The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1945, Page 5

. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA -~ THRILLER ENDING "SIGNS OF CROSS" TONIGHT, CAPITOL; AT 201H CENTURY (GRASS 1 COMEDY TUESDAY, CHRISTMAS DAY STARTING TUESDAY! ) 0 D D D DN DN RN “The Woman in the Window”, The mcdernized production of shown tonight for the last times at Paramount’s “The Sign of the Cross” the Capitol, starring Edward G. is something moviegoers will wel- Rebinsen and Joan Bennett, is a come. Arriving Christmas at the must” on your movie list. It is an 20th Century Theatre, DeMille’s intense story — a murder thriller mightiest epic brings Fredric March, rich far surpasses the treatment Claudette Colbert, Elissa Landi and F °f the usual “whodunnit” mystery Charles Laughton to the screen in yarn junforgettable roles name-...who had a soft A= |married, and the father of two chil- sent the colorful spectacle of ancient heart for every dame! # #A | bis accomplice, and all because of wdod production. “The Sign of the # | just one moment when he let down Cross” is first and foremost a story C H A B ]J E s L A% | his guard — just one moment, but'of pagan Rome, reaching its fullest s | that was enough. | expression in a Roman holiday ati B R R A S R R { For tbe holiday feature, Tuesday, the Circus Maximus, where the glad- b 5 ? Wednesday and Thursday, the Capi- iatorial contests and all the brutal tol Theatre will show up the mari-'games that delighted Nero served as ltal adventures of a quiet, unassum- a prelude to the sacrifice of Christ- ing small-town history professor and ians to the lions. furnishing the theme for Gary Coop-| The drama also includes a tender er and Terest Wright's new comedy love story of a Christian girl and a’ 4 “Casanova Brown.” . |Roman patrician, the roles being| NERO'S CARNIVAL, | After Casanova Brown marries played with rare beauty by March REVELS! Isabel Drury her parents have the and Miss Landi. One of the high 0 jmnrn:\gz‘ annulled. He is on the s:cts‘ too, is Miss Colbert’s Poppaea, S 200 FEROCIOUS |eve of his second marriage to Madge the wanton wife of Emperor Nero| 3 {Ferris (Anita Louise), when he played by Charles Laughton. 3 o LIONS. WILD TIGERS |learns that he is the father of a| The queen of the court, surround- |f| S o ELEPHANTS !new-born infant by his first mar- ed always by slaves and dancing , S LEOPARDS riage. |girls, Claudette is the picture of || : o | From then on, Casanova man- loveliness. With the world at her || 5 100 PYGMIES VERSUS | lages to get himself thoroughly en-'fect, however, her desire for March’s % 100 AMAZONS! . tangled in all kinds of complications, love is unsatisfied as the handsome % . A including babies, strange happen- hero finds true peace with Elissa as Ty 3 500 GLADIATORS' ings in a maternity hospital, and a a beMever in Christ’s principles. l "A BOXING WITH SPIKED CLOVES! hotel chamtermaid. ! Laughton’s acting reachers the || R s‘afls Tononnow 0 W pleme How he manages to extricate him-|beights in “The Sign of the Cross” | \ k100 BEA.UT[FU[_ ¥l ) C§ o 4% self forms the climax of what is said also. In fact, it's said that genius [ i 5 Ch - l n “' 7 neda W R I G H T ¢ to be one of the gayest comedies of alore could bring such a strong 4 '%a DANCIN.G GIRLS! y w'y > risimas ay-u with® . #R the season. | characterization of Nero by the vet-| '~ i ) { The roaring saga of - i 7 sovos FRANK MORGAN:.