Today—Saturday
Anyone interested in learning
how to catch a meteor can have
his curiosity satisfied by viewing
the picture which opens today al
the Orpheum Theatre. ^It is “Rid
ers to the Stars,” Ivan Tors dra
vnatic story, in color, of men pilot
ing rockets 200 miles into outei
space.
The picture is based entirely or
accurate scientific discoveries
made by the Navy and the Aii
Force.
The question as to why th(
\ earth’s finest steel disintegrates
in upper space is answered wher
a meteor is captured. Williarr
Lundigan, Herbert Marshall, Rich
ard Carlson and Martha Hyer stai
in this space thriller.
Sunday and Monday
Robert Taylor and Eleanor Park
er co-star in “Many Rivers t(
Cross," M-G-M’s comedy drama oi
Kentucky pioneer days and a wo
man-shy trapper hunted down by
a predatory redhead. Filmed in
Cinemascope and color, the new
film opens tomorrow at the local
theatre.
The picture was filmed in the
forest country of Northern Cali
fornia. Its story is filled with
laughs, brawls, Indian fights and
chases—including the hectic chase
of Miss Parker after Taylor when
he attempts to elude her amatory
advances.
Tuesday and Wednesday
The acting talents of Jane Rus
sell, Jeff Chandler, Dan Duryea
and Mara Corday are combined
with a compelling screen play by
Kettii Frings, in Universal-Interna
tional’s “Foxfire,” which opens
Tuesday.
Briefly, the story concerns a
wealthy eastern socialite who
meets and falls in love with a rug
g e d western mining engineer
while vacationing at an Arizona
dude ranch. The picture is in
Technicolor.
An Indian War that took two
years and 10,000 lives before it
jvUs flauuus' -Uu, B pictur
es: Columbia's “Seminole Up
ru the next Oryheurn attrac
tion jt stars George Montgomery
ana iCarin Booth. It was photo
graphed in color by Technicolor.
In ‘"Seminole Uprising” Mont
gomery plays a young cavalry
lieutenant ordered to try to finish
a job the Army wished it never
had started, the capture of Semi
nole Indian chief Black Cat and
the destruction of his savage
forces.
This phase of America’s long
history of Indian warfare, is said
to be one of the most dramatic of
all chapters.
DIZNEY TAKES PRISONERS
TO ANCHORAGE SUNDAY
Deputy Marshall Clarence Diz
ney flew to Anchorage with four
prisoners Sunday. He was accom
panied by his wife.
The prisoners, who were tr^i'.s
ferred to the Federal jail in An
chorage, included: Oscar Dotsan,
Agrifine Andrewvitch, William
Nekeferoff and Polly Farsovitch.
iVODLINGERS LEAVE o i
Larry Wodlinger and his wife '
Sigrid left Monday for Palm 1
Springs, California.
The Wodlingers plan to return
ibout Jus*'!. Wodllnger is o^raa#
if Berts and Wodlinger’s drug
itores. A
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