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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1955

Page

9

Miss Dove shines in Jennifer Jones heart warming film

Jennifer Jones delivers a warm hearted performance as Miss Dove in the Twentieth Century Fox CinemaScope color drama. The film traces her life from age 20 to 55 using flashbacks to show the teacher who shapes the dreams of students including a doctor, nurse, immigrant writer, and police officer.

Miss Dove Twentieth Century-Fox Bowline Theatre Jennifer Jones Robert Stack Frances Gray Patton New England Miss Jones Hollywood Doctor Twentieth Century-Fox Pictures Kipp Hamilton Henry Koster Koster

Spoilers Opens Tonight at Princess Theater Starring Baxter

Universal Technicolor action drama The Spoilers opens tonight at the Princess Theater with Anne Baxter Jeff Chandler and Rory Calhoun in leading roles. The film portrays Nome gold rush saloon life with lavish production by Ross Hunter and vibrant Technicolor visuals.

Universal-International Princess Theater Anne Baxter Jeff Chandler Rory Calhoun William Farnum Tom Santschi Chandler Calhoun Miss Baxter Barbara Britton John McIntire Ross Hunter

Good Morning Miss Dove praised for strong ensemble acting

A Cinema Scope production features 46 players with standout performances by Peggy Knudsen as Mrs Green, Connors as the cop, and Ed ward Fireston as the congenital thief. The reviewer calls it a wholly satisfying family entertainment with immediate public appeal and the highest praise.

Peggy Knudsen Mrs. Green Connors Edward Fireston Dove

Trail of the Lonesome Pine Returns at the Roxy

The mountain folk drama in Technicolor stars Henry Fonda Fred MacMurray and Sylvia Sidney in a feud driven tale set around rail work through Tolliver land. The film features scenic Cumberland Mountain scenes and songs Twilight on the Trail and A Melody From the Sky.

Henry Fonda Roxy Theatre Paramount Trail of the Lonesome Pine Technicolor Fonda Fred MacMurray Sylvia Sidney Mr. Roberts Lonesome Pine John Fox, Jr Sidney Tolliver MacMurray Sylvia Calousy Cumberland Mountain Fred Stone Nigel Bruce Beulah Bondi Robert Barrat Fuzzy Knight Walter Wanger

Burt Lancaster Directs and Stars in The Kentuckian CinemaScope

Burt Lancaster stars as Big Eli Wakefield in The Kentuckian an action filled film directed by Lancaster. Co starred by Diana Lynn and Dianne Foster the movie follows a frontier hunter who seeks westward expansion amid fights gun battles and frontier drama. Walter Matthau John McIntire and Una Merkel lead a strong supporting cast in a United Artists release filmed in CinemaScope and Technicolor. The Kentuckian opens Thursday at the Princess Theatre with Oscar winning actor co producer Burt Lancaster directing for the first time.

Burt Lancaster Vera Cruz A. B. Guthrie, Jr Felix Holt Gabriel Horn United Artists Princess Theatre Diana Lynn Dianne Foster Burt Walter Matthau John McIntire Una Merkel John Carradine Donald MacDonald John Litel Rhys Williams Edward Norris Harold Hecht Ernest Laszo Roy Webb Lancaster The Ledger Eli Wakefield Texas

Swimming Skill Helps John Agar Star In Creature Sequel

John Agar known for athletic versatility stars in Revenge of the Creature with Lori Nelson and John Bromfield, filmed in 3-D at Marine Studios Marineland Florida. His swimming prowess and other sports talent helped him win leading roles including The Golden Mistress. Born in Chicago to a former University of Chicago halfback, Agar might have become a golf pro if not an actor.

Hollywood John Agar Lori Nelson John Bromfield Universal-International Sunset Theatre John Haiti Chicago John C. Agar University of Chicago David O. Selznick Fort Apache Marine Studios Marineland Florida

Rev Claude Boozer critically ill in Nashville

Morgan County Gandy s Cove reports Rev Claude Boozer, former pastor of Falkville Baptist church, is critically ill in Nashville Tennessee. Also notes: regular monthly singing December 24 at church and Watch Night Service December 31 at Eva Methodist church. Women s Society to quilt three quilts in January.

Claude Boozer Falkville Baptist Church Nashville Tennessee Frank Roberts Berta Holmes J. L. Sanders Ralph Nelson Ohio Mary Alice Morris Miller- Knight Hopewell C. C. West Gayle Earl Thompson

Five U.S. Presidents Married Twice

The presidents who married twice include John Tyler Millard Fillmore Benjamin Harrison Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. The pattern shows a mix of marriages across 19th and early 20th centuries with varied personal histories and timetables.

U. S Tyler, Fillmore Benjamin Harrison Theodore Roosevelt Wilson

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