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Show JpJteZ .ygjg -SUNDAY HERALD ystcry Thriller Atrvfrnv To Shov A, tensev modern and out-of-the ordinary mystery story if told in RKO Radio's "Murder, My Sweet," starring Dick Powell, Claire-Trevor and Anne Shirley, which opens at the Academy theater Wednesday. .rTha three form a romantic tri- anslv in a contrasting atmosphere of nnurder and blackmail. DicJTPowel has the role of a . hardrh&led" . private detective, MjurloweYwho seta "out on a rou-tlM rou-tlM job of finding the sweetheart', sweet-heart', of an ex-convict, "Moose" Matllpy. Marlowe's investigations get? -hint involved with Mrs. Gayle Clalre Trevor), young and beautiful wife of an elderly connoisseur, con-noisseur, who is in the clutches Ofa 'blackmailer. Anne Shirley Playing the wealthy man's daughter daugh-ter by a first marriage, falls in love .with Marlowe. "Three murders and a suicide are. presently demanding a solution solu-tion and before Marlowe un tangles the mystery he has a hard time V convincing an antagonistic police- department that he is in nocent of any of the crimes. - The role of Marlowe is an en tirely new type of part for Powell and opens up new dramatic fields for him. Miss Trevor gives an in-trepretation in-trepretation of an alluring menace men-ace Miss Shirley's role is on the sympathetic side In the supporting role. Otto Xrueger plays suave blackmailer. Mike Maiurki has the "'Moose' MaUoy role, alternatively terrifying terrify-ing and childlike. Others in the skilled cast are Miler JMander, Douglas Walton, Dewey Robinson and Ernie Adams. Four Top Stars ln: Gala Picture ' Songs, . comedy, romance and girls mostly girls features Paramount's "Bring On The Girls," technicolor musical now playing at the Uinta theater starring star-ring Veronica Lake, Marjorie Reynold, Eddie Bracken and Sonny Tufts. The ' highlights are almost too numerous to mention. For example, ex-ample, Spike Jones and His City Slickers perform one of their novelty routines; Johnny Coy executes two dance numbers; Marjorie Reynolds shines in a ballroom stanza in addition to warbling a hit tune, "How Would You Like to Take My Picture" while . Sonny Tufts surprises everyone with his vocal prowess to bis own accompaniment on the piano.' "The Crime Doctor's Courage," fourth in . Columbia Pictures' screen adaptions of the famous radio program, "Crime Doctor," is the -accompanying picture at the Uinta theater. Warner. Baxter is starred as Dr. Ordway, the eminent psychologist and psychoanalyst. Others featured featur-ed hvthe cast are lovely Hillary Brooks, who plays the feminine lead --opposite Baxter; Jerome Cowatt, Robert Scott, Stephen Crane,' Lloyd Corrigan, Emery Parnell, Anthony Caruso and Lu-pita Lu-pita Tovar. Romantic Comedy On Strand Screen Togther Again!" .... Starring Irene Donne, Charles Boyer with Charles Coburn now playing at the strand tneateri it s weir most exciting and hilarious love affair! Their eyes meet again! Their lips meet again! Their hearts meet again. . .in one of the year's most glorious. -.enchanting. . daring dar-ing romantic comedies. ! What love! What laughter! Besides its brilliant stars, "Together "To-gether Again" boasts of a cast which! features Mona Freeman, Jerome Courtland, Elizabeth Pat terson and Charles Dingle. "Together Again Hells the story of a small-town mayor (Irene Dunne) who, through- the purchase pur-chase of a giddy hat and the at tention of a sophisticated sculp- to (Charles Boyer), forgets about her deceased husband for the Joys of living. . The current companion picture at the Strand, "Secret Command.'U Columbia's film produced by Phil L. Ryan for Terneed Pro durtions, is said to be highly dramatic and actlonful melo drama of attempted Nazi sabotage in an American shipyard, it co- stars Pat O'Brien and Carole Landis rnd features Chester Mor ris and Ruth Warrick. Others prominent in the cast are Barton MacLane, Wallace Ford and Tom TuUv. s There are tnnlls by the screen ful! romanee by the sceneful! He (Pat O'Brien) in rough, tough and terrific. She (Carole Landis) is daring, dazzling and danger ous. Together, they're dynamite. Rugged Paratroop Film At Paramount With an all-male cast of "ac tion" performers including Errol Flynn who is starred and William Prince Henry Hull, George Tobias, To-bias, Dick Erdman, Warner Anderson An-derson and many other capable players, Warner Bros.' latest film drama, "Objective, Burma." opens today at the Paramount theater. "Objective Burma" is the ac tion-packed saga of parachute shock troops dropped into the dank Burma jungles long before Allied fighters cracked back at the Jap. Directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Jerry Wald of "Destination "Des-tination Tokyo" fame. "Objective, Burma," was adapted for the screen from an original story by Alvah Bessie. Ever since our nation was plunged into the boiling cauldron of war, Hollywood has been try- ins to picture various phases of our struggle on film. The list of war films is long indeed, but there is among them an honored few, whose main merit lies in honesty and sincerity. "Objective, Burma" is one of these! Specifically, it is the tale of one parachute company and of the assignment they draw from the cocked hat of fate. It is a tale of valor and devotion to duty that could have been inspired only by I 9 9 ' . .' I A V ' if h k s1l-' A1 I-iS.V - ; -v lt: B-Jt&tj i, y . Local theater houses announce an-nounce top-rankins stars in box-office hit shows on their current programs. Pictured here are scenes from