MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1942.
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Norma Shearer in Sparkling New Comedy on Screen at Craterian Today
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MELVYN DOUGLAS
HEADS BRILLIANT
SUPPORTING CAST
Gail Patrick, Alan Mowbray
In Laugh Hit "We Were
Dancing."
Norma Shearer returns to
comedy, the medium which made
her famous, in "We Were Danc
ing," which opens today at the
Craterian theatre.
Melvyn Douglas appears oppo
site her, and the supporting cast
was chosen (or its ability to
make people laugh. Among the
players are Gail Patrick, Lee
Bowman, Marjorie Main, Regin
ald Owen, Alan Mowbray and
Florence Bates.
The new role reveals Miss
Shearer as a charming daughter
of noble aristocracy as penniless
as she is beautiful. Douglas is
equally high born and Just as
broke. They fall in love on
sight and she Jilts the rich
American lawyer, played by
Bowman, whose fortune would
have brought her family Jewels
out of hock.
The marriage breaks up on
the rocks of adversity, with
Bowman as the happy divorce
lawyer about to marry the pretty
Brass widow. But the two meet
again under different circum
stances, with Douglas as xne
artistic decorator commissioned
to arrange the new home of the
lawyer and his bride.
Now that her former husband
has a Job, she loves him more
than ever and the man of law
takes a second Jolt in the same
place. According to advance de
scriptions, the film is one long
succession of laughs.
Marion Robbins To
Join Organization
Of Gates Furniture
Marlon Robbins, former Med
ford furniture man, will join the
staff of the Gates Furniture
store, according to an announce
ment Saturday by George Gates.
Mr. Robbins will assume his new
duties as manager of Gates' floor
covering department effective
April 1. Mrs. Robbins and their
son will close their home in
Klamath Falls at once and estab-
Ginger Rogers in "Roxie Hart" Role
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Described as "a low-down pic
ture of a high-class girl," Ginger
Rogers' new picture, "Roxie
Hart," comes to the Craterian
Theatre Wednesday for a four
day run. Produced with an eye
to laughs, "Roxie Hart" tells of
the roaring days in Chicago
when a pretty woman could do
no wrong specially if she
knew how to use her wiles on
the Jury.
Adolphe Menjou portrays a
shyster lawyer and George
Montgomery is the young re
porter who falls for Roxie. Oth
ers include Lynn Overman
Nigel Bruce, Phil Silvers and
Sara Allgood.
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Jeffrey Lynn and Jane Wy
man star with Edward Everett
Horton in "The Body Disap
pears," comic mystery full of hi
larious situations, which comes
to the Rialto Theatre for Wed
nesday and Thursday.
The adventures of E 1 1 e r y
Queen are continued in the ad
ded feature, "A Close Call for
Ellery Queen," with William
Gargan replacing Ralph Bellamy
as the famous sle-ith. Margaret
Lindsay keeps the role of Nikki
Porter, his stooge.
lish residence in this city.
Marion Robbins has had many
years of experience in various
phases of the furniture business,
having been associated with
firms here before- moving to
Klamath Falls. In recent years
he has been connected with the
Klamath Furniture company.
Civilian consumption of elec
tricity is being curtailed In On
tario Province, Canada, because
of war requirements.
Jimmie Durante In
Musical Comedy On
Program at Rialto
A new comedy team which
promises to make laugh history
will be introduced to local film
fans when "You're In the Army
Now" opens a three-day run to
day at the Rialto theatre. Jim
my Durante, whose comic antics
have kept movie, stage and
radio audiences in proverbial
stitches for a decade or more,
and Phil Silvers, straight-faced
comedian of stage and recent
movie fame, make up the new
team. Jane Wyman, the Navy
Blues Sextette and Matty Mal
neck and his famous orchestra
provide added laughter with a
grand supporting cast. .
