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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1956

Page

6

Solid Gold Cadillac at Bowline Theatre

Judy Holliday headlines The Solid Gold Cadillac at Bowline Theatre in Columbia Pictures with Paul Douglas. The film follows a stockholder who shakes up Wall Street by asking tough questions and seizing influence, driving a multi million dollar corporation through clever stockholder activism.

Judy Holliday Bowline Theatre Columbia Pictures Paul Douglas Judy Wall Street Douglas Miss Holliday Cadillac Fred Clark John Williams Hiram Sherman Neva Patterson Arthur O’connell Ray Collins

Treasure of Pancho Villa at Sunset Theatre

Film set in 1914 15 Mexico during Villa Obregon Zapata era stars Rory Calhoun Shelley Winters and Gilbert Roland. Rugged adventure mixes romance humor and authentic northern Mexican landscapes.

Mexico Villa Obregon Zapata Pancho Villa Sunset Theatre Rory Calhoun Shelley Winters Gilbert Roland Edmund Grainger Panco Villa Superscope Essa Treasure OF

Painless Dentist Sparks Dinah to Screaming Fit

Dinah endures an ulcerated tooth and screams when the dentist touches it. The exchange features a quip about being painless and a line about urban and suburban drivers troubling traffic planners.

Dinah

Superscope Technicolor tale by Sherman and Busch

A top draw RKO production in Superscope and Technicolor stars George Sherman directing a vivid outdoors tale with a screenplay by Niven Busch from a story by J Robert Bren and Gladys Atwater. The project promises engrossing fiction with potential factual resonance.

RKO Radio George Sherman Niven Busch J. Robert Bren Gladys Atwater

Ragged Rogers Advises Walking After Meals

Dialogue reveals a family scene where a father recalls medical advice from Ragged Rogers to take long walks after meals. A boy questions growth while the father replies with a wry answer about size and borrowing trouble.

Rogers

Sharecroppers Milk Habit and Farm Diet Jokes

A jumble of humorous vignettes and dialogue jokes about rural life. A doctor questions a farm child’s milk intake while a five year old reports dieting at home. Other bits include a furniture ad gag and workplace banter. The snippets portray country manners and social quirks.

Audie Murphy Maintains Modest Stardom and Family Focus

Audie Murphy remains among Hollywood’s top stars while avoiding cliques and parties. He expresses gratitude for film breaks yet favors family life, noting his joy in his wife Pamela and sons Terry and Skipper. He bought a Toluca Lake home to stay close to the studio, refuting Texas relocation rumors.

Hollywood Audie Murphy America Audie Anne Bancroft Pat Crowley Universal-International Princess Theatre Terry Pamela Skipper Toluca Lake San Fernando Valley Texas

Point of View and Point of Order House Signs Noted

In Towson Maryland a house on Joppa Road displays the sign Point of View while the neighboring house bears Point of Order. The scene captures a playful clash of phrases in a quiet suburb. No further action reported.

Towson Joppa Road North - of - Baltimore

Twin births mark 11th child for two San Mateo mothers

MASS PRODUCTION SAN MATEO Calif They might have had a little trouble with visitors but Mrs John Hill yard and Mrs Lloyd Sloan successfully shared a room at Mills Memorial Hospital Mrs Hillyard gave birth to an 8 pound 12 ounce girl Mrs Sloan to a 7 pound 11 ounce son For each mother it was the 11th child.

San Mateo Calif John Hillyard Lloyd Sloan Mills Memorial Hospital Hillyard Sloan

Chain letter travels across Clarkdales to Arizona

A German chain letter wandered through Clarkdales in Missouri Mississippi Arkansas before reaching Clarkdale Arizona after 28 days. Postmen halted the letter at several Clarkdales as the mail moved westward to its final destination in Arizona.

Clarkdale, Ariz Clarkdale Germany Clarkdales U.S.A Clarkdale Miss Ark Ariz

Bird crashes through car window in Norman traffic

Mrs. Bruce Hardeman reports a bird suddenly swooped through the north window of her car at a Norman traffic light, then sailed out the south side. The unusual incident is noted in a casual Bruce Hardeman owns the car and the sighting is described in a local brief.

Norman,okla Bruce Hardeman

Truck backfires ignite fire in Quesnel cab

A truck driven by H. G. Roufosse backfired and caused a fire that destroyed the cab. The incident occurred in Quesnel, British Columbia, with authorities reporting significant damage but no further injuries.

Quesnel, B. C H. G. Roufosse

Ten Top Name Stars At Sunset Tonight

Sunset Theatre presents a movie star competition in When The City Sleeps a RKO Bert Friedlob production based on Charles Ein stein The Bloody Spur with ten Hollywood idols vying for top billing. The big town murder manhunt tale features a star studded cast and a documentary style drama promising standout performances and potential scene stealing.

Dana Andrews Sally Forrest Sunset Theatre Hollywood Rko-Bert Friedlob Charles Einstein Casey Robinson

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Bowline Starvue Mr. West Hiway Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Ragged Rogers Decatur Amells Business and the Wall St Broadway Columbia Joan Fontaine Princess Now Blood Brotherhood Tommy Ball Francis McDonald Billy Sandy Mac Hatfield Sinatra Frank Sinatra Sterling Hayden Ranch and Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Ranch Theatre Hartselle Courtland Highway RITZ Athens Ose Trevor Ferrer Howard Techmicolor Brtar Forbes Rickard Maibayne Irving Allen Albert Jose Ferrer Fantastic Crime Nets Rati Hayden United Artists Vargina May Ebert Stack Ruth Roman Ming Richard Burton Maggie McNamara Raymond Massey James Cagney Barbara Stanwyck Wilder Coume Walter Pidgeon Desperado Colursbia Gene Barbara Edward Abarry Hale Arnold Wallace Ford John Philip Clum Geronimo Technicolor Jennifer Jones Gregory Peck Joseph C Cotten Kind Voor Sunset Sifll Rhonda Flemming George Sanders Thomas Smitchell Vincent Pri John Barrymore Sally Forrest Ames Pond Ritz Lang McTurel, Inc Prince Seta Rsilfson
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