Moving Story of a Boy And his Dog
BUJjY LEE IN “THE BISCUIT EATER” (Mayfair: Coming on Friday.) One of Hollywood’s ablest boy playerß, ten-year-old Billy Lee, has the top role in Paramount’s new drama of life in the picturesque Dixie shooting country, “The Biscuit Eater,” which will have its first local showing on Friday at the Mayfair Theatre. Cast as a typical Southern youngster with a pasion for dogs, Billy is the “Johnny Appollo” is climaxed by one of the most thrilling jailbreaks ever screened, featuring one of the most amazing hand-to-hand battles—between Tyrone Power and, Lloyd Nolan—in film history. Highlighting the story are two special new song hits, sung by Dorothy Lamour, “Dancing for Nickels and Dimes” by Lionel Newman and Frank Loesser and “This is the Beginning of the End” by Mack Gordon. * ‘Johnny Appollo” was directed by Henry Hathaway.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 245, 16 October 1940, Page 2
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