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PAGE NINE "Of Mice and Men", Drama of Migratory Workers, on Craterian Screen MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY. MAY 26. 1940. TENSE, DRAMATIC BROADWAY STAGE HIT QPENS TODAY Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney, Jr., in Brilliant Cast. it- Starring Burgess Meredith, Betty Field and Lon Chaney, Jr., "Of Mice and Men" opens a limited three-day engagement to day at the Craterian theater unfolding a richly emotional and tensely dramatic story of the migratory ranch workers of California. Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by John Steinbeck, who also wrote "Grapes of Wrath," and trans ferred to the screen as an adapta tion of the Broadway stage hit, "Of Mice and Men" tells thei exciting story of Ceorge and Lennie and Mae on Aguora ranch in . California. George and Lennie have traveled to- KVb,. ndtiH-th. Pifturization of Daphne du Maa- fnrmiip rfevntpH fn hi nartner ...I n k.i,4a ctpannlh anH wpale ! S mind upsets all George's "best laid plans." But at long last it seems that their dream is to "Rebecca" Coming To Craterian Wednesday 1ST a? -c j.. v- j- , ' I V , . ..r. Lfo V5 .i.-' Mi r Hilarious Comedy Here Tuesday ii Back To Roxy come true they have found the money to buy a small farm of their own and live "off the fat n1 the land." However, they haven't counted on Mae, the 7,asu Pitts. Felix Brrssart, One of the bissest box-office, becca" unfolds a thrilling love i by the past of Rebecca, the first hits of 1940 is "Rebecca," the1 story against a background of: wife, whose memory is kepti chilling mystery and eeriness., alive by the housekeeper, who, The story concerns a young and resents any intrusion on what unsophisticated girl who be-j she terms sacred property. comes the bride of the wealthy Judith Anderson has won. and prominent Maxim de Win-wide acclaim for her role of the ter. The two return to live on 1 housekeeper, while others in- his vast estate, Manderley, and i elude George Sanders. Nigel the bride learns to her horror i Bruce. C. Aubrey Smith, Regi that her life is being dominated' nald Denny and Gladys Cooper. rier s best selling novel, corn- to the Craterian Theater Wednesday for a four-day en gagement. Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine have the top starring roles. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, master of mystery thrillers, "Re- One of the year's finest casts supports Frank Morgan in his! new starring role of Vcrn Adams' in "The Ghost Comes Home." hilarious comedy of a pet-store proprietor enmeshed in Ncwj York on a holiday of niiiht life! and handed a million dollars to, spend on his home town, which comes to the New Rialto Theater! for Tuesday and Wednesday.! Those in the supporting cast in-1 elude Nat Pendleton. Ann Mor riss. John Shelton, Billie Burke, Reginald Owen. Ann Ruther ford, Frank Albortson, Hobart Cavanaugh and Harold Huber. "The Saint's Double Trouble," depicting further adventures in the romantic and detecting life of fiction's Simon Templer, plays as the supporting picture with George Sanders again in the title role. I only woman on the ranch, mar--ried to Curley, the owner's son. It is Mae who turns their happy dream into stark tragedy, bring- M ing the picture to a climax as unexpected as it is stunning. I Meredith is George. the dreamer and brains of the two partners; Lon Chaney, Jr., is Lennie, who loves pretty things but doesn't realize his own bull strength; Betty Field is Mae, who can't bear to stay at home alone. Others in the cast In clude Charles Bickford as Slim, the mule-skinner; Bob Steele, erstwhile western star, as Cur ley Mae's husband; Noah Beery, Jr., as Whit, Oscar O'Shea as Jackson; Granville Bates as Carlson and Roman Bohen, of the original Broadway cast, as Candy. Bromfield's Novel On Rialto's Screen Stars Ann Sheridan " An exciting new picture, "It All Came True," based on Louis Bromfield's novel, heads the double bill today and Monday at the New Rialto Theater. The Dlcture. written by the author who penned "The Rains Came." stars Ann Sheridan, the red headed Texan dynamo who has become Hollywood 9 most out standing personality, combining as she does, that "omph" with dramatic fire. With the ouaintness, charm and dramatic suspense of the Bromfield novel, "It All Came True" tells the story of a group of people who live in a New York boarding house run by a counle of sentimental old wo- men, using it as a refuge where they can fight off the reality of the nresent and