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PAGE SEVEN Bette Davis and Charles Boyer Starred in "All This and Heaven Too" MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY. AUGUST 11. 1940 RACHEL FIELDS Dalton Boys on Screen The picturization of the sen sationally successful Rachel Field novel, "All This. nd Heaven Too." co-starring two of the screen's greatest dramatic stars Bette Davis and Charles Boyer opens a three-day en gagement today at the Craterian theater. As one of the most important pictures on the 1940 schedule "All This, and Heaven Too" was produced on a lavish scale, with no pains spared to make the brilliant, absorbing novel come to vibrant life on the screen. From the starring team of Miss Davis and Boyer down to the smallest character "bit," the film was cast witli minute care. The story tells of a demure little French governess seem ingly destined for spinsterhood w hose very existence was threatened by a Parisian mur der scandal, involving one of France's greatest noblemen. But she survives the ordeal to find peace, security and happiness in America. It is a bittersweet romance that captures within it nearly all the varying emotions evoked by love in its many phases, just as it is experienced by men and women everywhere. With Bette Davis as the gov erness and Charles Boyer as the Due de Praslin, who murders his jealous wife because of her treatment of the governess, the film has been hailed by critics everywhere as one of the most brilliantly acted motion pictures of the decade. In support of the two stars are Jeffrey Lynn, romantic young leading man of the "Four Daughters" series, as Henry Field, the Young American min ister who befriends the unfor tunate governess; Barbara O'Neil, most recently seen as Scarlett O'Hara's mother in "Gone With the Wind," In the role of the jealous duchess; Vir ginia Weidler, Henry Daniell, Walter Hampden, George Cou louris, Montagu Love, Helen Westley, Harry Davenport, Janet Beecher, June Lockhart, Fritz Leiber, Ian Keith and many others of prominence. y -M Credited with more action and excitement than any mo tion picture in the last 10 years, "When The Daltons Rode" comes to the Craterian theatre Wednesday for a four day show ing, the thrilling drama of the Dalton gang,' last great outlaw band of the old West. Broderick Crawford (at the window). Brian Donlevy and Frank Al bertson, with Stuart Erwin as the fourth brother, make up the Dalton boys. Also in the large cast are Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Andy Devine, George Bancroft, Mary Gordon and Harvey Stephens. The climax of the film is the celebrated Dalton raid on Cof feyville in 1892. when the out laws went to their destruction attempting the old West s one double bank robbery. How he comes through with colors flying, in the tradition of the school, makes one of the most thrilling climaxes ever given to a picture of this type. Smart Comedy Hit ''Private Affairs" Opening At Rialto Described as being modern and breezy, "Private Affairs," a comedy with a background of Boston's tradition-filled Black Bay "snooties," brings Nancy Kelly, Robert Cummings, Hugh Herbert and Roland Young to the Cool Rialto theatre for to day and tomorrow only. Young appears as the son of n old Boston family who for 20 years- has chosen to remain a "black sheep" rather than submit to the dictation of his staid family. And now Nancy Kelly, his daughter, finds her self in the same quandary, ordered by her crotchety grand father to marry a man she doesn't love. Robert Cummings plays the man Nancy does love. Hugh Herbert appears in a typically hilarious role that represents a variety of characters from breezy cab driver to a Scottish nobleman. The irascible grand' father of Nancy is played by Montagu Love. The supporting cast includes such well known funsters as G. P. Huntley, Jr., Granville Bates and . Mary Forbes. A highlight of the new com edy is a New England celebra Hon in which hundreds of resi- dents of a village are dressed as Puritans and in this local Miss Kelly, with the help of Hugh (Woo Woo) Herbert, is able to do some caniving that brings her outcast father back into the tribe in time to save the family fortunes. The foursome are said to give one of the sauciest, smartest, swiftest and funniest acting ex hibitions to come to the screen in 1940. "Military Academy," a time ly drama of youth, its hopes, its fears and ambitions, plays a the companion featute with "Private Affairs." Tommy Kelly. David Holt. Bobby Jordon and Jackie Searl have the starring roles. Tommy Kelly is seen ai the son of a notorious racketeer, placed in a military academy under another name. Here he becomes a hero of the school until boom the bubble burs' and he is. through a scandal about his father, made the laughing stock of the academy. Tokyo, Aug. 10. (P) Dome!. Japanese news agency, reported tonight that the small rightist east Asia association Toa Kyo kai had handed a petition to leading members'of the cabinet demanding an immediate dec laration of war upon Britain because of the arrests of Jap anese in London. The newspaper Hochi at the same time reported that 27 members of the Rotary club at Shizuoka had decided upon dis solution of the club on the grounds it had been publicly suspected of espionage. (Japanese and foreign busi ness men make up the Rotary membership In Japan). Heads Thrill Program V . mm r-3'-w.fTA-'. f 1 1 Heralded as a thrilling action drama. "South of Karanga" will head the double bill of "adven ture hits" coming to the Cool Rialto theatre for Tuesiay and land") Paul Hurst and Addison Wednesday. Based on the ex-1 Richards. citing adventures of a small "The Challenge," bill as the James Craig, John Sutton, Maurfce Moscovitch, Ben Car ter (the colored comedian who played Shadrack in "Mary Indian Fighter FOREST SERVICE ADOS SCALERS AS SALES INCREASE group of whites in the African frontier, "South of Karanga boasts a cast of well-known players including Charles Bick- greatest thrill picture ever made a magnificent spectacle of mountain climbing in ma jestic Alpine splendor, will play EAIL TRADE AIDED COOLER WEATHER; FURNITURE TOPS LIST New York, Aug. 10. (JF) Re tail trade improved