Disney Uses We Talent in Live Action Films
Hollywood reports Disney plans live action elements in Song of the South featuring real actors Bob Driscoll Luana Patton and James Baskett. The Uncle Remus tale will be 70 percent live action with animation blending. How Dear to My Heart also uses 80 percent live action starring Beulah Bondi Burl Ives.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
Goofy
Disney Studios
Cartoon
Walt
Bobby Driscoll
Luana Patton
James Baskett
Disney
Uncle Remus
Beulah Bondi
Burl Ives
Mickey
Donald and
Man
Ebenezer Sing On Friday Night at Ebenezer Church
The monthly sing will be held Friday night at Ebenezer church three miles east of Lacon. A cordial invitation was extended to the public to attend.
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Ebenezer Church
Lacon
Hugh E. Wright
Duane Wallace
Joe Allen Garner
Dorothy Cox
L. M. Reid
Alabama City
Lewis Ward
John L Goodwyn Named Montgomery Mayor in 1947 Succession
John L. Goodwyn is sworn in as Montgomery mayor succeeding David E. Dunn who resigns to let a war veteran seek the office. The 42 year old former World War II officer was elected without opposition in a special election and will serve the remainder of Dunn's term through October 1947.
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Montgomery
John L. Goodwyn
David E. Dunn
Goodwyn
Dunn
Disney Plans Hint at Wendy Hook Pan Characters
A non cartoon Disney figure shows tentative plans for Wendy Captain Hook Nana and other Peter Pan characters. Claude Rains says he stays in Hollywood with a farm in Pennsylvania and a long California film career. Clifton Webb battles acute bronchitis while Betty and Harry James mark anniversary plans.
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Disney
Wendy
Captain Hook
Nana
Nibs
Peter Pan
Clifton Webb
Betty
Harry James
Dick Bare
Arizona Ranch
Nancy Guild
Joan Crawford
Greg Bautzer
Larue
Maria Montez
Bob Hope
Jim
Vancouver
Bob
Melvyn Douglas
Peter
Washington
Director Curtiz Seeks Abnormal Silence On Set
Life With Father director Mike Curtiz cries for quiet on the set. Duel In The Sun debuts in Texas cities in October with a flying caravan of stars. Dick Haymes moves his radio show to Thursday nights. Ed Beamis Jr. of Springfield Mass wins Sammy Kaye’s contest and $1000 at Hollywood Palladium.
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Mike Curtiz
Texas
Dick Haymes
Hollywood Palladium
Ed Beamis Jr
Springfield
Mass
Sammy Kaye
Sallys Sallies and Visiting Kin Across Alabama
Mrs M M Kyle visited Birmingham Thursday. Leon Battles recently returned from service visits brothers Olen and Neal in Birmingham. Doris Robertsaccepts job at Mutual Savings Life in Decatur. Leona Montgomery of Barton attended grandson Howard Ray Montgomerys graduation Friday night. T L Speakman and family from Hartselle dined with Ervin Storys family. H E Morris of Hopewell visited G H Battles family. Willard Sandlin of near Hartselle and Doris Simmons of Decatur visited Coy Atkins family. Calvin Long of Tuscumbia has stayed with Luth er Glaze family.
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M. M. Kyle
Birmingham
Leon Battles
Olen
Neal Battles
Doris Roberts
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Company
Decatur
Leona_ Montgomery
Barton
Homer Montgomery
Howard Ray Montgomery
Luther Glaze
White Party Plans Discussed By Florida Democrats
The Florida Democratic Executive Committee adopted unanimously a resolution aiming to keep the party white and restrict participation to white voters. The meeting drew about 200 delegates with speakers urging a “white man’s government” and possible white primaries if legislation permits the party to control its own affairs.
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Andy Anderson
Jacksonville
Fla
Democratic Party
Florida
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Progressive Democratic Voters League
John E. Matthews
Matthews
Fred Cone
Bar Associations
Orlando as Likely Compromise Figure for Italy's First President
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, 86, veteran of the Versailles Big Four, is favored as a compromise candidate for Italy's first president as the republic replaces the monarchy. Observers say his Sicilian background could bridge the North South split over republican versus royal loyalties.
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Rome
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Italy
Orlando
Versailles
House of Savoy
Hearing Postponed On Grain Freight Rate Petition
The Alabama Public Service Commission again postpones a hearing on a petition to raise freight rates for grain shipments. The hearing, moved from June 17, is rescheduled for August.
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Montgomery
Alabama Public Service Commission
Local Morgan County Community Notes and Visits
Mrs Zola Mae Legg from Morgan County Oak Ridge visits relatives in Montgomery and Gadsden. Families from Decatur Birmingham and Neel share visits and illnesses. A miscellaneous shower honors Leatha Higdon. Earl Morris Jr returns from Navy. Measles sick at hospital. Morgan County High School graduation attendees noted.
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Morgan County
Oak Ridge
Zola Mae Legg
J. Stephenson
Allen and
Sidney
Juston Mabrey
Gadsden
Rena Sparkman
Zana Dean Manor
Decatur
Birmingham
Anderson Sparkman
Edward Singleton
Neel
Elmer Boger
W. A. Thompson
Louisa Moore
Zanesville
Ohio
Floyd Stephenson
Hoyt West
Hartselle
Alice Vest
J. R. Wallace
George Sparkman
Austinville
Mable Johnson
Leatha Higdon
Earl Morris Jr
Navy
Terry
Olen Cooper
Albert Jones
Moulton
W. D. Melvin
Walter Brown
Hubert Brown
Little Wilma aHriselle
Oliver Townsend
Gladsome Ale Offered to Hanged Criminals in England
In early England criminals bound for execution were given a final glass of ale during their transport. The practice, recorded in local lore, reflects historical attitudes toward capital punishment and the ritual surrounding the execution process.
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England
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