Show Buddy Baer Has Biggest Role I In New Nev Comedy Buddy Baer prizefighter turned actor seems a a. logical choice for the giant role In Abbott and Costellos Costello's Jack and the Beanstalk Exclusive Production In presented by Warner Bros at the Egyptian Theatre tonight Thursday and Friday Standing 6 feet 5 Inches and weighing weighing weigh weigh- ing pounds Baer Is enough of a real i giant to make fairy tale giants able A younger brother of Max Baer time one-time worlds world's heavyweight champion Buddy achieved something of a reputation reputation i tion for tor himself as a a. professional heavy heavy- weight heavy I He made his Ills ring debut on October 10 10 1934 and flattened his opponent 6 I foot 7 Inch Tiny Abbott In the first I round In the next eight years he fought 74 bouts won all but four 22 by I knockouts In the first round Fought Joe Louis He went seven rounds with Joe Louis Louts LouisIn I In their first fight tight In their second meeting a year later Louis put him away In the first round That ended his I ring career After Arter two and a half years of wartIme wartime war- war tIme tune service In the U TJ S S. S Army Buddy settled In Sacramento California where he opened a night club He was making a name for himself as M a night club entertainer entertainer entertainer en en- when Hollywood where he had small roles In tw films lIms called him back He was cast for the role of or Ursus In Q Quo o Vadis also a giants giant's part FollowIng Following Fol Fol- lowing this he was engaged by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello for Jack and the Beanstalk AUTRY CARRIES MAIL L MAILIN IN WHIRLWIND ACTION Gene Autry the worlds world's greatest cowboy cowboy cow cow- bo boy and Champion the worlds world's wonder horse carry the mall mail for Uncle Sam in Columbia Pictures' Pictures Whirlwind comIng coming coming com com- ing Saturday only to the Egyptian Theatre Smiley Burnette Genes Gene's Egyptian former I sidekick returns to star with Autry Featured players Include Gall Davis Thurston Hall and Harry Lauter I In Genes Gene's latest outdoor thriller the star Is seen as a postal inspector who collaborates with Smiley also a Government Government Government Govern Govern- I ment representative in running down downa a aa a. a gang of ot U. U S. S mall hl Autry liS Is called upon to exhibit his talent for tor riding hard hard fighting and straight straight- shooting before he nails down Thurston Thurston Thurston Thur- Thur ston the leader of the mall mail rustlers Genes Gene's standout action sequences of the film are said to be neatly balanced by the comic antics of ot Sm Smiley 11 ey No 1 Western comedian of ot the screen Gene also sings his latest song hit Whirlwind by Stan Jones who wrote the famous Riders in the Sky In addition addition addition ad ad- I to the title tune Gene Is la Joined by Burnette in singing Twiddle I and As Long song As I Live Miss Davis plays a Western girl who I does not noli know her beloved uncle beloved uncle heads the crime ring and that he had killed her father his own brother In order to to gain her estate Lauter Is a crooked county attorney in league w with th Thur Thur- ston OBRIEN O'BRIEN HAYDEN JAGGER ARE STARRED IN SLAM-BANG SLAM I OUTDOOR ADVENTURE DRAMA Paramount's Denver Rio Grande an outdoor action thriller In Technicolor Technicolor color will open next Tuesday and Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- at the Egyptian Theatre This Nat Holt production with a fine cast headed by Edmond OBrien O'Brien Sterling Hayden Dean Jagger and Laura Elliot was filmed largely on location among the rugged peaks and ste walled steep walled p-walled I gorges of the near Durango C Colorado ado I An epic of ot pioneer railroading Denver Den Den Denver Denver ver Rio to Grande reportedly combines enough suspense drama and bruising action to please the most avid adventure adventure ture turo fan The story centers around th the efforts of the pioneer to blast a a. avital avital vital pass that would link Denver with the West Edmond OBrien O'Brien is cast as as the fighting construction boss and he heIs heis heis is opposed by the rival Canyon City line and its ts chief engineer Sterling Hayden Hay- Hay den In a gun battle between the two a a. third man is killed This ignites a series of ot dramatic complications culminating in th the tho most tingling spine wreck eve I filmed This crash marks the first time that two trains were actually destroyed In a on head-on collision to provide movie moviegoers moviegoers goers with super-realistic super excitement Another tense highlight Is the station station- station by-station battle for tor the right of ot way Involving hundreds of ot extras and lots lotsof lotsof lotsof of TNT this sequence re resulted In the planned destruction of or thousands of dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars worth of or material and equipment OBrien O'Brien in the lead role Is one of Hollywoods Hollywood's most reliable performers with many outstanding characterizations to tu his cred credit t. t He has recently been seen In Warpath and Silver City Blonde and handsome Sterling Hayden Is another outdoor action favorite |