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i i X2 THE DECATUR DAILY, SUNDAY M0RNIN3, JANUARY 21, 1951 PAGE SEVEN i fine Weissmuller Battles Jungle I i Film Thriller Opens at the Roxy I I I JJ 1 if WwTE i Three terrifying days in the life of a child have been masterfully fashioned into a brilliant and flawless film, "The Fallen Idol," on dew at the Roxy Theater Tuesday and Wednesday. "The Fallen Idol" has already been awarded four of the most coveted international prizes in filmdom: 1) The celebrated London Daily Express Oscar as the best picture of the year. 2) First award of the British Film Academy as the best picture of the year. 3) "Best director of the year" -award from the- London Daily Express to Carol Reed for his direction of "The Fallen Idol." 4) First International Prize at the Venice Film Festival to Graham Greene for the best screen play of JOANNE DRU and BEN. JOHNSON are teamed romanticaUy in the western epic, "WAGON MASTER," opening Thursday at the Roxy.

'Wagonmaster' Colorful Adventure Filmed In Scenic Mormon Locale RICHARDSON (right) talks Bobby Henrey in scene from "THE at the Roxy. RALPH I. its' iftiWlW I itiiiimrl mmmmmj Bringing to the screen a melo drama based upon a hitherto-untold experience of Mormon adventure in the Territory of Utah, "Wagonmaster'r' opening Thursday at the Roxy stars Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey, Jr. and Ward Bond at the head of a nota ble cast assembled by Producers John Ford and Merian C. Cooper.

Directed by Ford, the film recreates the adventure of a Mormon party which set out to establish a new colony along the distant San Juan River, in 1879. Johnson, who scored a hit as Sergeant Tyree in Ford's "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon," plays the title role of a youthful frontiersman who is hired to guide the wagon train across trackless deserts and forbidding mountain passes to its destination. The heroic tasx, with the little party beset by bandits and hostile Navajos, makes for a vivid picture of what Western pioneering was II WHimim IMWWMBWWWMM, lu.A -i --1 uiiin Hank Williams Coming To Decatur Thursday! the year for his script of "The Fal- len Idol." y---: There is no doubt that the film will be on every American list of the ten best pictures this year. Starring Sir Ralph Richardson and Michele Morgan, and introducing a new nine-year-old acting sensation, Bobby Benrey, the film was produced and directed by Carol Reed from a script by the distinguished British best-selling novelist, Graham Greene, based on one of the latter's famous short stories entitled "The Basement Room." "The Fallen Idol" is the story of a small ''boy, son of a foreign ambassador, who is left in charge of the butler and his wife in a big London embassy house during his parents' absence for a weekend. He becomes a bewildered witness of the woman's death and the butler's unhappy love affair with a pretty typist in the embassy.

Because the butler is his hero, the child lies valiantly to save him from a murder charge and possibly the gallows. And because he is very young and lies badly, his sheer1 devotion gets the innocent butler deeper and deeper into trouble. It is only at the high cost of the boy's painful discovery that JAMES MILLICAN and DON BARRY accuse Robert Lowery (right) of being outside the law in a moment of suspense from Lippert Productions "THE DALTON GANG," exciting action film showing at the Capitol Theatre Wednesday and Thursday. xS I Hf really like in the days of the covered wagons. Miss Dru, who was the feminine star in Ford's "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon," is cast in the spirited role of a dancer in a stranded medicine show.

Young Carey portrays Johnson's partner, with Bond as a fiery-tempered elder of the Mormon party. Charles Kemper, as a smiling but murderous bandit, heads the supporting cast, 'along with Alan Mowbray as the medicine show owner and Jane Dar-well as a militant frontierswoman. The show comes as a successor to Ford's hit melodramas, "Fort Apache" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon." Four new western songs written and composed by Stan Jones are sung in the picture. They are called: Rollin' Dust, Song of the Wagonmaster, Wagons West and Chuckawalla Swing. They are recorded by The Sons of the Pioneers.

DEATH KNELL NEW YORK The shaving brush' is on the way out according to results of a recent poll of examining boards governing such matters. Even in states where regulations do not forbid brushes in barber shops for sanity reasons, the trend is toward electrically operated lather machines. One manufacturer of a new, push- button shave lather, Carter Products, of New Brunswick, N. reports numerous requests from barbers for wholesale priv- You Can "hero" has been systematical Hank Williams is coming to Decatur on Thursday night! Alabama's foremost folk music artist, just recently honored with a citation from former Governor Folsom as Alabama's finest goodwill representative, will appear at Riverside Auditorium in person for two performances, 7:30 and 9:30 P. M.

Doors will open at 6:30 Recognized as one of America's leading hillbilly stars, this Alabama boy appears before thousands of people every week in huge auditoriums in every section of America. And everywhere he goes, he boasts of hailing from Alabama. Accompanying Hank on his trip here will be that rollicking band of carefree musicians, the Drifting Cowboys, and that hilarious comedian, Cedric Rainwater. Just that name alone is enough to make the average person guffaw, the way the fellow introduces himself, Music and plenty of it every bit of it good is the theme for Thursday You'll hear the tunes that put the name of Hank Williams squarely at the top of the hillbilly Hit Parade time after time. "You'll hear Hank sing Lovesick Blues, Moanin' The Blues, Move It On Over, Why Didn't You Love Me, Mansion On The HilL and many others.

You'll also hear Hank's latest recording even before the record is released. Only last week he record ly Plymg him with "little white lies tnat tne story arrives at a more, or less, happy ending. "There's lies and lies; some lies are just kindness," the butler tells the boy. The picture's theme revolves around a discussion of this argument. The acting in "The Fallen Idol" is perfect.

