The Trouble With Harry at Sunset Theatre
A Sunset Theatre screening presents Alfred Hitchcock's The Trouble With Harry with Edmund Gwenn Shirley MacLaine and John Forsythe. The comedy mystery follows a corpse tangled with four locals each offering a plan to dispose of Harry as suspense turns to humor.
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Harry Worp
Alfred Hitchcock
Harry
Sunset Theatre
Edmund Gwenn
John Forsythe
Shirley MacLaine
Hitchcock
Vermont
Ach
Paramount
Gwenn
Miss MacLaine
Mildred Natwick
VistaVision
Technicotor
Mexico Tourist Visits Climbs From 1954 to 1955
In 1954 Mexico hosted 411 752 tourists, rising to 549 314 in 1955. The United States accounts for roughly a third of global goods and services demand.
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Mexico
United States
Roxy Theater Plans Double Feature Each Day
The Roxy Theater on Bank Street will show a double feature daily starting today. Manager Bob Williams says a new wide screen has been ordered and should be installed within the next month. The Decatur Daily will publish ads for the air conditioned theater.
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Roxy
Bank St
Bob Williams
Williams
Decatur Daily
Caine Mutiny Star May Wynn From Copacabana to Screen
May Wynn, formerly Donna Lee Hickey, rose from Copacabana chorus to screen test at Columbia Pictures for The Caine Mutiny role. Producer Stanley Kramer selected her. she began on set with Bogart Ferrer Johnson and MacMurray. Her Hollywood start followed a show business upbringing and early dancing years.
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May Waynn
Donna Lee Hickey
Hollywood
Columbia Pictures
May Wynn
Humphrey Bogart
Jose Ferrer
van Johnson
Fred MacMurray
May
Donna
New Rocking Chair Creates Ship's Roll in Sea Chase
Warner Bros technicians built a hydraulic rocking chair on Stage 7 for The Sea Chase to simulate a ship’s roll. The 5900 ton tramp steamer appears as the outlaw vessel commanded by John Wayne in CinemaScope and Warner Color. John Farrow directed with stars including Lana Turner Lyle Bettger Tab Hunter Richard Davalos James Arness and John Qualen.
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Warner Bros
Sunset Theatre
Warner Color
John Wayne
Lana Turner
John Farrow
Lyle Betger
Tab Hunter
Richard Davalos
James Arness
John Qualen
Night Shift Memo Checks Cattlesburg Problems
Chief Ray Castle finds a mysterious memo at police headquarters listing failures including a faulty radio, dark restroom lights, a sewer backup on 3th Street, a seven minute slow town clock, and payday overdue by 10 days. The note raises questions about a prank or broader disruption in the town.
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Cattlesburg
Ray Castle
Ray
Disappearance and Clinic Troubles Stir Town
Dr. Chad Mays vanishes following a lawsuit against the clinic. Hazel Barr and Lacey search in vain as publicity harms the clinic. Charles Nolen, a transient with back pain, is admitted under Dr. Wilkins-Smith who warns of cancer risks and hints at controversial treatments. Continuous serial narration sets up a dramatic medical mystery.
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Chad Mays
Milburn
Blandins
Dr. Mays
Hazel Barr
Lacey
Chad
Dr. Bequette
Charles Nolen
Nolen
Wilkins-Smith
Are You Fit to Drive Preventive Driving Rules
Education column from the American Medical Association emphasizes preventive driving as a composite of physical mental and emotional fitness. It covers vision hearing fatigue limitations and maintenance plus sober driving and anticipatory driving to ensure safe road behavior. WAIM INFANTS
Kidnapping Note Triggers Car Chase Confession
FBI tracked a blue 33 Buick with Iowa license 1716107 after a note claiming a kidnapping was tossed from a car. A handwriting test led to a 12 year old boy confessing and being released to his parents in poor standing.
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Yuma
Aroz
FBI
Iowa
William and Mary Reclaims Historic Ceremonial Mace
The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, the nation’s second oldest, recovers its ceremonial mace after six months missing from an unlocked display in Marshall-Wythe Hall. The mace reappeared in its foyer location, neatly polished.
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Williamsburg
College of William
Mary
America
Marshall-Wythe Hall
Trapper Trapped By Own Radar Speeding Fine
George Williams, a radio repairman from El Paso Texas who fixes traffic radar sets, was clocked speeding by police radar here and fined $12.
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N.M
George Williams
el Paso
Tex
Williams
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