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TIN THE PAXTAGRAPtl. IIJJNOlS MIV. fcUI TX I) It. THEATER WEEK Showing HereThisWeek Short Subjects Another Girl Gets a Lift Too Much Troublo Just to Eat 1 1 OLLYWOOD rrs OklaKoman 'ImpoHed' From Russian Ballet HOLLYWOOD lT ievim. lljfa." with Jtmn Stewart and Imim llW-rd.

HOLLYWOOD Sua an- Mlado. Rum cUrxer tft- Taar4ay-aatara'r "Staler Kmny. BY JIM FOX. f.t ta 0 other This one concerns Jack Riley. Knox.

iW joins the ranks of tot Mfrj cf mKt' hose rbe to fame In- 0f new i -Ur Tec one of the maintenance men at I Vtllr, eludes whatever lift may comej -AiianuC was t.m the irvin. nhen tie was deins wtt ia inta ao4 Jotw a 9 from serving as an elevator years aro in OkUhonv. C.xj similar work at the Majestic an iElTJnd JK! 4W tjKh aroi i re rr-alr Vw.t m. -1 r. i.ltKa rarr cf l.fxa lt tt Alan Ladd an t.rWilrv- I tufat atd.

I act with a well-trained monkey came through Bloomington, we (J Betty Garrett, signed MOM 4 -rwr VWfar ari as result ti nr nit roie In rr-xr; t- ll a Craal To iW YwnL to LasiM Brnaka and Jimmy Lioyd. 5 -Call Me Mum', V- rf '-t. -fJL 3 are told. The monkey's various antics on the Majestic stace made a profound impression on Riley. Annw." with k-ddta Alortt and aa Hroadway Marlow: -Shadow On Tht wiut I wife of Larry CThe jonnny mk.

arw, n. iiaiuo. Its trainer also had a great deal Th U. S. DrtJiMrmt tf Art-.

fT iff I of confidence in the monxey's saadayTaatday -Tha tltd Wt Ing an elevator In Seattle. culture was tn urns cf c4 she won a scholarship to, The broad brear.rd trtxvie a w.r. Tlva vita Humpnray tlovart and Imuran tx lability to be on his own. and at rail; "Whita TH and Tatta. i'h study in the nirhborhood play-! breed ef turker tvarUcuUtlr IS tm-M r-ce tn Dutvaa and F.lla Rainaa.

MaaaayTaaraa? I Ay I houve In New York city. Iprttant for bouis. muuraMv trm- ian night left it in one of the dressing rooms located on the floor under the Majestic stage. The would then return to his hotel. Lavad Vou." wiut Maria thim7i land Philip Dam: "Cnm Of Tha -iur.

ith Staphanta UacSwkn and Our informant tells us th.it in iiron. elderly woman who worked J. JL'V; i7aT omT around the theater was somewhat wita wullani Bod and I Audi CIlTda. ITn4 7 UvS LKJ crippled and every now and then TODAY aquae Saadav-Maaaa---Claudia and Iad." would spend the night in another with Hnbarl YtMvc and Dorothy Mc-1 dressing room under the Majestic ti rf. a On the morning in which J''Jir stage.

"Cantmntal ftum-l may. arllh Carnal WiMa. Jaanna Cram: we are interested. Riley came to the theater to do some work, lie knew the monkey was below MAKES 'Mrn Trianatv. ttiio Fvaia YOU FEEL LIKE and Hiyna llauo.

rrldat-aaiarday Rauly and tha stage, but didn't know the woman was down there. He had occasion to go downstairs for something Bandit. Hh Gilbert Ruland: -tr by with Uanrnc Tray and Anna Janraya. and nearly collapsed when a voice A MILLION! 1 inquired sweetly, "What time is it, Mr. Riley?" Greer Garson's Without waiting to find out who was speaking.

