Daily Times-Gazette, 1 May 1948, p. 14

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SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1948 Jiminy Cricket is the "center of attraction for live players Edgar Bergen and Luana Patten; manikins Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd, and cartoon characters Mickey Free," Walt Disney's excitin opening on Wednesday, at the Regent Mouse and Donald Duck who mingle in full-length musical with color by Technicolor, "Fun and Fancy Theatre. Hollywood's latest contribution-- make it "entry"--in the cavalcade of famous horse racing pictures is Republic's "That's My Man," a Frank Borzage production which "gets off" Monday at the Marks 'Theatre. This new classic -of the turf is gifted with an exceptional cast that includes Don Ameche in the starring role of Joe Grange, an inveterate and seemingly incurablé gambler, who stakes his personal happiness on & fast horse. Matching Ameche is Catherine McLeod, charming newcomer and Borzage-discovery, who zoomed to stardom in her ini- tial Republic picture, "I've Always Loved You." Miss McLeod plays the. sensitive role of Ronnie, the gambler's 'wife, whose love and de- votion helps him, ultimately, to find himself. Topping the list of supporting players is the capable Roscoé Karns, in the role of a reminiscing taxi driver and Joe Frisco, famous song- and.dance man, as the race track bound ' passenger who lends a will- in ear to the hack jockeys tale. 8 in the cast are Frankie Darro, Kitty Irish and John Ridgely. Limned against the ever-fabulous background of Hollywood, the story begins on a rainy day in Christmas week when Joe Grange quits his dull job -and suecumbs to:a lifelong ambition to own and train a race horse. He acquires his hayburner-- ur-week-old colt. Joe also ac- a wife--Ronnie--who is sym. path with his hopes but has her doubts\as to where it will lead them. Ronnie broken-heartedly steps aside to let him go his way alone. Added Hit "BURY ME DEAD" The plot of the film deals with the struggle between two sisters and a mysterious killer for the con- trol of a large estate and with an apparent murder by mistake. | Stars Have Future Four of the stars of "Bury -Me Dead" are almost certain to become | high-ranking members of filmdom's acting royalty in the near future. Cathy O'Donnell won the acclaim | of the nation's critics for her su. perb performance in Samuel Gold- wyn's Academy Award winner, "Best Years of Our Lives." Greg | McClure made a sensational screen | debut in "The Great John L."| shortly before being called up for | sérvice in the army. Mark Daniels | made an excellent impression in a leading role in Moss Hart's "Wing- | ed Victory.' June Lockhart has re- cently been seen in an important | featured role in "The Yearling." l Their performances in "Bury Me Dead" enhance their reputations | greatly. Miss O'Donnell is seen as a girl whose life is shadowed by a | » haunting memory. McClure, plays | the part of a professional boxer. | Mark Daniels and Miss Lockhart | play a young husband and wife who | are involved in a series of myster- | qui | ward). | count and elope. | swiftly, and the story mounts to a REGENT Robert Young, Susan Hayward and Jane Greer receive acclaim for fine performances in the stellar roles of RKO Radio's new dramatic offering, "They Won't Believe Me," which opens at the Regent Theatre on Monday and tells the story of a charming weaklirig who plays havoc with the lives of three women who love him. Married to a wealthy wife, likeable New York playboy Lary Ballantine (Robert Young) can live the care- free life he craves. Women fall for his charm, and he makes no effort to resist them. His wife, Gretta (Rita Johnson), knwos of his weak- ness and fights to keep him loyal to her by the only means she has-- her money. When Larry falls heav. ily for one of her friends, Janice Bell (Jane Greer), Gretta buys him a luxurious estate in Califor- nia, and for the time being, Janice is forgotten. In Los Angeles, Larry becomes emotionally involved with gold-dig- ging Verna Carlson (Susan Hay- When Gretta finds out she buys a remote ranch in the High Sierras. pursestrings, Gretta forces Larry to find ways to meet Verna, and they plot to clean out Gretta's bank ac- Tragedy follows smash climax with Janice taking a prominent part in bringing about Larry's retribution. Irving Pichel directed from a inal story. Joan Harrison produced under the executive