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festival Review ST, PETERSBURG TIMES. MARCH 31. 1940 Why Not Send the Youvg Folks Down for a Summer Vacation? PAGE EIGHT. SECTION THREE Variety Is Keynote of Theater Bills for Coming Week r- a j.i.y. 'f 'i' "n.n.i.n i 1 1 1 1 'j 1 iu jwti mmjimmimmmmmtrmmmmmmmmimiMmmm i- ft' i 1 cr vy rAV xa 1 4.

Connie, Rosasharn, Casey and Tom "Okies" all pausa for a moment along U. S. highway 66 during the now famed trip! to California by the Joads of Oklahoma. The quartet appears In! 3. Tangling triangle! Or up in the city where the matrimonial problem gels more and more confusing to husbands Fred MacMurray and Melvyn Douglas who believe it is their sole right and inherent domain to Jean Arthur, "wiffums." This scene, which is typical when two gentlemen marry the same lady, is from Too Many Husbands," starting next Saturday at the Florida.

1, She pushed me toward the open window, I could see the terrace below me gray and Indistinct in the white wall of fog. "Look down there," ahe said, "It's easy, isn't it? Why don't you jump? It wouldn't hurt, not to break your neck." Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson in a acene from best-selling Daphne DuMaurier's "Rebecca," now at the Florida through Tuesday. 2. Tangled threesome! Tangled triangle! Or down on the farm where the grass grows greener, the cowt grow bigger and Martha Raye's voice calla the hogs from three counties. Presenting "The Farmer's Daughter," petite little Martha, here surrounded by Charlie Ruggles and Richard Denning In the Florida'! Wednesday, Thursday, Friday attraction.

the stirring filmization of John Steinbeck's widely discussed novel "The Grapes of Wrath," opening a four-day engagement this Thursday at tne Fiaza. cabarets, with beautiful shots Action Packs showing the mountain and desert country in the west. Nap Still Nabs Lots of Space MEMPHIS. Tenn. Traveling cross country by covered wagon and stage coach in Du Maurier Drama Superbly Screened In Film "Rebecca" By MARION' AITCHISON (Times Movie Reviewer) leon Bonaparte gets his name in the mid-eighties was no easy matter but it's done in this picture in the newspapers mighty regularly SOON THE REST OF THE WORLD WILL JOIN ST.

PETERSBURG IV IT'S ENTHUSIASTIC ACCLAIM FOR THIS GREAT DRAMA THE MOST IMPORTANT FILMIZATION OF A NOVEL SINCE "GONE WITH THE WIND" Produced by Academy Award winning; David O. Selznick who gave you "Gone ith the Wind." for a man who's been dead 119 years. most realistic fashion. It gives Li. H.

Keuhner, whose nobDy is collecting facts about the famed spectators some idea of the hardships of those days. Under the skilltul direction or Aiirea nucncock, the eerie Quality of Daphne du Maurier's best-selling novel, "Rebecca," has French emperor, estimates Napo leon's name appears in the aver Feature Film At Playhouse "Virginia City" Opens Showing Here By LILLUN BLACKSTONE Robert Buckner, who wrote the original story, made his plot In HORROR HITS! TODAY and MONDAY been deftly caught for the screen, making the Florida theater's cur ase newspaper at least once teresting when he brought to every day. rent attraction a distinguished offering. The suspense and element of mystery are admirably sustained gether spies of the North and the To prove his point, Keuhner displays clippings from Memphis In the picturization which follows the story in practically all details. South.

Michael Curtis has taken this plot, put in good background As in the novel, the character and action and presto, has pro vided you with a picture accorded Theater Time Clock four bells by Jimmie Fidler. Based on actual fact, "Virginia City," current offering at the It's clean entertainment which, newspapers. A sample montn shows a mention of Napoleon every day except two. Keuhner, whose grandfather was a member of the little corporal's guard, has more than 350 volumes in his Napoleon library. He named each of his six children for some member of the Bonaparte family.

combined with a well told story Playhouse, provides cinema fans and good acting, will give you your money's worth. Besides this BORIS with several reels of covered wagons, spies, adventure, and picture there is a short number, "Dave Apollon and his orchestra." barlozt BE LA LUGOSI love. 1 (Sunday, March SI) FLORIDA "Rebecca," 1, 3:45, 6:45, 9:43. CAPITOL "Black Friday," 1:10, 4:03, 7, 9:55. "House of Seven Cables," 2:36.

5.31, 8:26. niKiL "My Son, My Son!" 1, 4:10, 7:20, 10. "Millionaire Playboy, 3:03, 6:15, 9:25. It is dedicated to "the 73 men and women who took part in a daring adventure in American TODAY MO. Tl'KS.

WED, THTRS. Chlldrn lOe GREATER THAN 'DODGE CITY from which the story takes its name dominates the action, although she lives only in the memory of her associates upon whom her personality has left so striking an impression. Beautiful and fascinating, Rebecca, drowned nearly a year before the story begins, continues to wield her influence over the life of her husband and of the others in the magnificent estate where they made their home. Entirely different from the first Mrs, De Winter is the timorous paid companion of a wealthy woman whom the embittered husband meets at Monte Carlo and marries after a swift and disquieting courtship. They return to England and the estate the husband had thought he would never occupy again to have the shy young bride become even more uncertain through the sly malevolence of the housekeeper, whose devotion to her first mistress has become almost an obsession.

