I Love Melvin Very Breezy Musical Comedy
Donald OConnor and Debbie Reynolds headline a lively Technicolor musical comedy about a photo geek who fakes a magazine cover to woo Debbie and a sister act in a small town. Noreen Corcoran shines as Debbie’s sister with songs and roller skating sequences. Supporting turns from Una Merkel Allyn Joslyn Jim Backus and Peter Lawford add charm.
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Melvin
Wood
Donald ‘O'Connor
Debbie Reynolds
Shirley Temple
Nor‘een Corcoran
Donna
Debbie
Donald
Josef Myron
Mack Gordon
Little Noreen
O’connor
Noreen
Una Merkel
Allyn Joslyn
Jim Backus
Ex Miss America Aids Bandit Hunt
Yolanda Berbeze Miss America of 1951 joined a police chase after two men allegedly tried to rob a haberdashery in New York. William Devine and John Free fled after assaulting a clerk before being cornered near the Queensboro Bridge.
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William Devine
John Free
Alex Davidowsky
John D. Levine
Yolanda Berbeze
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Davidowsky
Vine
Devine
Queensboro Bridge
Miss Berbeze
Free
Four Year Old Locks Drugstore In Upstate New Hampshire
Four year old Paul Noyes read a comic book in a Enfield New Hampshire drugstore and wandered off to sleep. The proprietor locked up the store for a while ending the incident as the child slept inside the shop with the sign in.
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Enfield
N. H
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Wincor
Video Veteran Will Celebrate Its Birthday
New York United Press reports Television Theater marks its sixth anniversary on May 6, celebrating six years of TV drama since 1947. The show has produced 311 performances with 954 actresses and 492 actors, plus original scripts by Joe Bates Smith and Carey Wilber among others, and will present excerpts from past productions featuring original casts.
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London
Milner
Joe Bates Smith
Carey Wilber
Wuthering Heights
Colorado Governor Offers Vacation to Defector Pilot
Denver AP reports Governor Thornton proposed an expense paid vacation in the state to the Communist pilot who delivers the first MI6 undam aged to UN forces in Korea.
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Denver
Colorado
Thornton
U.N
Korea
Wednesday Theater Time Schedule With Multiple Showings
The list details theater times for Paramount Iowa State Palace Town Strand and other venues. Films include Trouble Along the Way D O A and Macao with varied showings across different venues and times.
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Paramount
Melvin
Mohicans
Marion
Monk Baroni
Lydia Bailey
Northwest Territory
Payless 20 Months Without Pay Leads to AWOL ruling
Fort Ord California AP A court martial review board backs Sfc Earl Jones 33 finding 20 months without pay drove him to AWOL His dishonorable discharge is rescinded and his six months imprisonment is suspended Jones a decorated veteran with nine and a half years service served in World War II European campaign he left Fort Bliss Texas last June citing record mix up delaying pay to support his wife and child
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Texas
Paul Muni Starts TV Debut After European Sojourn
Oscar winner Paul Muni returns to Hollywood for Screen Gems TV debut in The People vs. a Lawyer. Mrs. Muni accompanies him. observers note weight loss and renewed energy after two years away. The article also mentions Twentieth Century Fox control rumors involving Charles Green and Darryl Zanuck, with Spyros Skouras favored to prevail.
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Pasteur
Zola
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Columbia
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Charles Green
Twentieth Century-Fox
Spyros Skouras
Darryl Zanuck
Irving Thalberg
Skouras
Green
Piper Laurie Fails Health Delays Film Work and Anniversary Plans
Actress Piper Laurie, back from Korea and exhausted, is barred by her doctor from filming until she recovers. She will not report to RKO for Son of Sinbad or travel to South Africa for the first motion picture theater anniversary. Laurie also has temporary anemia. novelist Robert Andrews, in India, notes postal stamp abuse and Lucille Ball’s enduring popularity amid a new movie czar in place.
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Korea
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RKO
Universal-International
Piper
South Africa
Robert Andrews
India
Bombay
Lucille Ball
Dennis Morgan Leaves St Johns Hospital With Aid of a Cane
In Hollywood Dennis Morgan walked out of St Johns hospital over the weekend using only a cane as he continues recovery from orthopedic surgery. Jorgenson to receive half of receipts from her Los Angeles pheum appearance. Mona Freeman and Vic Damone met at the Racquet Club in Los Angeles.
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St. John’s Hospital
Jorgenson
Pheum
Los Angeles
Mona Freeman
Vic Damone
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