amusements and Wild Bill Doolan been so In- nately, the the kids are all perfec- ventlon and reunion in Baltimore **■ All of West’s Bad Men sulted as by this implication that 3d headquar- tionists. August 13-14, Army HA SIM SPLITTING Scott could take them on as a MacMurray, in reading a speech ter! has announced. LAPP FESTIVAL Routed by Old Randy group. ,w of 10 lines, omitted one word. Little HOW—ENDS SAT. The script writers are a bit eva- HE 'Easter Parade’ Is Festival In Keith Feature immediately turned to Director l ho Gay sive on this point to be sure. From Gigi _AMUSEMENTS_ ho ‘RETURN Of THE BAD MEN." »n RKO time to time, the story suggests Claude Biryon. MMIRUnH by Nat Holt, directed HA Picture produced that outlaws were a temperamental she “that isn’t Astaire and Berlin by Ray Enright. original screenplay by “Mr. Binyon," said, I HA HiaQKuUw Jack Natteford and Lud Ward. At Keith *. lot and walked out on one another HE Honoring the it is in the script!” > THE CAST: Scott's work easier. way _,4_^><l _•_ Randolph Scott just to make HE By Jay Carmody Vance is now taking the | Sundance Kid_ Robert Ryan the MacMurray i ho ■i.i.HianifliiHG be life wretched for Anne Jeffreys As picture ends, however, The Democrats and Republicans may making Chevenne_ home with him every DEMOCRAT k ha ■ftSUMHHiWMMi Pettit _Oeorge "Gabby" Hayes Guthrie is as clean as a whistle, script night. each but wants to make I— 1 ha other, Metro-Goldwyn-Maver only everybody Jacqueline White LJ CONVENTION / Madge a town where gamblers and bar- And there’s a dangerous look in his he happy with Easter Parade.” It should have no trouble at all achieving Cole Younger_ Steve Brodie («i. Brklfy So«ni» Pwty'i Jim Younger _Richard Powers tenders are as safe on for the new' musical at the Palace has Saturday this noble purpose everything! John Younger-Robert Bray eye.__ HOT NEWS FROM PALESTINE k Adults, 50c; Kids Free night as they would be in their HO A mere surface inventory of it* assets reveals Fred Astaire. Judy; Emmett Dalton_ Lex Barker 9 .Walter Reed to Meet STATES PRErABES ha Open 8—Starts Technicolbr that is Bob Dalton_ own homes. Scott, the agonizingly Vets of 24th FNITEn ( Garland and Ann Miller. 17 songs by Irving Berlin. Grat Dalton _Michael Harvey OLYMPICS man who shoots the town 15 UP. _TOB _ Dean White good FORT MEADE. Md.. July BUJtamy gay. production cnai is ex- Billy the Kid EASTER PARADE." an MGM Picture Wild Bill _Robert Armstrong into this fine shape, is on his way —Veterans of the 24th Infantry M.G-M.—Sptciml! travagant but in excellent taste, and produced by Arthur Freed, directed by Bill Yeager-Tom Tyler Wild to California, where presumably hold their first con-i "GOING TO BLAZES!" rather above all, the most varied Charles Walters, screenplay by Sidney Arkansas Kid_Lew H»rvey Division will Sheldon, Frances Goodrich and Albert he will the rest of. his life one has Johnny_„ ,Gar!L 9r?J spend 35 Other News Events and spirited dancing any Hackett, original story by Goodrich & Wilson Walter Baldwin AMUSEMENTS by Irving Berlin. At the Minna Gombell making this movie under other seen since Astaire's last movie. Hackett, songs Emily _| SHOW EVERY SAT.. Will Palace. Mason--'..-.Warren Jackson titles. J. C. KIDDIES’ The Cast. Robert Clarke • t«a *** ***** There is also the customary story DaTe _ WMAL SiwmmS Hannah Brown _.Judy Garland Robards AIK-CONDITIONED MW MATIN but since it is a small, tenuous thing 1 Judge Harper_Jason Don Hewes Fred Astaire *E™ 1:20 Harrow. Ill — Peter Lawford Too Precocious pui that never gets in the way, it is Jonathan Ann Miller needed to NATIONALIVH ■ IWHIlh MM.WiMhti.lil Nadine Hale_ ANNA STAYS—Vivien Probably because they tho Associated Pros* nothing to bother your head about. Francois Jules Munshln Leigh By the horses some exercise, a to take the Mike, the Bartender_ Clinton Sundberg give HOLLYWOOD. • 3 WEEKS ONLY • 71 In returning public's LeGon the title role in the new- Essie _ Jennie plays bunch of RKO actors get together IWOHIDING SrNDAY NIGHTS I mind off politics and prices, Astaire's Singer Rlchaid Beaveie children in pic- • JULY 1STH AND tSTH • | est film version of Leo Tol- in a called "Return of the Scene-stealing latest picture makes it impossible picture Bad Men" at Keith’s. That it tures have been irritating seasoned that there should be any more of this is just enough of a dancer to make stois “Anna Karenina," which other than he him a in a funny should serve any purpose actors for years. Now they’re even absurd talk of