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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1955

Page

16

Unveiled fall TV plans from Warner Disney MGM

Hollywood TV previews reveal Warner Brothers hour long dramas Cheyenne Kings Row and Casa Blanca in development with Clint Walker and others. Disney works Mickey Mouse Club daily hour show with 15 minute segments. ABC alleges coming MGM projects. A roundup of industry tidbits and quirky star notes follow, including Sheree North’s candid reveals and Grace Downs’ joke.

Ry Resek Warner Brothers Hollywood Clint Walker Walt Disney Studios Abc-Tv MGM

Haymes and Hayworth Celebrate US Deportation Victory at Disneyland

Dick Haymes and Rita Hayworth celebrate the end of a two year deportation battle. The couple, with children Yasmin and Rebecca, visited Disneyland in Hollywood, touring the Rivers of America and Snow White, while awaiting co star film plans. Yasmin stands to inherit about 125 million pounds from her grandfather the Aga Khan.

Hollywood INS Dick Haymes Rita Hayworth Yasmin Rebecca Disneyland America Haymes United States Rita Malibu Europe Aga Khan

Cotten Signs with Fox for TV Host and Movie

Hollywood gossip notes Joseph Cotten signed two contracts with Twentieth Century Fox. He will host the Fox TV hour for General Electric and make one film per year, likely Anastasia, with Buddy Adler, while Darryl Zanuck’s film version of the Broadway hit stirs industry buzz.

Hollywood INS Bright Joseph Cotten Twentieth Century-Fox General Electric Cotten Anastasia Buddy Adler Joe Ambassador Darryl Zanuck

Istanbul for Free Hollywood Stars Open Istanbul Hotel

A plane load of Hollywood stars and newspaper people are invited to the Istanbul hotel opening. The piece teases Concord Hilton ties and upcoming hotel projects by Joe Pasternak and hints at celebrity reconcilations and social events around Los Angeles and Hollywood venues.

Istanbul Joe Conrad Hilton Pasternak

Blackboard Jungle Opens at Twixt Town Saturday

The film Blackboard Jungle a study of juvenile delinquency draws attention and will premiere at Twixt Town Saturday after being shown as a first run in Cedar Rapids about a month ago. Glenn Ford leads the cast. Subway stations in Rome feature mosaics statues and bas reliefs from ancient ruins unearthed during construction.

Cedar Rapids Glenn Ford Rome

Theaters Present Friday Schedues Paramount to Town State

The Gazette lists today theater times for Paramount Towa State Palace Marion C R Drive In and Twixt Town with matinees differing by location. Notable showings include Not as a Stranger Night of the Hunter Davy Crockett Ten Wanted Men Carson City Gorillas at Large Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Naked Spur with multiple daily screenings and late changes.

Gazette Paramount

Night of the Hunter review marks bold Cedar Rapids debut

The Night of the Hunter, produced by Paul Gregory and Charles Laughton, arrives in Cedar Rapids after a Des Moines premiere. Robert Mitchum stars as a self-styled man of God in a stark, controversial melodrama with Shelley Winters Lilian Gish Billy Chapin Sally Jane Bruce James Gleason Evelyn Variden Peter Graves and director's bold theatrically lit approach.

Night OF the Hunter Robert Mitchum Shelley Winters Lilian Gish Paul Gregory United Artists State Theater Charles Laughton Hell John Brown Cedar Rapids Des Moines Gregory Laughton Mitchum Shelly, Winters Lillian Gish Billy Chapin Sally Jane Bruce James Gleason Birdie Evelyn Var‘iden Peter Graves

Storm Over U S Atomic Weapons Tactics in Japan

In Tokyo a political storm grows as six U S atomic cannons land on Okinawa and plans for Honest John rocket-launchers deployment in the Far East trigger protests from Hatoyama critics. Army and Washington sources frame the move as defense for the Free World with modern arms.

US rocket unit to be stationed in Japan faces unknown nuclear note

The 663rd field artillery battalion with six Honest John launchers landed on Okina wa as Japan weighs whether U S stockpiling of nuclear weapons is allowed. Foreign Minister Shigemitsu said more time was needed to study the issue while Hatoyama indicated he would not object if advance notice was given. The foreign office said Washington had not notified Tokyo of a unit’s stationing and the army did not mention warheads.

Far East Okinawa Tokyo Japan Shigemitsui Hatoyama U. S Foreign Office U.S

Dog Tags To Spell Out Church Affiliation Now

Washington AP reports a new policy will require religious preferences of servicemembers to be spelled out on dog tags rather than abbreviated by letters. The change expands the current practice of using single-letter codes to identify members' church affiliations.

Washington Armed Services

Service personnel denoted by letters for religious rites

The text explains using letters P C Z to mark Protestants Catholics or Jews and X for other religions with Y for unspecified. It states future practice may spell out denominations so chaplains in emergencies know exactly which last rites to administer.

Confidential Sites as Result of Robb Column

Confidential magazine filed a nine million dollar damage suit against the New York World Telegram and Sun and United Feature Syndicate Inc in state supreme court. The suit alleges Inez Robb's syndicated column damaged the magazine’s business integrity credit and reputation amid Doris Duke's three million dollar libel suit.

New York New York World- Telegram Sun United Feature Syndicate, Inc Inez Robb Doris Duke State Supreme Court

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