Riley made a byline out of the place. He ater explained that he knew the mo.i- Near Drowning key was smart, but he became a little upset when he thought it had been taught to talk too. Have you ever been at the -Thai's what youll tell everybody, offer you'vo soon tho glowing lovo story of tho richest man in town-who didnlt.hava a.dimol Used by Joker .4 scene rom It's a Wonderful Life" feature opening at the Irvin today. movies and noticed what appears to be a little bug or worm dancin around the edges of the picture? Chances are the wiggly little lines HOLLYWOOD. t-V) Greer were being made by a small.

Carson, who retreated to hei I hooked "probe used br the oper rebble Beach cottage several! weeks ago alter separating from I Husband Richard Ney. tells this a tors. Once In a while a human hair or some other object will become lodged between the film and aperture. By the time the Image one on herself in a letter to Joel Ruttenberg, her MCM camera-1 Irvin Presents: Rave notices have been heaped upon the feature running Sunday through Wednesday at the Irvin "It's a Wonderful Life." Directed by Frank Capra and starring Jimmy Stewart in his first postwar role, it has been described as a "master comedy and sentiment" by one impartial re- viewer, "a wonderful movie" by "a warm and merry comedy" by a third. These are but a few of the praises which have been bestowed on this story of a town man who doesn't real of the obiect hits the screen It man has been "blown up" many times.

Driving along the scenic high-1 way at CarmeL. she saw a black-1 board on which had been crudely A human hair, for instance. looKa about the size of a crowbar to the audience. So the operator must get busv and remove the offendin 1 I- V' 7 chalked: "See the spot where Greer I agent caught in the machine. If Carson almost drowned.

he can't blow it out, then he must Greer wu swept into the ocean I and battered painfully on thel use the little probe. Since ths appears "blown un" on the screen rocks near Carmel several months I you see those squirmv little, line ago during production of a movie. running around the picture until She stopped the car to lnvestl- the hair or whatever it is causing gate and a youngsted ran up from I the trouble has ben removed. the beach and began a "Fifty cent sa person, show you I where Greer arson almost I Marion Jones, for 38 years an operator in B'oomington. tells us drowned full details!" that in the old days the rule was the bigger the crowd, the faster ize how much he means to his community until a temporary failure drives him to the brink of suicide.

Then, in sort of a dreamworld presided over by Henry Travers, the "good influence," despondent 'Stewart sees that "it's a wonderful life." Director Capra, whose past masterpieces include "You Can't Take It With You" and "Arsenic and Old Lace," had an excellent cast to support Stewart. Includ-. ed are Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Donna Reed and Ward Bond. "Sister Kenny," Irvin feature "Thursday through Saturday, is a -labor of love for its star, Rosalind Russell. Miss Russell, an ad the picture.

In those days the projection machines were hand-operated, and the soeed with Conor an LTtrr' Life Hanging By a Thread HOLLYWOOD. Robert Cum which the film raced thrmich the projector depended upon how fast it was cranked. If there was a lme of patrons outy'de the theater, the operator wouM crank like a mal mins' life "almost literally hung by a thread in a lynching scene I man. Result: The show was over in "Heaven Only Knows." faster, people left sooner and there was more room for others Director Albert S. Rogcil was filming a long shot of the lynch mob with Cummings on a horse, but Rogell took no chances.

Just to find seats in the theater. ma A "Why," says Jones, "on a Satur mirer of the Australian nurse for whom the picture is titled, reportedly insisted that this film be made. It traces Sister Kenny's in case the horse got nervous I day night (in the old davs the big movie night in town you could see every picture in Bloomington The nonse was held together by I only a single thread. and be home by 9 clock. Lauren Bacall, coming to the Normal in "The Big Sleep," demonstrates why she has been named the Verdi's opera "Aida" was first Standard "proof spirit" 57.27 percent of alcohol byl long fight to win some acceptance from the medical world of her -treatment for infantile paralysis.

