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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1955

Page

7

Ann Francis on faces and film types in Hollywood

M G M star Ann Francis discusses how a pretty face can limit an acting career and how she resisted being typecast. She recalls almost quitting after a plain girl role and notes her varied parts, including Rogue Cop and Blackboard Jungle opposite Glenn Ford, plus two leads at Sunset Theatre.

Anne Francis M-G-M Miss Francis Glenn Ford Dorothy Parker Spencer Tracy Black Rock Robert Taylor Sunset Theatre Evan Hunter

Hajji Baba Adventure Rocks Princess Theatre in Color

Walter Wanger presents The Adventures of Hajji Baba at the Princess Theatre in color by De Luxe. John Derek stars as a young adventurer with Elaine Stewart as Princess Fawzia. Exterior shots were filmed in Lone Pine California and interiors in Hollywood.

Persia Walter Wanger Allied Artists Hajji Baba Princess Theatre John Derek Elaine Stewart James Morier Lone Pine Calif California Sierras Hollywood Donald Randolph Don Weiss

Randolph Scott Stars in Lawless Street at Bowline Theatre

Randolph Scott headlines A Lawless Street a Technicolor Western at Bowline Theatre. Angela Lansbury co stars with Scott as his wife while Julie Adams and Sal Mineo support this frontier tale of vigilante violence and conflicted lawmen.

Randolph Scott Wallace Ford Bowline Tony Curtis Universal-International Boston Julie Adams George Nader Tony Jay Flippen Sal Mineo The Princess West Technicolor Bowline Theatre Scott Angela Lansbury Colorado Territory Medicine Bend Miss Lansbury Her Jay C. Flippen

Driver Returns For Expired License Ticket

Greenville patrol officers amused when a motorist who passed them returned to receive a speeding ticket for an expired license. Cpl Carl Whitfield and Sgt W Whitehurst issued the citation after the driver admitted his license had lapsed in February.

Greenville N. C Cpl Carl E. Whitfield W. E. Whitehurst

Priceville Vo-Ag Builds Platform for Glee Club

Priceville Vocational Agriculture students in grades 11 and 12 built a platform for the Glee Club. With no school shop, they borrowed tools and used school lumber while Duel Thompson led measuring marking sawing and assembly. Mrs Tim berlake and Principal O N 11 expect the platform to aid the club for years.

Priceville Glee Club Duel Thompson Vo-Ag Timberlake Lake O. N. 11 Porter Dunaway FFA

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