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Porcupine Advance, 29 May 1941, 1, p. 6

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«Early Ambitions _ ‘The intense ambition with which Miss Kelly‘s screen career has been marked, had its beginnings when she mdcherdebutasachndwtressm "The Great CGatsby." Throughout her "Besides, the ‘One Night in the Tropics‘ role was one of my first ‘"light‘ parts after a series of dramatic films. I fel} that going blonde might help me to effect a change in characâ€" terization." means changes in makeâ€"up, colouriAg or other physical changes," Miss Kelly stated.â€" "That‘s one reason why I ofâ€" fered to make the alteration." .. _ .Not only does Miss Kelly have one of her firs}t comedy roles, and not only does she make her singingâ€"dancing deâ€" but, but she adapted herself physlcally to fit the characteritation. ' ~Contrast Required W’hen the ambitious® Miss Kelly was ecast opposite Allan Jones in| "One Night in the Tropics," she insisted that there should be a decided contrast beâ€" tween herself and Peggy Moran, the "other girl" in the story. Both ‘girls are darkâ€"hair*d, so Nancy dyed ‘her own hair blonde. "An actress should adapt herself to various characterizations even when it â€"A new Nancy Kelly, dramatically and physically, is seen in Universal‘s eoplorful romantic comedy, "One Night in the Tropics," at the Palace theatre Friday, Friday midnight and Saturâ€" day, May 30th and 31st. . Has Gay Role in "One Night = in the Tropics." Nancy Kelly Turns Blonde for Picture at Palace Theatre _ Busby Berkeley, who directed «Babes in Arms‘"‘ and "Forty Little Motâ€" hers‘"‘ directed the new picture. The dramatic climax in the radio station is marked by a lavish musical finale, feaâ€" turing Gershwin‘s "Strike up the Band" with specialties by Judy and June Preisser, a spectacular driuim solo by Mickey in the Drummer Boy numâ€" ber and many comical embellishments. _ The cast includes such clever juvenâ€" es as William of ‘Shop Around the Corner‘ fame, Larry Nunn, from the Irens Rich radio show and Marâ€" garet Early of ‘Forty Little Mothers.‘ Others prominent in .the proceedings include Ann Shoemaker, Francis Pierâ€" lot, Viriginia Brissac, Elliott Carpenter, George Lessey, Enid Beanett, Harlan Briggs, Sarah Edwards, Milton Kibbee and Helen Jerome Eddy. deâ€"Ay.‘ Dramatic moments include Mickey‘s scenes with his mother and the epiâ€" sode in which Mickey and â€"Judy find one of their pals near death and use the band money to save his life. Whiteâ€" man and his orchestra in action, the big broadcast and other thrills mark the action. Modern song hits such as *Nobody‘: and ‘Our Love Affair‘ conâ€" trast with June Priecsser‘s Anna Held Imitation with ‘I Just Can‘t Make My Mickey and Judy, high school pals, organize a modern swing band in the school. Paul Whiteman announces a national radio contest for school bands. Whey proceed to raise money to make the trip to Chicago to compete. They stage a comical travesty on old time stage melodrama with such â€" songs gems as "The Curse of an Aching Heart," "Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl" and others â€" Mickey manages to give Paul Whiteman an idea of the band‘s proficiency when they ‘borrow‘ the Whiteman band inâ€" struments. | ‘‘Btreamilined song hits and ancient m that evoke hilarious . laughter, comedy, romance of youth, and heartâ€" ‘throbs are all.combined in "Strike Up the Band," merry musical with Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Paul Whiteâ€" man and drchestra and clever youngâ€" sters, many of whom appeared in «"Babes in Arms‘"‘ It comes to the New Empire June 1st and 3rd. e To Be at the New Empire, . June 1st to 3rd. Behave‘ and ‘"Ta Ra Ra Boomâ€" .'flé $ St. ary‘s Joutnalâ€"Argus; â€"She