Ralph Richardson has never played a scene on the screen more moving than the one in which, in a shabby Chelsea tea-shop, he is trying under the watchful eyes of child, to persuade the girl whom he loves not to go away and leave him. Based on this performance alone, Richardson deserves his reputation as one of the six great figures of the English but is his vx i pro-young por-in hii i hat ccess-y. He pop-being tie of thout the the onest a for think than IF with DENIS O'DEA and young FALLEN IDOL," opening Tuesday 'Cover Up' Mystery With New Twist An adroit mystery drama, "Cover Up," co-starring William Ben-dix, Dennis O'Keefe and Barbara Britton plays today at the Capitol. The picture is based on an original screen play written by Jerome Odium and Jonathan Rix. Ted Nasser served as producer, and Alfred E.

Green, whose "The Jolson Story" was a smash hit, was in charge of direction. In support of the three co-stars are such fine featured players as Art Baker, Ann E. Todd, Doro Merande, Virginia Christine, Helen Spring, Ruth Lee and Henry Hall. The picture is a unique whodunit, with a sensational twist. The story relates how O'Keefe, as an insurance investigator, arrives in a small midwest town to investigate a suicide.

When it turns out to be murder, things begin to happen. O'Keefe runs into something he had never experienced before a wall of silence. The people of the town, including Barbara Britton, the girl he has come to love, do everything possible to hamper his investigation. Even Bendix, who plays the role of sheriff, tries to confuse him. But Bendix does try to explain to O'Keefe some of the secrets of life in a smaH town and what it means to delve into a crime committed in a small, close-knit com- THE 10 TOP UNES OF THE WEEK 1.

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Featured in the latest of the thrilling series of jungle ad ventures are Buster Crabbe, Anita Lhoest and Rick Vallin. Against the ominous back-drop of the impenetrable jungle and its assorted denizens, which include stalking animals and ruthless humans, Weissmuller battles beast and savage to solve a jungle leopard girl's mystery! Advance reports indicate that the jungle lord has never been in more perilous situations nor been confronted by more jungle dangers than in "Captive Girl." In his new adventure, Johnny sets out, in company with Vallin, a native chief, to penetrate the mystery of the leopard girl (Lhoest). whose existence has been used by a witch doctor to terrorize a JOHNNY WEISSMULLER jungle village. After many adventures, Weissmuller finds that the girl is the daughter of two scientists who were put to death many years ago by the witch doctor. When the witch doctor and his men capture Vallin and the leop ard girl, Weissmuller returns with help to best the medicine man and his secret allies led by Crabbe, a white adventurer.

One of the highlights of "Captive Girl" is the high-powered swimming talent present Weissmuller, recently awarded the accolade of best swimmer of the half century in an Associated Press poll, is. joined by Crabbe and Miss Lhoest in a display of aquatics seldom seen in a movie, topped by an underwater fight to the finish between Weissmuller and Crabbe. Other highlights of "Captive Girl" are strange rites in the La goon of the Dead, animal battles, Johnny's fight with a ferocious tiger, and the jungle man's rescue of the leopard woman from a quicksand trap. Lum 'N' Abner Hi-Jinks At Capitol Monday Thrill seekers get their fulfillment in "The Bashful Bachelor" opening Monday at the Capitol for its stars, Lum and Abner in a series of spine tickling episodes that keep audiences on the edge of their seats. For example, there is Abner tied to the railroad tracks with a fast express hurtling at him; Lum dodging bullets as he rescues Abner from kidnappers; an exciting horse race which Abner wins from the field by a nose; a runaway fire engine; and other fast moving action to excite 'the theatergoer that is coupled with the funniest comedy produced in Hollywood in years.

ileges even though their product is intended for the retail home market. Waffles are good served with a mixture of butter or margarine, sugar and cinnamon. sons if 7, SUNSET MM PiiSPlM A 1 Mm in DENNIS O'KEEFE plays a dramatic starring role in the suspense-packed mystery "COVER UP," at the Capitol Theatre now. ed his latest composition, "Dear John," and the experts say this will be greater than all the others before it There'll be no reserved seats Thursday night, so come early and get the spot you want Doors open at 6:30 p. m.

CAMEL MEETS JET WITH THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION IN KOREA Fly ing his Grumman Panther along a Communist supply road in search of enemy supply vehicles. First Lieutenant Weldon Mitchell, of Laguna Beach, came across a camel loaded down with ammunition boxes. He wheeled his plane around ora second look, then let go with a short burst from the jet's guns. When the dust settled, there wasn't enough left of the beast to make a camel's hair brush. The camel literally exploded with the ammunition on its back.

BRINGS FINE SINGAPORE Many a man has felt that he has lost his pants to the tax collector but Kwong, 34-year-old laundryman told the judge he had to pawn the trousers of a customer to meet his municipal obligations. "I intended to redeem them before the cous-tomer called," he told the judge. Tls judge fined him $150. The Sensationc.3 Radio Star with His Entire GRAND OLE OPRY Show From Nashville, Tennessee His Own COWBOYS Recording 3 Miles South of Decatur on Highway 31 TONIGHT And MONDAY MAKING SySI I pus xpjmwimw stage and screen. It is young Bobby Henrey, however, who steals acting honors in the cast.

Young Henrey never acted before and he was filmed by Carol Reed without knowing exactly what was going on simply do-ing as he was told, line by line, sequence by sequence. Arduous as it may sound, Reed and the hoy played an acting "game," but the result is a miraculously sincere and realistic performance that will catapult young Bobby to the top of the list of child actors of this generation. Michele Morgan, the internationally-famous actress and star of "Symphonie is beautiful And sensitve as the love-ridden typist, and gives the girl a natural sweetness and goodness that justifies the butler's devotion to iter. Sonia Dresdel plays the butler's wife with the right savagery and sting. There are excellent performances from the rest of the notable cast.

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