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PAGE FIVE 'George White' Picks the Chorus Prized Possession Feeling of Suspense gambler's talk. Robert Lowery and Doris Merrick are in the featured roles with Eddie Quillan, Constance Worth. Isabel Jewell. Wanda McKay, Nestor Paiva, Bvron Minerva Urecal and Vir.ce Bamett lending supponir.s; performances. "Tae Rubenettes" offer some musi Kaufmans production and Dermis Cooper wrote the screenplay, baaed on an original story by John Faxon.

Phyllis handled the dance direction. wh: the sonsj were written Lewis by ick Ker.r.ev and cal numcers. has one repreenta- Christy Cabanne directed Joseph jtive in Congress. LAST TIMES TODAY! THE WnutM? SHAMOKIN NEWS-DISPATCH, SHAMOKIN, PA, SATURDAY, JANURY 5, 1946 ip mnmm nmuw iwww Minmwiiii 1(0 511 WfM itftf'3- ti-iii Oil i. I IN TECHNICOLOR na mmA i I' IB I ---ir hi iH im in mm 0 Vvi iM Basil Rathbone (left) and Nigel Bruce again portray Sherlock Holmes and Dr.

Watson, respectively, in Universale latest detective story thriller, "Pursuit to Algiers," coming Monday to the Majestic. ERR0LF1YNH-AIEXIS SMITH Edward Ashley. Virginia Bruce, Jacqueline Moore and Victor Mc-Laglen, shown in a scene from Republic's rollicking new comedy-romance, "Love, Honor and Goodbye," coming Monday to the Capitol. i 'im iTMniiTT if nate in the final frustration of the scheme. at the show.

The picture is now Glenn Tryon. playing the producer of "George White's Scandals" in the RKO Radio picture, chooses the loveliest of Hollywood lovelies, to appear in the current filmusical. The lucky girls are: Chili Williams, Vivian McCoy. Rosemary LaPlanche and Vivian Mason. Joan Davis and Jack Haley co-star in the show.

The picture is now at the Victoria. a cast of more than 'a hundred, are Margaret Hamilton. Glenn Tyron, Fritz Feld, Bettejane Greer, Audrey Young. Rose Murphy. Neely Victoria.

Miss Davis and Haley play star comics in "The Scandals." whose the rocks when i Edwards, Tom Noonan and Dorothy romance goes on Haley spinelessly submits to the Sebastian. George White produced Behind the Scenes WTiat promises to be one of the season's outstanding dramatic hits. Monogram's "Sensation will be shown at the Majestic Theatre next Monday. A fine array of talent has been cast in the which is said to be full of tense emotion. "Sensation Hunters'' exposes the sordid life to which a girl may expose herself when she gets high ideas and falls prey to a sm.Mih under the executive supervision of Jack J.

Gross and Nat Holt, and Felix Feist directed. Screenplay was written by Hugh Wedlock, Howard Snyder, Parke Levy and Howard Green from an original story by Wedlock and Snyder. As an example of carefree entertainment. "George White's Scandals'' is said to be one of "the most impressive offerings of the current season. Majestic "Pursuit to Algiers" and "Sensation Hunters" to Open Double Showing Monday Sherlock Holmes enters Europe's political underworld in his newest movie adventure.

"Pursuit to Algiers," which opens Monday at the Majestic Theatre. Basil Rathbone appears as the celebrated detective and Nigel Bruce is seen as Dr. Wat-scn in this latest of Universale Sherlock Holmes pictures. Produced and directed by Roy William Neill, the film deals with a conspiracy calculated to control the throne of a mythical Near Eastern kingdom. When the rightful heir to the kingship is threatened by kidnapers, Holmes is summoned and assumes the responsibility of thwarting the plot.

A jewel robbery in London and a dangerous ocean voyage from the British Isles to a rendezvous in the Mediterranean, are links in the exciting chain of events which culmi- domination of his spinster sister. Another romance is that between Phillip Terry, dance director of "The Scandals" and a pretty dancer, Martha Holliday, daughter of a former "Scandals" queen who married a British peer. When he finds out that she's the daughter of a peeress, he thinks his suit is hopeless. Laughs come thick and fast before these romances are patched up. and love triumphs.

Standouts on the musical side include Jack Yellen's and Sammy Fain's "I Wake Up in the Morning and It's You," sung by Miss Davis and Haley; the same composers' "I Want to Be the Drummer in the Band," performed by Krupa and his band with the "Scandals "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries," by Lew Brown and Ray Henderson, sung by Beverly Wills, young daughter of Miss Davis; Lehigh Har-line's "Bouquet and Lace," a chort's number with a bal'et specialty oy ficc TTnlllHsv 'T? XJ nmn ills RITZ THEATRE TREVORTON Midnite Show Sunday Starts 1:01 "Meet Miss Bobby Socks" Bob Crosby Lynn Merrick Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five PEXX FAVORED TO UPSET DARTMOUTH PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5 (U.R The University of Pennsylvania was favored to defeat Dartmouth tonight in an Eastern Intercollegiate League game which will open a basketball doubleheader at Convention Hall. Temple University was a strong choice to beat its city rival. La Salle College, in the second game. irMrniniiiiiiii ,11 specialty number; Krupa's jam ses- THRU VIRGINIA BRUCE EDWARD ASHLEY v.

