Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume], July 12, 1945, SECTION A, Page 10, Image 10

About Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1931-1948

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SON JA HENIE - MICHAEL O'SHEA
STAR IN "IT'S A PLEASURE"
Program scheduled for Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday at the Peo
ples will be “It’s A Pleasure,”
starring Sonja Henie and Michael
O’Shea. This production is an eye
stunning romantic musical in tech
nicolor. The film is packed with
glamor and breath-taking beauty.
This is about Michael O’Shea,
a likeable fellow and a whirlwind
on the ice; in fact, he is a champ
in professional hockey. From afar,
Miss Henie admires him. When he
is permanently disqualified by hit
ting the referee to hard and too
often, she stands by him as others
look the other way. Eventually,
they marry and tour the country
in an ice carnival. They are pretty
happy, too, and would have re
mained that way if not for the
designs of Marie McDonald, wife
of Bill Johnson, owner of the
show.
She is after O’Shea and, when
she cannot get him, fixes it so
that no one else can by getting
him plastered to a fine point of
absorption. Unable to appear that
night, he quits. Presumably he
goes off with Miss Me. and steps
out of Sonja’s life as she goes up
the usual ladder of fame, fortune
and bright marquee lights. Mean
while, O’Shea has redeemed him
self by taking a bunch of under
privileged kids in hand. Eventually
the two get together for the
clinch.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday will be the famous
comedy team, Abbott and Costello
in “The Naughty Nineties.”
The story, has Alan Curtis, Rita
Johnson, and Joe Sawyer, a crook
ed trio, swindling Henry Travers
out of a major share of his show
boat in order to establish it as a
gambling ship. Abbott and Costel
lo, employed by Travers, attempt
to retrieve his share and rout the
crooks. Curtis, falling for Collier,
Travers’ daughter, goes straight by
cheating his partners when John
son and Travers decide to draw
cards for all or nothing.
PROGRAM FOR
NEXT WEEK AT
THE IMPERIAL
Sunday at the Imperial will be
“Hail the Conquering Hero,” star
ring Eddie Bracken and Ella
Raines.
Monday and Tuesday Donald
O’Connor and Peggy Ryan will
play in ‘‘Patrick, The Great,” a
cute musical comedy with the
young couple living up to the
reputation they’ve built. Not a dull
moment exists in this picture that
O’Connor makes his come-back
after an absence from the screen.
The exuberant O’Connor sing3,
dances and clowns his way through
a story about a father and son
competing for the starring role in
a big Broadway musical. Dad al
ready is established as a star; son
:'f. just beginning to feel his way.
although nis talerh is unquestion
ed. How pep clears the way for his
offspring Is engineered in most
amusing fashion.
The sweil Bertram Millhauser
Richard Lane, the near-sighted
police inspector.
Thursday and Friday: “See My
Lawyer," starring Olsen and John
son, who do their stuff as they
stampede through this comedy with
disregard of everything but their
business of getting laughs. Seven
songs are given and the supporting
cast is nothing but among the best.
Saturday, Johnney Mack Brown
will pfey in “Gun Smoke.”
Seaboard Ry.
Battalion Is
In Germany
Headquarters, Army Transpor
tation Corps, Europe:—The Sea
board Air Line-sponsored 722nd
Railway Operating Battalion has
rolled across the Franklin D. Roose
velt bridge at Mainz, Germany, to
speed delivery of material to the
First Army. Out of the chaos of
War, this force is now rebuilding
rail lines that will supply American
occupational forces.
Word comes back that the atti
tude of German laborers and rail
road workers is surprising to the
Americans who find the ex-super
men eager to work. Major Curtis
A. McRee of Raleigh, N. C., and
commanding officer of the 722nd,
called a meeting of the various
“chefs” or crew foremen and had
a thorough understanding with
them about the German workers.
Each "chef” had to assure McRee i
that he was not a member of the ?
Nazi party (this story is carefully I!
checked by Counter-Investigation I
Corps before the German is certi
fied for work). These “chefs” then
gave further assurance that there
would be no sabotage and accepted
full responsibility for each crew
man. At the moment, German
track gangs are working with GI’s
on the 93-mile line from Bielefield
to Kassel repairing bridges and
roadbeds and filling bomb craters
Company "A”, commanded by Capt.
William CL McCormick of Savannah,
Ga., is supervising all maintenance
of way work.
A detachment of Company “C".
which is commanded by Capt.
James R. Thorne of Greeleysville,
S. C., lives in a converted box car
at Kassel. The men cook and sleep
in this car which has been their
quarters for nine months. Two
units from this outfit brought the
first train of the 722nd over the
Rhine at Mainz on April 18th.
Capt. Lynwood B. Alexander, of
Jacksonville, Fla., has the major
ity of his Company “B" living in a
65-car train at Kassel, although
small detachments of “B” Company
are working in the roundhouse at
Warburg. This home on wheels has
lights, running water, radios, a
steam table which keeps food hot
for 24 hours, and a dining room
for both enlisted men and officers.
The men also have their own day
room, mail room, shower cars and
a complete work t'.iop in which anj'
job can be done. To cap the climax,
there is a telephone in each car
which enables Alexander to com
municate with ocher units of the
battalion wherever they may be.
The ear in which the officers
live was once the property of the
British Army and was used by Eng
lish officers at Dunkerque. The
Sermans captured it there, but in
due time, it fell into American
bands.
Say this for the Russians. They ■
lon’t kiss and make up with such I
is Argentina, who offer to be I
:riends only because the brutes 1
hey helped are finally beaten.
uorotny uennett script wnicn
Frank Ryan directed with great
competence has O’Connor dividing
his interest between two gals. Miss
Ryan and Frances Dee, but dad,
Donald Cook, takes the latter off
his hands to add to the romantic
content of the production.
. Wednesday: ^Boston Blackie
Booked oh Suspicion’’ with Chester
Morris and Lynn Merrick will be
(featured one day only at this
theatre.
Impersonating a famous auction
eer in an honest effort to aid a
friend, Blackie soon finds himself
hip-deep in trouble when he auc
. tions a fake Dickens first edition
for a tidy sum.
> The complications become com
. pounded when a murder develops,
and Blackie, for self-acquittal, goes
adventuring to clear things up for
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♦ Sonja Menie - Michael O'Shea
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SUNDAY
Eddie Bracken - Ella Raines
HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO
MONDAY - TUESDAY
Donald O'Connor - Peggy Ryan
PATRICK, THE GREAT
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