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30-A THI NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN, Suneiay Morning. Set. 15, 9U i Paramount Films 'Claudia, David; Knickerbocker To Present 'Man Alive' Holiday in Mexico' Coming to Loevs mm- 1 1 itJr I i Yvsr 1. im a i I All of Nashville's moving picture houses will bring; new bills to their screens during the coming week. Mny of the screen world's most popular stars are to be seen in Nashville's moving picture houses this week in the variety of programs which includes comedy, musicals and romance.

Downton, Knickerbocker will bring "Man Alive" Friday; Paramount will show "Claudia and David," and Loew's, "Holiday in Mexico." Princess brings "The French Key' and Fifth Avenue, "The Well-Groomed Bride." At the Hippodrome Thursday night, Nick Gulas will present Jerry Wald and his dance band, with Mary Nash as soloist The Week's Program Here are the current offerings: Knickerbocker: Now Showing, "Night and Day;" opening Friday, "Han Alive," with Pat O'Brien, Ellen Drew and Adnlphe Menlou. Loew's i-'-Novr showing; "The Mler; opening Thursday, 'Holiday 1b Mexico," with Walter Pidgeon, Jose Iturbl and Jane Powell. Paramount: Now showing, "Anna and the King of Siam;" opening Thursday, "Claudia and David," with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young. Princeis: Today through week, "The French Key," with Albert Dekker and Evelyn Ankers. Fifth Avenue: Today through Wednesday, "The Well-Groomed Bride," with Sonny Tufts, Olivia DeHavilland and Ray Milland.

Belle Meade: Today through Tuesday, "Smoky," with Fred Mac-Murray and Anne Baxter. Belmont: Today through Tuesday, "Spellbound," with Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck. Melrose: Today through Tuesday, "One More Tomorrow," with Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan. Hippodrome: Thursday night, Jerry Wald and his orchestra. i- ill lr JLlwi lAtJlU.

yMvi 1 1 1 I 1Pa H'RriAn Plln TSrmw i 1 Pat O'Brien, Ellen Drew t.lnmanf Tfn milflip. rKltrM from Loew's Theater nriArAHn HMlprtinns. lunz bv Miss Powell, to boogie-woogie arrange Classified Ads produce results. I and Rudy Vallee in "Man Alive," Knickerbocker. 2 Scene from "Holiday in Mexico," Loew's.

3 Alan Ladd, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Patric Knowles in S. 3." Ryman Season To Open ments ot nursery rnymes jre' formed by Iturbi. accuses Speed of deserting him. However, somehow or other it all works, and Speed and Connie find happiness again, while Tolliver falls into the river with his fingers caught in a bowling ball. Knickerbocker Theater coming to Paramount.

4 Albert Bringing a flock of new song hits to the screen, "Holiday in Mexico," M-G-M's latest Technicolor musical, opens Thursday at Loew's Theater with a stellar cast headed by Walter Pidgeon, Jose Iturbi, Roddy McDowall, Jane Powell, Uona Massey and Xavier Cugat "You, So It's You," "Someone to Love," "Italian Street Song," "Yo Te Amo Mucho" and "Good With Opera Trovafore' Johnny and Sam seek to unravel the mystery of the slain man and the gold coin. The trail leads them into entanglement with coin collectors, a pool room brawl, a night in jail and all the while the detective falls deeper in love with Janet while he pushed the hunt for the slayer. Just as the police, art about to step in and accuse Johnny and Sam of the murder, the vagabond detective puts all the pieces together, solves the case and makes The supporting cast includes For- tunio Bonanova, Minna Gombell and Jonathan Hale. A rollicking, fast-moving screen comedy, boasting novel situations, "Man Alive" stars Pat O'Brien, Adnlnhe Menlou and Ellen Drew, The season at the Ryma Audi Orchestra with well known soloists. Dekker and Evelyn Ankers in "The French Key," Princess.

5 Mary Nash, soloist with Jerry Wald Orchestra, Hippodrome. 6 Scene from "The Well-Groomed Bride," Fifth Avenue. 7 Scene from "Spellbound," Belmont. 8 Scene from "One More Tomorrow," Melrose. 9 Scene from "Smoky," Belle Meade.

appears on November 26. with Rudy Vallee heading the supporting 'cast. It opens Friday at Kb 'The Bohemian Girl" from the night, Sweetheart" are a few of Paramount Theater "Claudia and David," -the newest adventure of Rose Franken's Chicago Popular Opera Company Knickerbocker Theater. O'Brien has the role of Speed McBride. who eets nlastered after torium will open October 23, the Italian Opera in four acts, Verdi's Masterpiece "II Trovatore" being the offering for that evening.