- § s e ' Pagan Rome . . . thrill {1 SO g and—HERE'S ANOTHE 5 2CH- Anita LOUISE H 8 | T LA A G A B N and—HERE'S ANOTHER M. G. M. TECH e Lo Bl i Miss Betty Reiten Is ' JUNEAU COMPLIMENTED g opch thrill in this hesfag S starpg. NICOLOR CARTOUN SCREAM-———- H adventure of ruthless m seJerly Tarkey® @haaeenn® i Bride of Robt. Geyer ™ gy visirors Iv Tow | - ALSO———— FRANKIE MASTEES a-1 His ORcHusres Feature On at 7:55-10:10 : In RGHO,NEV. Dec. 16 Juneau has been highly compli- !mented by one young Washington The announcement has just been State Captain and his wife. y v . HURRY ' AND SEE made Lere of the marriage in ‘Reno, Captain Dinsmore, stationed with : 5”flwpl;4[£nf AT Nevada, December 16, of Robert the Army in Adak, arrived here sev- sdud This Amazing Picture § Geyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. eral days ago on a 15-day furlough. | E“ns TDNIGHT g Cever of this city, and Miss Betty and Mrs. Dinsmore, who has not ‘ pad Jean Reiten, daughter of Mr. and seen her husband in a year, flew in f/ Mrs. Ralph V. Reiten of Reno. {irom Seattle. H i P s 9 : on a! 7.5 - lu:lu The afternoon wedding was held Th2 couple will spend Christmas, ‘ in St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral, New Years and the remainder of WARNIN i and was followed by a reception at Oapt. Dinsmore’s furlough in Ju- H mwams%“ B 7 the home of the bride’s parents. neau, which had been previously b iR A N 4 The young couple ai2 making selected by the Dinsmores as “ob- So that all may enjoy A8 their home in Reno. Mrs. Geyer Viously the best place in which to its terrific surprise , \ formerly lived in Juneau, attending spend Christmas in Alaska.” climax . . . ; 8 7N :chool here as a young girl. Mrs. Dinsmore has never been in y NO ONE WILL BE " s - - Alaska before, and will be honot 4 SEATED DURING e 3 o B MA o guest at a number of sight seeing || Kl 3 A . ." y T L AOTeRIVE garmotl o : § BROWNIE SCOUTS NO. 11 =ocuions onoing tne noneys. ; CI.‘I. B. DeMille’s ‘ Children of Moose Seppa y PICTURE! QP T Paramount present Brownie Troop No. 11 met in the ! : Lutkeran Pasish Hall for its reguier — (3]yeN) XMas Pany NS e i GReraa Lopdie su e meeting and Charistmes party on 193 Friday afternoon. | mya, thence to Europe where he Thirtv-ore Brownies and almost The Moose Lodge Rooms echoed to (0 l I S E u M M NA EVER {7erved in France, Germany and Bel- as many mothers were present. A the happy laughter of youngsters at gium 3 Y s | dren, becomes involved in a murder Rome during 64 A. D. is something lq iwnh a beautiful young woman as which remains unequalled in Holly- l.e l. e 1 are ssa an PAGE FIVE" . DEDDDER LAST TIMES TONIGHT g >aramount’s Master Mystery, | RAY MILLAND in | "MIKISTRY OF FEAR" ——————————————————— == OURBIGXMAS DAY SHOW DOORS OPEN AT 7P. M. e — ] A ni A The picture tells the inner con-, The prcducer’s achievement in C l A U l’ E Vl\ Vl‘ E C “ l B E R 'l‘ nice guy witha naughly {{lict of a man, who, though happily supervising a cast of 7,500 to pre- | N OF THE CROSS Service was. with a coast ar- tree beautifully decorated with pop- the party given for the children of TOLD THRILLINGLY AGAINST THE """ AMING BACKGROUND OF NERO'S. : LAST NIGHT . IS ENGAGED TO (R, guichioens 8 com and _cranberries, srung py the Moose by the Moose Lodge and || poMAN CARNIVAL OF DEBAUCHERY———. o : ol i he W f the Moose. “UNION PACIFIC” ol s W vl i v ool Al B Al « PO . WITH A HUGE CAST OF THOUSANDS . d, a) 4 ) JACK L BOWMER ———-——— were burning on the tea table which Present to enjoy the fun, which . was loaded with delicious Christmas included a program followed by the Staris TUESDAY! s i 9y 4% e, H : g | i s traditional visit by Santa Claus, who 5 " RN A % B, ¢ i Doris Mieftinen Is [cutes,ans, pesuiul nliay.cookie Cattones 0 oo s the i {cotherton Kannedy, Mis_Basbess| EEWTY.EIVE CHILDREN | JOhn wayne | RM'S“( £ I Bvels u"':h e The Brownies gave the Brownie trec. ; % (HRISIMAS MASS ;Smnh angh hl::;\‘a Clara iOlm'n.s o Yo g cberta Everetts announce the en- & s . i b .. Included on the program were the Masses Chr s morning at 8:00, gagement of their daughter, Mona Ma"led In Sedme T Sorormigts (K. thie BroW tollowthg: Plano solo, “Star of the| u (HUR(H‘B;M and 10:0. The lse ass wii| AT PARTY GIVEN USO Jean Arthur |} Jacqueline Everetts to Jack L. Bow- el laround the. tiée’ 'and softly sang East,” by Mrs. Elsie Sofoulis; vocal; A | b2 followed by Benediction. 