Smokey and the Bandit and Annie Hall review blend
Reviewer notes how spoilers ruin movie reveals while critiquing Smokey and the Bandit 1977 for its car chase humor and Jerry Reed lines and praising Woody Allen's Annie Hall as a lively, joke-filled love story at the Madison Theater in Huntsville. Burt Reynolds and Jackie Gleason Drive the action. Reed provides comic relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Sentell
Woody Allen
Annie
Burt Reynolds
Atlanta
Jerry Reed
Reynolds
Deep South
Reed
Jackie Gleason
Dixie
Madison Theater
Huntsville
Terrible Tommy’s gallows to be destroyed after 57 years
The 1921 escapee Terrible Tommy O’Connor fled Cook County Jail four days before execution for killing a policeman. The historic gallows, rebuilt briefly last week, will be dismantled and destroyed. Judge Richard Fitzgerald said it should be destroyed. Puget Sound area population noted at two million residents.
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Chicago
Tommy
O’connor
Cook County
Richard Fitzgerald
The Decatur Daily Want Ads Promised Big Buyer-Seller Meet
Buyers from Decatur gather to contrast listings with top sellers in a bustling Want-Ads event. Local commerce officials promote the fair as a chance to compare prices and terms directly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Rollercoaster to Debut With Sensurround Star Power
Universal sells Sensurround as a big star for Rollercoaster opening in 400 theaters. The system, created for Earthquake, boosts box office with audience immersion and special effects, led by MCA chief Sid Sheinberg.
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Aljean Harmett
N. Y
Sid Sheinberg
MCA
Universal Pictures
Universal
Midway
Sheinberg
Steve McQueen
Dino de Laurentiis
Lalo Schifrin
United States
Canada
New York
Hollywood stars share views on the best gift for children
Don Rickles Barbara Barrie and Jack Klugman Patrick Duffy and Chuck Barris offer in interviews their views on parenting The responses stress love values growth self reliance and example setting as the key gifts to children with small details about each family and their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Rickles
Cpo Sharkey
Mindy Beth
Lawrence Corey
Barbara
Jack Klugman
Quincy
David
Adam
Patrick Duffy
Atlantis
Padraic
Chuck Barris
the Gang
Chuck
Della
The Deep review notes a silly season film splash
Vincent Canby finds The Deep a lightweight adventure set off Bermuda with Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte as divers uncover a WWII ammo ship with morphine and an 18th century merchantman carrying jewels. Robert Shaw and Lou Gossett headline a mixed cast amid underwater beauty and blunt shore melodrama.
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Vincent Canbyce
N.Y
New York
Peter Benchley
Frank
Joe Hardy
Jacqueline Bisset
Nick Nolte
Robert Redford
Frank Hardy
Bermuda
Jackie
Nick
Robert Shaw
Louis Gossett
Eli Wallach
Decatur Daily Sunday Morning June 19 1977
The page presents a Sunday morning edition front matter for Decatur Daily with dateline June 19 1977. It includes department bylines and a provisional layout list for sections and features to be continued in the edition.
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the Bandit
Puget Sound
Washington
WBHP
Countiey Music
Statler
Tammy Wynette
Civic Center
Belks
Haysland Square
Parisian
Decatur
Curtis Magnavox
Athens
Turning Point Records
Florence
Alleyway Records
Scottsboro
Albertville
von Braun Civic Center
Monroe Street
Alabama
Grandpa Jones
Sensurround
Man From
Jack Albertson
Chico and
the Man
Bobby Troup
Energency
Hollywood
Sixth Avenue SE
Srlom Tockade
Lou Gossett
Peter Yates
Don Schain
Misoan Valley
Ohio
Buckeye State
THE
Gateway NO
Rocking Chair Theatre
Princess
Benji
Coolitan
BeNnii
Bowline
Walt Disney
Soudons Finane
Barsara Harris
Jodie Foster
Ohn Astin
Panay HY
Gus
Don Knotts
Tim Conway
Bobby
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