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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1952

Page

7

The Raging Tide opens at Sunset Theatre tonight

Universal-International presents The Raging Tide a sea thriller set against San Francisco and its fishing fleet. Stars Shelley Winters Richard Conte Stephen McNally Charles Bickford and Alex Nicol headline the film adapted from Ernest K Gann s best selling novel.

Shelley Winters Richard Conte Stephen McNally Alex Nicol Charles Bickford Universal-International San Francisco Ernest K. Gann Universal - International Sunset Theatre

Wilderness Swamp Butchery Sparks Adventure at Falkville

Twentieth Century Fox brings Lure of the Wilderness to the Mars Theatre in Falkville. The film showcases the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia with a tale of a man and his daughter living as fugitives eight years until a young Georgian arrives. An underwater battle with an alligator opens the drama and danger.

Twentieth Century-Fox Mars Theatre Falkville Okefenokee Georgia Africa Brrzil

Magic Carpet thrills at Princess with Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball stars with John Agar in The Magic Carpet a Columbia Pictures fantasy in Supercinecolor. Ball plays a seductive temptress aiding Agar against the tyrannical Caliph while desert raiders clash in spectacular color for romance and action.

Lucille Ball Princess Theatre The Onent Lucile Ball John Agar Columbia Pictures Old Bagdad Miss Ball Agar Scarlet Falcon Patricia Medina George Tobias Raymond Burr

Uncivilized Girl in Swamp Tale with Native Georgia Cast

A vivid period drama features Jéan Peters as the untamed girl armed with bow and arrow and melting into love. Jeffrey Hunter wanders into the swamp and comes of age with Constance Smith plotting beside Walter Brennan as the fugitive father.

Jéan Peters Jeffrey Hunter Constance Smith Hunter Walter Brennan

Fragmented Fun and Dated Jokes in a Media Snippet

A collage of quips and overheard lines from old newspapers. It features social mores on dating and marriage roles, a Lady Godiva publicity stunt, banter between Pauline and Conrad, and various puns about price and beverages. The piece closes with a stray line about a fresh guy crashing a private dance.

Two Tickets to Broadway Stars Martin Leigh and Cast

Colorful Technicolor musical at Sunset Theatre stars Tony Martin Janet Leigh Gloria DeHaven Eddie Bracken Ann Miller Barbara Lawrence. Plot follows five showgirls and a young singer duped by a booking agent as Broadway dreams spark a lively musical with hit tunes by Styne Robin Rodgers Hart and others.

Tony Martin Janet Leigh Gloria Dee Eddie Bracken Ann Miller Barbara Lawrence Bos Crosby the Charlivels Howard Hughes Martin Miss Leigh Gloria de Haven Bob Crosby Broadway Sunset Theatre Gloria DeHaven Smith and Dale Chief Pelican Falls Yucatan Jule Styne Leo Manhattan Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart al Hoffman Leo Corday Leon Carr Leoncavallo Sammy Cahn Brother Bing

Quiet anecdotes and barbed one liners from a village life

A collection of brief humor and social moments. A Decatur kid defines plural as more of the same thing. A village post office scene ends with a revealing photo and a sharp clerk reply. A panhandler laments advice without money. A joke pair contrasts a glamorous blonde and a blunt doctor in routine checks.

Decatur

Gentleman Refuses Tip to Panhandler in Cramped Exchange

A Decatur man offers no money to a beggar as the panhandler asks for a nickel for coffee. The exchange contrasts frugality and sympathy with a blunt refusal amid urban poverty in a brief, period tone.

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Jesse James Technicolor Western Opens at Mars Theatre

Ty Power Henry Fonda Randolph Scott and Nancy Kelly star in Jesse James a Twentieth Century Fox Technicolor epic opening Friday at the Mars Theatre. The film follows Jesse James from boyhood in Missouri to raids with Frank James as leader of the James Gang and features authentic location work in Pineville Missouri. Power plays the outlaw with Fonda as Frank and Scott as the pursuing marshal.

Jesse James Tyrone Power Henry Fonda Randolph Scott Nancy Kelly Mars Theatre America Missouri Frank James Henry King Pineville Power Henry Fon

Retreat Hell to Open at Sunset Theatre

Frank Lovejoy stars as Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Pictures War ner Bros. production Retreat Hell. The film follows the 1st Marine Division’s winter withdrawal from North Korea with Richard Carlson Rusty Tamblyn and Anita Louise in supporting roles.

Richard Carlson Anita Louise United States Pictures Warner Bros Sunset Theatre Frank Lovejoy Hell United States Oliver P. Smith North Korea Rusty Tamblyn

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