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PAGE SEVEN Errol Flynn Has Modern Role in "Footsteps in the Dark" at Craterian MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY. JUNE 1. 1941 MYSTERY STORY WRITER FORCED TO CLEAR SELF Errol Flynn, dashing star of "Robin Hood", "The Sea Hawk" and "Santa Fe Trail", now has his first modern screen role in recent years in the exciting comedy-mystery. "Footsteps in the Dark", opening a three day run today at the Craterian theatre. Unusually outstanding is the new March of Time which la to be shown on the same program, presenting "Men of the F-BJ. 1941", and showing how the agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation are busy investi gating espionage and sabotage during these troubled times. In "Footsteps in the Dark", Flynn is a mystery story writer who likes to get his material first hand. He gets it all right, but buffeted about by his wife on one side and his mother-in-law on the other, he finds that the least of his troubles is be ing accused of murdering a beautiful blonde. Lovely Brenda Marshall plays the role of Flynn's wife and, with the aid of her suspicious mother, Lucile Watson, succeeds in making a mountain out of a mystery. The police force have their doubts about things too, which doesn't help matters when Errol tries to clear him self. Included in the outstanding cast are Ralph Bellamy, Lee Patrick, Alan Hale, Allen Jenk ins, Grant Mitchell and Roscoe Karns. Gay Family Comedy 'Keeping Company' Opening at Rialto The trials and tribulations of young newlyweds, and particu larly the danger of their first quarrel, becomes the subject for a gay, romantic family comedy in "Keeping Company", today and tomorrow only at the Rialto Theatre. The cast rivals that of the famous Hardy Family, and according to advance reports, the comedy situations and plot is equally as hilarious as the many "scrapes" the Hardys get themselves into. .. .. - - The opening sequence of "Keeping Company" has the Thomas family (little sister, brother, mother and dad) trying to marry off big sister to the "catch" of the town. They suc ceed and from then on their troubles really start as they play nursemaid, kangaroo court and doctor to the lucky pair. Ann Rutherford and John Shelton, two of the outstanding young players of the screen, and both rated as strong probablli-J ties for future stardom, appear j as the youthful bride and ' groom. Miss Rutherford has heretofore played Andy Hardy's favorite girl-friend In the Hardy series. Teamed are Frank Morgan and Irene Rich, as Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, the mother and father of Ann Rutherford. Thirteen-year-old Virginia Wiedler, who Is considered a star at the movie capital, plays the impish young sister who keeps the newlyweds on a veritable keg of dynamite. The story, in brief, is that of a boy and girl and their mar riage. After much plotting on the part of the girl's father and kid sister, the wedding takes place. Then trouble appears In the person of the boy's ex sweetheart. She persists In hounding him and attention to the fact Is drawn to the wife by the town's gossipers. Her Jeal ousy gets the best of her and she returns to her parent's home but with expert and wholesale plotting on the part of her sly old dad and brat of a sister, they are pulled through their big crisis. A strong supporting east In rtudes Gene Lockhart, Lee J Cobb, Gloria Dickson and Gloria Holden. THE CAPITAL PARADE By JOSEPH ALSOP aad ROBERT KINTNER Onrtnu1 Prowl Pr On ms all the German warcraft. This is, in fact, the next step. It has, in fact, been fully pre pared, and the chances are far better than even that it will be taken before many days have paned. Preparations were nvide In three stages. For several months thi- winter the British-American Joint strategy committee com posed of high ranking air and naval officers met In Washing ton to plan a system of shipping "Great American Broadcast" Opens Wednesday it - New song hits, talented enter tainers and a fast-paced story highlight 'The Great American Broadcast", opening a four day run Wednesday at the Crater protection. The system, when completed in theory called for a mixture of convoying and po licing sea lanes through which the convoys pass. While the convoys were still to be escort ed, American long range air craft and naval vessels were also to drive from their paths the German submarines and bombers. . In the second stage, the theory was tested in further discus sions and certain practical nec essities of the new system were met. A delegation of American naval officers from the Atlan tic fleet visited Britain to dis cuss practical operations with They'll Join the Hardy Family For a Place in Your Heart...! mv. You'll grow young again I ii5A as little sister and broth- I VW er and mother and dad . -err - ' set out to "snare" the if Zf towns catch for big 1 aiflnpMfr" l j rtat u nlMla ml ad fan I VT I J Jed Prouty in "Coat Tail." J, ' - ktntiv Flint tftrHt. w -1-.- t . : ;-" - tj-lz Mats I:4S-1:I1 25 lac Tax Kl4tn la ian Theatre. Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, John Payne and Cesar Romero are starred in the film which also features Mary Beth Hughes, radio's famed Four Ink- the Admiralty. Under Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal went abroad to look over the picture as the president's per sonal representative. The Green land base was taken, the British base in Iceland was expanded. Work was begun on additional sea and air bases in northern Scotland. Then in the third stage, the navy itself was made ready to Initiate the new system at the word of command. The Atlantic patrol was established, thus sending more ships out In rec onnaissance over the waters they must ultimately guard. Af ter a bitter controversy between SSKS ..... .u- Thomases . "!.., uu AaBv I t CM spots, the Wiere Brothers and the sensational Nicholas Broth ers colored dancing team that was such an outstanding hit in "Down Argentine Way" and "Tin Pan Alley". the Pacific-minded Admirals with their unending nervousness of Japan and the naval strateg ists enjoying a larger grasp of the war picture, a part of the Pacific fleet was transferred in to the Atlantic. And ships and planes are now where they need to be. Every preparation was made that could be made in the short time available. And the president has been told that within a little more than a month from the day he orders the fleet into action, the battle Of the Atlantic can be won. THE fact that the system of shipping protection is so tit Toar I U-1 30 lac Tax EMOb 16a Devil Dog James Cagney and Pat O'Brien are at it again with wise-cracks and breath-taking adventure in "Devil Dogs of the Air", which the Rialto Theatre is bringing back by popular de mand to play on their "Rialto Re-Issue Days" change starting a three 'day run Tuesday. This exciting story of Uncle Sam's "devil dogs" was filmed in 1935 completely ready to be used is the best reason for expecting it to be used very shortly. At the same time, or a little later, the president may also order pre ventive occupation of such stra tegic points as the Atlantic isl ands and Dakar. Plans to do this are also in readiness, and a powerful faction of the presi dent's advisers is anxiously urg ing him not to wait until he has lost his 'chance. Meanwhile, however, the pres ident is understood to be as con vinced as ever that except in such special cases as that of the strategic points of the Atlantic, the American war effort can be Loaded with Merriment.. .Here's Errol Ultra-Modern Adventure! Full of Action and Laughs . . . Laughs and Action . . . His First Modern Role in 3 Years! TODAY-3 DAYS... Ox -aAfV ' . - 1 .- tbe La test tasu ' . .a latitat. Of 111 Returning with Margaret Lindsay opposite the famous team. The plot deals with a fresh kid (Cagney) who Joins the flying Marine Corps and tries to tell his superior of ficer (O'Brien) what it is all about. He, however, wakes up one day to what the service real ly means after a thrilling inci dent which brings a smashing climax. limited to air and naval action. While preparing his speech he referred frequently to this, ar guing that Germany could be strangled by sea power and that no large American expedition ary force would be needed to conquer her. Only the event can show whether the president is right. For the present, it is enough to know that a definite strategy has been adopted and the time of action is at hand. La Grande, May 31 Police thought days of the old west had returned this week when they were called out to catch a runaway horse team. Molls. ..Murders... in J Z'- ' . .1111 VI T7i Of II P Matt - ... "" t Comedy Team Together for the first time Rosalind Russell and Melvyn Douglas are starred at the Roxy theatre in "This Thing Called Love", which opens a three day run today. A happy, scrappy comedy of love and marriage 'This Thing Called Love" has been heralded the country over as the most comical picture ever to come from the "city of make believe . Others In the cast in clude Binnie Barnes, Lee J. Cobb, Gloria Holden and Gloria Dickson. The film is being single billed in respect to its length and humor. MOUNTED SCOUT TROOP UNIQUE ORGANIZATION Wheaton, 111., May 31 (P Twenty-four members of Boy Scout troop 38 are organizing what their scoutmaster. Gail Reed Jr., says Is one of the few, if not the only, mounted scout troops in the nation. Prl vate stables in this area are being asked to provide horses for the boys, who are of the usual scout age, !2 to 18. Reed and several adult members of the troop committee have had cavalry training. Dm Hall Trlbuna want ads. 9i W s IS na ' v i I'm BRENDA MARSHALL RALPH BELLAMY ALAN HALE LEE PATRICK ALLEN JENKINS Lucile WATSON William FRAWLEY rempMe Sbava Today 1 U-I SK-S:U-:M Sea n lOe It to It-Ms !. New March of Time Shawe Men of FJi.l. "Men of the F3.I. 1M1", March of Time's latest Issue that has been hailed everywhere as one of the finest examples of pictorial reporting ever shows on the screen, is a special added attraction on the Craterian Theatre program opening a three day run today. In a comprehensive picture of the training and work of tha Federal Bureau of Inveetlga tion's staff of laboratory ex. perta and its 2,000 special agents, the March of Time ahowa how this famed Bureau is today preventing and fighting sabo tage and espionage in America'! defense Industries, and la tbua proving itself a vital arm of na tional defense, in addition to the regular crime work that Kaa already vaon for the Bureau tha reputation of being the finest police fortce In tha world. The picture depart from the usual Manch of Time, in that It takes an actual case from tha files of the FJSX and recon structs it with special agents of the bureau playing their real life roles in the film. A typical Instance of espionage involving burglary and murder In a fac tory working on defense order, the "Stuart Case" not only is a gripping raurder-mystery story, but also vividly illustrates tha methods of the F.B.I. In assemb ling, analysing and1 piecing to gether the evidence necessary to find and convict the nation's Internal enemies. Editor Last Kltaa Vancouver, Wash, May 31- (Pi Funeral service war held today for Herbert J. Campbell, 58, editor and publisher of tha Vancouver Columbia, who died early Thursday, Tha body waa cremated. l J 1 ) -tin Tas RMte a
