Producer on location in Spain amid filming chaos
Hollywood report on Stanley Kramer filming in Spain for The Pride and the Passion. He recalls 38 locations and a wall reconstruction gone awry near Avila. He describes crowd reactions, charity pleas, and a family toll including his wife injured and son returning with Spanish language skills.
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Hollywood
Stanley Kramer
Stanley
Spain
Sophia Loren
Cary Grant
Frank Sinatra
Cecil B. DeMille
Avila
Who Could Portray Jimmy Durante In a Biopic
Jimmy Durante ponders who might play him in a life story as studios chase rights. He cites Danny Kaye and Frank Sinatra as options, notes risks of impersonation, and cites Jolson and Eddie Cantor film examples for balance between voice and gesture. He sits by a Beverly Hills pool discussing the topic.
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Hollywood
Jimmy Durante
Schnoz
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Dannyas
Frank Sinatra
Gene Kelly
Clayton
Thomas
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Cantor
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Jolson
Larry Parks
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Bootlegger James Houston Arrested Again in Claremore
Claremore reports Amos Ward, the re elected Rogers County Sheriff, captured bootlegger James Houston of Oklahoma City before leaving office. Ward’s latest arrest precedes his post election return and charges for whisky possession against Houston.
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Claremore
Okla
Rogers County
Amos Ward
James Houston
Oklahoma City
Auto Dismantling Yields Higher Parts Value
Actor Warner Anderson found his 16-year-old son had torn down his foreign sports car at home in San Francisco. The whole car was worth about $2,000, but its parts totaled $5,000 in replacement value, prompting a joint reassembly effort.
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Hollywood
Warner Anderson
San Francisco
Anderson
Understanding Statute of Limitations in Lawsuits
A statute of limitations fixes the time within which lawsuits may be filed. After the period expires, legal action is barred.
Circus Comes to Winston-Salem With Colorful Spectacles
This week the Bailey Circus arrives in Winston-Salem with over 2000 costumes and a nursery themed program. Highlights include Coronation of Mother Goose with horse and jeep floats and a parade of scenes such as Saratoga Racing Ball of 1913 and Carnival in Venezuela. A pre-show visit to the circus menagerie and freaks accompanies the performances.
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Winston-Salem
Rainbow of Color and & Bailey Circus
Hugh Dragon
New York Spa
Venezuela
Eleshe
Specta Cae
Ieee
Congress of Freaks
Rabbit Turns On Chaser in Wyoming Field
A 10 year old rabbit hunter describes a field incident near Lander where a rabbit bit a dog on the nose. Queenie, the dog, fled with the rabbit clamped on her snout, leaving the hunter Sandy Jacobsen with a new respect for rabbits.
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Wyoming
Ash
Sandy Jacobsen
Queenie
Man Sees Flying Dog In Tornado Sighting
Little City Oklahoma resident Jim Kline reports a bird dog flew through a window as a tornado approached. He remained certain the flying animal was connected to the twister and warned of the danger near his home.
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Little City
Okla
Jim Kline
Ten Commandments Feature at Center Theatre This Weekend
The Center Theatre presents Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments in technicolor starring Chariton Jeston and Yul Brynner. A Saturday Kiddie Matinee opens at 9 a.m. with a local talent stage show from 9:25 to 9:55, two color cartoons, and The Ten Commandments at 10:30. The program concludes at 2:15 p.m.
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Cecil B. DeMille
Technicolor
Chariton Jeston
Yul Brynner
Public Pi geon No. One at Paramount Theater
Sunday to Tuesday at Paramount Theater presents Public Pi geon No. One starring Red Skelton and Vivian Blaine. Wednesday to Thursday features The Young Stranger with James McArthur and Kim. Friday presents War Drums in color with Lex Barker and Joan Taylor. Late Show Saturday Night shows Monkey On My Back with Cameron Mitchell and Diane Foster.
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Red Skelton
Vivian Blaine
James McArthur
Kim
Lex Barker
Joan Taylor
Cameron Mitchell
Diane Foster
Officer Fights Bull In Store
In Lebanon Kentucky patrolman James Violette faced an escaped bull in a local appliance store. The bull charged the officer, who dodged it and forced the animal toward a plate glass door and display windows. The dramatic encounter ended with Violette seeking safety as the bull breached the doorway.
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James Violette
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Violette
Previews of Fall Plans for Wide Wide World on NBC-TV
Producers outline fall ambitions for Wide Wide World including live Civil War pieces from Kansas Harpers Ferry and Charleston and new dramatizations such as Hawthornes House of the Seven Gables and The Scarlet Letter in North Salem Massachusetts A Western from an Arizona ghost town and a live Huckleberry Finn on a raft are considered with possible daytime live taps and weather constraints noted for Sunday night telecasts.
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Actua
Two Nation Tunnel Opens Between Detroit and Windsor
The Detroit Windsor tunnel, the first automobile tube linking two nations, handles up to 1,000 cars per hour and was completed in 1930.
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Detroit-Windsor
Two Nations
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