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PAGE SEVEN ' Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. And Madeleine Carroll Head Cast Of "Safari" ""Untamed" North Woods Drama. Here Wednesday Favorite Stars At Rialto Tuesday Wind Fans Flimti Heppner. Ore.. July 13. !P) Gusty wind added to the dif ficulties last night of crews at tempting to hold the 430-arre big Potomas fire within its lines. Troops Ta Ft. Stevens Hammond, Ore., July 13 (JP) A n unconfirmed report here today indicated 1000 mora soldiers soon will arrive at Fort Stevens, supplementing nearly 600 already there. ft OF JM OPENS If U . I T: n Dnlnir A marun ui iihio ncmMs Features Navy Oxfion Coast Films Billed. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY. JULY 14. 1940. THRILLING DRAMA WITH BACKGROUND . . An exceptional screen pro- cram that has Douglas Fair banks, Jr., and Madeleine Car roll so-starred in "Safari," a thrilling Jungle drama, as the featiir attrae Hon. oneni a three-day showing today at the Craterian theater. . , As added attractions on the same program the Craterian has the March of Time, pre . senting "The U. S. Navy . 1940," and Graham McNamee's camera tour of tne beautiful Oregon coastline. "Safari," with Tullio Carml natl, Lynne Overman and Billy . Gilbert featured in the support ing cast, is based upon the eter nal triangle, the determined battle of two men Fairbanks and Marcinati for the woman they both covet. Carminatihas hired Fairbanks, a big game hunter, to head safari into the jungle, and his Insane jeal ousy almost results in the mur der of his rival. Set against the thrilling background of the teeming jungle, with its ever present unseen and seen dan gers, "Safari" nas been classed as the "jungle thriller of 1940.' . The March of Time subject, of special timeliness now that the eyes of the world are focus- ted on Uncle Sam's huge na tional defense program, brings to the screen a story of a vital , ly important part of this pro gram. Featured in "The U. S. Navy 1940" are several scenes of the now hlstoris naval disarma , ment conference of 1922, which . resulted in the scrapping of . more than half a million tons of U. S. warships. Including unfinished cruisers and dread . naughts. The film shows the enlist ment and training of the blue . jackets today, the operation of the naval R.O.T.C. units in col- leges and universities, the work of each type of vessel In the navy, the strategic importance ijiuli iuj mmmm fa I iMr STil" liiil 1 It "Untamed." Sinclair Lewis' i Bay Milland, Patricia Morrison gripping novel of the Canadian I and Akemi Tamiroff handling North Woods, filmed entirely the featured roles, comes to the in glowing Technicolor, with Craterian theater Wednesday for a four-day showing. Wil liam Frawley, Jane Darwell and J. Farrell MaeDonald have the chief supporting roles. The screen's two most popu lar lovers (in pictures and in real life Vivien Leigh of "Scarlett O'Hara" fame and Laurence Olivier of "Rebecca" are co-starred in one of the year's most vital dramas, "21 Days Together," whicb comes to the New Riallo theater for Tuesday and Wednesday as the companion feature with "Sport ing Blood," co-starring Robert 1 Young and Maureen O'Sullivan. Both Miss Leigh and Olivier have been called to England to ! serve the colors possibly "21 Days Together" will be their last starring roles until the end of the war. and elaborate defenses of the Panama Canal, and how the Coast Guard and Marine Corps are geared to cooperate witn the navy in time of national emergency. Much of the ac tion was filmed by special cam era crews assined to the U.S.S. California during recent maneu vers in the Pacific. The McNamee subject, to be shown on the same program, brings to the screen scenes that a.e . familiar to thousands of Oregonians. also many of the scenes widely publicized but hard to find. Filmed by a Uni versal camera crew, this sub ject is being given national re lease and will undoubtedly bring many visitors to this state. Soldiers Injured Grants Pass, July 13. UP) Two regular army soldiers re mained in the county hospital Saturday with severe injuries as result of cap-sizing of an army truck 20 miles north of here Friday night. Andy Hardy Back 1 Waterville. Minn., July 13. (JP) Three game wardens and a fish buyer lay dead in this little southern Minnesota town today, victims of a triple slay ing and a suicide which stem med, officers believed, from il legal sale of bullheads. The wardens were shot to death yesterday as they ques tioned Bryant Baimgartner, about 60, as to