supervision of Jack J .Gross. By threatening to close her go along, but he still manages to | screenplay by Jonathan Latimer | based on Gordon McDonell's orgi. | ODEON-BILTMORE--You'll see Peggy Cummins and Victor Mature (pictured above) along with Ethel Barrymore and Vincent Price in the filmization of Joseph Shearing's best seller "Moss Rose" a startling adventure in suspense at the Odeon-Biltmore Theatre, on the same program with opening Monday the delir Spirit" starring Jack Oakie, Coy. iously Relightsul story of a very charming Peggy Ryan, Andy Devine, Buster Keaton and the sensational dancing of Canada's Johnny THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE host entitled "That's The June Vincent, Arthur Treacher, BILTMORE MYSTERY THRILLER PLUS COMEDY KOMANCE BRING TOP STARS HERE MONDAY With a superb cast starring Peggy Cummins, Victor Matiire and Ethel Barrymore, Twentieth Century-Fox has brought the sensational best- thriller, "Moss Rose," to the screen, and in so doing has given movie- goers a gratifying piece of motion picture entertainment to cherish for a long time to come. The picture, which opens its local engagement Monday at the Odeon- Biltmore Theeatte, has managed to | trayals, direction and production gives "Moss Rose" its standout pow=- er and fascination. The story revolves about Peggy Cummins, who plays a cockney chorus girl who has her heart set on some day crashing the "upper cpust" of society; and Victor Ma- tire, who portrays a young- and moody nobleman whose craving for extra.curricular romantic excite- meent sends him on excursions far afleld from his own class habitat. But no simple boy-meets-girl set- up is this, for Peggy is not content to be a sweet young thing; she's ready to--and does--use any means, distill a powerful potion of emotion, TT suspense and fascination that is all | too rare in most of our so- called | psychological thrillers. As a matter | of fact, although the g¢haracters in- volved in this ansofiyns story of murder and violence have, perforce, certain "psychological" quirks, it is | to the everlasting credit of. all in- | volved in making the film that not | a 'single psychiatrist was drésgeq | in to haze the picture with pseudo- psychological claptrap. A truly un- usual plot involving some mighty | interesting charadters, brought into sharp, clean focus by excellent por- - ® BOYD VALLEAU ® 'Louise Thomson ® Shirley Harmer Oshawa and District -- First Annual MUSICIAN'S BALL LOCAL 149 AF. of M. Featuring ORCHESTRAS of ® BERNARD TIERNEY With Vocals by ® VAN WALKER ® Walter Scott ® Steve Salmers Tickets on Sale:--Box Office, Jubilee Pavilion; Mitchell's Drugs; Jury and Loveli, South Store; Detenbeck's Man's Wear; Dunn's Men's Wear; Kinloch's Men's Wear. CONTINUOUS DANCING 9-1. PER PERSON ....... . "ious murders. JUBILEE PAVILION FRIDAY, MAY 7th $1.00 MARKS--Rod, Cameron drives along California's Tamara Shayne (L) and his co-star, Maria Montez, famous El Camino Real with in Universal-Interna- tional's new Tecinnicolor production, "Pirates of Monterey," which comes to the Marks next Thursday. "Champions in the Making." on the same program is Ba bara Ann Scott in fair or foul, to get out of the cab- aret chorus line. When, after a visit from Mature, Peggy's girl friend js found murdered, Peggy blackmails Vic, and is soon en- trenched in his country estate as his protegé--much to the suspicion and jealousy of his doting mother and his fiancee. 'With Scotland Yard hot on the heels of the murderer of Peggy's friend, the situation in the Mature household becoming more intense, HEATLEY | TODAY Marks -- "The Raider" 1.30, 3.45, 6.00, 8.15, 10.40. "Surprise Hit" 12.25, 2.40, 4.50, 7.05, 9.35. Last complete show at 9.20. Blitmore--"Perils of Pauline", + 12.30, 3.02, 5.25, 7.48, 10.15; "Lawless Valley" 2.05, 4.28, 6.51, 9.18. Last Complete Show, 9.18. Regent -- "Thunder in the Val- ley" 1.30, 3.25, 5.20, 7.15, 9.15. Last complete show 9 p.m. OPEN THIS SERVICE STATIONS TONIGHT to 9p.m.- SUNDAY 10a.m. to 11p.m. WEEKEND BILL'S GARAGE COR. RITSON & OLIVE MILL'S MOTORS 265 KING W. MOREY'S COR. GLIDDEN GARAGE & VERDUN RD. HOUSTON SERVICE STATION 67 KING W. VIC McLELLAN'S SERVICE STATION COR. PRINCE & BOND and with the relationship between Peggy and Vic becoming more com. plex, subsequent occurrences and complications force the suspense and excitement: higher and higher to a truly smashing climax. 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