Stars note changing tastes in modern cinema
Gloria Grahame and Jocelyn Brando star with Glenn Ford in The Big Heat, a hard hitting drama at Sunset Theatre. Ford says audiences now accept realism over escapism and actors can show private happiness off screen. Supporting cast includes Alexander Scourby Lee Marvin and Jeanette Nolan.
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Glenn Ford
Gloria Grahame
Jocelyn Brando
Columbia Pictures
Sunset Theatre
Ford
Glenn
Alexander Scourby
Lee Marvin
Jeanette Nolan
Saturday Evening Post
William P. McGivern
Sydney Boehm
Columbia
Marriages in U S Declined From 1946 Peak to 1954
The number of marriages in the United States fell from a record 2,291,000 in 1946 to 1,484,000 in 1954 reflecting a substantial postwar drop in nuptial activity.
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United States
Top Stars Portray Amber in Forever Amber at Roxy
Four screen giants Linda Darnell Cornel Wilde Richard Greene and George Sanders headline the Twentieth Century Fox spectacle Forever Amber at the Roxy Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday. Darnell plays Amber the country girl who becomes famous in King Charles II era. The cast includes Jessica Tandy Anne Revere and more under Otto Preminger’s direction.
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Amber
Twentieth Century-Fox
Roxy Theatre
Linda Darnell
Cornel Wilde
Richard Greene
George Sanders
Kathleen Winsor
United States
Great Britain
Miss Darnell
Charles II
Bruce Carlton
King’s Court
Lord Harry Almsbury
Carlton
Otto Preminger
William Perlberg
Glenn Langan
Richard Haydn
Jessica Tandy
Anne Revere
John Russell
Jane Ball
Robert Coote
Leo G. Carroll
Natalie Draper
Native Son James Griffith Stars in The Shanghai Story
James Griffith features as a native son in Republic's The Shanghai Story show at Sunset Tuesday and Wednesday. The cast includes Ruth Roman from Boston and Edmond O'Brien from New York City with Frank Lloyd, the associate producer-director, from Glasgow Scotland.
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Edmond O’brien
Whit Bissell
Republic
Sunset Theater
Lovely Ruth Roman
O’brien
Hollywood
James Griffith
Jim
Los Angeles
Alan Ladd Learns Harpooning For Hell Below Zero
Movie star Alan Ladd trained to handle a harpoon gun for Hell Below Zero a Technicolor Columbia Pictures production shot at Sunset Theatre. Scottish harpooner Jove Ferguson instructed him and Ladd finally completed his first whale hunt scene after hours of practice.
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Columbia Pictures
Sunset Theatre
Alan Ladd
Warwick
Technicolor
Ladd
Jove Ferguson
Ferguson
Okay
Princess The Seven Little Foys Opens at Princess Theatre
Bob Hope stars in Paramount's lavish VistaVision Technicolor bio epic The Seven Little Foys at the Princess Theatre starting today. The film traces Eddie Foy's life from vaudeville star to devoted father of seven, with Milly Vitale James Cagney and a lively cast delivering humor drama and romance.
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Bob Hope
Eddie Foy
Princess Theatre
Hope
Milly Vitale
George Tobias
Angela Clarke
James Cagney
George M. Cohan
Foy
Chance
Vista
Paramount
Faith Domergue Shines In Santa Fe Passage At Roxy
Faith Domergue, the exotic New Orleans born beauty, stars with John Payne and Rod Cameron in Republic's Santa Fe Passage. Esquire calls her Aurelie St. Clair a fabulous magnetic character, a beautiful sensuous green eyed half breed central to the drama.
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John Payne
Faith Domergue
Republic Studios
Santa Fe Passage
Roxy Theatre
Howard Hughes
Republic
Miss Domergue
Rod Cameron
Esquire Magazine
Faith
Aurelie St. Clair
Silvered Workers Edge Clout in U.S. Steel Industry
About 30 men per 1000 hourly workers in the U.S. steel industry are over 65 years old, highlighting an aging segment within heavy manufacturing staffing.
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U.S
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