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Others prominent in this cast are
Jeffrey Lynn, Claude Rains, May
Robson, Frank McHugh, Dick For
an and Vera Lewis. A new and de-
lightful addition to the family cast
is Eddie Albert, the young coined
ian star Of Brother Rat" and
Henry O'Neill, in the role of the
father. Other additions to the FAM
lily tree are four girl babies.
-Four Wives" takes up the story
of the Lemp family where -Four
Daughters" left off. This is an in
teresting family picture.
MAIN STREET THEATRE
The bestowed songs of Stephen
C. Foster, the great American
troubadour, are heard in "Swanee
River" the Goth Century-Fox Tech
nicolor production, featuring Don
Ameche, Andrea Leeds and AL Jol-
son at the Main Street Theatre
next Sunday and Monday.
Ameche, who plays the composer
and Jolson, who plays e. P. Chris
ty, minstrel king of that colorful
day, sing several Of the songs, and
other melodies are rendered by the
famous Hall johnson Choir.
Among the numbers sung are
1.-THE Old Folks at Home "(Swanee
River), "Old Black joe" my Old
Kentucky Home" ooh! Susanna
de Camptown Races" Jeanne
with the Light Brown Hair" and
"Ring, Ring de Banjo" Also heard
in the film are Fosters Beautiful
Dreamer" and "Soiree Polka"
So versatile was Foster that
Ameche, already a splendid singer
and accomplished pianist, had to
learn to play the violin, to whistle
with trills and to do a soft shoe
dance-and he also had to learn
how to box!
Andrea Leeds plays Jane Nc
Dowell, the girl Foster loved and
married and the inspiration for
Jeanne with the Light Brown
Hair"
Production Chief Daryl F. Zan-
uck selected Felix Bressart, Chick
Chandler, Russell Hicks, George
Reed and the Hall Johnson Choir
for other featured roles under the
direction Of Sidney Lanfeld.
Music Department Sponsors
Picture at Main Street
Sponsored by the High School
music department the moving pic
ture, "They Shall Have Music
starring Jasha Heifetz, worlds
most renowned violinst, will be
shown at the Main Street Theatre
This splendid movie will be pre-
sented Thursday evening, January
25th, one night only. Admission
prices will be 10 and 25c.
This picture unfolds gripping
story of human interest, highlight,
ed by tense and thrilling action. II
draws it's characters and plot from
the wealth Of material found or
New York's East Side. Briefly
the story revolves around Professor
Lawson, portrayed by Walter Bren'
nan, and his music school settle
ment, composed Of ragged young
sters who are musical prodigies
Into this school comes a young boy
who inherited talent for the violin
from his dead father, and has run
away from home to escape the hate
of a stepfather. The boy Is taker
into tow by the professor and bios
SONS into a fine musician. How M
tries to pay his debt and how M
lures the great Heifetz to the ale
of the financially bankrupt schoo
provides the climax for the story
Others starred in this show are
Gene Reynolds, Andrea Leeds ano
Joel McCrea.
To portray the pupils of the mus
ic school, Mr.. Goldwyn hired the
California Junior Symphony Orch
estra, composed Of As youngsters
whose ages range from 8 to IA
Also introduced to the screen fol
the first time is nine-year-olc
opera singer, Jacqueline Nash.