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Jane Austens Gay Comedy, "Pride and Prejudice", At Craterian Today
Favorite Stars In Wednesday Show ! "Broadway Bill" In Return Showing I Has Roxy "Date"
BOY SCOUT DERBY
SET FOR AUG. 26;
12 NOW ENTERED
ing the track clear of over
enthusiastic spectators. Follow
ing the derby there will be
watermelon feed for all en
trants. The feed is given an
nually by Humphrey's grocery
store, and last year 45 melons
were devoured with none left
LAWRENCE OLIVIER
IN LEADING ROLES:
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY. AUGUST IS. 1940.
GREER CARSON AND
IV. u'v
Maureen O'Sullivan, Mary
Boland, Edna May Oliver
in Brilliant Cast.
Another famous romantic clas
tic has been brought to the
screen in "Pride and Prejudice."
picturizatlon of Jane Austen's
gay comedy, starring Greer Gar
son and Laurence Olivier, which
comes today to the Craterian
theatre for an engagement of
three days.
Teaming two Academy Award
nominees of last year, the amus
ing story deals with the ro
mance of Elizabeth Bennet,
eldest of five unwedded daugh
ters living in a small provincial
English town, and Darcy. hand
some, wealthy young aristocrat,
who comes to town as a visitor.
, Mrs. Bennet, the girls' fluttery
mother, has her cap set for any
eligible bachelor who comes
within her vision. Darcy falls
In love with Elizabeth, but can t
stand her family. But Darcy
finds that family pride is not
nearly so strong as love and in
the end comes to the rescue
when Elizabeth's sister, Lydia,
runs away with an adventurer,
Wickham. This brings Elizabeth
and Darcy together again.
One of the season's most
notable supporting casts Is fea
tured in the film, headed by Ed
mund Gwenn and Mary Boland
as Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, Edna
May Oliver as the crochety Lady
Catherine de Bourgh and Mel
ville Cooper as her stuffy libra
rian, all highlight comedy roles.
The sisters of Elizabeth are
charming Maureen O'Sullivan as
Jane, Ann Rutherford as Lydia,
Marsha Hunt as Mary and Hea
ther Angel as Kitty. Others in
the cast include Bruce Lester as
Mr. Bingley, Frieda Inescort as
Miss Bingley, Edward Ashley as
Wickham, Karen Morley as
Charlotte and E. E. Clive as Sir
William Lucas,
Myrna Loy and William Pow
ell, tin screen's favorite "hus
band and wife," ring up newer
and louder laughs in their latest
marital comedy, "I Love You
Again," opening a four-day
showing at the Craterian thea
ter Wednesday.
The story is a fast-moving
comedy dealing with the plignt
of a man who recovers sudden
ly from an eight-year attack of
amnesia only to discover that
he no longer knows himself
with a new and unrecognizable
personality, a charming wite
and a fortune.
Frank McHugh and Edmund
Lowe head the supporting cast
which includes Carl "Alfalfa"
Switzer (of "Our Gang" comedy
fame) among others.
U. S. Listening Posts
Washington, Aug.- -17. (
The state department disclosed
today that it was establishing
diplomatic listening posts at
Horta, in the Azores islands,
an airway stop between Europe
and the United States, and at
Cayenne, French Guiana, in
South America.
"Lost Horizon" On
Rial to Bill With
Capra Hits Later
James Hilton's grea story of
a modern " Utopia, "Lost Hori
zon," open the cool Rialto thea
ter's gala "Frank Capra Week"
today with the great Hollywood
director's mightiest hit heading
a roster of four Academy Award
winning features that will play
throughout the week at the pop
ular Main street showhouse.
"Lost Horizon," long awaited by
fans for a return showing, is
an adaptation by Robert Risk in
of Hilton s celebrated best-seller
by that name. Riskln has done
the screen adaptation for all of
Capra's great screen master
pieces the two working to
gether with deft skill.
Starring Ronald Colman, and
featuring Edward Everett Hor
ton. Thomas Mitchell. H. B.
Warner, Margo, Jane Wyatt and
Sam Jaffa in the much dis
cussed High Lama role, the
story of "Lost Horizon" con
cerns five persons who are kid
napped in an airplane In China,
and flown deep into the heart
of forbidden Tibet. Picked up
by a caravan headed by a mys-
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tic and elderly Chinese, they
are escorted to what is perhaps
the most unusual place on tuo
face of the earth the lamasery
of Shangri-La, where the High
Lama awaits a man to take his
place.
Here, clcseted securely by
mountain.: impenetrable to the
unitiated, is a setting of inde
scribable beauty and serenity,
peopled by the members of the
strangest cult of modern times.
Romance and adventure fall to
the bewildered kidnap victim?,
and soon all but one surrenders
to the utter contentment and
rare loveliness that is Shangri
La.
One of the rare highlights of
the unusual film Is the journey
Colman makes trying to get back
to civilization how the girl
of a thousand years melts away
into an old woman when she
departs from Sahngri-La and
how, after days of untold wan-
Warner Baxter and Myrna
Loy have the co-starring roles
in Frank Capra's "Broadway
Bill." which comes 10 the cool
Rialto theater for Tuesday and
Wednesdjy as the second fea
ture in tneir big week of FranK
Capra hits. Based upon Mark
HellinRer's magazine story.
