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Jane Withers in Craterian Feature; Walt Disney. Cartoon on Program
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY. AUGUST 25. 1940.
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THEIOFSIORY
Buffalo Bill Adventure Film
Rounds Out Stellar Program.
"Return of Frank James" Coming
A program that should prove
to be completely entertaining
throughout opens a three-day
engagement today at the Crater
ian theatre.
Topping the bill as the feat
ure attraction, Jane Withers has
what has been called the most
outstanding production she has
ever undertaken, 'The Girl
Prom Avenue A," an appealing
story of a "brat" from the Bow
ery who turns Park avenue up
side down in hilarious fashion.
Also on the program are a
couple of exceptionally fine
short subjects, Walt Disney's
"Tugboat Mickey," and "Pony
Express Days," a two reeler of
Buffalo Bill Cody's adventurous
days. Both shorts are in Tech
nicolor. "
In her role of the Bowery
spitfire, Jane Withers Is be
friended by a handsome Park
avenue playwright, Kent Tay
lor. Kent is interested In her
as a sociological specimen to
be put in one of his plays and
he takes her home to live with
his family in order to study
her actions. The picture depicts
her bewilderment at the splen
dor of Kent's Park avenue home
and shows Park avenue's com
plete bafflement at Janie's un
predictable behavior.
The many hilarious sequences
provide Jane with the oppor
tunity to prove more than ever
her ability as a comedienne,
and when she rolls up her
sleeves and goes to work on
one of the society debutantes,
she looks like Joe Louts at his
best.
In "Tugboat Mickey," the
Disney cartoon, Mickey Mouse
is a captain on a tugboat for
hire, with Donald and Goofy
as the crew. Among the many
rapid-fire events the captain
and crew find themselves in,
is a shipwreck. When they set
out to attempt a rescue, the
laughs come fast and furious.
"Pony Express Days" tells
t
"Jesse James was shot in the i In the first picture. Gene Tier-
back. That's murder and some-l"y makes her screen debut in
the leading feminine role.
A colorful climax to the dar
body's going to pay or my
name's not Frank James!"
"Black Diamonds" Here Tuesday
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Dances at Roxy
Kathryn Adams plays the ro
mantic lead opposite Richard
Arlen in his new co-starring
ing exploits of the world s mostfilm with Andv Devine. "Black
These words start the spec-1 famous outlaws, the picture, Diamonds," which takes the two
tacular action in the all-Tech
nicolor action drama, "The Re
turn of Frank James," sequel
picture to last year's thrilling
"Jesse James," coming to the
Craterian theatre Wednesday
for a four-day showing with
Henry Fonda again in the role
of Frank, the part he created
filled with stirring and exciting i adventure pals back to their
events, has many of the players I homeland where Arlen's folks
who were featured in the earlier are having to deal with coal
racketeers. "Black Diamonds"
a miner's name for coal comes
to the Cool Rialto theatre for
Tuesday and Wednesday as the
companion feature with "The
Earl of Puddlestone," starring
the hilarious Higgins Family.
film. Among uiese are Henry
Hull, John Carradine, J. Ed
ward Bromberg and Donald
Meek, while others include
Jackie Cooper, Eddie Collins
and George Barbier.
the story of the role played by
a horse and rider in saving
California from seceding from
the Union in the war between
the states, bringing to light a
little known sidelight in the
colorful career of Buffalo Bill
Cody, famous frontiersman.
Filmed all in color, it has been
classed as one of the best two
reelers of the season.
"The Man I Married" tells
The HigRinses, Pa. Ma,. Sid
ney and Junior, have inherited
England's famous Puddlestone
estate, after Grandpa has done
some outrageous caniving to
show up a "snooty" member
of the community and to prove
the Higginses place in society.
Bushels of laughs are promised
as the famous family move into
the castle much to the dismay
of staid Britishers. James, Lu
cile and Russell Gleason are
starred with Harry Davenport
heading the large supporting
I cast.
Births
the swift and dramatic story of j help of the American legation,
Carol, art critic on one of New j headed by Lloyd Nolan, who
York's smartest magazines, who 'advises her to return to Amer
is haDoilv married to Francis i ica as fast as she can.
Lederer. Trouble sets In when Artvnt,ir. .iw .Hvr,t.,r Born to Mr. and Mrs. Vern
they decide to go abroad to his! piles up as she goes about try-lChamberlain ln Community hos-
Fred Astalre is eo-starred
with Eleanor Powell in "Broad
way Melody of 1840," which
stars the "world's fastest male
and feminine tap dancers" at
the Roxy theatre where the
muslc-anddance-Jammcd show
opens a three-day run today.
With the two stars is George
Murphy, one of Hollywood's
most popular dancing leads. The
cast is given further color by
the comedy of Frank Morgan
and the appearance in leading
roles of Florence Rice, Ian
Hunter, Trixie Friganza and
Lynne Carver. Dozens of beau
ties, new Cole Torter songs
laughs and stunts and a catch
as-catch-can romance gives the
new musical real entertainment
background.