Hli VICTOR McLAGLEN ASTHER 1 NOW sion, Leave us Lieap electric organ virtuoso, Ethel Smith's duet with Krupa, and Miss Davis' and Haley's comedy burlesque number, "Who Killed Vaudeville?" Additional supporting players in The master of ceremonies sends the girls in the night-club chorus out on the floor for another number in "Sensation Hunters." the startling Monogram drama coming to the Majestic Theatre on Monday. In the center is Doris Merrick, featured in the film with Robert Lowery. r3 TUESDAY 1 2 jA' Helen cKUDtKll.lv VJWWJW gj RITZI Saturday I Victoria Capitol a trevortoinJ Continuous Showing Starts 3:00 Riotous laughs, wild rhythm, sweet songs and GIRLS! LAUGH HUM ANDs WHISTLE! C3 at the gorgeous Scandals girls GEORGE WHITE'S Joan Davis ond Jack Haley Co-star in Current "George White's Scandols" Top comedy favorites Joan Davis and Jack Haley, are starred in RKO Radio's glittering new filmusical, "George White's Scandals," with Gene Krupa and his band taking care of the music. Riotous comedy, many new musical numbers, and beautiful girl ensembles feature the "Mr. Muggs Rides Again" Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Billy Benedict Also Selected Short Subjects "Love, Honor ond Goodbye," Starring Virginia Bruce, to Show Here Storting Monday Star of stage and screen, a former Ziegfeld Follies beauty, Virginia Bruce now devotes herself exclusively to pictures, although she has retired several times.

She was in retirement following the death of her husband, J. Walter Ruben, the producer, in 1942, when RKO induced her to appear in "International Zone." Currently she stars 9 0 3k H' TUESDAY IS THE BIG DAY AS USUAL 350 REASONS TO BE PRESENT 350 I KUNKEL'S HALL PILASKI AND SHERMAN STREETS with Edward Ashley in Republic's "Love, Honor and Goodbye," coming to the Capitol Theatre Monday. She was seen earlier in the musical, "Brazil," from the same studio where sh is under long-term contract. Miss Bruce was born In Minne-polis. She went to Hollywood as a very young girl and soon won a Paramount contract.

She appeared in "The Love Parade," with Jeanette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier in 1929. Later, as a show girl in Eddie Cantor's film, "Whoopee," she was called to Broadway by Flo-renfc Ziegfeld, to appear in "Smiles," With Fred and Adele Astaire. (Take Springfield Bus 2:00, 2:30 and 3:00 p. SPRINGFIELD SHAMOKIN, PA. LAST TIMES PHILLIP TERRY GLENN TRYON A MARTHA HOLLIDAY EETTEJANE GREER ETHEL SMITH MIT PARADE SWING ORGANIST Gene Stratton GENE KRUPA HIS DRUMS AND HIS BAND Charles Porter's 1 RUTH NELSON CUFTON M.

5 BIG SPECIALS trdtxti by 0tl by GEORGE WHITE FELIX E. FEIST ScrMi, Ploy by Run by Pappy Snyder HUGH WE01OCK ond HOWAM) SNYDEH PARKE IEVV and HOWAtD GiEtN ON. TUES. WED. 2 GREAT FEATURES FEATURE 1:41 4:53 7:09 9:25 0.., DRIFTING OUT OF THE F0G1 In Evjry Port! WAT In 1932, appearing in "Downstairs," with John Gilbert, she and the star fell in love.

Irving Thal-berg, the producer, was best man and Norma Shearer, later Jo become his wife, was bridesmaid. A year later, Mrs. Gilbert gave birth to a daughter, Susan Ann. Retiring from a career, she was summoned back for "The Misjhty Barnum." The marriage with Gilbert was unhappy and they were divorced. In 1937, appearing in "Bad Man of Brimstone," she and J.

Walter Ruben, noted producer-director, were married and again Miss Bruce abandoned the profession. After five years of happy marriage, Ruben died, leaving a son, Christopher. Miss Bruce is five feet, six inches tall, weighs 125 pounds and is endowed with sea-blue eyes, blond hair and a-omplexion that rates as the loveliest in Hollywood. Tusks are not the most common weapons of elephants. They prefer trampling an enemy to death with their feet.

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