â€" ‘‘Mother and Dadthink‘we ought to mrait at least a ‘monthâ€"before â€"we get married." I dislike long enâ€" gagements." «Sheâ€""So do Iâ€"â€"but we‘ve got to give them enough time to find a larger apartment." â€" â€" In addition to Wendy Barrie and Kent Taylor, ‘"Repent at Leisure" preâ€" sents George Barbier, as Wendy Barâ€" rie‘s sympathetic father; Rafael Storm, as the stuffy nobleman; Nella Walker‘, as Wendy‘s society mother, and Thursâ€" ton Hall, Charles Lane, Cecil Cunningâ€" ham and Ruth Dietrick, in the supâ€" porting cast. Taylor‘s sensational success at the store as the new general manager reaches a climax when he inadvertâ€" ently learns,what everyone else in the establishment already has found outâ€" that he‘s married to ‘the boss‘ daughâ€" ter. Disillusioned, he quits his job, leaves his wife and joins a rival conâ€" cern, bent on bankrupting his fatherâ€" inâ€"law‘s concern. His efforts in that endeavour, his brokenâ€"hearted wife 5 desperate at.tempt.s at reconcfliabiqn the meddling of the jilted nobleman, and the ultimate reunion of the estranged couple when their adopted infant faces a sudden danger, all lead to the conclusion of this entertaining: REKO Radio feature. From| this point on the absorbing story isâ€"saidâ€"to attain aâ€"{fast and merry pace. The happy bride secretly inâ€" forms her father : of her marriags, preâ€" vails upon him to advance her husâ€" ‘band‘s career at. the store, and in the meantime keep her amibitious mother in ignorance of the situation. al bridge party. Gigeved over the young man‘s predicament, Wendy sugâ€" gests they get married, which they do, and forthwith adopt a baby, the pretty bride still continuing her masquerade as a poor girl. « When Taylor learns he is going to be discharged because he is a single man, he impulsively tells his immediate suâ€" periorithat he is married and has a child, which precipitates a crisis when his boss invites him and his wife to tide her over until she obtains a job, and from this friendship romance is born. On the bus she meets Kent Taylor, a clerk in her father‘s store who is a nice fellow but overâ€"impressed with his "How to Succeed" philosophies. The runaway heiress gives him a fictitious name, and |poses as an unemployed model. â€"Thinking she is in need of money, the young salesman offers to â€"Weaving its novel story around the lhectdc marital problems of a daughter of the. rich and> a handsome clerk in her father‘s big department store, "Reâ€" pent at Lelsure," which will be at the Cartier theatre Thursday midnight, Friday and Saturday, May 29th, 30th, 3ist, on the double feature programme, including Boris Karloff in "The Black Room," presents Kent Taylor and Wendy . Barrie in the romantic leads. Said to bristle with sparkling comedy and warm, human drama, the film presents ‘Miss Barrie as the daughter of a merchant tycoon. Aided and; abetted by her kindly parent, she runs away from marriage to a foppish forâ€" eign nobleman, a match sponsored by her society mother. Cartier Theatre Presents "Repent at Leisure." Fast Comedy Drama Repliete with Thrills Romance and Fun Peggy Moran, Nina Orla, Vivian Fay and Richard Carle have chief supportâ€" ing roles and A. Edward Sutherland Five., new Jerome :Kern â€" numbers comprise the musical score. Bud Abbott and Lou. Costello and Robert Cummings share starring "roles lar arising from the sale of a millionâ€"dolâ€" _ _ One person earned a dismissal senâ€" tence on a charge of robbery with vioâ€" lence. Two persons were charged with theft and one was dismissed while the cither was given a suspended sentence. One man charged with theft from the person was dismissed. One man charged with threatening was given a sugpended sentence. Twelve persons were .charged:â€" with â€"vagrancy