Pride of the Marines (Warner Bros.) (1945)

, as ind AIR TIMES DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREATER MAYFAIR SECTION Dane Cla RINE'S FIGHTIN oO in _of the Marines 9°! Hig segs town for y.” it 100 First Di. pa ill Mark the de id ty before if ma ma No Chine gun, TK be-. detpniat y ford at 139° “The Deoee: M. yell 1 be | in the a hai” | Partics 0. ONored | Hiyerhs bot i a thodox st. Charenford ave. the ins | Chamber Northen perolet 'SPiration Buckius j ers film “Pr; ide: and his machine gun crew account for 300 Schmid (lett foreground) | in this realistic scene ST 5, ea from ‘Pride of the Marines. ADE ine : LPHIA RECORD, SUNDAY, AUGU John Garfield as Sgt. dead Japs on Guadalcana —_HOUMESBURG—TACONY —TORRESDALE—LOWER MAYFAIR—ELBRIDGE—WISSEAQMEES estes ——————e Pe an tof Guadalcanal and m; Philadelphia August ac Local Celebration Philadelphia, Aveyst the F M H the Navy Cross for a or arine ero extraordinary hero ZS B RB d ism. as a machine ustry. 6) e Toa cast gunner on Guadal“ting The Northeast will pay tribute to canall in 1942, and Telocal its own Marine hero, Sergeant Al cipient of the Inquirer fl adSchmid, with fitting ceremonies at Award tor Valor, will ‘iting Frankford and Oxford aves., at 1:30 be portrayed on the next Tuesday, August 7 as the start screen by John Garcould of a nationwide celebration for the field. Eleanor Parkyrs’ or «pride of the Marines.” ick re the part ot mm adEmployes of the Dodge Steel Co., R PB de H P t 3 n the where Al Schmid was employed ut Lae arereyy r conbefore joining the Marines in DeSchmid’s sweetheart . cember, 1941, will be there to honor whom he later maray b their former fellow worker. Chesi e + will ter Roberts, vice-president of: the sg agoate ei. more company will head the delegation. , yle re; tually photographed Clarence E. Bertolet, presid t, . f: . . . . and Frank T. Se cea in Philadelphia. In this scene, Garfield, as the Marine hero, is at Philadelphia the Northeast Chamber of ComNavy Yard where he was awarded the Navy Cross. Schmid had merce will participate in honoring been blinded in one ey& partially blinded in the other. this hero from the Northeast and his wife. The entire ceremony will : ys for be broadcast over radio station ie child WFIL on Tuesday and a transcripe Airtion will be rebroadcast on the following Sunday afternoon on that . honstation’s “Events of the Week” pro3 Bargram. ‘ CorJohn B. Kennedy, nationallych, of known news commentator will be master of ceremonies at the broad1 and cast. Field After the celebration in the >on a Northeast the Marine hero and his poral wife will be escorted down town ie 20th to be. honored at a city-wide cere; never mony while other cities throughout the nation will pay tribute to the ; boy who captured the hearts of ae every patriotic Ame! ic ioti rican. i ae AL SCHMID, Northeast Marine hero who was skyrocketed to saa coincide with the U. S. Marave: national fame when he killed 200 Japs in the fighting on Guadalcanal. ine Carns ‘observance of the ‘Guadng the pid wit be honored at the ‘Al Schmid Day celebration Tuesday, alcanal anniversary, arrangements ” from ugust 7. have been made for the World Premiere of the motion picture, “Pride D d St | C E | of the Marines” to be held in the Oo ge ee O. m p oyes grand ‘ballroom of the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, at a reunion dinner Remember Good-natured Al |i" siniaren Division, vet erans, Similar reunions are taking piace simultaneously in other states Laughing or joking is the manner recalled to mind was one winter's throughout the country. a aa in which the <rrreate rd pra rie AS eee A pete ae ran , = . Mu ings’ ram on a_ nati mal . . . . ick st. remember ‘Al Schmid, the | freeze, he madly drove the car into bres ate ei Bogor As waves of attackers charged, Schmid Here is the actual ceremony '" which Al uaa tor\| Marine sergeant hero who is cred-| his rented garage and bolted the|made. In attendance will be the mowed them down. His comrade, loading Schmid received the Navy C oss from Maa from the| Secretary of Navy, James Forresfor him, fell. After that, Schmid, portrayed rine Col. A. E. Randall. The av. rd was made . here by Garfield, did his own loading. at Philadelphia Navy Yard fb. 25, 1943. PHILADELPHIA, PA.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1945 8. ane|door. The strong vapors : 2. tune theirliat. General A. Vandergrift, Philadelphia Hero’s Life on Screen Ls Parry OF THE MARINES.” the motion picture version: of the life of Sgt. Al bert : Schmid, Philadelphia’s Marine hero of Guadalcanal, will be given its wor premiere showing in a TE