dwell in the fond memories of the past. The complacent atmosphere of the house is shattered when first Ann. daughter of one of the ladies, comes home to roost and again when the house keeper's son. Jeffrey Lynn, re turns home after an absence of five vears, with a gangster who intends to use the house as a hideout. The gangster, played by Humphrey Bogart, is so won over by the motherly ministra tions he receives that he offers to straighten out the financial difficulties of the boarding house by converting it into a night club with a "Gay Nine ties" background. From there the story works up to an un- usual and exciting climax. Playing one of the most de lightful characters ever created by Bromfield, Ann is at once bold and beautiful, hot-tempered and honest. She is sentimental but is the last person in the world to admit it. She sings, dies the rluimba, and "hangs one" on the jaw of a would-be tilcnt scout, all with equal pro ficiency. Others In the cast include Una O'Connor and John Litel "Ski Patrol," a thrilling story of modern ski warfare, is the first motion picture to show the daring strategy of ski armies whose tactics include planting mountain mines creating an avalanche to destroy the enemy, and other maneuvers. Lull Deste and Philip Dorn have starring roles in the film which plays as the supporting picture with "It All Came True." Stanley Fields supports. Some of the world's greatest ski champions will be seen in action in the film, T l III IS SOLICITED FOR FESTIVAL ACTORS Nasi Seise Cargo San Francisco, May 25. (IP) Cargo of the American freight er Charles R. McCormick, un reported for many weeks after it sailed into the European war zone, has been seized by Ger man authorities at Bergen. Nor way, owners of the vessel here were advised. ated on a non-profit basis. Thorn dike urged that persons who might offer such type of em ployment leave necessary in formation at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce building here to be forwarded to Festival Association officials. "We realize some of the out-of-town actors and actresses are self-supporting while engaged in production work," he said. "However, a number participate Am anu.1 ffinamtiin .f solely Decause 01 tncir aesire . , . ,. ... for theatrical experience and civic and community-minded pH0m, t h.u ih nf. would appreciate anything that could be accomplished in this line." Casting try-outs for major and supporting character roles will start at the Southern Oregon College of Education given in Ashland the week beginning June 3. Rehearsal schedules will be in effect after casting is completed. Oh Mall Tribune want ad. I Li MAN POWER HIGH New York, May 23. (IP) At least half a million German soldiers have been "lost" during Tyrone Power has one of his most colorful roles to date as the Indian prince in Louis Bromfield's spectacular story of modern India, 'The Rains Came", which opens a three day run today at the Roxy Theatre. Myrna Loy plays opposite as the most selfish white woman in all Asia who falls in love with and leads to near destruc tion the man chosen by the people to be their next Maha raja. George Brent is cast as Tom Ransome, shiftless artist who also loves the Lady Esketh. Others in the cast Include Brenda Joyce, Nigel Bruce. Jo seph Schildkraut and Maria Ouspenskaya. "The Death of a Champion", starring Lynne Overman, plays as the companion feature with "The Rains Came." E PROVES BIG FLOP Aberdeen. M . M-y 15 ilPy Inventor Lester P. Barlow't liquid oxygen-carbon "super ex plosive" apparently failed as an Instrument of death In a test on live goats at Aberdeen prov ing grounds today. A 1.000 pound charge of the explosive, which Barlow claims radiates lethal "varuum waves" over a wide radius failed to kill a single one of a herd of 98 goats tethered at distances ranging from 2110 to 1.000 feet from the point where the bomb was set off. Observers who went out on the testing field after the ex plosion said they could not find one dead goat and Barlow ad mitted the experiment had flopped. "I'm licked on it," he said, "but I had to try it to find out." Um Mall Trlbun want ads. the last 10 days, a German language short wave broadcast from London said today. The announcer, heard here by NBC, said the estimate was made in Paris. The broadcast said authorita tive English circles claim that the German division from Frankfort on the Oder, which recently effected the various attacks on the Aisne, had been repulsed with the loss of half the men. 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