"You're In the Army Now"
tells the hapless adventures that
befall Durante and Silvers, who,
as the ace salesman for the
Whirlaway Vacuum Cleaner
company, attempt to sell a
vacuum cleaner to a tough re
cruiting sergeant. In their en
thusiasm they sign all the
papers he puts in front of them.
and shortly the army has two
new and very bewildered pri
vates. From then on the fun
comes fast and furiously with
Durante and Silvers fitting as
neatly into army life as two
square pegs into two round
holes.
"The Gay Falcon," carrying
the adventures of the new mys
tery man Into new mystery and
excitement, plays as the com
panion feature with the army
comedy. George Sanders plays
the "Falcon" and Wendy Barrie
plays the little woman who is
always one jump behind the
minister.
Ashland G-G Crops
Celabralion Plans
Ashland, March 28. (Spl.V
Chamber of commerce directors
Friday voied to cancel any plans
for an Ashland Fourth of July
celebration this year.
At the meeting Friday It
was pointed out that officials
of the western defense command
have informed Mgr. Dean Pie-
per oi tne cnamber that any
"Schnozzola" Goes Wacky in Khaki
and YOU'LL Go Daffy With FUN!
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Roxy Headliners
Four great stars of the silver
screen Robert Taylor, Joan
Crawford, Greer Garson and
Herbert Marshall have starring
roles in "When Ladies Meet
comedy which opens a threeiay
run today at the Roxy Theatre
plans would be subject to last-
minute cancellation, due to the
war emergency. Furthermore,
the patriotic angle of keeping
crowds down to a minimum on
the strategic Pacific coast was
given full importance.
Ray Marti Leaves
For Oakland Post
With Western Auto
Charles Pritchett, local West
ern Auto Supply company mon
ager, announced that Ray M.
Marti, the store's outside sales
man for the past three years,
has been promoted to manager
of tho furniture department in
the Oakland, Calif., store.
Mr. Marti has resided in Mod
ford for the past 10 years and
is well known to many South
ern Oregon residents. He plans
to leave for his new position this
week.
Mr. Pritchett also stated that
the store's recent extensive re
modeling program is progress
ing rapidly. The store, upon j
completion, win nave neany
double the floor space with a
new two-tone tile floor. The in
terior will be completely redeco
rated and rearranged to make
room for their new home fur
nishings department, it was
learned.
FUTURE PLANS
New York tU.Rl Because of
the bombing airplane and air
raids, the era of the skyscraper
is over, according to Harvey
Corbett, fellow of the American
Institute of Architects and de
signer of many giqnt structures
throughout America.
There will be no more sky
scrapers built, he said, because
they "are not a necessity from
any point of view, and they only
causa undue congestion in the
street wherever they are
grouped."
This revolutionary view from
the man who was chairman of
the architectural commission of
the century of progress exposi
tion at Chicago and associate ar
chitect for the Rockefeller
Center development, has a dis
tinctly utilitarian basis.
'Certainly, he said, "in an
air raid it is easier to think of
people getting down to earth
from a five-story building than
it is from a SO-story one. I used
to be strong advocate of sky
scrapers but I have changed my
mind.
"If the bombing airplane Is
to remain a permanent instru
ment In war, and history proves
mai no instrument of war in
vented by man has ever been
given up until man has Invented
a more terrific one, then I would
say that a four or five-story city
would be safer and better than,
one with a lot of skyscrapers
such as we build in America." .
Corbett also foresaw channa
in the types of construction
materials used and a greater ef
fort to make the environment fit
the man rather than the other
way around. These new struc
tures, he said, will be fore flex
ible in their uses and built "with
the greatest engineering skill,
the most effective design and
talent."
CASUALTY STATION AT
JACKSON SCHOOL NOW
A complete casualty station
has been set up at the Jackson
school by residents of that area
who have organized a civilian
defense unit, a spokesman for
the group reported yesterday.
First aid supplies have been pre
pared and medical, dental and
nursing services arranged for
any war emergency.
The group meets at the school
at 2 p. m. on the second and
fourth Tuesdays of each month.
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