Outstanding stars of 1985 cinema by Robbin Coons
Hollywood dated wire report by Robbin Coons picks Katharine Hepburn Victor McLaglen and Charles Laughton as the year’s three top performers. He names The Informer Les Miserables and A Tale of Two Cities as the best films, noting Hepburn’s Alice Adams and Laughton’s Javert Bligh and Ruggles as standout roles.
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Victor McLaglen
Charles Laughton
Shirley Temple
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Moving Pictures and Thanksgiving Guests Highlight Journal-World
A lively notice reviews Ford and Boleslawski films praising Les Miserables and A Tale of Two Cities with strong performances by Laughton and March. The piece lists Thanksgiving gatherings across families including the Westerhouse, Milburn, Gerstenberger, and Daniels households, noting turkey dinners and visits from relatives and friends in Lawrence and nearby towns.
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John Ford
Ford
Richard Boleslawski
Jean Valjean
Laughton
Javert
Fredric March
Valjean
Two Cities
Mr. Dickens
David Copperfield
Ronald Colman
Local social notes from DeSoto and vicinity
Floyd Milburn returned to join Lan Deay and accompanied the Westerhouse family to Prairie Center for a Miss Beth Moore and pupils program. Carl Kurtz and children visited the Cavinesses. Arthur Gabriel sang solos at a Methodist church appreciation tea in DeSoto with Miss Amaretta on piano. Mrs. Gus Gabriel attended the Old Friends club at the Robert Gabriel home in Lawrence. Harry Kurtz, Raymond James, and Betty of Kansas City called on Roy Kurtz. Esther Gabriel of Woodbine spent Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Gabriel, and Harold.
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Amos Westerhouse, Jr
Ed Milburn
Eva
Lena
Floyd
Cyril
Gertrude Steffen
Delbert Griffen
Homer Davis
Sammie
Alma Votan
Friends University At
Wichita
S. H. Davis
George Yotaw
Ralph Wotan
Chester Baecker
Gardner Hazzard
Kathleen Davis
Long Beach
Calif
Clem L. Frye
Wellsville
Ray Miller
Maxine
Howard Kohler
Earnest Milburn
Robert Anton
Jerry Sommers
Louise
Ger
Aldine
Jimmie
Lawrence
Alvin Gabriel
Gus Gabriel
Esther
Harold
Kansas City
Ramona Stanley
Fredia
Pearl Koehler
Eudora
W. W._Gerstenberger
Warrie
Neil Dalby
Burlington
Gerstenbergers
J. R. Dalby
Leonard Beecroft
Grant Belin
Bonner Springs
Alfred Torneden
Carl Kurtz
W. W. Dolling
Prairie Center
Beth Moore
Roy Cramer
Ex Woodard
Anna Eichelmeyer
W. W. Gerstenberger
Wayne
H. H. Gerstenberger
Thomas Thornton
Jagck Robinson
Paul Hall
Reese
Oliver Daniels
Roger Stanley
Farm Bureau
Pete Os Church
Floyd Milburn
Lan Deay
Howard Caviness
Arthur Gabriel
DeSoto
Roy Kurtz
John Kanzig
Esther Gabriel
Woodbine
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Frank E. Banks
Charlton Ins
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T. G. Fitch
M. R. Gill
F. M. Holliday
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Manley Ins
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Oxfords
Star
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