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Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon Stars of Craterian Romance Today
MEDFOKD MATi; TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OKEflOf, SUNDAY, SEPT. 11. 1941.
EDNA GLADNEY IS
INSPIRATION FOR
BRILLIANT DRAMA
Marsha Hunt
Picture Is
Technicolor.
In Cast
Filmed In
Inspired by the life of Edna
Gladney, a woman who has
placed more than 2,000 babies
in happy homes, "Blossoms in
the Dust," opening today at the
Craterian theatre, co-stars Greer
Garson and Walter Pidgeon for
the first time.
' Besides, departing from the
usual Ho'llywood formula for
drama, the film, photographed
in Technicolor, shies away from
the ordinary brilliant tones for
merly used and for the first
time uses color as a means of
furthering the plot rather than
catching the eye. Only delicate,
pastel tonet are used, but they
serve to accentuate the brilliant
titian coloring of Miss Garson.
Miss Garson and Pidgeon
have an opportunity as Edna
and Sam Gladney to depict one
of the screen's tcnderest ro
mances, and their work in es
tablishing a home for unwant
ed youngsters brings the prob
lems and struggles of the pio
neer workers in the field of
child welfare to the screen for
the first time. Today Mrs. Glad
ney is superintendent of the
V-Texas Children's Home and Aid
Society at Fort Worth.
Featured in the supporting
cast are Marsha Hunt, Felix
Bressart, Fay Holden, and more
than 800 children, ranging from
a 17-day-old infant to young
sters of seven and eight.
The story traces the life of a
beautiful and vibrant girl from
the time of her meeting with
an impetuous Texan to their
marriage. Mellowed by a life
which sees her through the loss
of both her husband and child,
she devotes the remaining years
to finding homes and a proper
environment for thousands of
homeless waifs.
Tillie The Toiler
Steps From Comics
To Rialto's Screen
"Tillie the Toller", honey of
the funny page, makes her
starts
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That Medford is rapidly be
coming prominent In the avia
tion world is emphatically
proved in "Dive Bomber", the
spectacular all-Technicolor air
thriller coming to the Craterian
Theatre Wednesday. During the
action of the picture Medford is
given its due consideration as
the pilots talk about their var
ious flights.
Errol Flynn, as a flight sur
screen debut today at the Rialto
Theatre in one of the most de
lightful comedies ever brought
to the screen. The picture plays
today and tomorrow only at the
popular Main Street showhouse.
Said to be a redoubtable running-mate
to "Blondie", that
other comic strip heroine who
has made good in Hollywood
and whose pictures are now
regular nvist-sees for twenty
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a test pilot for the U. S. navy,
are co-starred and the top scene
shows the preparation for one
of the tests with (lower) the ac
tual test in operation. Others
in the cast include Ralph Bel
lamy, Robert Armstrong, Regis
Toomey, Allen Jenkins and a
sensational newcomer to make
male hearts beat faster Alexis
Smith.
million fans, "Tillie the Toller"
comes to life as a likable young
woman, attractive, neither too
intelligent nor too dumb, con
cerned with dates and clothes
even during the eight hours she
devotes to business, but stiU ab
sorbed in her Job, both to the
delight and delirium of her boss.
Tillie is the stenographer in
the dress house of Simpkins and
Company, where she has several
A Fighting, Red-Headed
"Lone Star" Beauty!
She Saved More Live Than
The Gallant Texas Rangers!
Thrill to the story ef Edna Cladnef ... In
a drama as human . . as heart-touching
as the memorable "Boys' Town"
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Special! Norman Sper Gives the Lowdown
in "FOOTBALL THIS WEEK"
"Washington Melodrama" Coming
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Ann Rutherford plays Frank
Morgan's daughter, and Kent
Taylor a newspaper editor who
helps her to extricate Morgan
from a blackmail mystery- tak
ing place In the world's most
dramatic city the capitol of the
devoted admirers. Mr, Simp
kins It not one of them, because
she practically wrecks his busi
ness and his temper before she
rescues the first and restores the
second,
Tillie s admirers Include Mac,
the diminutive, callow young
ster whose admiration of Tillie
is sincere and whole-hearted;
Wally Whipple, whose admira
tion of Tillie rarely transcends
his admiration of himself, and
Ted Williams, a handsome
"smoothie" who hands the poor i
little working girl a line so deft
ly that she becomes as starry
eyed in his presence as Mac is
in hers.
Kay Harris was chosen by
Penny (Blondie) Singleton to
play the title role of "Tillie the
Toiler", and according to ad
vance reports, she Is a splittin'
image of the Russ Westover
character. William Tracy plays
"Mac", George Watts it seen as
Mr. Simpkins", Jack Arnold has
the role of "Whipple" and Mar
Jorle Reynolds portrays "Bub
bles". Others In the cast are
Ernest Truex and Franklin
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Melodrama" which comes to the
Rialto Theatre for Tuesday and
Wednesday. Others in the large
cast are Lee Bowman, Fay
(Mother Hardy) Holden, Vir
ginia Grey, Anne Gwynne and
Sara Haden.