The cast includes Alexander Knox as Sister Kenny's adviser, Dean Jagger as the man she loves, and Philip Merivale as the chief opponent of the Kenny treatment performed in Cairo, Egypt, Dec "Look." volume. 4. 1871. i 1 W.TJ 1 1 Al Jolson Hits Comeback Trail fin. mm i ii mi i in i ii i iw ii i ii in in jit -r Normal Presents: A mystery picture which requires members of the audience to keep their minds on the plot every second will be at the Normal Sunday through Tuesday.

It is titled "The Big Sleep," with Humphrey Bogart and his wife, Lauren Bacall. Bogart, portraying a private detective, is the central figure in this rather confusing story of rrurder and intrigue. As we said, Mr. and Mrs. Fan may get a lit Wallace Ford Jeanns Crain ALL HACK TOCCTIIKIt IN TIIEIU ALL TIME CIOOI) TIME HITI quire Tuesday through Thursday.

Jeanne Cram. Cornell Wilde, 1-in da Darnell and William Eythe STARTS TODAY FOR 3 DAYS DOrilLE HIT PROGRAM share the leads, with the gals The Thuia TVjr Ki and the Thing Thrj MI1 IWlng lUfk rieaaot Mnawries! cast as sisters. They both are fascinated by Wilde but one of them (you may guess) wins him. The other one, GEORGE RAFT JACIIE COOPER In The on the rebound, catches Eythe. The music is by Jerome Kern and Walter Brennan, Constance Bennett and Dorothy Gish are featured.

Va4 laUg I wi lkCimii a -i i 'I The companion feature, "Strange 1 AL JOLSON with Larry Tarkn, left, who played Al In the rootle, and Scotljr Herkett, who plsjed Al as a boy. Triangle," presents Signe Hasso, Preston Foster and John Shep- perd. Foster, an insurance inves tigator, gets involved with the name was Erie Galbraith. The) M0 scheming wife of a bank presi were married March 24. 194S.

at dent. The whole sordid affair ends Quartsite. Ariz. She was hi fourth wife. She was only 18.

in murder. Film Story Wins New Fans For Jazz Singer BY ERSKIXE JOHNSON Lawrence Tierney and Anne "But," says one of hi friend. Jolson. He's a millionaire. But after 1940, when he made hb last movie.

"Swanee River," he was an unhappy millionaire. Retirement wasn't built for Al Jolson. He wanted to sing again. He wanted to "see their faces." He wanted to hear applause. But no one wanted him.

"Shcs the greatest thing that tle lost in the tangled web of homicide before the filial reel. However, if you enjoy your violence in the Bogart Big Sleep" should satisfy, you. It will run with a comedy-mystery. "White Tie and Tails," Dan Duryea (for once not a heel), Ella Raines and William Bendix share leads. Duryea, a butler by trade and a painter by ability, decides to do the town while his wealthy employes are in Florida.

He meets Miss Raines at a Rambling house, where he immediately becomes involved with her romantically. This leads eventually to mild trouble with Gamb'er Bendix. Frank Jenks tops the supporting cast "I've Always Loved You, with Philip Dorn and Catherine Mc-Leod, is the story of a talented composer who must choose between his love for music and his love for his protege. When he chooses the former and the girl weds another happily, the composer relents. Maria Ouspenskaya, Felix Bressart and Vanessa Brown have supporting roles in this technicolor film which is rich in classical music.

It will run Wednesday and Thursday. Also showing on these days will be "Crime of the Century," a mystery starring Stephanie Bachelor, Michael Browne and Martin Kosleck. Murder, of course, is the nub of the picture this time In the interest of big business. A Bowery Boys effort and a western are slated for the Normal Friday and Saturday. happened to Al outside of Thel SMASH DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAM! Jeffreys break up a ring of post war spies in "Step by Step," Esquire feature Friday and Saturday.

This mystery will run with THEY'RE RACK TO SERENADE YOUR another in the Cisco Kid series. Jolson Story." Cantor Has Son (In Movies) HEART Beauty and the Bandit." Gilbert HOLLYWOOD. (NEA) Yesterday he was a has-been who couldn't get a job or even an Radio, Hollywood, Broadway said he was washed up. Man Meets Girt. The war came and Jolson went overseas.