"Little Accident," starring
Baby Sandy and Hugh Herbert,
will play as the companion fun
feature with "Broadway Mel
ody of 1940."
I
BASE AND DOVER
(nstlnM4 trum Pass On.)
homeland, Germany, on a vaca
tion with their little boy, John'
ny Russell. The role of the wife,
Carol, is played by Joan Ben
nett. Once in his native land, Led
erer falls under the influence
of the dreaded "Nazis." Joan
sees the husband she thought
she knew drawn away from her.
Based upon the year's most As complications arise, he is
widely-read Liberty magazine befriended by his childhood
story, "I Married a Nazi," by 1 sweetheart, played by gorgeous
Joan Bennett Tops
Cast Of Dramatic
Picture at Rialto
ing to escape from the hotbed alu'"" "'." "u"u
.,.. tDci24, a boy weighing seven
Oscar Schisgall, "The Man I
Married," co-starring Joan Ben
nett and Francis Lederer, opens
for today and tomorrow only
at the Cool Rialto theatre with
Anna Sten, who is caught in
the web of Hitler's machine.
and, who, in the course of a
few months wins back Lederer's
love. He wants a divorce from
pounds, 13 and three-quarter
ounces.
Coal may b round under 17.370
of Writ Virginia's 24.283 aquar miles.
Coal was discovered In whnt la now
"Fueitive From Justice," feat-! faml and wants to rjut their
uring Roger Fryor and an all- mtle boy into the Nazi youth
star cast, as the companion brigade.
feature. In despair, Joan
father, played by Otto Kruger,
disowns him for his conduct
toward Joan and in a rushing
climax, which is heralded as
being the most exciting in years.
Lederer is exposed as being
oart Jew. for which he nays West Virginia ln 1743.
the price asked by him only a
few months before.
One of the most exciting and
thrilling stories to be filmed
about the brutal force of Ger
many today, "The Man I Mar
ried" also features a large cast
of favorites including Maria
Ouspenskaya. Ludwig Stossel
and Lionel Royce.
Closing time for Too Lata to Claa-
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BAPTIZE MAN, 98,
SEATED IN CHAIR
Pickens, S. C. Aug. 24. (IP)
John E. Watson, 88, Confed
erate veteran of Pickens county,
was baptised in the Second Bap
tist church sitting in a chair
because of his age and state of
health while the rites of lnv
mersion were performed.
Burst of anti-aircraft fire
caused great excitement among
home-going crowds in the Lon
don area.
Driven From Base
A column of more than 20
German bombers smashed at
Britain's naval base and city of
Portsmouth last night after the
long-range assaults all over
southern England.
In the earlier attacks on Lon
don, bombs fell In the capital's
eastern Industrial suburbs.
While the third air raid warn
ing in the London area still was
on, red flashes were reported
in the sky over the French coast
from Calais to Boulogne, indi
cating that the Royal Air force
was striking against German-
held channel ports and em
placements for the big guns
which shelled Dover.
The raiders over Portsmouth
were driven off from their mill'
tary targets, the British said,
and then loosed their bombs
Indiscriminately on a residential
and working class section of the
city, causing an undetermined
number of casualties.
A movie theater was reported
smashed and a number of Its
patrons trapped. Several factor
ies, were wrecked. Fires sprang
up In the city.
While thus resuming mass
aerial raids upon Britain, long
range Nazi guns across the Eng
lish channel shelled the British
coast in the morning and again
for 45 minutes in the evening.
British coastal guna answered
heavily.
Up to 9:30 p.m. 45 German
planes were officially put down
as destroyed, against ten British
fighters acknowledged missing.
These Nazi sky attacks were
termed "mass raids" by the air
ministry itself, which added
that in the first wave 80 German
planes came over.
"As one wave of raiders dis
appeared," the ministry added,
"another took up the attack."
One British formation was said
to have climbed five miles high
to attack 30 German fighters: a
British fighter squadron, the
ministry added, chased a Nazi
bomber three miles inland from
Calais, France, across the chan
nel, before the German crashed
at last.
Dar Of Action
Anti aircraft gunners were In
almost constant action all along
the Kent coast and the Thames
estuary.
In their second thrust at Lon
don late today, the bombers
broke through the outer de
fenses far enough to drop bombs
in the fields of one suburb.
Shortly thereafter, the German
big berthas on the French coast
opened their second bombard
ment. The shells from this evening's
bombardment fell mostly in ru
ral coastal areas. At first they
came minutes apart, but the in
terval then lengthened.
It was thus a day of unprec
edented double action against
Britain, loosed by the Nazi ar
tillery on the French coastline
and supported by hundreds of
planes.
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Story of a Bowery Bpllflre Who
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Janie's Biggest and Basil
JANE WITHERS
KENT TAYLOR-KATHARINE ALDRI06E
ELYSE KNOX LAURA HOPE CREWS
JESSIE RALPH-HARRY SHANNON
VAUGHAN CLASER.RAND BROOKS
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starring JOAN BENNETT
FRANCIS LEDERER - LLOYD NOLAN - ANNA STEN
Maria Ouspenskaya - Otto Kruger - Johnny Russell
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