NEXT WEEK AT ROANOKE RAPIDS THEATRES
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Stewart, Garland, Lamarr In The
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ZIEGFELD GIRL
Featured Film Here Next Week
Reviving the Golden Age of
musicals, “Ziegfeld Girl’’ is ac
claimed as topping the imposing
list of lavish productions sche
duled for 1941—also as being
Hollywood’s most elaborate spect
acle since “The Great Ziegfeld”.
Opening at Peoples on Sunday
and moving up town for a two
day run on Monday and Tues
day, the picture combines an all
'star cast, spectacular production
numbers, magnificent sets, and
brings together a galaxy of the
most beautiful girls in America.
A strong dramatic story, written
by William Anthony McGuire,
is interwoven with the trio of
scintillating production numbers,
“You Stepped Out of a Dream”,
“Minnie from Trinidad”, and “We
Must Have Music", which furnish
unexcelled highlights for the film.
, The picture tells the story of
three girls—Susan Gallagher, San
dra Kolter and Sheila Regan—
played by Judy Garland, Hedy
Lamarr and Lana Turner respect
ively. It tells of their jump from
Obscurity to fame, and its effect
on their lives. The dazzle and
glamour of the Follies prove too
much for Sheila, who in the end,
ill and disillusioned, dies on the
eve of Susan’s success as the
Follies’ new star.
Young, her truck-driver sweet
heart, who loses Sheila to the lure
of the show and fascination of
wealthy Geoffery Collis, played by
Ian Hunter. Tony Martin, as the
singing star of the Follies, be
comes infatuated with Sandra
who remains loyal to her hus
band, Franz (Philip Dorn), and
who gives up her career as a
Follies' beauty for his love.
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. Charles Boyer and Margaret
Sullivan are co-starred to bring
to the local screen the dramatic
screen version of “Back Street”.
A story of warmth, tenderness,
and tragedy, it will be presented
at the Peoples Theatre on Monday
and Tuesday of next week.
Miss Sullavan, independent-spir
ited girl in the Cincinnati of the
’90’s rides in Richard Carlson’s
first horseless buggy, jokes with
Frank McHugh, the drummer, and
falls in love with. Boyer, who is
passing through.
rneir love is Desec oy miscnanee,
as Miss Suliavan’s attempt to
reach Boyer’s boat, on which he
planned to marry her, is thwarted.
They meet five years later in
New York, where Boyer is a
successful banker and married.
The old love is rekindled brightly.
For years she is his second life,
unable and unwilling to give up
the great love they have for
each other. When he is gone for
months, she decides ta marry
Carlson, but meet Boyer again,
and loses her resolve.
Many more years pass, still
greater success comes to the inter
national banker of repute, and
still Miss Sullavan is his second
companion. In France, his son,
Tim Holt, upbraids Miss Sullavan
for her persistence, and Boyer
comes upon them. The boy refuses
to understand,and Boyer, broken,
suffers a stroke and dies. Her
purpose in life gone, Miss Sul
lavan follows him, a picture of
what might have been, save for
mischance, coloring her final
vision.
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“Topper Returnes”, a comedy
mystery, with Roland Young,
Joan Blondell, Carole Landis,
Dennis O’Keefe, will be shown at
the downtown theatre on Wednes
day and Thursday of next week.
Miss Landis and her friend, Miss
Blondell, have just returned from
the Orient and Miss Landis is on
the way to see her father, Warner,
for the first time in her life. A
couple of attempts are made on
Miss Landis’ life, and during the
first night that the two girls are
in Warner’s house Miss Blondell
is murdered by mistake. Miss
Blondell’s ghost immediately goes
into action and enlists the aid
of Cosmo Topper, Young, to try
and solve the crime. From there
on the action is fast, furious and
funny, with trap doors, gags, and
hokum galore woven into the
screenplay’s general pattern. One
sequence with Anderson and a
seal is a riot.
Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, and
Dorothy Lovett will be presented
at Peoples Friday of next week in
the film, “Lucky Devils”.
Arlen and Devine are newsreel
cameramen for Mercury Newsreel.
To get a scoop on the competition
Arlen sends a phoney news bulle
tin to the other reels over a
teletype machine run by his girl,
Miss Lovett. She loses her job
and breaks their engagement, but
Arlen promotes a job for her
as a radio newscaster. A couple
of saboteurs enter the picture
and the pace of the action in
creases. Paying Arlen back for
the trouble he made for her,
Miss Lovett sends him off on a
fake story. However, things pop
and Arlen and Devine square
themselves with everybody by
rounding up the saboteurs.
