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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1960

Page

6

New Comic Shawn Headlines Wake Me When Its Over

Veteran comedian Dick Shawn rises from Army tank repair to star as Gus in Mervyn LeRoy’s Wake Me When It’s Over. The film garners praise from Bob Hope, Dean Martin, Red Skelton, Danny Thomas, and Bing Crosby as a breakthrough laugh riot.

Shawn the Star Mervyn LeRoy Air Force al Smash Bob Hope Bobep Dean Martin Red Skelton Danny Thomas Bing Crosby Dick Shawn Ernie Kovacs Robert Straus Twentieth Century-Fox Bowline Theatre

Lyre Bird Habitat and Brussels Population Note

A fragment notes the lyre bird native to Australia and Brussels as the capital of Belgium with about 185000 residents.

Brussels Belgium

Curt Jurgens Stars as Spy Chief in The House Of Intrigue

Curt Jurgens headlines Allied Artists film The House Of Intrigue at the Roxy Theater. He plays the head of a vast espionage ring tied to a mysterious Amsterdam house and spanning the globe, with Dawn Addams as his love interest. The cast includes Falco Lulli and director Duilio Coletti.

U.S.S Tiger Shark Allied Arthur Franz Paul Dubov Dick Foran Roxy Theatre Franz Foran Brett Halsey Curt Jurgens Allied Artists House of Intrigue Roxy Theater Amsterdam Spain Netherlands Dawn Addams Falco Lulli Italy Duilio Coletti

Priceville School Bid Opening Set

Priceville will open bids for a new vocational building at 7:30 p.m. in the superintendent’s office on June 10. Construction to start after bid approval with completion aimed for mid September. site is the current home location to be moved.

Priceville Lester Wooten Wooten

Helen Hayes Opens Stage Career in Washington at Age Eight

Actress Helen Hayes born in Washington D C makes her first stage appearance at age eight in the local production of Babes in the Wood highlighting early career in the capital city.

Helen Hayes Washington, D.C

Giant Biblical Epic Stars Gregory Peck in Screen Roles

Gregory Peck leads a biblical epic featuring Raymond Massey Kieron Moore Jayne Meadows and Francis X Bushman in a dramatized retelling of David and Bathsheba. The film contrasts surface passion with sacred guilt as famine pestilence and redemption unfold.

Gregory Peck Susan Hayward David and Bathsheba Princess Theatre S. Hayward Raymond Massey Nathan the Prophet Kieron Moore Uriah Jayne Meadows David Michal Francis X. Bushman Saul Zanuck Amin Ame Vio Technicolor Darryl Franuck Henry King Philip ON

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