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Show Centre Features Sharp Drama of Small Town Life A .small town, a country fair and a shady nightclub are the settings for "Whistle Stop," an exciting film triangle adapted from the best-seller novel of the samp name, which opens a week's run at the Centre theater todav- A girl who is too beautiful and too knowing; a ne'er-do-well with a pocket full of pride; the ruthless ruth-less and wealthy owner of the local lo-cal nightclub: and a bartender with a disreputable past are the chief characters in this tale of love and violenc.p George Raft stars as Kennv Veech. the town loafer with a chip on his shoulder. He is in love with Mary played by Ava Gardner. Runner-up in the triangle tri-angle is Lew Lentz, sophisticated sophisticat-ed and wealthy owner of tne nightclub, the Flamingo. Mary, in love with Kenny but resentful of his "the world owes me a living" attitude, does alJ her waltzing with Lew. Kcnnv, however, is not stung into giving giv-ing up a pool table for an office desk. He merely gets sullen. And Lew, furius at be:ng thwarted by a lazy do-nothing, good-for-nothing, get.; danger-us. danger-us. The dynamic is llred ny Lew's bartender, Girli, played by Victor Vic-tor McLaglen. Gitlo is not an ordinary or-dinary bartender. He is in debt to lew for b.iv'ncr nulud him j tion builds toward the smash conclusion of one of the most moving stories of real life ever filmed. Jorja Curtwright, Florence Flor-ence Bates, Tom Conway and Carmel Myers are in tne supporting sup-porting cast. out of a jam with the police. Never allowed to forget his "obligation," Gitlo's hatred boils higher and higher. Murder, robbery, love and hatred hat-red are the ingredients that are brewed up into an explosive climax. cli-max. There's thrilling drama and suspense as every situa- |