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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1956
Page
6
Twentieth Century Fox production chief F Zanuck explains the shift to 55mm CinemaScope for Carousel debut. He notes 55mm offers four times the 35mm frame area, requiring new cameras and lab facilities as no theatres are yet equipped to project it.
A 1950s Universal-International thriller, The Creature Walks Among Us, opens Wednesday at the Princess theater. The film follows the Gill Man after a tracheotomy gives it air breathing and a more docile appearance, with scientists Morrow and Reason delivering credible performances.
The Kettles invade the Ozarks in the eighth film of the Ma Kettle series. Ma Kettle sings and dances in a hillbilly party sequence while Pa’s brother becomes a focal point. Una Merkel appears as a quirky spinster engaged to Sedge, delivering comic charm.
A historic want ad note cites a projection that about a quarter of global electricity could come from atomic energy. The remark frames emerging public interest and investment in nuclear power as a rising energy source.
The film stars Jeff Morrow Rex Reason and Leigh and runs Wednesday through Friday at Snowden the Princess Theatre presenting a science thriller in a classic cinema lineup.
Sandston Virginia Mrs. W. R. Pritchett found 16 four leaf clovers five six leaf and two five leaf plants on her lawn. she hoped for luck from the harvest but her day soured after the clover gathering.
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