The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 1, 1949, Page 5

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1949 ENDS TONITE HE INTAM] SHOWPLALE or eall urn : TOMORROW we open our in beautiful color SONNY TUFTS BARBARA BRITTON GEO. ‘GABBY’ HAYES THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA CONTINUOUS SHOWS SUNDAY Doors Open 1:30 Complete Shows 1:35—3:17—56:26 7:40—9:54 Feature Starts 1:44—3:53—6:02 8:16—10:30 GREATER MOVIE SEASON with the first of a series of BRAND NEW PICTURES to play your Capitol Theatre day and date with the Nation's Leading Theatres oy an i & Soft Tfludvf'orsomewm This gambler had a*hot” hundred €| grand and a ticket ¢ to Yokohama... | He was all E l set... and then he . stumbled on her! COLUMBIA PICTURES FORD - KEYES Mr: Soft Zowuctz v JOHN IRELAND - BEULAH BONDI - PERCY KILBRIDE Screen Play by ORIN JANNINGS Directed by HENRY LEVIN ang GORDON DOUGLAS produced by MILTON HOLMES TO BE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THESE OUTSTANDING FIRST-RUN PICTURES Day and Date with New York—Chicago—Seattle—San Franci: The play which created such great dramatic furore throughout the world! “Anna Lucasta® starring PAULETTE GODDARD JENNIFER JONES The Sweethem ‘;f]s Technicolor ’ “THAT MIDNIGHT KISS” KATHRYN GRAYSON — JOSE ITURBI ETHEL BARRYMORE — MARIO LANZA M-G-M Presents VAN HEFLIN .+ LOUIS JOURDAN in “Madame Bovary” and we shall further entertain you with=-- CLARK GABLE WALTER PIDGEON VAN JOHNSON ""COMMAND DECISION' RED SKELTON “A SOUTHERN YANKEE" Funnier than “The Fuller Brush Man” JAMES STEWART JOHN WAYNE in JOAN FONTAINE “3 Godfathers" in Color by Technicolor STAY HAPPY" “YOU GOTTA ' GARY COOPER ANN SHERIDAN “GOOD SAM" LORETTA YOUNG ROBERT MITCHUM in ‘RACHEL AND THE MMNGER" 4| settlement house, the plug-uglies | & fl|the first meeting of the fall season, {fMR; SOFT TOUCH,’ FIRST RUN SHOW, BILL AT CAPITOL “Mr. Soft Touch,” new Colum-| bia Pictures’ drama co-starring Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes, is |coming to the Capitol Theatre| 3unday. Featured in support of the| stars are John Ireland, Beulah| Bondi and Percy Kilbride. This is| ja first run production. | Ford and Miss Keyes, who were| {teamed in “The Mating of Millie,” delightful romantic comedy, are reunited in the exciting stery of a man who had a date witlr a bullet | and of a girl who tried to make/| him break it. Henry Levin, whow piloted the stars in their earlier| | venicle, has once again put them | | through their paces, co-directing “Mr. Soft Touch” with Gordon | Douglas. | / Orin Jannings' screen play tells| of a gambler, (Ford) half hero half heel, on the lam from pur- suing gangsters with a “hot hun- dred grand,” who elects to hide out tough cynicism proves to be a soft worker (Keyes) and, before they know it, they are headlong in love. Ford’s sanctuary, however, is | short-lived, for Ireland, a news-!| paper columnist, puts the gang on his trail. By setting fire to the recover the money. How Ford out- wits them in a crackling finish, and what he does with the money, pro- vides the surprising ciimax. “Mr. Soft Touch” has been given a realistic touch Ly virtue of its exteriors having been shot in San | Francisco's busy streets. "DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS’ TONIGHT AT 20TH CENTURY | America’s great whaling ships, which cruised out of New Eng-| |land’s harbors in the 1880's on voy- | | ages which often lasted years and | sometimes circled the glote, come | into their own in “Down to the Sea 1in Ships,” the new Twentieth opens tonight at the 20th Century Theatre, starring Richard Widmark, | Lionel Barrymore, and Dean Stock- | well. The story of the captain of “The | Pride of Bedford,” who, at the age| {that his grandson may receive the benefit of his experience, was | filmed in realistic fashion at seah Beach, California. A 125 foot whaling brig, weigh- ing 45 tons, was built especially tor the picture. Aboard her comes a varied crew who sail the wide ex- panse of the Atlantic and find high | adventure, climaxed by a spectacu- | lar wreck on an iceberg. CONDITIONS OF WEATHER ALASKAPTS. Weather conditions and temper- atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am., 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau at Juneau, follow: Anchorage Barrow ... Bethel Cordova Dawson L2l Edmonton Fairbanks Haines Juneau Airport .. Annette Island 46—Partly Cloudy 36—Partly Cloudy 34—Partly Cloudy 42—Partly Cloudy 83—Partly Cloudty GIRL SCOUT TROOP EIGHT HAS MEETING The girl scout troop No. 8 held their meeting at the Moose hall ‘Thursday, Sept. 20. Mrs. Via Clark was a visitor. Mrs. H. Rowland, our former Brownie leader, dropped in for a few minutes. We played games and Mrs. Taylor, our leader, read to us the history of the girl wouts Cookies were served. Othili¢ Dreibelbis, Reporter. BADMINTON (LUB STARTING MONDAY Badminton Club will meet Mon- day from 7 until 10 p.m. in the| High School Gymnasium. This is| in a settlement' house. There, his|¥ touch for an attraction settlement |} | Century-Fox adventure film which| of 80, still carries on at sea in order |} } P PAGE FIVE O AR CIORLENTURY oox'5or STARTS TONITE Sunday and Monday SHOW STARTS 7:10 and 9:30 Rarely has anything been seen on the screen to equal the THRILLS, the EXCITEMENT and the EMOTIONALLY STIRRING QUALITY of thissea story . . . It's so human, in fact, that not an eye will remain drv among those who will see it! RICHARD *LioNEL "WIDMARK - BARRYMORE ocan STOCKWELL with CECIL KELLAW Dieected by HENRY HATHAWAY - ¢ " Screen Play by John Lee Mabinand Sy Bat»From Sty by Sy Burtet MATINEE SUNDAY Late Atomic Bomb AN STARTS NEWS by AIR 50" e S ||nmu|mmununnmmnuunm , SPECIAL For A Limited Time Only wam PLUS == Selected Shorts DOORS OPEN 1:45 SHOW — ON deb-u-curl The Curl Control Cold Wave $12.95 Using LARGE 'JUMBO RODS, ‘“deb - u - curl,” gives you lovely, large- loose curls that add to. the natural beauty ot your hair. — AND Machineless 0il Permanent 8$3.50 As a companion to “deb- u-curl,” our delightfully versatile short-cut gives a new loveliness to your Won’t you come in? Most of you hair. know KATHERINE McDONALD, our friendly and capable hair stylist. Now, we want you to meet HAZEL MILLER, our new beauti- cian. We Cater To No Special Age Groups. —Ilah Parmenter, Proprietor Raranof Beauty Salen and all members and others in- terested should go prepared to play. PHONE 538 for YOUR appointment

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