whether he had a license to buy and ship bull heads to Iowa. Immediately af ter the triple-slaying Baum gartner turned his 12-gauge shotgun on himself. The victims, besides Baum- gartner, . were D. M. Brady. Windom, A. M. Holt, Worth ington, and Marcus Whipps, Ka- sota. 1 te& Cm Mail Tr.ouiM want id. Dm Mall Trtbun warn ana. Today and Monday Only! THREE BIG "SOCK" ATTRACTIONS ED - "Sock" No. 1 The Newest Pepper Film! Take a fun-paektd trip into Oregon's giant red woods with the most Iot able kids in the landl They're overtaking the Hardys for screen popularity! ITH FELLOWS Dorothy Peterson Ronald Sinclair & the Little Peppers tory hr Marrirrt 8ltnfT "SOCK' O. Htnr) mantle rognt of the Bio Grande at hit rifhttn'Mt tt . . . deeper In danger . . luckier In kntl SP fur! Cesar Romero Miry Beth Hug htt Ertlm Vtnsblt Chrtt-rtn Mirtm "SOCK" No. 3 The Roughest and Tough est Battle in Ring History! The Official-Exclusive or the bo1nf eontrtt between tht outstanding contenders for the heaTTweteht etumplonthlp bout with Jo Loatt:t MAX BAER vs. TNY GALENTO Stt Califor nia nailTe on make hU t t tonal co mf bark! Round hy Round . Blow bT Blow Andy Hardy Is up to his neck in new troubles in 'Judge Hardy and Son," newest of the Hardy Family pictures to play at the Roxy theater opening a three-day run today. Mickey Rooney, as laughable Andy, gets himself mixed up with a young girl who takes him loo seri ously and puts him on the "outs" with his steady Ann Rutherford. Andy, as usual when in a pinch, goes to his dad and straightens tilings out but not without that antici pated comedy m 1 x u p first. Lewis Stone plays the judge and Fay Holden ngain portrays lovable Ma Hardy with Cecelia Parker as sister Marian. "Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!" starring Tom Brown and Peggy Moran, plays as the add' ed fun feature w.th "Judge Hardy and Son." Pepper Family Top Doable Bill Shown On Rialto's Screen Hailed as the best of the pop ular Five Little Peppers films and a close runner-up for screen honors with the famous Hardy Family. "Out West With tha Peppers" opens for today and tomorrow only at the New Rialto theat?r with Edith Fel lows featured as Polly Peppers. brave-hearted, tenderly appeal ing little mother of the cour ageous Peppers brood. Based upon Margaret Sidney's Juve nile classics which have cap tured the imagination and the emotions of generations of read ers. "Out West With the Pep pers" also features Dorothy Peterson as the lovable widow. ed mother of the Pepper kids: with winsome Dorothy Ann Seese seen as, the cuddly Phron sie; with Tomfiy Bond, Charles bock, uoDDy-4rson cast as other Teppersv d Ronald Sin clair seen as Pllf ' boy friend . "Out West A the Peppers" carries the f ' 1stre to the great redwo iglng- country of Oregon',;. most of the picture was t -wlth vistas of overnowertne beauty provid ing the colorful background for the story. Mrs. Pepper s health has failed and she goes to visit her sister, who keeps a board ing house for lorgevs In our Oregon woods. The Pepper kids find thrilling excitement and adventure among tha big trees and the loggers, and with the animals of the forest. Their major difficulty, however, is with their uncle, a surly, abrupt backwoodsman who is antagon ized with their presence. How the antics of the Pep pers finally change the man makes this picture a delightful adventure for young and old alike. Climactic scenes of the film find the Peppers drifting helplessly downstream on a raft loose in a log-jammed torrent. '"Lucky Cisco Kid," newest of the popular O. Henry stories, based on the escapades of his famous romantic rogue, the Cis co Kid, plays as the companion feature with the Peppers com edy. Cesar Romero has the title role again and is said .to hit a new peak for his dash ing, daring portrayal of the best-loved western character ever to reach the screen. Chris Pin Martin and Mary Beth Hughes play opposite Romero. And playing at the New Ri. alto theatsr as a third attrac tion is the official, exclusive motion pictures of the boxing contest between the outstand ing contenders for the heavy weight chamolonship between Max Baer of California and Tony Calento of New Jersey. The fight is said to be the roughest and toughest since the days of John L. Sullivan. Dm Mall Tribune want ads. IThs lending, "scorch song" I ft 1 1 1 7"h fV?T A I I ot the renturjr. I Aili 1 I I Ore and Bullion Purchased TOM BROWN PEGGY MORAN Allen Jenkins Donald Meek Isabel Jewell and sweet slngln' Belly Jane Rhodes. 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