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PAGE SEVEN "Lady Be Good", Opening At Craterian Today, Boasts Array Of Stars 'EL "Texas" With Brilliant Cast, Coming Wednesday "Sergeant York" Opening Today. ITALIAN SKIP DAMAGED Boston, Nov. 29 (AP) The freighter Africander formerly the Italian ship Aussa, taken un der the ship selsur act last March, returned to port damaged today after putting out on do fense mission on Nov. 17. They Called Her "SCAR-FACED SHE-DEVIL!" AYS mi Robert Young And Red Skelton In Leading Roles Three Day Run. Ml MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER SO, 1941. a-:.-.- iW Mickey Rooney went to the president' birthday ball In Washington. As a result, Red Skelton is knocking them dead in Hollywood, making his latest appearance in "Lady Be Good," In company with such stars as Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern and Robert Young. The picture opens today at the Craterian theatre. As a guest performer at the birthday ball, Rooney was intro duced to Master of Ceremonies , Skelton. Skelton had his audi ences in a complete laugh panic. Rooney was so Impressed that when he landed in New York he could talk of nothing else to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executive J. Robert Rubin. As the result, Skelton was given a screen test, and is now hailed as that com pany's greatest comic discovery, Skelton plays a song plugger in "Lady Be Good," which re volves about a song-writing couple who click on Tin Pan Al ley. In addition to a top story and top tunes, the film presents unusual dance numbers with Eleanor Powell introducing three new routines. Presenting Ann Sothern once again as a song star, "Lady Be Good" is but the forerunner of pictures which will see Miss Sothern utilizing her rich, lyric- soprano voice. NAB DESERTER Spokane, Nov. 29. (J? Her bert Stanley Fuller, a deserter from the Canadian army at Van couver, B. C, today was sen tenced to 90 days in the Spo kane county Jail and ordered then turned over to Canadian officials. k jjivjw SSL A mighty cavalcade of action comes to the Craterian theatre for a four-day showing Wednes day with the opening of "Texas," epic new thriller of the great Southwest. William H o 1 d e n , Claire Trevor and Glenn Ford are starred in the exciting story of the early days when Texas cattlemen found themselves fac ing almost unsurmountable odds taking their cattle through to Abilene, Kansas. George Bancroft, Edgar Buch anan and a huge cast are in support. L-- ..- . , J ALONG SEA LANES London, Nov. 29. (Pi The German air force is sowing "con siderable" mines along the sea lanes off the west coast of Eng land through which some United States ships coming directly to Britain must sail, an authorita tive source said tonight. He said that this mining had been a continuing process but that the British had been "very successful" in dealing with air sown mines, although the "nui sance value" to the Germans had been enormous, considering how many men were required to keep the approaches swept clear. Return Showing Melvyn Douglas and Conrad Veidt are starred with Joan Cradford in the strange drama, "A Woman's Face," opening a three-day run today at the Roxy theatre. A story of a girl whose horribly disfigured face resulted in her turning her hatred on the world, the picture gives the glamorous Miss Crawford an en tirely new characterization than those in which she usually appears. DEAN FORD ORDERED TO AIR CORPS POST Goodfellow Field, San An gelo, Texas. Nov. 29. (Spl ) With the opening of the new Sherman - Denison Air Corps Basic Flying school 60 miles north of Dallas, Texas, 2nd Lt. Dean Wallace Ford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bennie E. Ford, of Medford, Ore., has been ordered to proceed there for immediate 'duty. Lt. Ford attended Oregon State college. victor Moon, the actor, 1 super stitious ot the month of August for during that month all bla family's misfortunes occurred. The story of Alvln York, bet ter known to millions of Ameri cans as "Sergeant York," is brought to life on the screen of the Rialto theatre where lt opens a full week's engagement today. Gary Cooper is starred in the title role, with Joan Les lie and Walter Brennan heading the supporting cast. The widely-heralded biogra phical tribute to one of the World war's greatest heroes has been acclaimed from coast to coast as the greatest picture of the year. In addition to the ex citing war sequences, including York's famous capture of 132 Germans, the film play shows the other side of Alvin York, little known to most, as the Ten nessee mountaineer, who "got religion," became a conscientious objector, yet emerged as one of the greatest heroes of all time. WITHHOLDING TAX SEEN INEVITABLE Washington, Nov. 29. JP President Roosevelt will call treasury experts and congres sional leaders to a White House conference, probably next week, to seek an agreement on the substance of proposed new tax legislation. Plans for the meeting were disclosed today by Chainsan George (D-Ga) ot the senate fi nance committee, who told re porters he expected any new revenue program to provide for a payroll withholding tax. ACTOR'S FATHER DIES Centralia, Wash., Nov. 29 (JP) John F. Bickel, 82, father of Frederic March, noted stage and film star, died here early today at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Ripley. A resident of Racine. Wis., all his life, Bickel came her 16 months go. ANN MUELLER awlit CARD ana CBYSTAL HEADER has returned from Portland T!J Sherman. Dial stls stoning joanCRAWFORD DOUGLAS CONRAD VEIDT MELVYN 0n MASSEN Reginald OWEN ALBERT BASSERMANN MARJORIE MAIN DONALD MEEK f Show! I Today f MATINEE I I Door Open I I at 1:45 I I tte-lle Inc. U Cartoon la Technicolor SNUFFLES TAKES A TRIP- LATEST NEWS EVENTS EVENING Doors Opaa at S:S te-lle taa. tax MEDFORD CAN SEE IT WALTER BRENNAN and JOAN LESLIE George Tobias Stanley Ridges SPECIAL PRICES THIS ENGAGEMENT: Matinees: Adults 40c Kiddies uur 15c Evenings: Adults 55c Kiddies vn" 25c ALL PRICES INCLUDE GOVERNMENT DEFENSE TAX Matinees Today: Doors Open 1:30 Show at 1:43 4:00 Evenings: Door Open (3:45 Shevt Start at 7:00-9:30 i v r v 1 ctSI r. V- 'Jr t I' I 1 1 g 1 it w -1 ' - I I SSaEEEEfJEJJ ESalsaEaasJaB( r JjssilBBllMSJSaer l"aB"Enff" ONE FULL WEEK starting TODAY! A PICTURE That Will Add Something to Movie History! o If
