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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1955

Page

6

Mystery VistaVision Holiday Hit White Christmas Opens

A three night Sunset Theatre engagement features Bing Crosby Danny Kaye Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas Paramount’s VistaVision Technicolor production directed by Michael Curtiz with Robert Emmett Dolan producing and Robert Alton staging. The film blends music comedy romance and drama with lavish numbers and stunning visuals.

Bing Crosby Danny Kaye America Irving Berlin Michael Curtiz Crosby Mr. Kaye Rosemary Clooney Vera Ellen Paramount Irving Sunset Theatre Mr. Crutiz Robert Emmett Dolan Messrs Norman Krasna Norman Panama Melvin Frank Robert Alton VistaVision Sunset

Garden of Evil Prospector Role Stars Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward plays a lusty earthy gold prospector in Garden of Evil a Twentieth Century Fox suspense drama filmed in CinemaScope and Technicolor slated for Thursday and Friday at the Sunset theater.

Susan Hayward Twentieth Century-Fox

Ber lin Delivers New Hits for White Christmas

The incomparable Mr. Berlin supplies White Christmas with enough new tunes to thrill America's tune-loving public and lift spirits with fresh festive air.

Mr. Berlin America

Arkansas Orchard Names Spread Across Counties

A list of place names Deer Bass Tomato Strawberry Grapevine Wild Cherry and Peach Orchard appears as geographic tags in Arkansas. Local observers note these as distinctive to regional naming practices and community maps.

Arkansas

Bandits Pose as Women Rob Rural Bus in Solano Sicily

Six rough looking individuals wearing shawls boarded a rural bus near Solano and robbed 30 passengers after pulling guns from under their dresses. Moments later they stopped a second bus with 16 aboard and repeated the robbery pattern.

Solano Sicily

Return to Treasure Island Opens at the Roxy Theatre

Dawn Addams stars as Jim Hawkins descendant in a modern Treasure Island sequel. Tab Hunter assists in fending off scheming cut throats led by Peter Hall. E A Dupont directs a swashbuckling adventure with Pathe Color photography enhancing the coastal setting.

Aubrey Wisberg Jack Pollexfen Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island Jim Hawkins Roxy Theatre Dawn Addams Tab Hunter Peter Hall E. A. Dupont THE ROXY

Original Tunes by Sherrell and Moody in So This Is Paris

Nine songs by Pony Sherrell and Phil Moody anchor Universal-International's Technicolor romance So This Is Paris opening next Thursday at the Roxy Theatre starring Tony Curtis Gloria De Haven Gene Nelson Corinne Calvet and Paul Gilbert. The score features Looking For Someone To Love Wait til Paris Sees Us I Cant Do A Single But We Try A Dames A Dame Three Bon Vivants The Two Of Us If You Were There Its Really Up To You and more with the cast performing on Paris streets and at a charity bazaar.

Paris Tony Curtis Gene Nelson Curry Gloria DeHaven Universal- International Hollywood Pony Sherrell Phil Moody Universal-International Roxy Theatre Gloria de Haven Corinne Calvet Paul Gilbert Sherrell-Moody Gilbert Curtis Nelson Miss de Haven

Curfew Looms in Constantine as Algerian Violence Persists

Government imposes curfew on Constantine amid ongoing rebel shootings and sabotage threatening French interests in North Africa. In Casablanca a Moroccan was killed and a police station window was blown out as authorities seek links between Algeria and Morocco guerillas.

Paris Constantine North Africa Morocco Casablanca Algeria

Athena film brings Broadway dance stars to color musical

M G M recruits dancers from ballet and Broadway for its latest color musical Athena starring Jane Powell Edmund Purdom Debbie Reynolds Vic Damone and Louis Calhern The seven sisters include Powell and Reynolds with five others Virginia Gibson Nancy Kilgas Jane Fischer Dolores Starr and Cecile Rogers The film plays Tuesday and Wednesday at the Roxy Also a note that corn is called Turkish wheat in Hungary and the Netherlands.

M-G-M Athena Jane Powell Edmund Purdom Debbie Reynolds Vic Damone Louis Calhern Virginia Gibson Nancy Kilgas Jane Fischer Dolores Starr Cecile Rogers The Roxy

Glittering cast stars in Black Widow at Princess Theatre

Twentieth Century Fox presents Black Widow in CinemaScope starring Ginger Rogers Van Heflin Gene Tierney George Raft Peggy Ann Garner and Reginald Gardiner. Nunnally Johnson wrote directed and produced from Patrick Quentin novel. Set in New York the color murder mystery follows a Georgia writer hopeful drawn into a fatal love affair and solved by detective George Raft through flashbacks. Miss Tierney and Miss Rogers showcase wardrobe by Travilla ranging from a $2000 satin gown to $2.95 cotton shorts highlighting modern dress as part of the drama.

The Princess Gene Tierney van Heflin Princess Theatre Nunnally Johnson Twentieth Century- Fox Ginger Rogers George Raft Manhattan Twentieth Century-Fox Peggy Ann Garner Reginald Gardiner Princess Theatre Today Patrick Quentin New York Hollywood DeLuxe Labs Miss Tierney Laura Miss Rogers Travilla

Indiana Farmers Plant Corn At Most Twice

A recent study shows most Indiana farmers do not cultivate a corn crop more than twice and some plant only once, reflecting limited crop cycles among the state's growers.

Indiana

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