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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1955

Page

6

Sunset Theatre screens Vera Cruz and The Outcast tonight

Sunset Theatre presents Vera Cruz starring Cooper Lancaster and John Derek with Joan Evans in The Outcast. Rev C C West filled his regular appointment Sunday. Locals attended homecoming at Union Hill and joined a Bethel singing event Sunday night.

Sunset John Derek Joan Evans Sunset Theatre C. C. West Union Hill Joan Green Dora Sanders Laura Hue Smith Sara Nell Bethel Hughes Holmes

The Last Time I Saw Paris stars Liz Taylor and Van Johnson

MGM announces The Last Time I Saw Paris a Technicolor romantic drama opening at the Roxy Theatre. Cast includes Elizabeth Taylor Van Johnson Walter Pidgeon and Donna Reed with locations in Paris the Riviera and Mediterranean villages. A key sequence features a Monte Carlo to Paris sports car race.

Elizabeth Taylor van Johnson Walter Pidgeon Donna Reed Paris M-G-M Roxy Theatre F. Scott Fitzgerald French Riviera Mediterranean Monte Carlo Miss Taylor Canne Nice Marsailles

Glass Threads So Fine They Veil Their Existence

Thin filaments of glass are produced to such fine diameters that individual threads are barely visible to the naked eye. Specialty processes and reduced light scattering help reveal the delicate strands.

Dr Seuss Helped Craft 5 000 Fingers of Dr T

Ted Geisel known as Dr Seuss helped create Columbia Pictures musical The 5 000 Fingers of Dr T with Stanley Kramer. Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy star at the Sunset Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday.

Columbia Dr. T Stanley Kramer Peter Lind Hayes Mary Healy Sunset Theatre Hans Copried Ted Geisel Dr. Seuss Columbia Pictures Kramer UPA Gerald McBoing-Boing Bartholomew Cubbins George Pal Germany Warner Bros Hitler Hans Conried Tommy Rettig

Decoration at Enon Baptist Church with guest speaker

Several from Lawrence County attended decoration at Caddo and Johnson Chapel Sunday. Decoration will be at Enon Baptist Church Sunday with J T Silavert as guest speaker. Wanda Fay McCaghren visits brother Ray in Columbus Georgia. Mrs H B Way is ill. Melvin McCaghren family from near Union Grove visiting. Wesley Curtis and family along with Wilbur Jackson and Bob Wiley dinner guests of mother and grandmother.

Caddo and Johnson Chapel Enon Baptist Church J. T. Silavert Wanda Fay McCaghren Ray McCaghren Columbus H. B. Way Melvin McCaghren Near Union Grove Bob McCaghren Wesley Curtis Wilbur Jackson Bob Wiley

Duel In The Jungle Opens At The Roxy Theatre

The Africa filmed thriller features Dana Andrews Jeanne Crain and David Farrar. Andrews pursues a dead man in a safari story across Victoria Falls rain forest and veldt as Crain guides him to Farrar alive. Directed by George Marshall with Moulin Productions for Warner Bros Technicolor.

THE ROXY Dana Andrews Jeanne Crain David Farrar Africa Roxy Theatre Moulin Productions Warner Bros Transavaal Andrews Farrar Victoria Falls Rain Forest England George Marshall

Local families visit relatives and attend Johnson Chapel decoration

Mr. and Mrs. Brady Kelly and children and Mrs. John Doyle of Birmingham visited Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Doyle and family. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Owen of Austinville called on Mr. and Mrs. Alton Owen. E G Roper Alton Imogene Mr. and Mrs. Tony D Anillo and baby of Florida and Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Purser of Tampa visited over the weekend for the Johnson Chapel decoration. John Sullivan and Mrs. Jesse Waites visited. Jess ie McCaghren and Jerome McCaghren saw Mrs. Pruitt Callaghan. Hollis Owens of Michigan spent the weekend with her parents and relatives.

Brady Kelly John Doyle Birmingham Thomas Doyle Arthur Owen Austinville Alton Owen E. G. Roper Alton Imogene Tony D’anillo Baby Florida Rolf Purser Tampa Johnson Chapel John Sullivan Jesse Waites Wren Bob McCaghren Jessie McCaghren Jerome McCaghren Pruitt Callahan Hollis Owens Michigan Yael James Jack Garner W. E. Whitaker Tenn Ada Davis Farris Pickens Mt. Hope Wayne Hogan Add Randolph Florence L. O. King W. W. Aldridge Moulton Robert Owen Owen Herbert English Jim Lindsey Fredrick Templeton Hartselle

Vera Cruz Opens at Princess with Montiel Debut

The Technicolor-Superscope Western Vera Cruz opens at the Princess Theatre from United Artists. Gary Cooper Burt Lancaster Cesar Romero co star with Sarita Montiel making her English language film debut as a lively young lady involved in the Mexican adventure set during Maximilian's era.

the Princess Gary Cooper Sarita Montiel Denise Darcel Burt Lancaster Vera Cruz Princess Theatre U. S Mexico Maximilian United Artists Release Hecht-Lancaster Cesar Romero Borden Chase Roland Kibbee James R. Webb James Hill Robert Aldrich Ben Trane Manhattan Gotham Lupe Velez

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