Shamokin News-Dispatch from Shamokin, Pennsylvania • Page 9

SHAM0K1N XEVS-D1SPATCH. SH AMOK IX. PA, SATURDAY. JUNE 13. 1953 PAGE NINE Romantic Triangle of 'Young Bess' Nelson Eddy's Act I Capitol Hollywood Film Shop Radio Time Table This Evening The Lady Wonts Mink' Gets New York Test CXEMENT D.

JONES HOIXYY.OOD UP It stands to reion. accor.1:r,g to Pat Crcxy. Title of Film Booked For Opening Tomorrow i p.L.c an cver-aa ia.pres-:n That stars lead r.oratil is Mnr-fpired and leai rr.Te i-crir-- i r'-zr. the average c- and it's fo-jlish NTtV YORK Those who lor a actress is apt to CIS MS eaa a pretty ute. and I In Qn a HaaK nl i Uta years have thought of Nelson Eddy as being merely a staid concert singer or a st'ffly 'uniformed movie vo- larM has r.3 interview cf majtir.5 ar.yor.e otherwise.

"If I have rr.y way about it. said Pat. who make? her screen debut in f-r i---rc lis MS FafcFaaar. srants to see the tr. screen? ro Paramount's "Forever Female." witr Ijaaarl cTWOaai SaraaraWiaaajl CM.

ktar: Lctfc Br. J. Waaaat actS SJt MS The true test of an actor is his ability to ran the gamut of human enictions. Based on the many types! of roles he has successfully por-! trayed oa the screen. Dennis OTCeef ha passed summa cum laude.

From the melodrama of Men" and "Raw Deal." he moved to his, most recent comedy triumph. Re-' public's Trucolor hit. "The Lady Wants Mink." opening Monday at the Capitol Theatre. Dennis is the offspring of a the-: atrical family. His mother and dad had a vaudeville act known as Flan- agan and Edwards, and he was; christened Edward Vanes Flanagan, Lara.

Haaaai J- I aWaW 1 ii He's now cutting up on a night chib floor. The -new Nelson with ogies to no one for past or present, i has put together an act consisting-' of popular songs, some kidding of himself and his movie roie. and a flair for showmanship that is get- ting its first New York display at the Copa cabana. i "I've put in several months pre- I paring for this." said the 52-year- old handsome blonde singer whose appearance doesn't seem to have changed with the years. "After i I SaraaSraftaJ T.ai jKaaa.aVaMi 55.

mrmt aaVaawra fcSS ai MS WaflW CartaajTaaa, ImFrt 1 "1" -jDaraa. nrar i a. lfelS Cm NmtKarai SaarH Faal fill 11TT tS 'I FM-OaaaW fewiStaartHati NaavWanJai Ginger Rc-sers and William "no one will tag me as 'the gtrl next door." "I've a-ked not to be publicized as the wholesome young kid a man would like to take home to mother. I'd much rather be known as the type he's afraid to introduce to father." The vivacious newcomer, who was selected over 750 candidates for the plum assignment in "Forever Female." doesn't feel that movie stars should be de-elamorized for the simple reason that she doesn't think it is usually the truth. "Imagine tryins to convince people that a actress spends most of her time slaving over a hot stove." she said.

co To the movi-s to get arav fr-rr. her "I iv. sr.v rf zY. Trrvrl I wr.i publicity but r.ot stoop to screxbaU stunt? to zet it. On the other hand, I cr-n't vrsr.t to be pointed as a col-or'ess creatv.re Tho at home a need'" ar.d thread in her hand.

If that ir.y career i will be ruined beftre it even starts." I Paint Job Backfires i Md. 'U A. L. Ricer get tired of their automobiles in front cf his heme and painted the curb red. indicating "no parkins." He parked his own car there and cot a ticket.

Eider pad a SI fme and agreed to i remove the paint from the curb. GakaiDraa. ArtWaw UM IMS U4S Jr. While he was still in high school Hollywood High, the family having settled in the film colony, Edward 1155.. rt-Wak a.

Nm; Oacar DaaaatOreV. ins HK SraaHat al Haagte friaiaj Hi. Hai Hrm T4 Gfr, mti 3a. script he'd written for Edwards and i Deborah Kerr. Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons form the romantic triangle of "Young Bess." M-G-M's spectacular Technicolor drama of Tudor England, which comes to the Victoria screen tomorrow.

Charles Laughton also stars in one of the year's most impressive casts. Stotion WISL 1480 Shomokin This Evening breaking the act in on the West Coast. I played in Las Vegas for four weeks and seem to have gotten away with it well enough to keep I suppose I can't blame people for thinking this is a most unusual thing for me to do. but it doesn't come as much of a surprise to me. There's no law that says a man has to sing only classical music or songs from operettas.