his retirement. If spirited partner now is in its week at fourth a workout for the equine* is incon- as he said when he bit on how dance teams develop the old-timers work. Is tired, quit make a making and several others featur- the Playhouse. ceivable, although it does a couple of years ago, it is nowhere routines, Fred MacMurray and Claudette of vague references as to JAMES MASON evident in "Easter Parade.” The ing fast taps. couple Colbert are teamed, for the seventh his previous co-stars, In a light- how Guthrie, Okla., got its start in truth is that he is in top form from In return for this, Astaire be- time, in “Family Honeymoon.” Also VIS—THE I. T. IAST! a fast whose theme Is "Shak- life. RKO cannot have thought the moment he glides into camera comes Miss Garland's partner in ning tap in the cast are three—no less—juve- one but Guthrieities could pos- After SYt Teart on B’wag until he drifts out of it in number of vocal interludes, the best; ing the Blues Away," turns in a any niles: Gigi Perreau, 6; Peter Miles, STEWART SRANSER range. be interested in that. as even of which is a humorous duet, “A I sibly 8, Unfortu- as sumptuous a finale Holly- quietly beautiful dance In a "Maga- 10, and Jimmy Hunt, NATIONAL’S LAST SHOW! a actors who serve as exer- wood can imagine. Couple of Swells,” sophisticated The zine Cover" number, an'd teams the horses in "Return version of a seedy old vaudeville cise boys for AMUSEMENTS 1 PHYLLIS CALVERT with Astaire in a of ball- Men" are M-G-M has made a gay festival item. “I Love a Piano,” "It Only couple of the Bad unquestion- 1 room bits that are lot. are of the musical at the Palace, a Happens When I Dance With You," extraordinarily ably an experienced They also Scott, the | IN J. ARTHUR RANK S lAitecoNPmONEDl mighty celebration in honor of the and the "Easter Parade” finale graceful. headed by Randolph The overall mood of "Easter Pa- of the cinema, and combined talents of Astaire and pair the headliners pleasantly. Miss! great stone face what Berlin's title with such Berlin. It has shot one of the Garland gets Lawford as vocal as-j rade" is just Robert Ryan, along >MSI MrAM.it M #£9694 tune calls for. with aides as Anne Jeffreys cinema's most impressive bank ac- sociate ih "Fella With an Umbrella”! light-hearted decorative "MAN OF EVIL” in a new1 dramatic interludes for White. counts on a party it would be hard and goes it effectively alone just enough and Jacqueline contrast. Natteford and Luci Ward— not to enjoy. In doing so, it has Berlin ballad. "Better Luck Next1 Jack w-riters— had the further bright idea of re- Time.” This has obviated any need for if there are any such vfe * vk moments. cliches that are deeming Miss Miller from that ridic- straining for comedy collected the strung MOVIES for “Return TODAY'S NEIGHBORHOOD ulous oblivion into which the movies Most elaborate of Astaire’s nu- Nevertheless, Comedian Jules Mun- together to make a plot to shin makes a lot of a brief Bad Men.” are always permitting her to drift. merous dance contributions quite of the p ARM IN A 1,,h 1 N- c- Av«- S E- ! ar- assembled calls IHnULInH 4471 If this ever happens again, after "Easter Parade," is an after mid-; moment in which he bares the What they finally Air Condition.d. U. THEATERS IRENE WARNER BROS.' "Easter Pa- which tistic soul of a salad chef. for Scott to be a man who, * "MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION.” Miss Miller's dancing in way production item opens good ROBERT TAYLOR; "GRAND For Additional Information, Thant DUNNE. lit I be forced turns blue at takes on history’s SS OLE OPRY.' ROY A CUFF. Theater Direct or Call RFpubiie rade," the movies should in light ballet mood, All of It should be wonderfully single-handed, Mr Cenditlaned. of Western bad .Theater. Marked * a whole new set of casting and winds with a dex- In whole first team am. re. 01 >4 to hire midpoint, up soothing to your ruffled spirit mn r 2'03 Pa. n.w. h ea t e r«H» V > n *M a t i n Never have the latter, in- leMIrleb _T eea._^ directors. terous technical trick that is pretty this turgid summer of 1948. It Is men. Comfortably Cool the Sun- Only. JOHN MILLS. MARTHA is one of the most wonderful. This Involves Astaire cluding Billy the Kid, Today Miss Garland superb entertainment. SCOTT In "SO WELL REMEMBERED,” at ★mbassuhisSST?: Dalton Brothers, Fontaine In The ghow-w'ise girls in Hollywood but dancing in slow motion while a dance Kid, the Bin* Crosby, Joan Arkansas fomtiaiutuM Emperor Welti," at 1:20, 3:26, b:30.