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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1957

Page

6

Spirit Of St Louis Noted For Historic Flight Words

After Lindbergh’s 1927 solo Atlantic crossing, rumors misstate his first words at Le Bourget. The book The Spirit of St. Louis clarifies his initial remark was not the famous quotes attributed by many.

Charles A. Lindbergh le Bourget Airfield Paris Atlantic St. Louis Warner Bros Billy Wilder General Lindbergh James Stewart Lindbergh Wilder

Hitchcock Film Now At Roxy Theatre

James Stewart and Doris Day lead an international cast in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much. The VistaVision color thriller filmed in Marrakech and London opens today at the Roxy Theatre with an intricate plot and songs by Miss Day.

James Stewart Doris Day Alfred Hitchcock Man Roxy Theatre Marrakech London VistaVision Technicolor Paramount Miss Day

True Story of Jesse James Opens at Sunset Theatre

The Sunset Theatre debuts The True Story of Jesse James tonight, a Twentieth Century Fox CinemaScope drama about the Missouri outlaw. Stars Robert Wagner Jeffrey Hunter and Hope Lange share top billing with Agnes Moorehead in a color De Luxe production directed by Nicholas Ray.

Robert Wagner Story of Jesse James Sunset Theatre Jeffrey Hunter Hope Lange Agnes Moorehead Herbert B. Swope Nicholas Ray de Luxe

Tim Got His Dream And He Ate It Too

Tim Hovey stars in the Universal-International comedy romance Everything but the Truth at the Roxy Theatre with Maureen O Hara and John Forsythe. A hot fudge sundae scene used mashed potatoes as a stand in until real ice cream was provided. Margaret Mitchell died in 1949 from a car accident.

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First Vessel Through Panama Canal Ancon Aug 15, 1941

The Ancon completed the inaugural transit of the Panama Canal on August 15, 1941, becoming the first vessel to pass the waterway after decades of construction and testing.

Panama Canal

Teahouse of the August Moon on Princess screen

The stage hit teems to life as a film starring Marlon Brando Glenn Ford Machiko Kyo Eddie Albert and Paul Ford. Captain Fisby travels to a Korean village to implement Plan B but learns from the locals and faces cultural clash and romance amid comedic misadventures.

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Village Tea House Wins Over School in Local Plan

In a plan discussed by the Ladies League for Democratic Action Fisby Sakini and others sway the community toward a tea house replacing a proposed school. The project aims to let villagers observe sunsets and enjoy the Oriental way of life.

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