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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1955

Page

6

Rita Hayworth Stars In Miss Sadie Thompson Siren

Rita Hayworth introduces a humorous screen siren in Colum bia Pictures new Miss Sadie Thompson at Sunset Theatre. The Color by Technicolor drama features Jose Ferrer with Hayworth as a lively siren who mixes wit with seduction, appealing to Marines and the South Seas backdrop.

Rita Hayworth Columbia Pictures Sadie Thompson Jose Ferrer Sunset Theatre Columbia Theda Bara Theda Garbo Dietrich Rita W. Somerset Maugham Sadie Marine Corps South Pacific

Drums of Tahiti Opens at the Roxy Theatre

Columbia Pictures presents Drums of Tahiti in color by Technicolor starring Dennis O Keefe Patricia Medina and Francis L Sullivan. The film set in 1877 Tahiti follows an American who aids the Tahitian Queen Pomare by smuggling arms to resist French control with a plan involving a sham marriage to a San Francisco entertainer.

Columbia Tahiti Technicolor Roxy Theatre Dennis O’keefe Patricia Medina Francis L. Sullivan O’keefe Papeete Pomare San Francisco O'Keefe Miss Medina

Towns honor presidents with names across the country

While no town bears Eisenhower’s name, every other U S president has a namesake community. The piece surveys patterns in town naming and notes wide distribution of presidentially named places across states and regions.

U.S Eisenhower

Battle Cry film opens at Princess Theatre in color

Warner Bros. presents a CinemaScope adaptation of Leon Uris best seller opening today. The story follows Marines in World War II with Uris writing the screenplay from his own experiences. Cast includes Van Heflin Aldo Ray James Whitmore Tab Hunter and Mona Freeman in key roles. Scenes shot at San Diego Camp Pendleton and other bases. Large radar installations are noted at $300,000 each.

Tab Hunter Danny Mona Freeman Kathy Princess Theatre Raoul Walsh Leon Uris van Heflin Aldo Ray James Whitmore Warner Bros Warner Color Uris Guadalcanal Tarawa Saipan San Francisco Mac Navy Coast Guard Walsh Mona. Freeman Nancy Olson Pat Dorothy Malone Elaine Anne Francis Rae Naval and Marine San Diego Marine Base Camp Pendleton

Last Posse Ride Ends Without Road Adventure

Director Al Werker, who started as an assistant to Western star Fred Thompson, guided the project for a film titled Last Posse, though reports note the ride ended without road action.

al Werker Fred Thompson

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