The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 14, 1943, Page 3

SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1943 | LEAVES JGE E. BROWN in “THE DARING YOUNG MAN" | . | TONIGHT! and GENE AUTRY in "DOWN MEXICO WAY" TOMORROW! W'i" DROWNED THE MAN IN NANCY'S BATHTUB? i NEW IN MERRY QUIVERS! "IN EERIE SHIVERS ;' CO-STARRING , LORETTA YOUNG - BRIAN AHERNE 'MISS) JEFF DONNELL . WILLIAM WRIGHT . SIDNEY TOLER ALSO — “Call of the Sea”” — Donald Duck — Latest News SUNDAY—FEATURE STARTS AT 2:25—4:25—6:25—8:25—10:25 4 TONIGHT C|- , 12: 30 a.m. - AND SEND YOUR NAME TO WAR COMEDY-MYSTERY | COMES T0 LOCAL ¢ BUY A BOND TODAY GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. \ EDISON MAZDA LAMPS The Standard of Comparison : B Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Loretta Yoimg? and Brian Aherne Seen in Green- wich Village Thriller | Something new in laughter is wed Capitol Theatre audiences| when Columbia’s merry, mirth-| filled murder mystery, “A NxL‘,hl: to Remember,” opens on Sunday.| Loretta Young and Brian Aherne| are co-starred in the gay new comedy which recounts their giddy goings-on in Greenwich, Village where, between Kkisses, they hunt killers Loretta and Aherne are seen in Juneau Phone 616 Douglas Phone 18 | 2 v o Femember o 2 to a basement apartment on the appropriately-named Gay Street, in Greenwich Village, that world-fa-| mous haunt of delightful people. As Jeff and Nancy Troy, seeking “at- mosphere” for Jeff’s latest novel, the c find it—in their new home, basement. apartment which once was a speakeasy; and in their own backyard, which one morning harbors a corpse!. The questions—and the answers —are said by Hollywood to provide a motion picture which is both startling and gay, an adventure worth sharing and worth enjoying. The co-stars prove ideal foils for : 94% More Passengers to Alaska each other’s antic and romantic That is the 1942 record of Pan Amer- activities and wise-cracks. i ) o Heading the important featured ican Airways’ Alaska Service. But cast are Jeff Donnell and William . iorited b Wright, as neighbors and friends of | ; every passenger Is now priorited by the Troys; Sidney Toler, as the de-| ted for his tective on the case, and Gale the Armed Forces, selec Sond d, who figures promin-T importance to the war effort. ently as a suspect. bl Sl b When Victory is won, we will pio- | STAYS AT BARANOF | neer new standards of service for our | R ¢ T. F. Innes with the Foley friends in Alaska. Brothers Construction Company, was in Juneau from Haines. While here he was a guest at the Bar- ' | anof. s s i PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY Have a portrait artist take your ALRWALYS s PAN AMERICAN | open face. |and dressed up by his mamma who THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA "INTERNATIONAL | SQUADRON" HERE AT20TH CENTURY, Ronald Reégan Is Seen as Daring RAF Pilot- Thrilling Film | “International Squadron,” the thrill-packed film saga of the R.AF.s most colorful branch, will be the next feature attraction at the 20th Century Theatre, where it will open on Sunda l Poles, Norw ns, French, Czech- oslavakian, Belgian fliers, men without a country, have joined Brit- ain’s air force and the courage and daring of their exploits, which have thrilled the world, are now exciting= ly relived on the sc 1 in this fine whose fine work in such pictures as new motion picture Ronald Reagan, the young “The Fighting 69th Rockne-All American” and the re- cent “Million Dollar Baby"” has won him great popularity, is starred in role of a dare-gevil American test “International Squadron In the pilot who joins the squadron as more or less of a lark, and becomes one of its most celebrated heroes, Reagan is said to do an outstanding Job." In the fine supporting cast @ Olympe Bradna, William Lundigan, Joan Perry, Reginald Denny, Cliff Edwards, Julie Bishop, Michael Ames and many other players. The glorious adventures of the In-_ ternational Squadron as they en- gage the enemy in the night skies, the fraternal spirit of their group, even though they all represent dif- ferent nalions, their superbly cour- ageous exploits, all make up the background