The Seven Year Itch at the Princess Screen
The Princess premieres The Seven Year Itch starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell with Evelyn Keyes and Victor Moore in supporting roles. Billy Wilder and Axlerod adapted the stage comedy for CinemaScope, highlighting scenes like the infamous skirt sequence filmed on Lexington Avenue drawing two thousand onlookers.
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Vera Cruz heats Sunset with Cooper Lancaster in action packed epic
The Technicolor film Vera Cruz opens at Sunset with Gary Cooper Burt Lancaster in a rugged Mexico backdrop under Maximilian. Cesar Romero Sarita Montiel and Denise Darcel star. James Hill produced and Robert Aldrich directed. A gritty Ben Trane gunslinger tale set amid the era’s pageantry and conflict.
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Bridges Of TokoRi Opens At Roxy With Ahned Battle Scenes
Paramount's Technicolor drama based on James A. Michener novel stars Holden Kelly March Rooney. Filmed on Tokyo locations and carrier decks during the Korean conflict, it portrays heroic air war and fleet leadership with a tense human focus.
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Big Swede Ronning Locked Up After Sea Farers Heckling
Norfolk readers recall Arthur Ronning nicknamed Big Swede, six foot five and 300 pounds, who was jailed for several hours in the Seafarers International Union hall before a keyholder could be found, amid taunts from locals.
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Jonathan Winters Poised as Fields Era Humorist Pick
Hollywood reports Jonathan Winters, 29, seen as the next big TV comic after W. C. Fields. A Dayton native and Marine veteran, Winters writes and performs his own material with macabre humor and voice effects. He recently filled in for George Gobel and may join Perry Como this fall in a prime time slot opposite Jackie Gleason.
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Judge Delays NAACP Case Over Maryland Ruling
U S District Judge Ashton H Williams in Charleston says it is useless to hear the South Carolina NAACP bid to end segregation in state parks until the Maryland case is decided. He asked the NAACP to show how the Maryland ruling differs to gain an early hearing.
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Springfield boy recalls eerie mortician call in humorous tale
A reminiscence traces Elwood P. Suggs’s call to a Springfield undertaker after his brother’s death, delivering a grim anecdote about a vanished sense of humor. The piece also covers diverse notes from American tourism in Europe and a Supreme Court timing preview in South Carolina.
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Moonshine Suspect Flees as Agents Nab Clues in Bartow
Florida state beverage agents chase a suspected moonshiner after a small boy tells them his father “just left with some shine.” The scene unfolds at a Bartow residence as investigators follow leads and categorize the incident.
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Travel Commission Hires Bragg As Assistant Secretary
The Wyoming Travel Commission appointed William F. Bragg as assistant secretary to promote the state’s tourist attractions in Cheyenne. Bragg will market Wyoming’s destinations and oversee visitor information initiatives.
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