This is a Charles Wagner production and the seventh year he has presented opera on the road. This opera has survived good and bad productions throughout the world will be presented on the evening of plans for a trek to the altar witn Janet. the melodic offerings sung in the picture by Miss Massey and Jane Powell. Set against the colorful back srround of Mexico City, "Holiday in December 3, with complete orches tra and large company of artists. 'The Voice of the Turtle," Pul Fifth Avenue Theater Tomato-Potato Salad itzer prize play and the hit of New York, will be given on December McCONNELLSVILLE, Ohio A There are claimed to be laughs he learns that his wife, Connie (Miss Drew), has invited her old admirer, stuffed-shirt Gordon Tol-liver (Vallee) to visit them.

Speed's binge results in an auto crash and he is erroneously reported killed. He is fished from the river by the crew of a showboat and -tells his story to the show's magician and freak of the vegetable kingdom has in abundance in the comedy-ro Mexico," tells the story of an American ambassador, played by Pidgeon, and his charming 15-year-old daughter, played by Miss Powell. Her romantic, entangle for nearly a century, ine opera will be served by Fritz Mahler, internationally famous conductor, and 13, with well known stars. been reported by Charles H. Little.

mance The Well uroomea ariae After Christmas, the always popu He discovered a green tomato grow yaw i I which is on the screen at the Fifth Desire Defrere, stage director of lar operetta, "Blossom Time" will ing on one of his potato plants. ments, plus her efforts to man the Metropolitan Opera, with sing famed sweethearts as it is pictur-ized, will open Thursday at Paramount Theater. Dorothy McGuire has the role of Claudia and David is played by Robert Young. Mary Astor is the attractive widow in search of an architect; John Sutton as the unhappily married neighbor; Gail Patrick as David's society-loving sister; Rose Hobart as the jealous wife; Harry Davenport as the doctor, and Florence Bates as the wealthy matron, Jerome Cowan, Else Janssen, Frank Twedell and Anthony Sydes make up the supporting cast. Avenue Theater today and showing through Wednesday, with co-stars Olivia DeHavilland, Ray Mil- ing by a group of America aDlest be offered on December 26.

This will be followed by "The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo" on January age the social affairs of the embassy, weave into a gay musical younger artists, a complete com stoker, Kismet Kismet turns out to be a "fixer1 NOW THRU WED. land and Sonny Tufts. plot 8, with a complete new program. Expert comedy playing by the Produced by Joe the pany of 80 including an orcnestra of 30. Doris Dorse has the role of Leonora, Jess Walters as Count di "The State of the Union" is three stars and a smooth job by film has every element of enter- of other people's problems, and comes up with all kinds of schemes for reuniting husband and wife.

Thev are all bad. He has Speed Paramount present OUVIA Director Sidney Lanfield is said to maintain "The Well Groomed Luna, Rafael Lagares as Maurice, Martha Larrimore as Azucena. Bride" on a merry note through i Ifil si si fit At A sisT 1 Following the opera will be the turn into a ghost and havnt Connie. It does no good; she is determined to marry Tolliver. Then internationally famed Joos tsanet, out.

The hilarious screen play by Claude Binyon and Robert Russell booked for February 17, another recent Pulitzer prize play. Maurice Evans will bring his stream-lined "Hamlet" to the Ryman on March 19. Lauritz Melchior, famous opera star, will appear on April 14 with his symphony orchestra. Sceed tries impersonating: his Un presenting an evening of dance entertainment. Kurt Joos, is direc enables Milland again to demon Princess Theater The mystery cdmedy, "The cle Barney from Killarney, and telling Connie that her husband strate his versatility by a complete change of pace from his dramatic characterization of an alcoholic in tor and his ballet fame was won by his choreography of dramatic "Green Table," a satire on the foibles of peace conferences.

is alive but suffering from amnesia. The real Uncle Barney's ar French Key" which is sprinkled with thrills, suspence, laughs and romance is the feature offering "The Lost Weekend." Ray portrays VOeflavillancf RAvMifland GftQOMfiD STARTS THURSDAY a dashing navy lieutenant who on the double program which rival creates chaos, and as though this wasn't enough. Speed finds himself saddled with a brat who "Prodigal Son." "Spring Tale" and vies with Sonny for Olivia and for Professor To Study HED STATES 1 HAW BHilD FROM WASHINGTON D. C. RYMAN AUDITORIUM SEPT.

