Distant Drums Filmed in Everglades Heads to Sunset Theatre
In Florida the Technicolor adventure Distant Drums stars Gary Cooper with Mari Alden and Richard Webb. Warner greenery chief Vic Scheckel explains crews shaped jungles by moving and trimming plants to create authentic Everglades scenery for the Sunset Theatre engagement.
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Gary Cooper
Richard Webb
United States Pictures
Warner Bros
Sunset Theatre
Everglades
Florida
Vic Scheckel
Warner
Scheckel
New Mexico
Vancouver Fire Boat Hull Deteriorates From Electrolysis
The hull of Vancouver's one year old fire boat shows severe damage as steel plates are found eaten one-third through by electrolysis. The vessel cost $300,000 and the issue suggests galvanic action in the metal structure.
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Vancouver
Canada
The Golden Horde Premieres at Sunset Theatre
The Technicolor action film The Golden Horde opens at Sunset Theatre starring Ann Birth and David Farrar. Set in the 13th century the epic follows Genghis Khan’s barbarian host sweeping west from Asia toward Samarkand the Persian gateway. Farrar marks his first American film in the starring role.
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Ann Blyth
Shalimar
David Farrar
Genghis Khan
Persia
Ann Birth
Sunset Theatre
Asia
Samarkand
Fresh Comedy And Top Notch Cast Coming To Mars
A new stage comedy opens next Friday at the Mars Theatre titled Darl ing, How Could You. Joan Fontaine and John Lund head a cast including Mona Freeman and Peter Hanson in a farce about a misled adolescent, parental suspicion, and a chaotic romance that unsettles a patrician New York neighborhood.
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New York
Washington Square
Mars Theatre
Joan Fontaine
John Lund
Mona Freeman
Peter Hanson
Miss Fixit
Betty Grable Stars in Meet Me After the Show at Mars Theatre
Betty Grable lights up Falkville's Mars Theatre in the Technicolor musical Meet Me After the Show. The showbiz romance centers on a marriage tested by suspicion with Macdonald Carey. Jack Cole directs lively dance numbers and Jule Styne and Leo Robin supply bright songs.
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Mars Theatre
Falkville
Betty Grable
Gable
Jack Cole
Jule Styne
Leo Robin
Twentieth -Century-Fox
On Dangerous Ground stars Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan
Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan head the cast in RKO's new melodrama On Dangerous Ground opening Tuesday at Sunset. A hardened detective helps track a killer of a schoolgirl while her avenging father urges a fair trial, changing the detectives outlook during the tense man hunt. Ward Bond is featured as the bereaved father.
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Robert Ryan
Center
Ward Bond
Sumner Williams
RKO Radio
Ryan
Ida Lupino
Bond
Charles Kemper
Hollywood
Jim Wilson
Miss Lapino
Giraffes Tamed Yet Can Deliver Sudden Kicks
The article notes giraffes are generally tame but can lash out with powerful hoofed kicks similar to mules. It emphasizes caution when handling these tall animals and warns handlers to respect their potential for sudden aggression.
Plan Proposed Censors Meet Resistance in Japan Film Board
Tokyo reports American film firms balk at a plan to form a board of Japanese and foreign representatives to censor all foreign pictures entering Japan. Some foreign companies may join, with talks to begin soon including British French Italian and Russian firms. Parents protest uncensored films' effects on children, yet uncensored American movies will continue to be distributed.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kyodo
Stop Sign Erector Fined In Greenfield Court
Stanley Mislak, 34, paid a five dollar fine in Greenfield district court for passing a stop sign. He works erecting stop signs for the state. The brief item notes his occupation and the court action.
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Greenfield
Mass
Stanley Mislak
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