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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1947
Page
6
Report from Frogs MP California on May 17 notes 3.0 leapers gathered from puddles for the annual jumping event. About 25,000 people were expected to attend the county fair attractions, with safety measures emphasized to keep away from gambling and preserve the jubilee ambience.
Teresa Wright and Robert Mitchum lead the Western melodrama Pursued on its local debut at the Center Theatre. Niven Busch wrote the story and screenplay with a strong supporting cast including Judith Alderson Dean Jagger Alan Hale and John Rodney. A special cotton contest will be held in Northampton County this year alongside the state production and quality contest.
The schedule lists Paramount and Fox titles across days with stars such as Robert Montgomery Audrey Totter and Teresa Wright. Highlights include Lady in the Lake P ersu ed Scentimental Over You and Strange Woman plus cartoons and serials. Also shows stage in person Dick Tracy and News of the Day segments.
Robert Montgomery directs and stars in Lady In the Lake at the Center, a first person noir mystery adapted from Raymond Chandler. Audrey Totter headlines with Lloyd Nolan Tom Tully Leon Ames Jayne Meadows and Dick Simmons in supporting roles. the film uses the camera as the hero’s eye to unfold a murder web.
Ralph Byrd headlines the Paramount engagement as Dick Tracy with a Hollywood variety show Tuesday. The actor is credited with making the Tracy serials top money makers and the first to spawn multiple sequels. Byrd notes a $28 clothing budget for the first film and recalls the demanding role nearly wore him out.
Noble judge in Cool Bay Oregon watched a drunken prisoner search for 14.77 in changed coins and then loaned 23 cents to the man. Roman farmers benefited from grain growing on fallow land in alternating years.
A note states light travels about two thirds as fast in glass as in water, illustrating refractive differences and material-dependent light propagation.
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