against which the scen- arists have woven an exciting hu- man interest drama and a tender romantic story. - Happiest Ador Is Located Lived Like ng for Year—% Now Settled Down fo Small Home Life s 4% | By ROBBIN COONS | HOLLYWOOD—In a town that's full of beefs, soul bruises, and broken hearis—worn on sleeves— it's a pleasure to report today on a says he's the happlest actor in Hollywood. He's through living like a millionaire. His name is Eddie Bracken. He's the young chap with the boyish,| He's the fellow who al-| ways looks as if he's been scrubbed |jng has just forgiven him for stealing the jam, a crime he will never com- mit He's the comic. Eddie’s current joy springs partly, from the script which Preston Stur- ges wrote for him. In “Hail the Conquering Hero” Eddie’s role is the biggest Sturges has ever writ- ten for a single star. But that's not the main reason It's the way he lives. He put in a year living like a millionaire—or a movie star—and then dropped back to plain, everyday living, just the way he’d promised himself he would. | “I'd never really had a chance to live in a fancy style,” he grins. “My wife and I had lived in apartments near Broadway and spent months living out of a trunk on tour. So when Hollywood made me an offer in 1940, I saw a chance to live like| a king for a year, as I'd always had | a yen to do.” | So the Brackens came out and| leased the biggest, finest mansion théy could find. Hollywood snick- | erdd when Eddie told folks it was| Jjust for a year. “You won't give it up,” Hollywood said. | “It was some house,” says Eddic NESS\REE - SNUFFY NMISTRH LEET TRINDAD | RE SN PLONE TH\S LOOKS LUKE QS picture. Hamersley Studio. Opposite Federal Building. Phone 294. adv. Broiled Steak and Fried Chicken SERVED ANY TIME DINE A THE DOUGLAS IN ND DANCE S /. Latest World News == | 5 FEDR ? IR & e i B Lo R % lrwenty Tooms, four huge bed-| “When our lease was up, we|another $25. And we've never gone | HERE OVERNIGHT rooms, each wth a bath and dress- moved out so fast you'd have|over that. It's the way to live.and | * lighted {Formal gardens, bathhouses. again, so help him Hannah!|und each had a regular rooms. dropped in continuously and we'd one bedroom. The other is for our | tifully after putting 70 per cent Oflmouon picture theatre in "* serve them whatever they wanted.|little daughter. All living expenses, | his earnings into wat bonds United States for every 8,000 i It cost me from $1,500 to $2,200 a | including household taxes, total | il iins habitants . T month to live that way—and We around $100 a month. Each week | 4 badn't saved a dime. aN' SEE \F \T'S ,SURE ENWEE CORN ©SQUEEZ\N'GS /= = PAGE THREE. BIG Where the Better Pictures LAST TIME TONIGHT - - - - “BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON” STARTSE?"SQ [[”T”fiy STARTS SUNDAY SUNDAY You’ve Read Their Heroic Adventures... NOW THE STORY OF THEIR GLORY IS ON THE SCREEN! Play Wamer Bros." New Triumph starring RONALD REAGAN in his biggest role by far! OLYMPE BRADNA WM. LUNDIGAN JOAN PERRY REGINALD DENNY - Directed by LEWIS SEILER Tley by Barry Trivars & Kenneth Gamet + Suazested by & Play by Frank Weed + A Warner Br0s. First National Picture Special Attraction 9:30 P.M. The Yankee Ace lives o3 recklessly as he flie:: room. Fine swimming pool, and equipped for heating. badminton court, We had three servants suite of s and folks thought we were in a cha pene,” he continues. “We rented for a time, saved money fast, and then plunked it down on a little house. It has two bedrooms and a den, and it's all ours. My wife and I ha we're happy as larks.” Robert James Claire, Sitka flor- And what does he do with his ist, was in Juneau overnight. money? Well, Paramount once got|was a guest at the Gastineau Ho- worried about Eddie, wondering |tel, 3 about that. He had to convince his it riseiiny " We gave part €| bosses that he could get along beau- | Tt is estimated that there is one | T take $25 spending money, my wife ! BUY WAR BONDS Empire Classifieds Pay! We are in a position to bid on Dredging or Construction Work in or about Alaska Western Dredging & Construction Co. 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