at many business centers this week as cooler weather brought out larg er crowds of shoppers. Dun and Bradstreet reported today. "The last of the summer clear ance merchandise continued to move well," the mercantile agency said, "but the principal attention of department store shoppers was directed to house furnishings and new fall apparel offerings. "Furniture sales events, which had been hit hardest during the previous week, enjoyed a snap py comeback in a number of cities. "Resort trade is said to be be low earlier expectations, al though somewhat above last ford and Lull Deste. who have i as the companion feature with the starring roles. Others are 'the African adventure film. year In most sections." Nationwide retail gains over the comparable 1939 figures were placed at 7 to 10 per cent, with regional comparisons as fol lows: New England, 3 to 6 per cent; east, 7 to 16 per cent; middle west 8 to 13 per cent; south 4 to 10 per cent; southwest 3 to 8; northwest and Pacific, 2 to 5 per cent. GOOD RAINS DROP PRICES Oil CORN Chicago, Aug. 10. OF) Good rains over a large part of the corn belt and a more bullish estimate by the government on the size of the 1940 crop today drove corn prices down. Wheat was unchanged to Vt up. September 73:-74, Decem ber 74'8-75. The official government esti mate on the 1940 corn crop was a disappointment to the trade because it said the loss by heat and drought was only seven per cent. Wheat broke sharply at the start, also losing around a cent a bushel, but later rallied to recover all losses. Wheat was weakened by corn and also by the official estimate that the small grains crop would be much larger than heretofore expected. War news had but a minor effect on the market. It was noted that German advices said Germany was well fixed for food, but that occupied coun tries were in a bad way because of the British blockade. Harris, Upham & Co., said re garding market action that "the discouraging statistical position Spencer Tracy finds the cli max of his acting career to date in the role of Major Robert Rogers, the greatest Indian fighter who ever lived, the fearless, unkillable leader of Rogers' Rangers, in Kenneth Robert's "Northwest Passage," which heads the double bill opening a three day run today at the Roxy theatre. Filmed in technicolor, the picture also stars Robert Young and Walter Brennan. "Hawaiian Nights," a musical comedy adventure in Hawaii plays as the added feature with Northwest Passage. keeps the professional trade in a bearish frame of mind, but fails to bring in any outside selling pressure, and In the absence of hedges, mill buying furnishes constant support." Antelope Antelope, Aug. 10. (Spl.I The Antelope Ladles Social club will meet with Mrs. Henry Owens, instead of with Mrs Jim Owens, as first planned. Because of increased timber sale activity, more scalers have been employed on the Rogue River national forest, headquar ters announced Saturday. Fred Sandoz. administrative guard at Union Creek, was pro moted to scaler at the Medford Corporation'! Butte Falls oper ation and was replaced as ad ministrative guard by his broth er. Peter Sandoz, who has been recreation guard at Huckleberry mountain. Winston Hotell. for mer secretary of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce, was em ployed as recreation guard at Huckleberry. He was once em ployed by the forest service as a fire guard at Cinnabar. Vernon E. Hicks, a junior for ester on the Olympia national forest in Washington, has been transferred to the Rogue River national forest for timber sale work, the transfer to become effective August IS. He will be assigned to the Medford Corpor ation sale at Butte Falls where he will be in charge of scaling. Harlan Clark, scaler there now, will be released to go to Chllo quln where he will be employ ed as scaler at the Chiloquin Lumber company operations which are scheduled to start about August 13. counted the possibility of sabo tage. The fire, originating in a piece of waste in the engine room, spread from bow to stern when it exploded a fuel tank and a kerosene drum, detectives said. The crew of 27, all rescued unhurt, was unable to fight the blaze because lack of steam deprived the vessel of water pressure. t Y Dm Mall Tribunt want tdt. E IN STEAMER FIRE New York, Aug. 10. (IP) The small Norwegian freighter Llsta and Ita cargo of war supplies for Great Britain smoldered in a Lower bay shallow today, wrecked by fire and explosions, As federal and local agencies continued Investigations of the blaze, a preliminary report of the police sabotage squad dls- Pendleton, Aug. 10 (IPs The decomposed body of a middle- aged man, found a mile east of Meacham about 300 yards off the old Oregon Trail highway, was tentatively identified today as that of Albert C. Goetze, 68. Goetze, a CCC saw-filer of Ashland, has been missing from Crater Lake national park since September, 1939. Coroner Allen Folsom said the man apparently had been dead since spring. Sheriff Robert Goad, investi gating the possibility of foul play, said he believed the victim was dragged into the brush. Supporting his theory that the body was Goetze's. the sheriff said he once worked for the CCC at the former Emigrant springs camp near Meacham. A widespread search of Crater Lake park after Goetze's disap pearance failed to reveal any trace of hit whereabouts. Sheriff Goad said Goetze's wife still lived at Ashland. In addition, he hat two daughters living in California. Today and Monday! The Smartest, Sauciest Swiftest Star-Jammed Screen Fun in Years!! POISON OAK? Try i botllt e! ZEMACOL lou mul bt Mtufid of fuar mnty rrterrfull rf imtvi ;t totlJ todjj it HtiltK.H 1 UH.lt. jp I f JflLITAR V -tzr? 4, fj f academy $fc;f vrr t on- 4:4 TOMMY KLI.L1 - IIOIIHV jft r"xk 1 ' '4 I IV10 M VXjN JORIION - DAVID Hol.T f iTfJ- l? M-:4 The Screen Brings to Thrilling Life Every Exciting Word of the Decade's Greatest Novel! TODAY 3 days only -1 -tT n rwCm- -v. .-..Villi At lastl . . . Filra dora'i most dynam le lalenla clash . . la the superb pl turisatlon of Rach el Field's fameui beat-teller . . a pie tura once ' teen, never to-be-forgot tenl . . L v. 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