3 ~ . mer, of Seattle, Wash. A definite ' sil ight, ] solo, “O Holy Night,” by Chester ; i il Wil b g1 g s e wedding date has not vet been set The news has been recelved here m‘zm,fl;‘?‘;;:[‘::;‘;::&? :‘::: s:,cvrf Sleraski; Christmas Fairy Dance, by £ " tHa ‘Christmas M'nl“: g;.:':b:lo:r ‘:‘m:; the Chil-| The annual Christmas party for ” L but will be early in the New Year. of the marriage in Seattle of Miss cq the Brownies played a few games BaTbara Light; two plano solos by The foliowing are “e Chrsh ¢ | dren’s Chotr, under the direction of | children given at the USO Sund A ADY Miss Everetts was employed by the Doris Micttinen, wellknown Juneau anq went home happy with antici- Sonya Sheeper; recitation, “Christ- Services ot B e el prns | 4 Ml afternoon was attended by 85 Subport as_clerk-stenographer cf- girl, to Mr. Lloyd Maxwell Lee, of pation of Santa's arrival, |mas Song” Shirley Casperson; and the Nativity: | {ing in age from 3% to 12. TAKES A ter her graduation from Juneau High Seattle | Troop No. 11 will have its next the singing of “Joy to the World,” Tonight at midnight, the Solemn | SERVICES IN DOUGLAS men, Army and Coast Guard, {] in 1944, and since September, 1945, * The bride is attending Metropoli- meeting Friday afternoon, Jan. 4. | ‘Silent Night” and “Jingle Bells" by Pontificial Mass, the Rev. Walter, In Douglas, at the Catholic Church |as hosts and those, not too 173 | has been with the Seattle Credit tan Bu College, and the young PR o st e b i v the audience. J. Fitzgerald, 8. J., will pontificate. | the Christmas Day Mass will be at had their hands full. The Hdl)m CHANCE || Bureau and attending night school. couple will make their home in Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Hoel be- | S e - The choir under the direction of |9 o'clock. | ed games and had a good time, M {l The marriage will take place at the Seattle until her graduation from®'came the parents of a baby WHITE CHRISTMA! | Mrs. Henry Harmon with Mrs. A. M.| The children, under the direction/ing in a guessing game, m home of the groom’s parents, Mr. that school, coming to Juneau lat- daughter Saturday evening at St.| ity |Uggen at the organ wili render the of Mrs. Marcus Jensen will sing the and reciting, then refreshments S T R B - and Mrs. R. Friedman, in West.er to visit with her parents. Ann’s Hospital. The child was born| It's a cinch Juneau will have a Mass of St. Catherine by Montani traditional hymns during this Mm.‘urved, and all received a Christrt Most snakes' venom is secreted Seattle. Mr. Friedman isa C.P.A.in M. Lee is in the sheet metal bus- at 9:50 o'clock and weighed 10 White Christmas unless a heavy at the Midnight Mass. Immediately following there will be | greeting card to take home. . in modified salivary glands located | that city. iness. | pounds, 10 ounces. Mr. Hoel is em- rain sets in and does things to the Soloists during the Mass will be|a Mass of Thanksgiving. Director Zach Gordon ‘and gfl(- on each side of the posterior portion Bowmer was discharged from the 2 e & ployed at the Juneau Cold Storage. snow, from four to seven inches in Ted Keaton, who will sing the Adcste‘ Confessions will be heard before|cient hostess Ruth Brooks did llu of the head Army recently with rank of Ser- DRINK i BLACK LABEL! This is the couple’s first child. depth in many places. Fidelis during the Offeratory; Miss|the 9:00 o'clock Mass. | general honors. ] jr 851 2 S ST R geant, having served two years at — - = — - -— — i ~— - —— e e e e er Seward, Alaska, one year in the DRINK KING BLACK LABEL! Aleutian Islands, Adak, Attu, She- MIKE'S | PLACE IS CLOSED CHRISTMAS 3 DAY ... wish everycne a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a good time on the Holiday. I § Come and see me later. f Mike Pusich ! I ! B B S