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Saturday of next week will see
Bill Elliot return to the Peoples
Theatre screen in- the rough and
tumble western film, “North From
The Lone Star”. A chapter of the
“Sky Raiders” will be added.
Mrs. J. H. Coleman of Cumber
land, Md., was a recent guest
of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Rightmyer.
Mrs. Dolph Edwards and Miss
Jane Edwards spent Saturday in
Richmond.
Miss Beth Matthews of E. C. T.
C. spent the week-end here with
her mother.
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Mrs. Henry Fowler and daugh
ter, Carol, from near Whiteville,
are spending some time here with
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Fowler and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Hydia Crawley and
daughter, Doris, spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Pittard and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hawkins
visited Mrs. C. M. Hawkins and
daughter Sunday.
Friends will 'be glad that
Eunice Greene has improved af
ter being confined in-doors sev
eral days with measles.
Worth Mabry and his father
from Wake Forest visited in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. S. B.
Fowler Sunday.
Mr .and Mrs. Lawrence Denton
from Raleigh, Mr. and Mrs. Her
bert Harris from near Enfield
and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Butts
were the guests of Mrs. Edward
Greene and daughters Sunday
afternoon.
Henry Fowler from Fort Bragg
spent Sunday here with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. W .L. Cullom from
Roanoke Rapids spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mitchell
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Alston and
daughter from Hollister spent Sat
turday night and Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Pittard and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Thompson
and family and Mrs. Alice T.
Greene visited Mr. and Mrs. S. A.
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PROGRAM WEEK OF
APRIL 20, 1941
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SUN
Ritz Brothers-Andrews Sisters
Argentine Nights
MON-TUES
Richard Arlen-Andy Devine
DEVIL’S PIPELINE
WED-THURS
Sidney Toler-Jean Rogers
DEAD MEN TELL
FRI-SAT
John King-Ray Corrigan
TRAILING
DOUBLE TROUBLE
Added:
Green Hornet Strikes Again
Cullom and family of Aureliai
Springs Sunday.
Mr .and Mrs. W. G. Mitchel
and children, and Mr. and Mrs
W. L. Cullom visited friends in thi
Aurelian Springs Community Sun
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Morgan an(
sons visited Mrs. Hattie Woodruf
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Adkin:
visited Mrs. Liza Cullom Sunday
Wyatt and Ethel Hawkin:
visited Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Haw
kins Sunday afternoon.
Willis Hill from Rome, Ga.
visited friends in this Community
loot A/T An rl o ir
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hale
from Roanoke Rapids visited Mr
and Mrs. Paul Hawkins Sunday.
Lillian Hawkins spent last weet
in Washington, D. C., with friend;
and' relatives.
Tom Carpenter from New Hope
visited Mr. and Mrs. Tommie
Hawkins and family Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hale
from Roanoke Rapids, Mr. anc
Mrs. Wilson Lucas from Jack
son, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Dicken:
and Rhoda Lucas from Weldon
and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hawkin;
from this Community were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Johr
Lucas Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hawkin;
were in the home of Mr. and Mrs
C. F. Hawkins a while Sundaj
afternoon.
George Arington from Warren
ton was the dinner guest ol
Hubert Hawkins Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Hawkim
i were the guests of Mr. Hawkin’s
mother, Mrs. V. T. Hawkins, Sun
day.
1 Mesdames Clifton and Paul
• Hawkins were shoppers in Roa
: noke Rapids Friday.
Bevz. D. D. Broome and child
[ ren were the dinner guests of Mr.
= and Mrs. Claudde Hawkins Sun
day.
1 Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Pittard,
■ and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Haw
1 kins visited Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
' Pittard and family Sunday even
ing.
1 HAWKINS CHAPEL CHURCH
Sunday School Sunday morning
1 at 11 o’clock. Come and bring
one with you.
; Reappointed To
Tax Committee
Washington, April 17.—C. W.
Davis, superintendent of schools
at Roanoke Rapids, has been re
appointed to the Committee on
Tax Education of the National
1 Education Association, it is an
nounced at headquarters of the
! Association, national professional
organization of educators enroling
over 790,000 teachers in its own
and in affiliated groups.
The committee to which Super
intendent Davis has been named
serves as a clearing agency on
tax education and carries on a
systematic program enlightenment
systematic program for public' en
lightenment as to taxation for
social needs.
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