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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1954
Page
6
Two actors researchers in Theatre Arts magazine analyze how weather mood and current events affect Broadway audiences. They find humidity cool dry days after rain boost response while extremes hurt it. Saturdays dull. actor audiences best regardless of conditions.
James Aswell writer of Signet novel set in Louisiana, born in Baton Rouge in 1907, grew up in Washington DC, studied at the University of Virginia, worked for Street and Smith and King Features before Central Press. He ran for Congress in 1949, later devoted to writing including The Birds and the Bees.
Anthony Quinn stars in The Long Wall as a Brunson feature for next Thursday through Saturday, a plot about kissing girls to find one who can clear him of a ham murder and rape. Peggie Castle leads with 11 kisses, Shawn Smith 9, Mary Ellen Kay 8, Dolores Ponson 6, with a Good News musical revival mentioned for New York next fall.
Review notes that New Faces, a witty Broadway satire filmed in CinemaScope, ran briefly at Brunson. It contrasts Baytown audience taste with Broadway success and mentions forthcoming productions like Oklahoma Carousel and Wonderful Town.
In Rome three couples form the love triangle focus of a film praised for scenery and acting. Clifford Webb and Dorothy McGuire star with Louis Jourdan and Maggie McNamara and Rossano Bragazzi with Jean Peters. McNamara shines as she feigns shared tastes to win Jourdan before confessing his true liking for honesty.
Frankie’s Recording in Three Coins in the Fountain fades soon as DJs overplay. RCA Victor issues Fab ulous Francia with Night and Day Be Seeing You and Bast of the Syn. Eddie Condon Gershwin Concert features many stars and leries Star Dust Hoagy Carmichael LP The Stardust Road touts Star Dust and other classics with Arlie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey backing.
United Press science report explains how migratory birds may use Coriolis force as a navigational cue. Dr. William J. Brech argues the mechanism works at night and depends on birds' willingness to home, while birds’ inner ear canals and head-rotation patterns are cited as supporting evidence.
Paul F. Ellis cites Beecher on the Coriolis Pores theory of bird navigation and how birds might sense true course beyond sun or landmarks. Critics note pigeon behavior and night migration. Beecher argues most migrants navigate by means beyond daylight cues due to limited night vision. The piece contrasts this with early charcoal production from wood and coal’s higher heating power.
Hellywood faces strong Italian competition in film musicals as Carmine Gallone and others prepare biographical pictures about composers like Bellini Rossini Wagner and Verdi. Gallone notes Americans prefer operatic films and that famous melodies will drive success, while lesser-known arias risk failure.
A Warner Bros. prison film based on Clinton T. Duffy and his wife, tied to The Story of San Quentin, plays Tuesday and Wednesday at The Brunson. Paul Kelly stars as Duffy with Maureen O Sullivan as his wife, Louis Hayward and Joanne Dru in romantic leads. The film follows events before Duffy’s San Quentin appointment and his prison reforms.
The schedule lists Night People Daffy at San Quentin The Long Wait Top Hat Devil's Canyon Wicked Woman Fort Ti Jungle Man Hater Ride Clear of Diablo Hell Be low Zero Those Redheads from Seattle Go Man Go Flame of Calcutta The Command Valiant Hombre Creature of Black Lagoon Steel Lady She Couldn't Say No Miracle of Bells My Dear Secretary Two Dollar Better Arrow in the Bust Bad for Each Other Ford's Theater restoration advances with an authorization bill sent to the White House Self Sufficient Billy Rose plans to fund Orpheus in the Underworld himself for next fall
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