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Show WAGEJHEATRE Sunday and Monday A story of violence and high adventure, ad-venture, "Manila Calling," coming to the Firmage theatre Sunday and Monday, is geared for action and suspense. A lost battalion is the hero of this picture a lost battalion of fierce fighting men stranded in a jungle clearing by the withdrawal from the Philippines Philip-pines of American armed forces and socking at the Japs whenever the opportunity arises. Lloyd Xolan, Cornel Wilde, James Glea-son Glea-son and Carol Landis head the cast of players. Several of the thrilling phases in' the story of China's gallant resistance re-sistance in her war against Japanese Jap-anese aggression are graphically illustrated in a short, "Inside Fighting China", to be shown at this theatre Sunday and Monday in Connection with the main feature. fea-ture. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday With Pat O'Brien and George Murphy in its leading roles, "The Navy Comes Through" is a thrilling thrill-ing action-romance, the first to come out of Bollywood dramatizing dramatiz-ing the Battle of the Atlantic. This saga of the men who take the freighters through the U-boat infested sea lanes is hailed as an unusual one in many respects, particularly par-ticularly in its realistic depiction of its subject. ' Murphy has the role of a navy officer dismissed from service because of a fatal accident aboard a cruiser, and O'Brien plays the part of a hard-boiled hard-boiled chief petty officer whose testimony is responsible for Murphy's Mur-phy's disgrace. The latest news and a specialty, "Kitchen Quiz", also will be shown. Friday and Saturday "Mokey," the story of a misunderstood mis-understood boy who just can't seem to avoid trouble, comes to this theatre Friday and Saturday as one of the pictures of a double feature show and is a delightful mixture of tender drama and comedy. Little Bobby Blake, in the title role, was first seen in "Our Gang" comedies. As his father, a man who neglects his son because of a job that keeps him on the road, is Dan Dailey jr. Donna Reed, is the stepmother who lacked the experience necessary neces-sary to handle an eight-year-old son. The "Three Mesquiteers" ride again ! Republic's latest film, starring this dashing trio, is "Thundering Tirails;" and comes to this theatre as the second picture pic-ture of the double feature show. v |