When I'm entertaining at my home or go to a party i when he played this mon-i arcli in "The Private Life of Henry Pat believes it Is wrong to give the Flanagan was purchased by National for fifty dollars. The teen-ager promptly bought a Model Ford. When Edward Flanagan. passed away, 17-year-old Edward Jr left the University of Southern California to take over his dad's spot in the act in true trouper fashion Three years of touring the sticks, and he was back in Hollywood. cally involved with Young Bess.

(Of interest is the fact that Granger and Miss Simmons are husband and wife in private life. Deborah Kerr, seen with Granger in "King Solomon's Mines" and "The Prisoner of Zenda." is reunited with him for the third time in the role cf Catherine Parr, surviving wife 6:15 6:30 6:30 6:45 7:00 7:15 7:30 7:55 World News Baseball Scorn World ol Sports Christian Science Edgewood Torch Sports Digest Pentagon Report Down You Go Cecil Brown, News VIII. The screen play of "Young Bess" was written by Jan Lustig and Arth-1 ur Wimperis. The picture was di-i rected by George Sidney and was produced by Sidney Franklin. Twenty Questions 8:30 Barn Dance 9:00 Barn Dance 9:30 Guj Lombardo 10:00 Chicago Theatre 11:00 World News Dance Orchestra 11:30 Dance Orchestra 12:00 Sign Off Tomorrow CAPDTOL Vaudeville was pretty much a thing of the past and times were tough of King Henry VIII.

The latter role Due to the earth's rotation, a fixed object at the equator mnves with a speed of about 1.037 miles per hour. is enacted by Charles Laujrhton. who. twenty years ago, won an Academy SHE WANTS TO KEEP UP WITH THE and it'll keep you in laughs up to your flSffliLffig all over. He turned to extra work.

The odds against an extra achieving film stardom are one in ten thousand. "Those five years were the darkest and bitterest of my life," he recalls. However, Edward Flanagan, Sr. had had many friends in and out of the studios, and not a few of them went out of their way to assist his son during his long months on the way up the ladder. Soon he was appearing in speaking bits in such films as "Between Two Women," "Big City," "The Firefly" and "Saratoga." While he was working in "Saratoga," Clark Gable, star of the pic 8:00 Bible Stud 8:30 Friendly Echo Horn 9:00 Sunday Special 10.00 Radio Bible Class 10:30 Concert Favorites 11:00 Dawn Bible 11:15 Trinity Lutheran Church 12:00 World News 12:15 Sunday Serenade 13:30 Polka Time 12:45 Musical Stylings 1:00 Leaves of Gold 1:15 Record Time 1:30 Lutheran Hour 2:00 Rill Cunningham 2:15 Sunshine Bovs 2:30 U.S.

Military Band 3:00 Pilgrim Praises 3:30 Peter Salem 4:00 Under Arrest 1 4:30 Dear Margy It's Murder 4:55 News 5:00 The Shadow 5:30 True Defective 6:00 Nick Carter 6:25 Cecil Brown 6:30 Squad Room 7:00 World News 7:10 Baseball Scores Sidne Torch orchestra 7:30 Treasury Varieties 8:00 Arstists Series 8:30 Knrhanted- Hour 9:00 United States Marine Band 9:30 Answers for Americans 10:00 Music for the People 10:30 Little Symphonies 11:00 News 11:15 Dance Orchestra 11:30 Dance Orchestra 12:00 Sign Off LAST TIMES TONITE FIRST RUN elsewhere, I sing popular sones Blons with the rest of the people. I don't trot out a classical repertoire." The singer pointed out he's had a rather versatile career and has always liked to try out new things. "I went into this as earnestly as I ever went into anything." he continued. "I always found that I never got anything: unless I worked and prepared for it and this phase of show business is certainly as tough maybe tougher as any other. "Some people have been saying since I started this that I'm fed up with being a 'long-hair' or Nothing like that at all.

"I'm proud of the other things I've done in my career. I've instructed my agent not to book me for any more concert dates this year, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to do any more concert singing. I certainly hope to." Yes. Eddy still sings "Short'nin' Bread" but for laughs now. The mimics are going to have to get a new gag.

MICKEY ROONEY EDDIE BRACKEN nQE OF I ELAINE STEWART Monday ICiKlaV VV The "Bad And Beautiful" Girl I PLUS 12-HOUR CAtlTOON CARNIVAL Baukage Talking Local and State Newt Al Trace Cedric Foster The Catholic Hour Advertising Bid-A-Brand Say it with Music News Mac Maguire Let's go to Town News John Gambling "1480" Club Bobby Benson Keynote Ranch Cecil Brown 12:15 12:25 12:30 1:00 1:15 1:30 1:45 2:00 2:25 2:30 2:45 3:00 3:05 4:00 5:00 5:55 7:00 Sarrnd Heart 7:15 World News 7:25 Sports 7:30 Wislin Time 8:50 World News 8:55 Gabriel Heatter 9:00 Robert Hurleigh 9:15 Chapel of the Air 9:30 Henry Jerome Show 9:45 Bid-A-Brand 10:00 Cecil Brown 10:15 Aunt Mary 10:30 News 10:35 Wonderful City 11:00 Ladies Fair 11:25 Holland Enele. News 11:30 Queen for a Day 12:00 Curt Massey Show ture, noticed his work. He called director Jack Conway's attention to young Flanagan, and the two decided to give the good-looking "newcomer" a much needed lift. Gable gave Metro-Goldywn-Mayer executives no rest until they had arranged a test for his "find." The result was a contract and along with it. a new name Dennis O'Keefp.

