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Today—Saturday
“Passion,” a story which stems
from actual incidents, now legen
dary, although the characters and
events pictured on the screen are
fictional, is todays attraction at
the Orpheum Theatre.
Cornel Wilde and Yvonne De
Carlo have the starring roles and
the setting is California during the
Spanish land-grant era in the early
1880’s when terrorists forced the
settlers to defend their haciendas,
their yanchos and their families
with bullwhip and gun.
Cornel Wilde portrays the young
rancher, adept with bullwhip and
pistol, who sets out to take justice
in his own hands against a roving
band of killers, and falls in love
with the sister of the sweetheart
whose death he seeks to avenge.
Yvonne DeCarlo has the dual role
of the two sisters and the balance
of the cast includes Raymond
Burr, Lon Chaney, Rodolfo Acosta,
John Qualen and Anthony Caruso.
Sunday and Monday
gwa w tuc tuvus
in “Ring of Fear,” the new Wayne
Fellows production for Warner
Bros. which opens Sunday. Clyde
i'. -atty, Pat O’Brien, Mickey Spil
iane (making his first screen de
but), and the entire Clyde Beatty
three-ring circus, help in the pro
duction which tells the tale of a
homicidal fanatic who escapes
from the police and joins the cir
cus as ringmaster.
Clyde Beatty plays himself and
is in his natural element as an ani
mal trainer. Mickey SpUlane, too,
plays himself. His role is that of
the famed mystery story writer.
Sean McClory, a former theatre
player, has the role of the murder
ous ringmaster. There is the full
flavor of the Big Top in this movie
coupled with the suspense of mur
der among its personnel.
Tuesday and Wednesday
It is said it’s a new Gregory Peck
that’s on view in ‘Man With a Mil
lion,” United Artists release in
Technicolor, which opens Tuesday.
It’s Gregory Peck the comedian.
Peck is cast as Henry Adams, the
leading figure in Mark Twain’s
famous story “The Million Pound
Note,” from which the movie is
adapted. Adams is a penniless Am
erican who is launched on a fan
tastic adventure when he is given
a million pound note by two eccen
tric Londoners
In support of Peck is Jane Grif
fiths, lovely English discovery,
Ronald Squires. A. E. Mathews,
Joyce Grenfell. Wilfred Hyde
White and Maurice Denham.
Thursday and Friday
“This Island Earth,” Universal
International’s science-fiction of
ferring, playing Thursday and Fri
day, stars Jeff Morrow, Faith Dom
GAME NIGHT
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WEDNESDA Y
8:30 PM
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ergue and Rex Rea. ..a outer
space film that is sum to contain
a believable plot anu a movie with
many special effects.
In it you will see a giant space
ship take off from the earth and
fly through the stars, red death
rays capable of destroying all man
kind, the landing on a planet mil
lions of light years distant and the
destruction of that planet before
your very eyes.
The picture took two and a half
years to make due to the perfec
tion of the technical phases.
KODLACTORS PLAN PLAY
TO MEET NEXT WEEK
There will be an informal busi
ness meeting of the “Kodiactors”
at the Little Red School House
Thursday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m.
to formulate plans for the remain
m.
Tut iroup will also decide on
the p/uuuetion to be held some
time in May. There are three vac
ancies to be filled on the Board
of Directors and nominations will
be accepted at the meeting.
Verne McCorkle, Director, stat
ed that membership is open to all
those persons interested in any
phase of the theatre. Not only are
actors and actresses needed, but
designers, artists, seamstresses,
ticket sellers and publicity men
and women are wanted.
McCorkle stressed the fact that
the “Kodiactors” is not strictly a
Navy project as some people may
believe, but that everyone in the
area, both civilians and military,
is welcome and eligible. “It is not
necessary to be a professional as
we in the group are all amateurs.
Interest d willingness v..
are sufficient,” said McCorkle.
Anyone from town who does not
know the location of the Little
Red School house can obtain direc
tions at the Guard gate. Refresh
al hour will fol
.s meeting.
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