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\ V 'v * . \ \ iMtatmiit miMtmtiiaiMm ifnfwngir lil'i i , / pj \ i*; f > THURSDAY. MARCH 31, 1949 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Pajre Five '‘Take Me Out To The Ball Game" Opening Attraction At 'New’ Broadway Monday AT NEW BROADWAY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ♦, * . * . # * If}' * W* ^ .T.I. r?*** A 1 J * I Scene from Opening Show, '/Take Me Out To the Bolt Game" at Mew Broadway Monday and Tuesday ^ A <»>/ m ^ w, Tk* K \ ( A scene from “Command Decision” at the “New” Broadway next Q Thursday and Friday, based on the Broadway success of the same name, and starring Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy. ( election could be sustained, the council was unwilling to take tech nical advantage of even small pro- tes’ing groups who may have felt that there was an infringement of their rights. — The mayor said that he has alrea dy received a new petition signed by a majority of the freeholders on the North side of the city, one of the affected districts, and as soon as all requirements have been met a new election will be held. BEST WISHES ... to the ... ‘NEW’ BROADWAY We extend the "glad hand" of welcome. We congratulate the owners in providing for our city such a modern and love ly theatre. EDERALMVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Telephone No. 6 A Clinton Institution Serving Clinton People Since 1909 The great American game of Swat provides the basis for a tip- i top, first-class musical so good that !$t is impossible to imagine the aud- | ience that won t find it grand, and ! even glorious, fun at the new Broad way opening Monday. • Where it all began is a matter per* •haps best calculated from the offic ial credits which set forth that [“Take Me Out to the Ball Game” is based on a story by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. leading into a [script by Harry Tugend and George . Wells, leading into most astute pro duction supervision by Arthur Freed and able direction by Busby Berk- : cley. Who is entitled to the mostest nf thA* ic thic LAURENS COUNCIL VOTES TO RESCIND ANNEXATION MOVE of the bestest is beyond this re viewer’s information, but he does know there's enough surrounding this attraction to suffuse all hands concerned with the warm glow of justifiable praise. Not excepting, very postively, a top-drawer cast comprised tf Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams mid But\ Garrett and Jules Muiuhin (who [came out of “Call Me Mister” one of Broadway's successful mi#.cals), Edward Arnold, Tom Dugan uii 1 ' Hichard. Lane. CONGRATULATIONS ... to the ... It is a pleasure to extend our best wishes on the open- ing of your handsome new theatre, among Carolina's finest. D. E. Tribble Company Building Material Phone 94 Clinton, S. C. The tact is this show seems to have been endowed with that thing often described as a labor of love, for not only did Kelly and Dunenl write the story, they also staged the 10 musical numbers which range •from excellent to a measly good On the story side, which is not veiy important, is a situation which finds the ball team passing to the control of Miss Williams, who must have been a nice boss to take orders from. Kelly is the wise guy, Sin atra the muscle-less one, Munshin the comedy end of the pennant-win ning nine, Miss Garrett who wants to mother Sinatra—and more, and Arnold the shady character who almost wrecks the team. What happens in the plot—and it isn't much—becomes less essential than how it is made to happen. The arm of coincidence was never long er. # but it might hi' said also that not often has it been employed with such uncommon verve, bounce, and good humor. This attraction con sequently has a lilt and movement which practically swamp into insig nificance its narrative contrivances. The theme song from which the film draws title is the piece of Arn- Laurens, S. C., March 28— At a called meeting held Mon day night, the City Council voted to rescind and repeal its former order for annexation to the city of two areas which voted January 6 to come into the city. The motion to rescind was made by Alderman Watts, seconded by Alderman Stoddard. Action of the council folldwed a notice given in the regular month ly meeting March 7 by O. L Long. I attorney for residents in the an nexed area, that the annexation would be protested in the courts. Mayor W. T Bolt, in a statement yesterday, said that City Attorney H S. Blackwell had advised the council that the time had expired for filing a protest on the election under the status of 1946 but that the election was not conducted in acoordamo with the new procedure' as set fo-th in a law passed in 1948, the latter law nut having been pub lished at the time the election was held. The mayor said that even though it appeared that the legality of the CONGRATULATIONS ... to the ... I New’ Broadway We welcome you os a new neighbor into the fast-grow ing 200 business block of our city. We extend congratula tions and,all good wishes for your success. Maxwell Bros. & Wilkes, Inc. :: * s': :: :: Hearty Congratulations to the 'New’ Broadway ii :: • * ♦> :: :: ONE OF “CAROLINA’S FINEST” ericana written years ago by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer. It occurs and re-occurs throughout the footage but always with a happy faculty of belonging, pr'Cbably be cause it is not overplayed. Forty- years old is “The Hat My Father Wore on St. Patrick's Day" by Sch wartz and Jerome. It is the basis [for a perfectly swell song-and-dance number in which Kelly is the prin cipal. "O’Brien to Ryan to Gold- iberg," this cne by Betty Comden. ; Adolph Green and Roger Edens and ' performed by Sinatra, Kelly and Munshin cannot help but click, while in the. hit category is “It’s [Fate, Baby, It's Fate,” in which the ! Miss Garrett, as the femme fatale, pursues Sinatra. This incidentally, is the number in which Miss Gar rett moves into her own on the screen, where she’ll stay and en hance her stature. • At this point, the general im pression ought to be that "Take Me Out to the Ball Game” is quite a show. Impression is correct. It's a bearcat of a show with its period dress, its effervescence and its all- around expertness. Technicolor is a decided asset. Previewed at home office projec tion room. Reviewer's Rating: Ex- celent—Red Kann. Dennis Ryan K. C. Higgins „ Eddie O’Brien Shirley Delwyn Joe Logan H I it We wish you every success and v. % u Frank Sinatra Esther Williams — Gene Kelly Betty Garrett Edward Arnold Jules Munshin! Nat Goldberg Michael Gilhuly Richard Lane 1 Slappy Burke Tom Dugan i Say "I Saw It In The Chronicle" — Thank Yoi? f MclNTOSH'S SHOE SHOP Send Your Shoes To Us (or Best Materials and * Workmanship. •extend our felicitations and best wishes on your opening which is tin event of interest to our people. I I § ?! I I 1 / ' City of Clinton I IB it « L. E. BISHOP, Mayor W\ B. 0\\ ENS, Clerk & Treas. e 5 - * •*