He was singing again. Roland again appears as the Kid. Castle Presents: offer to do a benefit performance. 8 Today he is America new SOW HENIE I0HII PfflllE wTr i s-u iw.a.j HOLLYWOOD. W) Eddie Cantor, after years of crying for a son.

has finally made the grade He was happy. During a USO A pair of oldtimers, "The Bow singing sensation with records outselling Bing Crosby's, and ery and bun valley berenaae. tour he met a girl working as a a in the movies, only. Ten year old Frank Sinatras, eight sponsors Bobby Driscoll plays Cantor's son I laDoraiory xecnmcian in a navy are due at the Castle theater for the first three days this after him for a fall radio show. oase at Little Rock.

Ark. Her in RKO's "If You Knew Susie." Broadway and Hollywood again Sun Valley Serenade is a clamoring for his services. DOORS OPKN Sonja Henie starrer. The skating champion does her usual number of tricky ice routines between ro ADl l.TS 4e AT That's the sequel to "The Jolson Story." It's an unDaralleled show-busi LX. MUU.

IWrle laiU riUl.DKKN in mantic interludes with John Payne. ness phenomenon. TODAY find I O.N DAY Wallace Beery, George Raft and Jackie Cooper are the "Bowery" The world's greatest ex-entertainer Al Jolson, balding, gray about the temples and some The New Picture About! stars. Beery and Raft are cast as Bowery rivals. Their enmity "Spook Busters" offers Leo Gorcey and his band of toughs, The World's Most lovable i where between 62 and 56 years old (he keeps telling me he a 58; is brought to a pitch by the man euvers of young Cooper (remem makes a comeback in the youn; Woman.

Most Loving Man! form of Larry Parks. Only ber he is a little boy in this oldie). wmie "Devil's Playground" features Bill Boyd and Andy Clyde Esquire Presents: STARTS 1 I LfJ 111 i thrillin voice actually makes i O. S. an Alan Ladd rough uz: (inn comeback.

But that voice takes i and tuhmble, will be on the Castle screen Wednesday and Thursday. A young married couple who almost let petty jealousies destroy mmnnn nm It is a picture based on the act their happiness are the leading ivities of the Office of Strategic A he characters "Claudia and David' Esquire feature Sunday and Services, the cloak and dagger department of World War II. nan out of oblivion. And 80 pei-cent of the people don't even know what the man looks like today. "Klssy Voice-Grins Al Jolson: "It's good to know that the bobby-soxers think I have a 'kissy' voice, too." Oblivion wasn't built for Al bin 4 Robert Young and Dorothy WilTIIUll Era.n ar tuiuirtiiHii McGuire appear in the title roles Mary Astor and John Sutton lOGtlHtk are cast as the sources of jealousy SECOND ACTION I T'' DOUBLE HIT PROGRAM AGAIN! -Miss Astor snows an interest in home provide several humorous Young, while Sutton attracts Miss situations.

The cast includes' C. Ladd and Geraldine Fitzgerald appear as kingpins in a U. S. spy ring which makes life unpleasant for the Nazis. S.

will run with "It's Great to Be Young," featuring Leslie Brooks. This is another teen-age flicker set to music. Eddie Albert, Fa ye Marlowe and Ga'1 Patrick will be at the Castle Friday and Saturday in "Rendezvous With Annie. It's all about a soldier who goes jLainmxi McGuire. Aubrey Smith, Wallace Ford and ra-j Also showing Sunday and Mon Philip Reed.

day at the Esquire will be "In "Rendezvous with Annie" will Old Sacramento." a western have as its companion feature starring Constance Moore and .1." a i horse oper a "Shadows of the Range." Johnny Mack Brown William Elliott. Elliott rxorii AW OL, to see his wife. The cir- centennial bummer, a musi and Raymond Hatton are tea tured. eal-romance. is due at the Es- cumsnces he finds when he gets A.