Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume], July 19, 1945, SECTION B, Page 7, Image 19

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FINE CAST IN DOWNTOWN
MOVIE, "OUT OF THIS WORLD"
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Mnday, Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday at the Peoples: Once
mere Paramount scores solidly
with a picture starring Eddie
Bracken in “Out of This World.
For sheer unadulterated fun this
musical comedy rates plenty of
attention, relating a deliciously
humorous story with all the trim
mings.
Ingenuity and imagination have
been employed in a highly divert
i;g| take-off on the bobby-sock
wmship of the swooner-crooners
of the Frank Sinatra school. And
Bracken applies all his comedic
talents to make the gags come off
resoundingly. The comedian is in
hij finest form and is ably abet
ted bv Veronica Lake, Diana Lynn
{and Cass Daley in malting uut
of This World” a grand dish of
entertainment for everyone, every
where.
| jBracken is a telegraph mes
senger who suddenly finds himself
catapulted to fame as a crooner.
So many persons have a financial
interest in him that things get
pretty badly gummed up. Largely
responsible for his plight is Miss
Lynn, leader of a girl-band anxious
to get into radio. Everything is
straightened out satisfactorily, in
cluding a romance between Brack
en. and Miss Lynn.
^he use of Bing Crosby’s voice
in Bracken’s singing sequences
adds immensely to the merriment.
It is a smart twist that audiences
will appreciate no end.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday:
A timely story which takes an ef
fective jab at those who are not
above capitalizing on a war hero,
2 ever, a dead one, and at the same
time offers a little lesson in Am
eManiem, makes "A Medal for
• Benny” deserving of lots of screen
time. Effectively played by a cast
headed by Dorothy Lamour, Arturo
De Cordova, J. Carrol Naish, Mik
hail Masumny, Rosita Moreno and
others, it is alternately amusing,
charming and moving.
Miss Lamour, playing it straight
and in simple, not too attractive,
full length dresses, delivers a swell
Mrformance as the belle of
Msano settlement in a small Cali
fornia coastal city, a settlement of
happy-go-lucky descendants of the
original Spanish settlers and In
dians Betrothed to Benny Martin
who, having been run out of town
for indulging in his favorite past
time, beating up police sclua“s
Miss Lamour is being pursued ard
ently by De Cordova. She remains
steadfast until De Cordova con
fronts her with the proof of Ben
d’s faithlessness, in the person of
Rosita Moreno.
Comes word uai
died a hero’s death in the Philip
pines, and has been awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor
posthumously. The city fathers de
cide to cash in on the publicity at
tendant upon the presentation of
the medal to Naish, as the father
of Benny, who has become Ameri
fa’s “Number 1 Hero." They find
jaish about to be evicted from
is hovel in the Paisano settle
ment for non-payment of rent.
They move him into an attractive
home—for the period of the cere
monies, fearing that pictures of
the hovel would do the city no
good when they were circulated
around the country. The attendant
publicity dramatizes Miss Lamour
as Benny s oereavea swenuciu v,
lending complications to her un
dfeclared love for De Cordova
V Naish learns that through him
self, his son’s heroism is being ex
ploited by the city’s promoters.
He moves back to his hovel and
ignores the ceremonies of the
medal presentation, which brings
the governor, the general and the
honor squadron to the Paisano
hovel, where his hero son was
born and grew up. De Cordova
joins the Army and his and Miss
JLamour’s betrothal is not to M
^announced until his return.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Moseley
and children, Buddy and Linda
Carol, spent several days last
week in Broadnax, Va., with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mose
ley. t
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PROGRAM FOR
NEXT WEEK AT
THE IMPERIAL
Sunday at the Imperial will be
“I Love A Soldier,” a return pic
ture starring Paulette Goddard
and Sonny Tufts.
Monday and Tuesday: “Pillow to
Post” with Ida Lupino and Wil
liam Prince, supported by Sydney
Greenstreet, Stuart Erwin, and
still others is a breathless comedy
that will provide plenty of fun.
