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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1957

Page

6

Charm Of Greece At Bowline In Boy On A Dolphin Romance

Twentieth Century Fox opens Boy on a Dolphin at the Bowline. Alan Ladd Sophia Loren Clifton Webb star in a David Divine adaptation set on a Greek island where a sponge diver finds a statue of a boy on a dolphin and a feud over its fate unfolds.

Greece Bowline Boy On A Twentieth Century-Fox the Bowline David Divine Ivan Moffat Dwight Taylor Alan Ladd Clifton Webb Sophia Loren Samuel G. Engel de- Luxe Ladd Loren Webb Jean Negulescu Milton Krasner Twentieth Century- Fox Rome Sophia Parthenon Bowline Theatre

Dance of Ladd and Loren in Greek Treasure Tale

Ladd plays a straight-laced archaeologist torn between duty to the Greeks and attraction to Loren as a naive heroine in a subtler role. Webb delivers haughty sarcasm while Loren shines as a rising star from Aida and Gold of Naples. Lon don's vocal of the title song adds a bright note amid strong supporting parts.

Ladd Webb Miss Loren Mr. Webb Gold Naples Gamin Julie London Hugo Friedhofer Alexis Minotis Jorge Mis

Color Cameras Chase Clouds in Hollywood Boom

Dean Gordon of the National Weather Service testifies to a new Hollywood trend as color wide screen films tilt cameras toward the sky. He helped Columbia Pictures on Randolph Scott's A Lawless Street now at the Roxy with Angela Lansbury.

Hollywood Dean Gordon National Weather Service Mr. Gordon Columbia Pictures Randolph Scott Roxy Theatre Angela Lansbury ROXY Marshal of Medicine Bend Columbia

Miss Loren Casts Quirky Family Trio in Spoof Adventure

In a lighthearted scene a lazy boyfriend, a disheveled physician, and a cheeky young brother join Miss Loren in a comedic sketch. Laurence Naismith appears as the leading man while Piero Giagnoni rounds out the trio.

Tral Miss Loren Laurence Naismith Little Piero Giagnoni

Between Heaven and Hell at Sunset Theatre

A Sunset Theatre presentation of Twentieth Century Fox CinemaScope color De Luxe film Between Heaven and Hell stars Robert Wagner Terry Moore and Broderick Crawford. The story, drawn from World War II experiences by Francis Gwaltney, delivers a stark war drama with lifelike battle sequences.

Robert Wagner Terry Moore Twentieth Century-Fox Heaven Hell Sunset Theatre The Pacific Broderick Crawford Buddy Ebsen McCoy Heaven and Hell Francis Gwaltney

Clouds Shape Hollywood’s Photographic Eye

Gordon notes Hollywood pursues dramatic weather, chasing thunderheads for action and distant horizons while favoring wispy cirrus for pastoral scenes. Flat gray clouds are avoided as unsuitable for film work.

Scott Gordon Hollywood

Oh Men Oh Women spoof on Broadway becomes film

Twentieth Century Fox brings Oh Men Oh Women to CinemaScope De Luxe color with Dan Dailey Ginger Rogers David Niven Barbara Rush and Tony Randall. Nunnally Johnson produced directed and wrote the sophisticated comedy with shipboard scenes on the Liberte and war sequences shot in Hawaii. An accident with a 350 pound arc lamp nearly struck director Richard Fleischer. no serious injuries occurred.

Twentieth Century- Fox Princess Theatre Dan Dailey Ginger Rogers David Niven Barbara Rush Tony Randall Nunnally Johnson David Weisbart Richard Fleischer Hawaiian Islands Fleischer Princess Now 20Th Century-Fox

Acclaimed designer LeMaire outfits film cast for 1957 fashion

Charles LeMaire, multiple Academy Award winning stylist, personally designed stunning wardrobes for Miss Rogers Miss Rush and other female players in the film. The outfits preview 1957 high fashion with daytime and evening wear for the well dressed woman.

Charles LeMaire Miss Rogers Miss Rush

South Mountain Park: World’s Largest Municipally Owned Park

South Mountain Park near Phoenix Arizona spans about 15000 acres and is the world’s largest park owned by a city. The vast desert recreation area serves as a major urban green space and landmark for locals and visitors alike.

South Mountain Park Phoenix Arizona

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