Charles Laughton Best Movie Actor Of The Year
Hollywood critics name Charles Laughton as top actor of 1985 for roles in Les Miserables Mutiny on the Bounty and Rugges of Red Gap. Katharine Hepburn Victor McLagren and others praised for standout performances in a year of varied cinema.
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Alice Adams
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Gypo Nolan Io
Charlies Laughton
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Captain Bigat
John Ford
Stady
Ford
Judas
Ex-convict slain in New Orleans restaurant shootout
Eugene Gallido, 32, an ex-convict, was shot and killed at a downtown New Orleans restaurant at dawn. Clarence Williams, 39, of St. Louis, was taken into custody as a suspect after patrons reported Williams claimed Gallido robbed him twice, totaling about 7500 dollars. Williams faces murder charges after police questioned witnesses.
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Eugene “Gene” Gallido
Clarence Williams
St. Louis
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Williams
St. Claude Inn
St. Bernard Parish
Rudolph 8. Becker
Director Richard Bale Slawski Brings Classic Tale to Screen
The piece praises the director Richard Bale Slawski for shaping a strong film version of Jean Valjean with feeling and artistry. It notes Laughton as Javert and Frederick March as Valjean and weighs The Tale of Two Cities against Dickens film David Copperfield. Ronald Colman in Sydney Carton is highlighted alongside other acclaimed titles and performers.
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Laughton
Javert
Frederick March
Valjean
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David Copperfield
Ronald Colman
Marietta
China
Lily Pons
Trinity School News Wedding Notice at Schoolhouse
Mr and Mrs James June announce the marriage of their daughter Jemie June to Tom Thumb to be held Wednesday December 18 at 8 o clock Trinity Schoolhouse Proceeds from the entertainment go to the school A P T A meeting is set for tonight at 7 15 o clock
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James June
Jenmie June
Tom Thumb
Trinity Schoolhouse
Five hundred paroled in Alabama for Christmas
In Montgomery on December 17, 500 of Alabama's most deserving convicts were sent home for the holidays with Christmas paroles from Governor Bib Graves. Selected from a 6,000 inmate population, the men return to prison January 3 under a man to man agreement to resume confinement.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bib
Graves
Alabama
Alabama Day at M. C. H. Highlighted by Program
Morgan County High School observed Alabama Day with programs led by Misa Elizabeth Gaines. The event included Scripture reading, student songs, essays on Alabama Day, poetry by Elizabeth Houston and Ileen Payne, and a salute to Alabama and the U S flags.
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Morgan County High School
Misa Elizabeth Gaines
Bernice Eason
America
Land
Red Land
Elizabeth Houston
Ileen Payne
Barbara Peck
John Puryear
United States
Pattern 2381 Dress By Anne Adams For At Home Sewing
Advertisement for pattern 2381 by Anne Adams describing a smart center panel dress with military style buttons. Available in many sizes, based on fabric needs, with illustrated instructions and a winter pattern book offer priced at 15 cents for pattern and 25 cents for book plus pattern. Send name address and pattern number to Decatur Daily Pattern Department New York.
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Anne Adams
Decatur Daily Pattern Department
West 17Th &T
New York
Son of Broker in Santa Barbara Ill with Pneumonia
Jess Livermore Jr son of a Wall Street stock operator lies under an oxygen tent with pneumonia in a lung wounded by a splintered rifle bullet allegedly fired by his mother on Thanksgiving night in Santa Barbara California.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Jess Livermore,Jr
Wall Street
Three Prisoners Die in Havana Gunfire
Three army corporals escorting kidnapped prisoners to Havana were fired upon near Caprario as a rival gang struck their car. The victims Aurelio Martinez Quervo Elio Estevez Ortega and Rafael Ponce Gonzales died from the ambush. Castano remained in seclusion after release from captivity following a week of abuse by revolutionaries. Police questioned several suspects, including three of the abductors.
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Edmund A. Chester
Associated Press
Havana
San Antonio de Las Vegas
Caprario
Aurelio Martinez Quervo
Elio Estevez Ortega
Rafael Ponce Gonzales
Castano
Six People Arrested After Castano’s Berated Incident
Six persons were arrested following an incident that involved Castano. Under a Cuban law enacted last spring during a general strike, kidnapping carries the death penalty if convicted.
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Castano
Boiler Explodes at DC Lumber Mill Kills Two
A boiler exploded at the E M Garrett Lumber Milling plant in Columbia Washington killing two Black workers and wounding five others. Authorities investigate cause and assess damage to the mill and surrounding area.
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Columbia, D. C
E. M. Garrett Lumber Milling
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