Crosswinds opens at Sunset Theatre with high seas peril
Paramounts Crosswinds stars John Payne Rhonda Fleming and Forrest Tucker in a color Technicolor treasure hunt across South Seas islands. A schooner raid leads to a double cross and jungle pursuit aboard a stolen yawl, while derelicts hunt pearls and a plane wreck holds a million dollars. Bloodthirsty natives, river perils, and undersea fights drive nonstop action and romance.
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Paramount
Sunset Theatre
Technicolor
John Payne
Rhonda Fleming
Forrest Tucker
South Seas
Payne
South Pacific
Miss Fleming
Tucker
Owl Lures Crows Belton Pecans Kill Crow Flock
Nelson H Hander a pecan grower in Belton Texas uses a horned owl named Pop-Pop to lure hundreds of crows. He ties a three foot twine from the owl to a crow then hides as the flock attacks. Hander shoots the attacking birds claiming crows are the most destructive pests.
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Belton
Tex
Pop-Pop
Nelson H. Hander
Hander
Pop
Snows of Kilimanjaro opens at the Roxy with star cast
The Ernest Hemingway adaptation The Snows of Kilimanjaro debuts at the Roxy Theatre on December 17. Gregory Peck stars as the writer hunter with Susan Hayward Ava Gardner and Hildegarde Neff in key roles. Henry King directs for Zanuck and 20th Century Fox.
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Kilimanjaro
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Africa
Paris
French Riviera
Zanuck
Darryl F. Zanuck
Twentieth Century-Fox
Hollywood
Peck
Gregory Peck
Horatio Hornblower
David and
Bathsheba
Susan Hayward
Ava Gardner
Hildegarde Neff
Susan
David
Ava No Stranger
Twentieth Century- Fox
M-G-M
Hildegarde
Liz
Ernest Hemingway
The Prowler at Sunset Theatre
Van Heflin and Evelyn Keyes star in a melodrama opening Tuesday at the Sunset Theatre titled The Prowler. A wealthy elderly man’s wife is menaced by a psychologically disturbed police radio officer who schemes to seize wealth and love, delivering a startling climactic finish.
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Evelyn Keyes
van Heflin
the Prowler
Sunset Theatre
Heflin
Miss Keyes
Gripping realism in tense stage production with star cast
A tense stage production unfolds with principal actors delivering gripping realism. Lead John Maxwell, along with Katherine Warren and Emerson Treacy, anchor strong performances supported by a capable ensemble.
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the Prowler
EAGLE
John Maxwell
Katherine Warren Emerson Treacy
United Artists
Katherine Warren
Emerson Treacy
Zuni Jewelers Include Many Women and Ostrich Is Largest Bird
Among the Zuni Indians of New Mexico many jewelers are women. The ostrich is noted as the largest living bird.
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New Mexico
Just Across The Street at Roxy Proves Bright Comedy
Just Across The Street at the Roxy delivers a bright witty comedy of matrimonial mix ups. Ann Sheridan and John Lund give sharp performances with supporting stars Robert Keith Natalie Schafer Cecil Kellaway and Alan Mowbray adding to the laughs. The film is praised as a delightful escape from daily cares.
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Ann Sheridan
John Lund
Roxy
Lund
Miss Sheridan
Roxy Theatre
Ann Sheriday
Hollywood
Robert Keith
Natalie Schafer
Cecil Kellaway
Alan Mowbray
Honolulu
Stewart Says Portraying Living Man Is Tough Job
James Stewart explains that playing David Marshall Williams in Carbine Williams is the hardest acting assignment of his career. Williams, the gun inventor and technical adviser on the film, watched from set and offered quiet guidance while Stewart contends with the reality of portraying a real person on screen.
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James Stewart
David Marshall Williams
Stewart
Carbine Williams
Sunset Theatre
Monty Stratton
Stratton
Williams
M-G-M
Dore Schary
Jean Hagen
Wendell Corey
Woman Heads Flying Service in Providence
Mary Ann Lippitt, eight years a pilot, leads Lippitt Aviation Corp as the state’s sole woman charter plane operator. The firm runs four planes, offers instruction with as many as 30 students enrolled, and Lippitt, daughter of the late U.S. Senator Henry F. Lippitt, has nearly 3000 solo hours. She notes women make good pilots, learning slowly but showing great caution.
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Providence. R. L
Mary Ann Lippitt
Lippitt Aviation Corp
Miss Lippitt
U. S
Henry F. Lippitt
Plaster Survives 4000 Years in Egyptian Pyramids
Ancient Egypt reveals plaster work inside pyramids remains largely intact after four thousand years, highlighting enduring construction techniques and material durability despite age and environment.
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Egypt
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