Action Filled Knights Of The Round Table at Paramount
Robert Taylor and Ava Gardner star in a CinemaScope epic as King Arthur and Guinevere. The film blends legend with expansive battle sequences while critics note strong performances by Mel Ferrer and Maureen Swanson, though the plot remains thin.
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Ava Gardner
Mel Ferrer
Paramount Theater
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Stanley Baker
Morgan LeFay
Anne Crawford
Guinevere
Lancelot
Round Table
Talbot Jennings
Jan Lustig
Noel Langley
Maureen Swanson
Elaine
Lancaster Again Stars In Majesty O'Keefe and Paris Express
Burt Lancaster leads Majesty O'Keefe as a coconut oil scavenger who outsmarts pirates natives and officials on Yap island. He woos Joan Rice while copra riches tempt and teach him humanity. Paris Express follows Claude Rains as a dutchman swept by impulse meeting Marta Toren in a quirky tale.
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Burt Lancaster
Joan Rice
Paris Express
Claude Rains
Marta Toren
O’keefe
Lancaster
Yap
Burt
Miss Rice
Ava Gardner
Hal Wiese Orchestra Booked For Danceland Saturday Night
The Hal Wiese orchestra a 14 piece group with vocalist Norma Coss and NBC radio exposure has been booked for Saturday night at Danceland ballroom following recent appearances in Colorado Springs and Estes Park.
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Colorado Springs
Estes Park
Colo
Danceland Ballroom
Norma Coss
NBC Radio
Theater Time for Thursday at Paramount Iowa State Palace and others
The Gazette lists today’s theater times across Paramount Iowa State Palace and local venues. Showings include His Majesty O Keefe Paris Express War Arrow Champ for a Day Stage to Tucson Operation X Ei Vaquero Affair with a Stranger Decameron Nights shorts Taxi Stars Are Singing The Desert Song Port Sinister with various matinee and evening slots.
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Ei Vaquero
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Marion
First Quarter 1954 Vehicle Output Projection
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes January to March 1954 car production dropping to about 1,491,400 passenger cars from 1,520,013 in 1953. Early estimates had planned nearly 1,700,000 units, with a peak of 1,610,751 in 1951.
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Cedar Rapids
Thurs
Auto Production Schedule Is Cut
Detroit based Ward's Automotive Reports says the auto industry will cut January-March production schedules in line with market demand. The report notes widespread downward adjustments across manufacturers as order volumes shift downward.
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Detroit
Ward
Hollywood Gossip Notes on Lindbergh Film and Stage Talks
Hal Wallis plans an unknown actor for the Lindbergh role in Spirit of St. Louis with the 25 year old cross ocean story as focus. Deborah Kerr discussed Summer and Smoke and Tea and Sympathy while Leland Hayward and others evaluate Spirit plans. Duke Wayne jokes rest on a bad eye and a table incident. Hugh O Brian leaves Universal to freelance.
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Hal Wallis
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Deborah
London
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Leland Hayward
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Doris Day
Phil
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Jackie Loughery
Guy
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Hugh O'Brian
International Press Award
Star of Tomorrow
Universal-International
Europe
Iowa Theaters Eye Boost From CinemaScope and 3D
Iowa cinema officials predict a rebound in 1954 as CinemaScope and 3D draw crowds despite television. United Artists, Warner Bros, and Paramount leaders report rising attendance in early January and optimism for stronger grosses with improved film quality and new tech.
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DES Movies
Iowa
Stan Dudelson
United Artists Corporation
CinemaScope
Sadie Thompson
Herb Blass
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc
Public taste drives new cinema processes advances
A speaker argues that new film processes aim to suit public taste. He notes that important pictures draw bigger crowds today than ever, highlighting rising audience demand and the evolving movie industry.
French Pianist Monique de la Bruchellerie at Paramount
French pianist Monique de la Bruchellerie, praised by Guide du Concert Paris as among the best of her generation, will present a Community Concert at the Paramount Theater on Wednesday February 3. The program marks the series second recital with limited attendance for members.
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Guide du Concert of
Paris
Paramount Theater
Mile de la Bruchellerie
Boston Symphony
Berlin
Brussels
Warsaw
Prague
Madrid
Liverpool
Renowned soprano headlines concert with BBC orchestra
The soloist, noted from the 1949 Edinburgh festival and frequent performer in North Africa, South America tours, and prizewinner at Paris, Vienna, and Warsaw contests, will perform with the BBC Orchestra. The event begins at 8 15 PM with doors at 7 30 PM.
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Sterdam
BBC Orchestra
North Africa
South America
Paris Conservatory
Vienna
Warsaw
Cologne
Pidgeon Wins Uncontested Divorce After One Day
James C. Pidgeon secured an uncontested divorce in Columbus Mississippi after alleging his bride drank excessively and threatened him with a knife during the single day they lived together.
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Columbus, Miss
James C. Pidgeon
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