In "Nice Girl"
Deanna Durbin reaches the
age of sophistication in her new
romantic comedy, "Nice Girl",
which opens a three day run to
day at the Roxy Theatre. With
her In the cast are Franchot
Tone, Robert Stack, Robert
Benchley and Helen Broderlck.
Deanna sings "Old Folks at
Home", "Perhaps", "Love at
Last" and two other popular
song hits in "Nice Girl."
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New Demonstration Agent
Leads Unit Rally Meetings
With a series of rally meetings already under way, home
extension units of Jackson county are opening a full year's pro.
gram under leadership of Miss Marian Farrell, county home
demonstration agent, who assumed her new duties the first of
the month.
Miss Farrell. coming here
from Portland late in July, grad
uated from Oregon stale college
in 1939, and for two years
taught home economics in the
Lebanon high school. She suc
ceeds Mrs. Jacqueline B. Jones,
who resigned last month after
Miss Marian Farrell
serving one year as home dem
onstration agent. Mrs. Jones is
accompanying her husband on
a business trip to Arizona at the
present, after which they will
continue to make their home In
Medford.
A number of new projects are
being offered by the Oregon
State college extension service
this year, including health
emergencies In the home, citiz
enship, outlook on life after
forty, and women in business
and law. Other projects round
ing out the year's work program
are line, design and color In
clothing; meals from the pantry
shelf; Rnd cooking of meat or
frozen foods.
A general discussion of these
projects is being given by Miss
Farrell when she meets with
each unit at rally meetings dur
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In "OUTITUL BUT DUMB 'PLfHTY DUMB1"
Alse Nermaa Spec's Gridiron Predictions in "football This Week"
ing September. Unit rally meet
ings scheduled are: Ashland,
Sept. 16; Medford. Sept. 17;
Evans Valley, Sept. 18; Phoenix
Sept. 19; Prospect, Sept. 22:
Riverside, Sept. 29 (tentative);
Sams Valley. Sept. 26; Oak
Grove Sept. 30; Howard, Oct. 2,
Six other units already have
held their rally meetings. Miss
Farrell will be assisted through
out the year by members of the
coui.ty executive committee, and
will be accompanied to the rally
meetings by a committee mem
ber. The committee is comprised
of the following: Mrs. Bernle.'
Dixon, Rogue River, chairman;
Mrs. Violet Hamilton, Sam Val
ley, vice chairman; Mrs. Dolly
Stevens, Phoenix, secretary;
Mrs. Mary Hash, Bellview,
treasurer; Mrs. Mildred Ager,
Ashland; Mrs. Eula Middlebush
er. Prospect; and Mrs. Nora
Strauss of Central Point.
Malta commandery No. 4, of
Ashland, will hold annual in
stallation of officers Wednesday
evening, September 17. The
public is invited. The ceremony
will be held In the Masonic
temple in Ashland and Knight
Templars from Grant Pass,
Klamath Falls and Yreka have
been Invited.
Officers to be installed are
commander. Otto W.. DeJarnett,
Medford; generalissimo, George
R. Carter, Medford; captain gen-
ANN MUELLER
Kl CAHI and CHY8TAL
KKAUKK has returned from
Portland
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-and the latest
News Events
eral. Dr. Marcus E. Woods, Ash
land; treasurer, George W. Dunn,
Ashland; recorder, R. Z. Dei
rick, Ashland; senior warden,
Ray E. Frisble, Medford; junior
warden, H. H. Mayberry, Ash
land: warden, Vivian T. Wilson,
Medford; standard bearer, Karl
Nims, Ashland; sword bearer.
Glen Fabrick, Medford, and
sentinel, William F. Loomls, Ash
land. Preceding installation cov
ered dish dinner will be served
in the banquet room at the
temple at 6:45 p. m. The tempi
will furnish hot chicken pie,
coffee, cream, rolls and ice
cream. Members have been
solicited to furnish salads, cakes,
etc.
Cloalnt tlm for Claaalllad Ads
a. m. Too Lav to dually liM p.
There IS
Something
New Under
the Sun !
it's called
"FOOT
BALL THIS
WEEK"
The lowdova oa
the nation's grid
teams
Norman Sper
(The nation's fore
most football au
thority) a . tells you who's
who and whit's
what oa the 1941
football schedule
WHO will be
winner of the Pa
cific Coast Confer
ence . . the Big
in ... East ...
M'dwest ... South
eastern . . . South
era . . . Southwest
... Missouri Val
ley . . Big Sevoat
WHO will meet
at the Pasadena
Hose Bowl oa Jaa.
1, 1942???
Norman Sper
. who ha the
highest battlag ar
rage of them all
... gives you hit
Ideal . . . ia
"FOOT
BALL THIS
WEEK"
Starting Today
(howlnf ihraiTMaj)
at the
CRATERIAN
& RIALTO
K complete e w
blue each week a
for 13 weeks
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