andâ€"four: of them were convicted, six were disâ€" missed, and two were given suspendedl _â€" One man charged with indecent exâ€" posure was given a suspended sentence. One man charged with nonâ€"support of his wife and family was given a susâ€" pended sentence. Four charges of being in possession of counterfeit money brought three dismissals and one imprisonment. One man was conâ€" victed of being in possession of an unâ€" registered revolver. Two persons were charged â€"with receiving stolen good.s and both were dismissed. ; : Four persons were charged with asâ€" |sault causing actual bodily harm‘ and ‘three of them were fined or imprisâ€" oned while one was dismissed. One person was charged with cruelty to animals and was convicted. Two peoâ€" ple were charged with being drunk in charge of a car and both were conâ€" victed. One was charged with forgery and was convicted. One person chargâ€" ed with illegal possession of gold ore was committed for trial at a preliminâ€" ary hearing here. Two others faced the same charge and one was dismissed while the other was convicted. Andy Clydeâ€"Comedy A total of 181 persons were arrested in the past month and 127 of them were fined or imprisoned. Seventeen of them were given suspended ‘senâ€" tences. Thirtyâ€"seven were withdrawn or dismissed. One man was commitâ€" ted for trial in the past month. | SHORTS , Battle of Brains-â€"Canadn Carrles On.â€"No. 1 Coloured Cartoon Latest V The two police cars travelled a total of 4232 miles in the past month, the report shows.= In travelling that disâ€" tance the cars were fed 298 gallons of gas and 17 quarts of oil. One of the cars averaged 12.36 miles to the gallon and the other 14.34 miles. MASCIOLI THEATRE Toâ€"day Only â€" Fri Police ‘department dm'lnc the put month. That amount was made up of police court fines, J. P. fees from R Godin, stenographer‘s fees, transporâ€" tation refunds and prlsoners meals reâ€" funds. Almost a thousand dollars was colâ€" lected in police eourt fines in the last month. ~The exact was $921.00 of which $647 was turned in to the town treasurer. The remainder of the amount goes to the provincial treasurer. BUSTER KEATONâ€"Comedy f mmml_.x POPEYE CARTOON Another Big Fotoâ€"Nite Tonightâ€"Who will sell their pho{ phs for the sums offered?â€"1st offer $250.00; 2nd offer $1 Over Seventeen Hundred DoHars Turned Over to Town of Over seventeen hundred dollars was turned over to,the treasurer of. the Town of Timmins by the Timmins Another Big Fotoâ€"Night Thursdayâ€"Whe Will Sell Photograwh for the Sum Offered? With Florence Rice and Barton MacLane. NEWS REEL Friday, Friday Midnight and Satul‘hy, May 30th and 31st . â€" s ABBOTT and COSTELLO. AND ALLAN JONES in Sunday Midnight, Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, June 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4 Toâ€"Day Onlyâ€"Thursday, May 29th ROBERT MONTGOMERY, CONSTANCE CUMMINGS in "HAUNTED HONEYMOON" : . Road to Zanzibar" Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour "ONE NIGHT IN THE TROPICS" Thursday Ounly Jane 5th WALTER PIDGEON AND DONALD MKEK in "SKY MURDER" JEAN ARTHUR. WILLIAM nomm AND WARREN WILLIAMS in "Secretâ€"7" PALACE €€ SHORTâ€"News of the World SHORTS AT THE TIMMINS THEATRES Father Perroult. . - Mrs. Langlois whose parents were Alâ€" Sturgeon Falls, May 28â€"The funeral of Mrs. Alfred Langlois, age 46, was held in Warren, Monday, May 25, from St. Thomas Church. l The service was conducted ‘by Revy. C. Daigle, brother _of Mrs. Langlois, asâ€" sisted ‘by© Rev. J. Pouloit and Rev. Timmins Man Bereaved _ by Death of His Sister Thirtyâ€"seven persons were charged with breaches of the Traffic byâ€"laws and twentyâ€"nine of them were conâ€" victed. Seven of them were dismissed and a warrant of commitment was