22 I Performances. 2:30 P.M. and P.M. Tickets: $1.00 Inc. Tax I opens today at the Princess Theater for a week's showiner.

Albert possession of the sole remaining "Big City" followed in quick succession, earning for Joos the title of "the most original mind in bal two-quart bottle of champagne in San Francisco. Ray has to have it Dekker, Evelyn Ankers, Mike Mazurkl and John Eldredge have Guatemalan Dialects TODAY 3 to 11 for the launching of a new air the starring roles with Frank Fen- craft carrier; Olivia wants to cele ton, Marjorie Manners, Selmer Dr. Mark Hanna Watkins, pro Jackson and Byron Foulger in the brate the homecoming of her fiance, Sonny Tufts. It is a gay plot, with dialogue and situations ANH principal supporting parts. fessor of sociology and anthropol I Sponsored by Post 1291 V.P.W.

I "ONE MORE TOMORROW" let." The date for the Joos Ballet is November 7. On November 14, "Carmen Jones." after a tour abroad and two years on Broadway, will appear with the original company of 125 performers. The Strauss Festival with Oscar Straus, composer of America's most popular operetta, "The Chocolate Soldier," directing Symphony It Shouldn Happen to a Doe," ogy at Flsk University, will leave Ji I -T-l I which promise a briskly paced SHEWDAN is the second film. It is a merry story of a riotous romance which comedy. Nashville this week for Gautemala DOORS OPEN The supporting cast includes on a year's leave of absence from teams Carole Landis and Allyn James Gleason and Percy Kilbride.

TODAY I P. M. with Margo Woods, Henry the school to make a survey of the 15 Indian language-dialects of the Morgan, Jean Wallace and Reed The Hippodrome Hadley in the man supporting Latin American country, it was anr roles. nounced TfllQf! TAUT! TFPRIFIPI Spitalney Brings "The French Key" tells the story ALEMS The purpose of the project is to frame a bi-lingual (Spanish and 4 IILIIUL IIIUU I IV of a vagabond detective, Johnny Fletcher, portrayed by Dekker and Jerry Wald and his dance band, an orchestra which has attained wide popularity over the country, will be presented by Nick Gulas in the Hippodrome Thursday night. The dance music which has fur Indian) curriculum for the elemen 1 I SHIM jyr warmers' liinns i JOTS CAMS RMMW mnauoooi 1UFUMHV All-Girl Orchestra Here on October 8 Uragg, Mazurki role, who on re tary schools of Guatemala, Dr.

iTlAnlV ntLLIIIUtK P'i Watkins said. niuii An nished the tempo for dance devo He was selected for the project turning to their hotel room one night find they are locked out for non-payment of rent. A French key is in the lock. Using a pass key the pair enter through the window Of an adjoining apartment only to find a dead man on their bed, clutching a gold coin minted in tees over the country for many years, will begin at 8:30 p. m.

and continue until 12:30 p. m. by the National Indian Institute ot Guatemala and the United States Department of State in cooperation with the Inter-American Indian Institute and the American Wald has with him as soloist the beauteous Mary Nash who specializes in numbers the audiences like hits that are applauded from branch of the National Indian In 1822. Crawling back across the stitute. coast to coast.

The Fisk professor will work in The appearance of the Wald band ledge into the adjoining apartment Fletcher and Cragg are confronted by a charming young lady, Janet Morgan, played by Miss Ankers, is the second in a series of presen cooperation with Guatemalan specialists under the direction of Dr. Antonio Goubaud Carrera, head of 00 tation of name bands planned by MICHAaeURTIZ who is night club entertainer. The famous all-girl orchestra di-! rected and managed by Phil Spitalney is to be heard on the night of October 8 in the War Memorial Auditorium. Throughout the country, this 30-piece ensemble of artists has attracted wide attention in its tours during the war and since. It is one of the unique institutions in the musical world and has for many years received acclaim as an organization which is carefully chosen.

Featured as always is Evelyn and her "magic violin," which played harmonies during the war times in army and navy camps in the effort to furnish the men in the war with something to think about besides the war, as well as in drives for the sale of war bonds. uuias ana is expected to draw a III III Guatemala's Indian Institute. With the police in close pursuit great crowd to the Hippodrome. ARTHUR SCHWARTZ WED. "THE SPIDER" warn was a musical prodigy as an adept clarinetist at seven vears oi age.

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