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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1956

Page

6

Julie Debuts With Doris Day In Bowline Thriller

Doris Day stars in Julie a tense drama from Arwin Productions at M G M opening at Bowline Theatre. Louis Jourdan Barry Sullivan Frank Lovejoy co star as Day evades her jealous husband in a nerve tingling pursuit ending aboard an airliner.

Bowline Doris Day Louis Jourdan Jack Kelly Miss Day Julie Arwin Martin Melcher M-G-M Barry Sullivan Frank Lovejoy Lyle Cliff Henderson Cliff Captain Prine

King and I dazzles Sunset Theatre in CinemaScope 55

The King and I, starring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner with Rita Moreno, rides a magnetic draw as Twentieth Century Fox debuts CinemaScope 55. Ernest Lehman wrote the screenplay. Walter Lang directed. Charles Brackett produced the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.

King and I Sunset Theatre Twentieth Century-Fox Deborah Deborah Kerr Yul Brynner Rodgers and Hammerstein

Trees Grow Across New York City Boroughs Count Reaches 2.3 Million

Brooklyn and the four other boroughs together host about 2.3 million trees official counts show. The figure underscores urban forestry scale in New York City with implications for climate resilience and public park planning.

Brooklyn New York City Boroughs

Texas Lady Stars Colbert In Western at Sunset Theatre

Claudette Colbert makes her Western debut in Texas Lady directed by Tim Whelan. Barry Sullivan leads an able cast as cattle giants clash with law and order in a Technicolor Superscope production from Nat Holt. The plot blends romance with gunplay in a saga of power and empire.

Claudette Colbert Nat Holt Texas Panhandle Sunset Theatre RKO Barry Sullivan Miss Colbert John Litel James Bell Douglas Fowley Ray Collins Walter Sande Don Haggerty Gregory Walcott Nester Tim Whelan Horace McCoy

Jokes and anecdotes from an old humor column

A collection of short gags and quips ranging from foremen and funerals to a court joke about Lord Bacon and Hogg. Various scenes feature a stubborn old man in a sport game, a salesman, a farmer, a wife seeking divorce, and a pair of tramps sharing a peaceful moment.

Foreman George

Golf Fever Sparks Domestic Tug of War

A wife laments spending Sundays at home while her husband insists he cannot be bribed to stay. The scene escalates as the wife clutches clubs and urges a man to join them for golf, while the husband defends his freedom to spend.

Underwater Scenes For New Thriller Filmed at Marine Studios

Ace Hollywood cameraman Charles Scotty Welbourne filmed underwater sequences for Revenge of the Creature the 3 D camera weighed about 200 pounds and was battery powered Location scenes were shot at Marine Studios Marineland Florida with Welbourne and assistants using aqualungs and fins John Agar Lori Nelson and John Bromfield star in the Universal International sequel directed by Jack Arnold and produced by William Alland.

ROXY Gill Man John Agar Lori Nelson John Bromfield Nestor Paiva Jack Arnold William Alland Ace Hollywood Charles “Scotty” Welbourne Universial - International Roxy Theatre Welbourne Marine Studios Marineland Florida Marine Studio

Charles V’s Dying Fashion: Spectacles for Every Costume

In a note about the life of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V who died in 1558, a tradition is described where he owned pairs of spectacles to match each of his outfits. The detail reflects the era’s fashion and courtly habits.

Charles V

Toward The Unknown Marks Milestone For William Holden

William Holden marks his debut as producer and star in Toward The Unknown at the Prin cess Theatre. Warner Bros. releases holden’s Toluca production as he expands into executive film work and ventures into TV with English Coronets and The Red Sparrow.

William Holden Virginia Leith Toluca Pictures WarnerColor Princess Theatre Mervyn LeRoy Warner Bros Lloyd Nolan Charles McGraw Warner. Bros Holden Hollywood Air Force Screen Actors Guild Board Veterans Affairs Committee Guild Permanent Charities Committee Motion Picture Industry Council Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Screen Actors Guild American Federation of Labor San Francisco Houston

Federal government owns about one fifth of U S property

The federal government holds roughly 21 percent of all real estate in the United States, a substantial share indicating extensive public ownership across the country.

Federal The United States

Beef cattle population reported by National Beef Council

The National Beef Council reports there are over 60 million beef cattle in the United States highlighting the scale of cattle ranching and meat production across the country.

United States The National Beef Council

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