| Show Autry Cracks Down On Food Hijackers In New Tack Pack Train f The fate tate ot of a pioneer settlement facing death and dIsASter because e of a food f and medicine short shortage ge reportedly rides ride on Gene Dene Autry's courage In Columbia the Pictures Pictures' P PAck ck Train stars star's new outdoor action drama showIng show show- 1 Ing Saturday only at the Egyptian i Theatre In Pack rack Train Train cited by the annual annual I Issue of or Western Movie lilts Hits Magazine as the Heat Best Western of the Year Oem Oen sets nets out to rescue settlers from starvation tion and death by riding to Trails Trail's End to obtain th the needed supplies He obtains ob taine some with the promise of more but the mercenary storekeepers of the towns town's only store divert the promised supplies for sale lale to gold miners at exorbitant ex ex ex- prices Furious Gene done returns to Trails Trail's End and with the aid of the law and his hla sidekick Smiley Burnette wrangles the sorely-needed sorely supplies Ills His pack train Is II beset by hijackers but he gets it through arriving back In the settlement settlement settlement settle settle- ment and finds a little girl dead because because because be be- cause of the lack of medicine Oene Gene goes gunning for the killers Pack Train reportedly shows chows Autry at his action best beet He rides fights tights and shoots his way through a whole host of gunmen and villains and still finds time to sing BIng and Joke with Burnt Burnette tie Songs heard In Pack Train include Gods Little Candles by Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Jim Jim- my Kennedy Wagon Train by Gene Oene and Smiley and Hominy Grits by Burnette Lovely Gall Davis Davie Is again in the feminine lead while Kenne Duncan is 18 the principal villain Burnette supports Autry with some of his delightful comedy comedy com com- edy capers Pack Train was wal penned by Norman S. S Hall who did both the story and screen play Veteran director George piloted Pack Train aGene a aGene Gene Oene Autry Production for producer Armand SChaefer SPLIT f SECOND AND ANI ACTION IN SPLIT SECOND Split-second Split action split-second split drama and split-second split excitement are promised In to Split Second which comes to the Egyptian Theatre on Sunday and Monday Monday Mon Mon- day well recommended as one of the seasons season's top suspense films Based on a theme that holds an on intriguing promise and said to contain some of the seasons season's most explosive scenes in its voltage high ge climax this new Radio feature stars co-stars Stephen McNally Alexis Smith Jan Sterling Keith Andes Andea and Arthur r Split Second also 0 carries additional Interest In the person of It Its I director Dick Powell who deserts the appearance side of entertainment after 25 ye years year rl ot of I starring on stage screen radio and TV to make his hI debut 04 M the the man megaphone behind the cameras with I ad-I I this production The results from tram advance ad- ad ad 1 vance reports definitely establish him himas as M a vital force torce In the directorial field I II I Action of Split Second takes taku place I In a desert ghost town where an oddly oddly- oddlY oddlY-I aa assorted group of ot strangers are held held prisoners rl by a trio of gunmen after a al I c prison br break ak They Include Alexis Smith the thrill-seekIng thrill thrill seeking wife of a society doctor doctor doctor doc doc- tor Jan Sterling a night club enter- enter I talner tamer who has all the answers Keith Andes a reporter who knows his way way I around Arthur Hunnicutt a desert rat I with something up his sleeve Robert Roberti j I Paige as a. Miss MIM Smiths Smith's current boyfriend boyfriend boy- boy j friend and Richard Egan as her doctor j I husband The gunmen are Stephen McNally Mc- Mc Nally their leader Paul Kelly who was I I i seriously wounded in the escape and and Frank Prank deKova their mute deaf-mute pal I I IThe i The plight of the prisoners Is le heightened heightened height height- ened cried by the fact that the most i live force the world has ever I known 1 marches time at their very doorstep Edmund Grainger who has hM been re responsible re- re i I for such top films tums as Flying Leathernecks One Minute To Zero and Blackboard the Pirate produced produced pro pro- I Split Second from a screenplay I by William flowers Bowers and nd Irving Wallace n JOSE JOSG MAKES MAKER 1118 HIS I MOTION PICTURE DEBUT I IN ROLE OF MATADOR I The brilliant Spanish Sh dancer Jose I makes his first appearance be before before before be- be fore the motion picture cameras In M Ms colorful new Technicolor production pro- pro which next Sombrero opens Tuesday and Wednesday at the Egyptian I j Theatre Greco was waa selected by Producer Jack Cummings and Director Norman Foster as as' as an ideal type to till flit the therole e role of Cyd arrogant matador brother who refuses to permit her marriage to a a. Mexican candy vendor enacted by young J screen newcomer Rick Jason The part not only offers otters an I Intensely dramatic acting assignment but also affords him an opportunity to reveal the spectacular dancing talent I which has made his name famous through the world I Also starring In tn the impressive cast of Sombrero are Ricardo Pier Angell VIttorio Gassman and Yvonne de Carlo Based on the bestseller bestseller bestseller best best- seller novel A Mexican Village by the new picture was I filmed against authentic backgrounds j jin I in Mexico Iii j I l I |
