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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1952

Page

7

Duff Returns To Screen In Western Lady From Texas

Howard Duff returns to a Western role in The Lady From Texas opening at the Roxy Theatre with Mona Freeman and Josephine Hull. Duff, recovering from a broken leg, learns a pony express style transfer from a vintage Hoot Gibson film in the studio. He portrays an 1880 era roamer who meets Freeman and Hull amid cowpunching days.

ROXY Jay C. Flippen Mona Freeman Josephine Hull Howard Duff Universal-International Texas Gene Lockhart Craig Stevens Universal-International Studio Roxy Theatre Hoot Gibson Duff Howard Cayuse Hoot Gibson Fes Pony Express Mark Hellinger

Sailor Beware opens at Mars Theatre with Martin and Lewis

Hal Wallis presents the Dean Martin Jerry Lewis comedy Sailor Beware opening today at the Mars Theatre. Corinne Calvet and Marion Marshall join the star duo as sailors and love interests in a lively wartime spoof with many tunes by Mack David and Jerry Livingston. The piece follows the pair as they entertain and bungle through a submarine mess of misadventure.

Hal Wallis Dean Martin Martin Mack David Jerry Livingston

Wildfire the Stallion Leads Sunset Outdoor Epic

A Napa ranch horse named Wildfire becomes the star of Warner Bros outdoor color epic The Lion and the Horse. The Sunset Theatre screens the film starring Steve Cochran with Wildfire wearing a silver saddle and breastplate.

Napa California Wes Hudkins Flywood Studios Wildfire Warner Bros Hodkins Warnercolor Sunset Theatre Wonder Horse Cochran Steve Cochran Sherry Jackson Bryan Foy

Union Station at Ranch Soon Paramount Thriller Opens

Paramount's Union Station opens at the Ranch Theatre. The suspenseful film stars William Holden, Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald, Lyle Bettger, and Jan Sterling. A kidnapping for a $100,000 ransom leads to a tense manhunt and a dramatic chase through station tunnels.

Paramount Lyle Bettger Jan Sterling

Frogmen Demolitionists Story Stars Widmark And Andrews

Three top actors Richard Widmark Dana Andrews and Gary Merrill headline The Frogmen Twentieth Century Fox opening Tuesday at the Sunset Theatre It portrays the Navy Underwater Demolition Teams the paddlefoot commandos who led Allied invasions from Sicily to Okinawa The film marks the first public recognition by the DoD of these Naval personnel filming locations included Florida waters and the Virgin Islands with cast chosen for swimming ability.

Frogmen Navy Twentieth Century-Foxs Sunset Theatre Richard Widmark Dana Andrews Gary Merrill Naxy Lloyd Bacon the Frogmen Florida The Virgin Islands Hollywood Twentieth Century-Fox Sicily Okinawa Department of Defense

Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle From Newspaper

The page presents a mixed puzzle with a large crossword clue list across and down, a daily cryptoquote puzzle with an example code and a hint about substitution, and a note that yesterday's quote used Shakespearean text. It includes stray fragments and unclear entries in multiple languages.

England Uses Term Sparking Plugs for Autos

The article notes that in England the ignition devices are called sparking plugs. It also mentions Chicago enacting the first compulsory pasteurization milk law in 1908.

England Chicago

Widmark Stars in The Frogmen A Deep Sea War Film

Richard Widmark leads a U S Navy UDT team in The Frogmen a war drama set underwater. Dana Andrews returns in uniform as a chief petty officer with Gary Merrill and others from wartime cinema joining the cast.

Ming Richard Widmark Marine Leutenant Montezuma Widmark Dana Andrews Andrews Gary Merrill

Granger Returns With The Wild North At Sunset Theatre

In Hollywood chatter the stampede scene in King Solomon's Mines set a standard, and now Stewart Granger leads MGM in The Wild North showing Thursday at the Sunset Theatre. The thriller promises more heart racing action as the star headlines a dramatic pursuit.

Royal Canadian Mounties Stewart Granger Cyd Chariss M-G-M Sunset Theatre Wendell Corey Royal North West Mounted Police Ansto Hollywood King Solomon's Mines

Submerged Puerto Rico Ridge Would Rank High If Exposed

Scientists note that Puerto Rico sits on a submerged mountain chain. If that chain were above water, it would be among the world’s highest mountains, reshaping views on plate tectonics and oceanic geography.

Puerto Rico

Navy Uniform Adopted for The Frogmen

A group of divers known as The Frogmen switched to a Navy style uniform, signaling a formal adoption for their operations. The move aligns with their maritime missions and drills.

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Uff From Martin and Lewis Atlantic Ocean Boxoffice Killer Outlaw Horse WU Imark the Wonder Horse Crane Wilbur Louis King Mer Wildworth Ioinders Cevers Utr Granger Wendel Corey Charisse Tom Ewell Julia Adams Evelyn Warden Universal International Custvieme Picture Black Stallion Sunset Union Station Ranch Finders Keepers Dusty” Henley Evelyn Varden New York Hill Billy Hank Williams Tennessee Ernie Slim' Whitman God Angels Kitty Wells Lee Bonds Leroy Anderson Eddie Fisher Nat “King” Cole Billy May E. E. Forbest& Sons Cary Grant Jeanne Crain Darryl F. Zanuck Joseph L. Mankiewicz Finlay Currie Hume Cronyn Walter Slezak Sidney Blackmer Basil Ruysdael Katherine Locke Widmark and Andrews Daily Crossword Capital of Massachusetts Speedy Island Gulf of Mexico God of Egypt Niresé Yugo Isslongfellow King Features Syndicate King Solomon’s Mines UMP Camera Shops Sunshine Cleaners Second Avenue S.E
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