As in the book, the suggestion of something unexplained in the death of Rebecca is expertly de-1 2 HOURS AND 25 MINUTES OF SOLID ENTERTAINMENT DAPHNE DU MAURIER'S celebrated WIT.L OT BE SHOWN UiUA BOWMOHJi history in December. 1864," but claims that though the story is true the characters are fictional. Nevertheless, both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis are shown briefly to give the picture added historical purport. Though most of the action does take place in Virginia City, the picture opens in Libby prison, Richmond. After that is the trek westward to the city made famous by the Comstock mines.

The gray and the blue play prominent parts in the picture but STANLEY- RIDGES Plus Another Thrill Hit: Nathaniel Hawthorne's HOUSE starring "West of Dodge City There Was Ko Law" There Was VIRGINIA CITY! iOFSSVEU LAURENCE i OLIVIER and Joan FONTAINE no hard feelings are aroused and all's well when the final chapter LA PLAZA "Music in My Heart," 1:23, 4:55, 8:30. "Northwest Passage," 2:35, 6 05. 9:40. ROXY "I Take This Woman," 1, 3:50. 6:50, 9:45.

"Young As You Feel," 2:50, 5:50. 8:50. CAMEO "Swanee Rier," 1, 4, 7:03, 10. "Slightly Honorable," 2:25, 5:30, 8:35. NINTH STREET "Destry Rides Again," 3:10, 6.17.

9.24. "Remember?" 4:45, 7:52. PLAYHOUSE "Virginia City," 1, 3:23, 5:46, 8:09, 10:32. Dave Apollon orchestra, 3, 5:23. 7:48, 10:09.

PARK "Dancing Co-Ed." 7. 10:05. "Man to Remember," 8:46. is written. sj.

I. 1 1 The cast is polished, including -AJIWaJtt" 'BSBBlMSBHSSWBSi sdiaji' sssssssisssssRsssi am Errol Flynn, always excellent; Miriam Hopkins, who has done some fine work recently; Randolph Scott, in a sympathetic veloped in the gathering momentum of the plot, building up to a climax of strong drama. Laurence Olivier fills the requirements of the role of De Winter excellently, both in appearance and manner, while Joan Fontaine proves a wise selection for the part of the bewildered but tender wife. OPEN 12:49 MATINEE 10c-35o EVENING 10c-40e TODAY MONDAY, TUESDAY part, and two general favorites, Frank Mcllugh and Alan Hale. CHILDREN lOo VaHMMIMSSMBSMSHBB Locale jumps easily from Richmond to the mining town and its Judith Anderson, whose talents i i 2 Big Hits Today Mon.

Tues. OPEN rasre mis item on re, Your Wife's Mirror 25 Children lOo SPENCER TRACY HEDY LAMARR CLAY CENTER, I TAEnS OTHS The friends of John Taddiken wouldn't be surprised if he might be the world's champion fast starter. A pal called and said: "We're leaving for Mexico in 15 minutes and have room for one more in the car. Can you get ready?" Taddiken was waiting on the curb with minutes to spare. BJU HAYS' have heretofore been devoted to the stage, is superb as the deranged housekeeper.

George Sanders, Nigel Bruce and Reginald Denny are included in the splendid supporting cast. "Know Your Money," the story of counterfeit currency, and a newsreel complete the Florida program. EXPERIENCE Jean Cagney, who Is 20 years eld and one year out of college, has played in two stage shows and three films in her brief career as actress. In those five engagements, Jean, who is not married, engaged, and not even expecting to be. has played a married woman three times, had a baby twice, was expecting a baby in a third role, and was engaged to be married twice.

In her most recent picture, "Queen of the Mob." Jean was married to Bill Henry, and her baby was Tommy Conley. it- PLUS 8i TWO KNTEB-TAIMNU KKATI RK.H Perfn-tly "maUhrd" plrtom im civ a grand Ihrra haaril The JONES FAMILY in "YOUNG AS YOU FEEL!" Eight hundred million matches a day or 500,000 a minute are used in the United States. PLUS LATEST NEWS SELECTED SHORT FtTrit vl.itor.: car pert Pampas ca papillel al unit $1.14. Thlt dUh aad car trilled Urd Saapper Kleaka ara fanaaa font caatt. double I LTD NIKKO INN 19 First Street North LUNCHEON 50c DINNER 85c And Amertran Dishes Lana Turner 1 134 Anne Shirley Edward Ellis 'A Man To Remember CENTURT CLUB PRESENTS MUNICIPAL SOLARIUM and SPA POOL OPEN DAILY Swimminr Lessons by Appointment r-f-O Howard Rpriag'a Orrat Navrl fSFOKr'VJl 1 II Ii I I "1 IIW'llilltUmiHii VriJ -J i) MADELEINE CARROLL VSJ ctMTjm? rV BRIAN AHERNE Nsi)r sj LOUIS HAYWARD Bra hits XUIy Soil.

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