From that time on. Dennis O-Keefe became one of the town's busiest actors. He has seldom been away from the sound stages for more than a few weeks at a time since 1939. O'Keefe and his wife, the former well-known dancer and actress. Steffi Duna, live in a modest home in Beverly Hills with their two children, Juliena, 13.

and James, 7. Not Ad Lib Cooking MTJNFORD. Tenn. (UP.) A vivacious high school coed who used a "dump of this and a dump of that" to win Tipton County's breadmaker crown, says it's a shame the way seme housewives are slaves to th measuring cup. "I just dump things in and start stirring and when it looks right I always know," Mary Bomar explained.

STARTS SUNDAY and loved his way across the screen in such romantic action pictures as "Scramouche" and "The Prisoner of Zenda," hss another colorful role as the Admiral who becomes romanti- far away Dennis has provided a comfortable house for his mother and sister. It was the first thing he did on achieving screen stardom. DENNIS RUTH EVE wiluawi O'KEEFE HUSSEY ARDEH DEMAREST VICTORIA Last Day LAST TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT Shows 3:00, 4:45, 6:45, 8:45 'ABBOTT and COSTELLO GO TO MARS" BUD ABBOTT LOU COSTELLO MARI BLANCHARD SEWCn DREVE-IN TODAY and TOMORROW LAST TIMES TONIGHT 2 HITS! Victoria All-Star Cast Appears In 'Young Bess Which Opens Showing Tomorrow "Young Bess." one of M-G-M's major technicolor productions of the year, will be shown tomorrow at the Victoria Theatre, with a distinguished cast of stars headed by Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr and Charles Laugh-ton. Based on the novel by Margaret Irwin, "Young unfolds a dramatic narrative of the life and love of the girl who became England's Queen at the aee of twenty-five. Against spectacular and colorful backgrounds of Tudor England, the story traces the childhood of the unwanted Princess whose mother had been beheaded by her father, Henry VIII.

shows her as she grows up to become the foil of unscrupulous political plotters, depicts her impassioned love affair with the handsome Thomas Seymour, Britain's great naval hero, and conludes with the triumphant defeat of her enemies and her emergence as the young Queen who was to become one of the greatest monarchs in Entlish history. The role of Young Bess is played by Jean Simmons, making her first appearance on the M-G-M lot. One of the screen's most popular stars on both sides of the Atlantic. Miss Simmons has scored in such hits as "Great Expectations," "Trio" and, most recently. "Androclcs and the Lion." Stewart Granger, who has fought La1J ARROW IT- Route 11 Danville mm Im Richard Widmcrk YVONNE DE CARLO ROD CAMERON in "RED SKIES OF MONTANA" "FRONTIER GAL" Color bv Technicolor Colcr by Techn.

color rua nouss 1 STOPPED 1 RICHARD BURTON pfjmV fes ROBERT NEWTON fjykwY Zr IgQ BECOMES A IIQUSZ TONITE! In Color ROD CAMERON in 'WAGONS WEST' Alio 2 HITS! STARTS SUNDAY whan the mob moves In on a carnival I i UN'twa Randolph Scott in "FRONTIER MARSHALL" Jean Peters and Jeffrey Hunter in "LURE OF THE WILDERNESS" Color by Techmcclor JAMES MASON FA ZT tnd Sunday HUMPHREY BOGART "Maltese Falcon" and John Wayne in "IN OLD CALIFORNIA' as ROMMEL if I NOTICE Our new, modern Refreshment Building, complete with reitroomj, it now open for your convenience. It is locotsd in the center of the field. FEATURE: 1.35, 3 3-s, 5 33, 7.32, 9.30 Starts Tomorrow FIRST RUN A 1 In this montli of the Coronation, the Victoria Theatre proudly brings you the love story of Elizobeth the First! VICTORIA Starts Sunday M-G-M DOES IT AGAIN! j' hit ich wauT MM C- A V-. Here is M-GM' NEW dmatic spectacle. The fiarrunz pages of Fjv Jam 1lKrlir another great novel are brought to the screen by the producers of at I 1 A story tt i ft A notorious fa! wdo wai adopted by three little i I Technicolor i STEWART VW K'i'PN BORAII CHARLES 'ann SHERIDAN STERLING MYDEN PHILIP REED UE PATRICK -UEAASER E.

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