will
Be Rialto Feature
but is also known as one of its Earphones for Hard
Metropolitan Opera association,
featured on the Chase & San
born radio program, he is
known throughout the country
for his splendid work. When
Nelson Eddy quit radio last
spring to go concerting and
Dickson took his place on the
program, the Crossley rating of
the program showed no apprec
iable loss; when Eddy returned
and Dickson departed this fall.
the Crossley rating showed no
appreciable rise. Taking into
consideration that the Crossley
rating is rated "tops" in radio,
this no doubt had much bearing
on Dickson's taking Eddy's
place on the program again
while Eddy takes a much needed
rest.
With reservations a 1 r'e a d y
coming in for both Dickson and
Anderson concerts, those ex
pecting to attend are urged to
make their reservations at once
to avoid later disappointment,
Earphones for the hard-of-
hearing have been installed by
the New Rialto theater as an
other of their many accommo
dations that insure complete
comfort for their patrons. Four
new earphone sets have been
installed with the new type self
regulator attached. Instead ol
the old style dialing from the
back of the seat, the new sots
have the lap adjustment and
dialing that is held in the lap
and when the louder music
wanted all the user has to do is
to turn the dial with his or her
finger thus bringing in the
right amount of volume wanted
The new principle works the
same as a radio set.
The new earphones for the
hard-of-hearing are for use ol
Now Rialto patrons free of
charge. All that has to be done
In using one is to just ask the
usherette nearest to you and
she'll be more than glad to help
you adjust and regulate it for
your best comfort.
Use Mall Tribune want ad.
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Even their headaches are hi
larious as audiences will agree
when they see the Jones Fam
ily, America's first fun family,
In "Too Busy ' To Work," the
latest of the famous family's
comedy hits coming to the New
Rialto theatre for Tuesday and
Wednesday. Here are "Ma" and
'Pa Jones and all the little
Jones' after they have won
three trophies lor their bit in
saving their local community
from bankruptcy. Joan Davis, as
country cousin Lolly, moves in
on them and nearly turns the
house riot as she pursues the
love of hor country lover, Jake
"The Witness Vanishes." star
ring Edmund Lowe and Wendy
Barrie, will play as the added
feature with "Too Busy To
Work."
CANADIAN WHEAT
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Chicago, Nov. 18.(P)--Thrcnt
of importation of Canadian
wheat into the United States,
should domestic prices get much
higher or Canadian prices go
much lower, today had placed
what grain traders called a "ceil
lng over the wheat market.
They meant by this that many
dealers believe no material ad
vance in domestic prices can be
registered as long as this threat
exists, unless there is a corre
sponding upturn In the value of
Canadian wheat. "
Under normal conditions the
United States would not import
grain as long as it has its pres
ent surplus. However, Canu
dian wheat is priced so much
cheaper than domestic wheat
that even with the 42 cents per
bushel duty, grain men estl
mate Canadian varieties can be
delivered to mills in the east
for only about 10 cents a bushel
more than comparable grades of
home-grown wheat would cost.
Narrowing of this spread
might Invite Imports, especially
in the winter.
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Bob Burns, America's favortta
homespun hero, swaps his over
alls for top hat, white tie and
tails, to hold his own in British
society, in "I'm From Missouri,"
his new comedy which plays to
day and tomorrow only at the
Roxy theatre. Burns, as a Mis
souri rancher, goes to England
to sell his own and his neigh
bors' mules to British nobility.
Gladys George co-stars with
Burns.
Berlin, Nov. 18 (JP) Robert
Ley, leader of the Nazi labor
front, announced today that a
ttfn-hour day would be estab
lished in essential industries.
Licenseless Driver
Gets Stiff Penalty
Grants Pass. Nov. 18 (P)
Joseph A. Polley, whose license
was revoked some months ago in
Marshficld, drove without it
Wednesday night. He collided
with the Gordon Gwynne car,
breaking Mrs. Gwynne's jaw
and fracturing her knee.
Today he heard Justice of
Peace R. S. Anderson pronounce
B0 days sentence and $500 fine
for reckless driving and four
months sentence and $250 fina
for lacking an operators' permit.
TODAY
A Drama of
America's Fight Against
Foreign Spies!
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PLUS . Two famous
gangs . , clashing head
on . . for control of the
guttarl
Bill; Hallop and Hunts Hall of
THE "DEAD END" KIDS
with lha
LITTLE TOUGH GUYS
in "CALL A MESSENGER"
with Mary Carlisle tarry Crahbe - El Brendel - Victor Jory - Rolirrt Arnntront.
Matinees IMS 3:30
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Kviilnln 8:tS - D:30
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4:40 3:00 10:40
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3:40 7:00 0:40
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Thundering Adventure!
Roaring Excitement!
Laughton's most sensational por
trayal . . . diabolical leader of a
pirate gang . . with a weakness
for luxury and beautiful womenl
Today and Monday Only!
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romoncs of lha tulthroa! ;acketMf
of (he Cornwall Coast, lha fantastic
monslor In h'vmon' farm who directs
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