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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1947
Page
7
Willie the singing whale features in Walt Disney's Make Mine Music a new musical fantasy. The film is set for the Houston Theatre screen on Wednesday and Thursday with family audiences invited.
Robert Montgomery directs and stars in a shadowy mystery at the Ritz on Wednesday. The film, adapted from Raymond Chandler, unfolds as a first person narrative with the camera as the hero’s eyes. Montgomery plays a private detective entangled in a strange murder affair, backed by Audrey Totter and a cast including Tom Tully and Jayne Meadows.
A remarkable Arabian horse named Bess trained by Joe B. Atkinson of Florida appears in the new film Gallant Bess at the Ritz on Thursday. The horse, famed for feats across the nation, can think and perform tasks beyond normal trick horses and understands words, sometimes following anyone’s direction. In the picture Bess performs with Marshall Thompson and scenes feature George Tobias, Clem Bevans, Jim Davis, and Don Curtis.
Venus Smith, Miss America 1965, native of Waynesburg Kentucky, has chosen farm life over Hollywood. She operates a small business in Southern Kentucky, owns a cannery and truck garden, and contemplates Venus Tomatoes. She recalls deserting Hollywood after nine months, and jokes about a possible Miss America line of canned goods.
Centenary of the Marines Hymn marked during December week with invites to entertainers and others to join ceremonies. Origin stories remain unclear with possible roots in Spanish folk tunes and Offenbach opera. Officially adopted in 1929 by Maj Gen Lejeune. first verse altered in 1942 to In the air, on land, and sea. Recruit drive builds Citizen Marine program.
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