The picture is another finding
its inspiration in the housing
shortage. The one in need of
quarters this time is Ida Lupino,
who is trying to sell oilwell equip
ment for her pop to help solve the
manpower shortage. To get accom
modations near a camp she has to
pose as an Army wife. She in
veigles William Prince, an officer,
lu piety at matrimony to sustain
the duplicity. The complications
are countless and quite amusing
for the most part. A good deal of
the fun stems from Prince’s efforts
to keep Sydney Greenstreet, his
superior officer, Jrom finding out
the truth. As per expectations, the
girl and the lad wind up loving
each other and altar-bound.
Wednesday: "Jungle Captive”
is the name of the movie and Ot
to Kruger and Amelita Ward play
the leading roles.
This is another one of Univer
sal’s variations on the Franken
stein theme of bringing a person
to life to the accompaniment of
gurgling test tubes and flashing
lights. This time the monster is a
woman. Paula, the Ape Woman.
But a woman with a beard and
a low forehead, as it is excitingly
demonstrated in this film can be
just as deadly as any other mon
ster with screws in its neck.
This film easily merits its “hor
ror” classification for, despite the
zeimneantisruiiidcmiwyp mmmmm
use of all the familiar ingredients
there is a pace and tenseness to
"Jungle Captive” that will hold
an audience’s attention.
The story has to do with that
familiar mad doctor who is ob
sessed with restoring rabbits, mon
keys and humans to life. This time
the doctor kidnaps his woman as
sistant and pumps her blood into
the body of the Ape Woman which
he had stolen from a morgue. The
doctor is murdered by the Ape
Woman and the assistant is rescu
ed by the other half of the roman
tice-interest team. There’s little of
plot novelty in this film, but the
old plot is still good for thrills
as acted by Otto Kruger, Rondo
Hatton and a pack of vicious dogs.
Thursday and Friday: Johnney
Weismuller and Brenda Joyce will
play in a movie packed with act
ioon and thrills, “Tarzan and the
Amazons.”
Tarzan and his son are eagerly
awaiting the return of the jungle
lord’s wife, Jane, from England.
As the apeman heads downstream
to meet his wife, he pauses to
rescue an Amazon from the clutch
es of a black panther, returning
the girl to her home beyond the
mountains. Tarzan’s wife arrives
accompanied by a group of scient
ists who desire to obtain informa
tion concerning the Amazons,
which is refused by Tarzan. The
apeman’s son, however, leads the
part yto the lost city of the Ama
zons where the party repays good
treatment with rifle and looting.
The warlike women, although their
losses are heavy, kill all but two
of the visitors and capture Tar
zan’s son, who is doomed to die.
Tarzan arrives in the nick o’time,
for the rescue, after killing the
two scientists who had escaped,
ana returning the stolen loot.
The jungle scenes, with lions,
leopards, monkeys and elephant#,
are highly realistic, and the ex
cellent photography of the lost
city of the Amazons makes an
incredibly beautiful picture. Jdhnny
Weissmuller in this one has much
more ease as Tarzan, making him
a powerful and thoroughly sympa
thetic character. while Johnny
Sheffield, as Tarzan’s son. is also
entirely credible. Brenda Joyce is
Jane, wife of Tarzan, and she
plays the part with simplicity and
grace.
Saturday: Jimmy Kakely and
Lee White will play in "Spring
time in Texas.”
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OTTIS J. REYNOLDS
Attorney And CounseUor-at-Law
Roanoke Rapids, N. a
Kidd Building
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{PEOPLES
X SVN. ■ MON. . THES. WED.
X Eddie Bracken - Diana Lynn
1 OUT OF THIS WORLD
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D. Lamour - Arthuro de Cordova
A MEDAL FOR RENNY
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SUNDAY
Paulette Goddard - Sonny Tufts
K LOVE A SOLDIER
MONDAY - TUESDAY
I da Lupino - Sydney Greenstreet
PILLOW TO POST
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Otto Kruger - Amelita Ward ♦ *
JUNGLE CAPTIVE I
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Johnny Weissmuller - Brenda Joyce jt
TARZAN AND THE AMAZONS |
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Jimmy Wafcely-Lee White 1
SPRINGTIME IN TEXAS 1
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