EMPIRE THEATRE
" Body and Soul," starring John Garfield and Lilli Palmer, will be shown at the Empire Theatre to-morrow. Based on an original screen play by Abraham Polansky, the story traces the ups and downs of a successful middle-weight fighter, entangled with managers and gamblers of dubious reputation, and the stiuggle between his childhood sweetheart and a designing night club entertainer for his affections. The supporting cast includes prominent stage and radio personalities, among them Anne Revere and William Conrad. In making the picture, 50,000 feet of film, representing most of the championship fights since the Dempsey-Carpentier title bout in 1921, were used for review by Garfield so he could develop an individualistic fistic style and yet resemble a potential champion. A strong supporting programme includes a Tom and Jerry cartoon and a Fitzpatrick traveltalk, “ Glimpses of New Scotland.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26770, 13 May 1948, Page 10
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139EMPIRE THEATRE Otago Daily Times, Issue 26770, 13 May 1948, Page 10
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