"Broadwoy Bill" tells the story
of a romance between a man
and a girl, both imbued with
the love of horses and a roving
nature. Told with all the magic
that is Capra, the film is said
to surpass all his light comedy
works and to give the screen
more thrills than it has had be
fore or since. The late Walter
Connolly, whom Capia relied
upon for most of his comedy,
heads the supporting cast which
also includes such funsters a&
Helen Vinson, Douglas Duni
brille, R:iy:nond Walburn, Lynee
Overman and Franki? Darro.
Due to its length. "Broadway
Bill" will be single billed with
a sebcted program of added
short subjects.
Ml
derings, Colman Is nt last will-! another cent a bushel today, ex-
ing to accept the post as ilign
Lama of all the Tibets.
The sets and costumes alone
are considered to be the finest
bits of ' technical work ever
given to a motion picture. "Lost
Horizon" took over two years
to film at a stated cost of over
two million dollars.
Dub 1o its great length and
popularity, "Lost Horizon" will
be single billed.
WHEAT UP A CENT
tending the rally from seasonal
low levels reached at the bot
tom of Friday's five-cent break.
Although war news continued
to disturb the trade, greatly en
larged consumer demand for
flour, as well as some specu
lative short covering helped to
bolster market support. After
an opening dip, prices scored
net gains of as much as 1 ' t
cents at times and closed 5
cents higher than yesterday, with
September 69 V-?a and Decem
ber 71-71H. .
Ore and Bullion
Purchased
Heralded as Deanna Durbin's
most colc-ful motion picture.
"It's a Dale," which has its
background in Hawaii, opens a
three-day run today at the Roxy
theater. Kay Francis and Wal
ter Pidgeon share motor honors
and otm-r members of the cast
include Eugene Pallctte, Lewis
Howard and Cissie Loftus. The
story concerns a famous Broad
way actrers and her daughter,
played by Miss Francis and Miss
Durbin, who are offered the
same role in a Broadway mu
sical comedy. In addition, they
becoma rivals for the romantic
interest of a Hawaiian pineapple
planter, portrayed by Pidgeon
Dcanna sings a host of new
songs, ini hiding "Ave Maria,"
"Loch Lomond," a chorus from
"La Boheme" and "Love Is All."
"Granny Get Your Gun." star
ring May Robson as a fighting
she-sheriff, plays as the com
panion fcatura with "It's . a
Date."
Lifting of hedges by mills
In connection with improved
flour business stimulated by yes
terday's price decline accounted
for much expansion In demand
for flour, business having been
one of the heaviest In a single
day since the season began
Resting bids were put into execu
tion and there was also an active
run of new orders. Flour prices
were off 20 cents a barrel at the
low point yesterday.
Clualnt urn (or Too Late to Claa-
iry Ads Is 1 so p. m.
August 26 will be the date of
the third annual Mail Tribune
Boy Scout midget speeder derby
on Queen Ann hill, it was
announced yesterday, and al
ready 12 local boys have en
tered their home - constructed
vehicles in the battle for glory
and a long list of prizes donated
by Medford merchants.
Competition will be In three
classes as usual, group "A" to
Include boys 12 to 15. inclusive;
group "B" to include young
sters 9 to 11, inclusive, and
group "C" to be composed of
boys and speeders not qualify
ing for either class "A" or "B."
The track this season will
be a block longer than usual,
with the speeders taking off at
Academy Place and crossing the
finish line at McAndrews street.
Inspection of speedrs for their
qualification in the three classes
according to the rules and reg
ulations will be made Friday,
August 23, at Boy Scout head
quarters. All youngsters plan
ning to enter the derby are
requested to obtain a copy of
me rules at Scout Quarters.
It was announced that Judges
at the finish line would be
Mayor Charles C- Furnas, Chief
of Police Clatous McCredle and
Scout Executive Raymond Wells.
City Policeman Ray Sloneker
will be In charge of the suit
ing line. Ray Baker and M. C.
(Doc) Wright form tha prize
committee, Art Lewis and Her
bert Sims the rules and regu
lations committee and Clyde
Fichtner, city traffic officer,
will be in charge of safety
measures.
Boy Scouts will assist In
policing the race area and keep-
ASHLAND C. OF C.
Dean Pleper. public relation
manager for the 1940 Shakes
pearean Festival association, wai
elected secretary of the Ashland
chamber of commerce late Fri
day afternoon. Mr. Pieper,
resident of Medford since 1922,
was informed of his selection
by Frank Van Dyke, Ashland
chamber of commerce director
through the authorization of the
board of directors following a
meeting Friday,
Pieper succeeds Winston O,
Hotell, whose resignation be
comes effective September I.
His election to the post came
in a vote between his applica
tion and that of A. A. Snider,
top two of the five under con
sidcratlon after the first elimi
nation of 14 applicants. All let
ters of application with various
recommendations were read In
the director's meeting.
Pieper attended Medford high
school. Besides his festival pub
licity work he has been corres
pondent in Medford for United
Press news service and the Ore
gon Journal. He la 24 years old,
is married and the father of an
infant son.
Others whose application
were considered for the post In
clude John Murphy, A. A. Sni
der, Horace Badger. Frank E.
Thompson, E. J. Farlow, F. L.
Farlow, F. L. Nutter, Gordon
MacCracken. Hugh Page, Roy
M. Parr, Ed Brigden, C. G. Burk,
Byran Ryan and Edward A.
, Moore.
Um Mall Trtbun want ada.
Chicago, Aug. 17. -Wheat
prices pushed
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