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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1977

Page

10

Vivien Leigh Biography Portrays A Life Of Glory Pain

Anne Edwards portrays Vivien Leigh as a Hollywood icon torn by madness drink and instability despite triumphs as Scarlett O Hara and Blanche DuBois. The biography notes Leigh declined to cooperate with Laurence Olivier and highlights her early promise convent schooling and international upbringing.

Los Angeles Hollywood Anne Edwards Vivien Leigh Simon and Schuster Miss Edwards Laurence Olivier Vivian Hartley Maureen O'Sullivan Scarlett O'Hara Blanche Dubois Olivier Leigh Saga Darjeeling India David 0. Selznick Scarlett Atlanta Ceylon Paramount Europe New York English Miss Leigh Jack Merivale London John Gielgud

Baby boom of spook films reflects child fears and paranoia

Vincent Canby argues 1977 American movies turn on fears about children and the young, with films like Demons Seed Audrey Rose The Omen It Alive exploring dangers posed by infants and kids while Hollywood idolizes child stars from Mary Pickford to Jodie Foster adapted to a new era.

Vincent Canby N.Y. Times News Service New York America Warner Mothers Davis Franklin Schaffner Hemingway Audrey Rose Frank de Felitta Ivy Sven Rince Los Angeles Julie Christie Yoo Mee Mickey Rooney Ray Bradbury Mary Pickford Shirley Temple Jackie Cooper Margaret O’brien Hayley Mills Truffaut Jodie Foster

Our Town on NBC Offers Gentle Look at Small Town Life

AP Television Writer Jay Sharbutt reviews NBC’s Our Town telecast. Hal Holbrook guides as stage manager in Wilder’s 1901 to 1913 Grover’s Corner, with Ned Beatty Sada Thompson Robby Benson and Barbara Bel Geddes in key roles. The program rewards quiet attention and steady viewing.

Jay Sharbutt LOS Angeles Our Town Thornton Wilder NBC Grover's Corner N.H Hal Holbrook America Wilder Mr. Webb Ronnie Cox CBS Apple’s Way Ned Beatty Sada Thompson Robby Benson George Cox Barbara Bel Geddes Webb Glynnis O Glynnis O'Connor Bell System

Space Center Changes Operating Schedules

Huntsville Alabama Space and Rocket Center extends daily hours to 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. through June August including weekends. Summer bus tours from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center depart hourly from 8:30 a.m. at the Space Museum. Admission charged with special rates for families students military and seniors.

Huntsville Alabama Space and Rocket Center NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Space Museum

TV schedule highlights Decatur Daily readers

A detailed television log lists nightly prime time and daytime programs with times, titles, and descriptions. It includes Our Town on NBC at 8 p.m., various movies, gossip quiz shows, dramas, comedies, and news programs across networks with channel notes and central daylight time.

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