isâ€" sued for the other two. Enght charges were laid under the other byâ€"laws and five of them were convicted. One of them was withdrawn and the other two were given suspended sentences. _ _ One person was dimissed on a charge laid under the Mental Hospitals Act. Five persons ‘were charged with not having registration cards and forxr of them were convicted under the Parâ€" ents‘ Maintenance Act. One. person was charged and convicted on a charge laid under the Petty Trespass Act. One person was charged and convicted on a charge laid under the Special War Revenue Act. One person was disâ€" missed on a charge laid under the Vicious Dogs‘ Act. Fitzpatrick Traveltalk Stranger Than Fiction were charged under the Liquor Conâ€" trol Act and nineteen of them were convicted â€" with one being , dismissed. Thirtyâ€"nine persons were charged with being intoxicated and thirtyâ€"seven of ; them were convicted with warrants of ‘commitment being issued for the other Under the Children‘s Protection Act one person was charged and was given a suspended sentence. One perâ€" son was charged under the Dentistry Act and a warrant of commitment was issued. One person was charged under the Deserted Wives and Children‘s Maintenance Act and was given a disâ€" missal. Four persons were charged under the Master and Servant Act with two of them convicted and two of them drawing dismissals. One perâ€" son was charged under the Medical Act and a warrant of commitment was "Philadelphia Story" Starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart the second one was dismissed. In the offences under the.Statutes fifteer persons were charged with breaches of the Highway Traffic Act. Fourteen of them were convicted while Under the Juvenile Delinquents‘ Act two . boys were charged with turning in a false fire alarm and one of them "The Great Swindle" Starringâ€"Jack Holt a.â€"No. 1 / â€" Latest War. News and Satur. SCHUMACHER Phone 60 .. Twenty persons <~1 Friday‘s Revivalâ€"One Show Onlv at 9.40 CARROLL MUSICAL COMEDYâ€"History Repeats unu PRESTON FOSTER and ELLEN D SERIALâ€"JUNIOR G. MEN No. 8 ! "C3 ERONIMO” Starringâ€" Dead End Kids and Litile Tough ( trea. w reqnest our patrons to attend the Theatre not later t VMeore Trifies of Imnortance Added Shortsâ€"PEOPLES OF CANADA â€" BABY SEAL Cartoon Friday‘s Revival One Show Only at 9.40 JOHNâ€"GA GARFIELD, in "DUST BE MY DESTINY" ADDED SHORTS Humted Mouseâ€"Cartoon © Tuesday and Wednesday. June 3rd and 4th Thursday and Friday, May 29th and 30th ’l‘hursday and Friday. June 5th and 6th EDDIF ALBERT and JOAN LESLIF in GOLDFIELDS Saturday, Sunday Midnight and Monday, ADDED SHORTâ€"Take it or Leave itâ€"No. 4 Mouseâ€"Cartoon ._â€" Paramount News Eplsoode Na Bâ€"WINNERS OF 'l'llE WEST WILFRED LAWSON.and SONNIE HALE, in "THE PHANTOM STRIKES" “HORROR ISLAND” BOB CROSBY AND JEAN ROGERS in Double Feature .Programme DICK FORAN and PEGGY MORAN in May 31st, June 1st and 2nd. BILL BOYD in _ "IN OLD â€"COLORADO®" "THIEVES FALL oUT ADDED "LETS MAKE MUSIC" ° Critically injured yesterday morning about elevenâ€"thirty, when the car in which he was driving was involved in an accident across the Mattagami River Bridge, Peter Dredhart, 22, 9 Wilcox Street, North, lies in St. Mary‘s Hospital today suffering from a conâ€" cussion of the brain as well as a numâ€" ber of minor lacerations and abraâ€" . Imnortance NT ~â€"â€" _ Skinnay Ennis Jt Happened to Crusoeâ€"Cartoon â€" * s j Interment was in Wamn cemem'y Peter Dredhart is Seriously Injured in Auto Accident Received Concussign of the Brain in Crash at Mattaâ€" gami Bridge Yesterday . Many people attended the funeral with members of the Third Order of St, Francis and ladies of the Federaâ€" tion also attending. Daigle, Cache Bay; and Wilfred, Timâ€" Daigle, at home; and