Land Down Under Scene Of Technicolor Film Kangaroo
The Technicolor feature Kangaroo stars Peter Lawford Maureen O Hara and 1000 extras filmed 9000 miles away in Australia. Director Lewis Milestone used Port Augusta Flinders Ranges and Sydney locations plus Elizabeth Bay House and Pagewood Studios to depict a drought torn cattle station at turn of the century with Aborigines, a bush ranger villain, and a corroboree rain dance.
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Princess Theatre
Australia
Maureen O'Hara
Peter Lawford
Finlay Currie
Richard Boone
Land ‘Down Under
Iustralia
Robert Bassler
Lewis Milestone
Milestone
Adelaide
Pagewood Studios
Sydney
Elizabeth Bay House
Sailor’s
Doss
Lawford
Finlay~Currie
Jesse James
Nullarbor Plain
the Kangaroo
Randolph Scott Stars in Man in the Saddle Without a Permanent Horse
Randolph Scott continues the Western star tradition by riding a palomino named Stardust in Man in the Saddle at Princess Theatre. He met the horse just a day before filming, breaking the long line of fixed steeds in Westerns and lending the character flexibility in selection.
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Randolph Scott
Scott
Columbia Pictures
Princess Theatre
William S. Hart
Pinto
Tom Mix
Tony
Fred Thompson
Silver King
Gene Autry
Charley Starrett
Raider
Smiley Burnett
Dredging Shells Off Gulf Coast Highlighted
The National Geographic Society identifies a lesser known shell dredging spot along the Gulf coast between Pensacola and Panama City as one of the best locations for collecting sea shells.
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Gulf Coast
Pensacola
Panama City
National Geographic Society
The Raging Tide Opens at Princess Theatre
A suspenseful drama set in San Francisco and its fishing fleet opens Tuesday at the Princess Theatre. The all-star cast includes Shelley Winters Richard Conte Stephen McNally Charles Bickford and Alex Nicol delivering intense performances in a semi documentary style.
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Shelley Winters
Richard Conte
Stephen McNally
Alex Nicol
Charles Bickford
the Princess
San Francisco
Ernest K. Gann
Fidder
Princess Theatre
Hollywood
Conte
Embarcadero
John McIntire
Cave Of Outlaws Shines In Sunset Action Western
Universal-International presents Cave Of Outlaws a late 1800s action western opening Thursday at Sunset Theatre. Macdonald Carey Alexis Smith lead a search for hidden gold through a vast cave network with greed and danger driving the plot to a surprising climax. Location shoots were done at Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico with Edgar Buchanan Victor Jory and Hugh OBrian among the supporting cast.
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Macdonald Carey
Victor Jory
Alexis Smith
Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico
Edgar Buchanan
Universal-International
Mexico
Hugh O'Brian
City cows fed from distant farms under urban grazing
In the Los Angeles area cows are kept within city limits rather than open pastures and their feed is shipped in from farms farther away, according to the National Geographic Society.
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Los Angeles
National Geographic Society
Randolph Scott Shines In Man in the Saddle at Princess
Randolph Scott leads the outdoor color drama based on Ernest Haycox. Joan Leslie Ellen Drew and Alexander Knox star in a feud ridden western as Scott battles rivals, is wounded, and survives a final flaming gun battle.
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Randolph Scott
Princess Theatre
Joan Leslie
Ellen Drew
Alexander Knox
Scott
Ernest Haycox
Miss Leslie
Knox
Secrets found at Monteith Jail Farm camp ruins
Mates at the Monteith Jail Farm uncover surprises as they tear down barracks of a former German prisoner of war camp from World War II. They find two homemade radios a box of contraband materials maps and signs of a tunnel with earth-packed walls under the buildings.
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Monteith
Canada
Discovery of Hidden Tunnels Behind Floodlit Guards
Guards report finding escape tunnels revealed by floodlights. Of 92 elements, only about 30 occur naturally in free state, highlighting unusual material exposure linked to the tunnels.
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Free State
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