these rave pictures: (upper left) "Utah" with Roy Rogers and Trigger, and featuring George 'Gabby" Hayes and Dale Evans, now playing at the Academy; (upper right) Anne Baxter and John Hodiak in Sunday Dinner For A Soldier." coming Mondav, Tuesday and Wednesday to the Scera; (lower left) Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer, in "Together Again." now playing at the Strand; (lower right) "Objective, Burma," opening today at tne.jfaramount, starring Errol Flynn, Henry Hull and Buddy Bud-dy Yarns, pictured here, and many others; (bottom) Veronica Lake, Senny Tufts and Eddie Bracken, in "Bring On The Girls," now playing at the Uinta. the exploits of the men who battled bat-tled across Burma's dank wilderness wilder-ness with Merrill's company of marauders. But more than that, it is a tri bute to the soldier's faith in his cause, his command, his way of life. It is a salute to CaDt. C. R. Nelson, D.S.C. (as portrayed in the film by Errol Flynn), and to company commanders every where, whose leadership and strength are often the difference between life and death. Bridge players could'aet a eood hand among the names of Texas towns, Ace, Heart, King, Queen, and Spade. 11 PREVENT HOME FRONT CASUALTIES! Do you know: That every third day In 1944 some home in Utah was the scene of tragedy accidental death. In the state of Utah 130 people were killed and 3230 suf- fered disabling injuries in home accidents with an estimated economic loss of $300,000 during 1944. Throughout the nation the corresponding figures for 1944 were 30,500 killed, 4,600,000 injured, and the cost was $550,000,000. An appalling story of human tragedy, isn't it? Accidents not only hamper our war production efforts, but cause poverty, hardship, discomfort and sorrow. . BE CAREFUL! PREVENT HOME FRONT CASUALTIES! The week of April 8th to 14th is HOME SAFETY WEEK, sponsored by .the Home Division of the Utah Safety Council. During that period you'll receive many valuable suggestions and information to help you do your part in decreasing this enormous waste of life and limb and Its tremendous economic cost. UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. STEVENS TO LECTURE SALT LAKE CITY, April 7 (U.R) Edmund Stevens, widely experienced ex-perienced roving war correspondent correspond-ent for the Christian Science Monitor, Mon-itor, will lectture at the University Univer-sity of Utah Monday on the extension ex-tension division's master minds and artists series. Stevens has covered practically every major campaign of the European Eu-ropean war. He is especially well-acquainted well-acquainted with the eastern front and Russia. RUSSIANS 31 MILES TO BERLIN ALLIES 126 MILES TO BERLIN WARNERS 4 DAYS TO HOTEL BERLIN UINTA THURSDAY! EVERYONE'S RAVING ABOUT THESE TWO "NEW POLICY" HITS! OPEN DOORS At 1P.M. 1 . all .1 . i feature CoiP JL: 8 "rv Lw J 2f itAf PV sUrrinf in the most baportant 7 . I MSy 5s?N. of U his pictures Warf alia 'Air IKI IIUUM S?jf (LJ r ) li WILLIAM PRTNTP Art esnuM WCK ERDMAN CEORGE TOBIAS -HENRV HULL AKTummt . - .. .... . . iiinai um m suit nu- i Heartwarming Film Slated For Scera Once in a while, and only once in a while, there reaches the screen a motion picture so heart- warmingly human, so packed with rich, honest" laughter .and truly enthralling romance, that it remains re-mains as one of your most cher ished theater experiences for a long time to come. Such a film .is "Sunday Dinner For a Soldier." the new 20th Century Fox film picture starring Anne Baxter and John Hodiak with a brilliant sup porting cast including Charles Winninger. "Sunday Dinner For a Soldier" will play Monday, Tuesday Tues-day and Wednesday at the Scera theater in Orem. A good deal of the picture's delight de-light stems of course, from its simple yet unusual story; the story of a family of five, impoverished, impover-ished, but rich in spirit, whose home is a weatherbeaten houseboat house-boat moored in a tropical and pic-tuersque pic-tuersque lagoon on,- the Florida eulf coat, and whose burning de sire is to entertain a; soldierany soldier1 at Sunday dinner Just as do their prosperous neighbors in the nearby town. On the same program will be seen the documentary film "The Fighting Lady" filmed in technicolor. techni-color. The film which tells the story of an aircraft carrier and the exploits of the pilots and crew was made in cooperation with the U. S. Navy. It is a thrilling news-drama news-drama showing everyday life aboard the carrier and the climaxing cli-maxing battles and victories through the eyes of the cameras which operated in synchrony with weapons on planes and from advantageous ad-vantageous places on the deck of the carrier. Lieutenant Robert Taylor was assigned by the Navy to deliver the commentary of the film. -The first major university to recognize women as students on an equal basis with men was the University of Chicago. Last Two Days i Doors Open 1 P. M. I n.BW?- 1 7MII Kli: HITT I I Screen Snapshots I jJiY f-3! j World News CfklAJW BaaaBBBaBaaaaaaaBaaaaBaBaaBsaaaBBaBaaBaaaalBBaaaBaaaaBB NOW -i- ENDS TUESDAY DOUBLE SHQW.YALUE! She will steal rr your heart 1 Away! i. mm MOFFETT I. II It Jin una Vl ESMQHD O'COHNOfe CAWTfON Open 1:00 P. M. Last Complete Show At 9:15 ...IT'S A KIILER i With Dick Powell, in a brand new type of rolej orGfcporous Gels, Dangercss Dives, Jtmga$ snd Action-Packed Days! . f' V it-'''' A vst Dick POWELL Claire TREVOR Anne SHIRLEY Douglas VVAHON I; 1 EXTRA! Tlane Daffy" Color Cartoon EXTRA l- STARTS WEDNESDAY STARTS TODAY! EbUJuw Doors Open 1 J. M. |