five brothers, Eugene, Warren; Valmore, Warren: Adrien, Kirkland Rev. conra.d ng as pallbeare o Te ce . As well as her husband and parents, Mrs. Langlois is survived by two sisters Adrien, Valmore and Wilfred Daigle, 66 PL. Terror" Hits "pancing Lady " Coming Sunday Midnight Blala, Warren," Ra.che‘l' bat 25 6 1 me »B Es uin ObA is kaAl L110 Clark Gable, Franchot Tone and Joan Crawford in on +. Sergeantâ€"Hi, you can‘t go in (.here! Privateâ€"Why not? "Because that‘s the general‘s Wut." "Then why has he got private’ on the door?" "Stop asking why. Do you think I‘m a fool?" . â€" "I don‘t know yet. I only came here yesterday."â€"Globe and Mail. Provincial police, who investigated the accident, said this mor ning that a charge of dangerous driving is pendms against Dredhart who was driving the car without a driver‘s license. Charges are also pending against Edmond Morin, who owns the car. Police say that Morin was wrong in letting a man drive the car who had no license. The car is jointly owned by Edmond and Laurent Morin, of 17 Mountjoy street. and on the same side of the road. When it hit the second car the driver was hurled out of the seat on to the ground. The car then swerved across the road and crashed headâ€"on into a telaphone pole.© After hitting the pole the car is said to have bounced back awbhout fifty feet. m the bridge and it c car on the left side of the road the impact ripped the door open and pracâ€" tically tore the door off â€"the car. After hitting the first car the coupe ‘conâ€" tinued and glanced off another car that was parked ahead of the first one With WILFRED LAWSON LINDON TRAVERS Last Showing Toâ€"Nightâ€"Thursday May 29th Wednesday and Thmrsday, June 4th and 5th "LADDIE" Starrlnz-'l'lM HOLT, VIRGINIA GILMORE ANn JOHN CARROLL MUSICAL COMEDYâ€"History Repeats Iuell SERIALâ€"JUNIOR G. MEN No. 8 Starringâ€" Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys Sunday Midnight, Monday and Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, May 30th ang 315t "MARK OF ZORRO‘ _ Starring TYRONE POWPR, LINDA DABNELL AND BASIL RATHBONE POPEYE CARTOONâ€"With Poopdeck Plppy Adults ......... Children Starringâ€"MICKEY ROQOONEY, JUDY GARLAND AND PAUL WHITEMAN SHORTâ€"Picture People No. 1 “COMMUNITY PRICES" EVERY ‘DAY A’l.' THE NEW EMPIRE THEATRE, P Matmee ; Evemnzs "RD FINGER LEFT HAND" Starring MELVYN DOUGLAS and MYRNA LOY Serialâ€""JUNIOR G MEN No. 7" TODAY, â€"FRI. and SAT. June 1st, 2nd and 3rd "STRIKE UP THE BAND" HONE 173 ....... 300 Adults ...... ...... 12e Children .. 200.. Anthuywmfldhamwhlt: 101â€"at maturity and: would be callable during 1960 and after, the yield would: be 3.00 per cent. _ The five and a hald year bonds, maâ€" turing Dec. 16, 1m.andbwmnm per cent. coupon, would be sold at 9D y\e!d 2.19 per cent. They would be r_edeemed at maturity at 100 and would not be callable before maturity. \ He said cash subscriptions may be pald in full at the time of application without accrued interest or the bonds may be purchased by instalmentsâ€"10 per cent. on application, 15 per cent ~July 15 and> Aus' 16, 20 per cent Sept. ° 16 and: Oct. 15, and 20.17 per cent on the three per cent. bonds or 19.52 per\ cent. on the two per cent bonds Nov. 15\ â€"â€"the â€"last: payment lncludmx accrued : interest. Holders of Dominion of Canada Naâ€" tional Service Bonds ¢maturing Nov. 15 this year have the opportunity to exchange them for bonds of the Vicâ€" tory Loan 1041 "at an attractive price", surrender value of the National Service Loan five per cent. bonds, with final coupon â€" attached, will be 102.16 per cent. of par value. The differencé beâ€" tween the turnâ€"in value of the ‘old bonds and the subscription price of the new bonds will be paid in cash. 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