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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1952
Page
2
A chaotic set of film times and venues appears with titles like Woman Haters and Red Ball Express plus drive in showings. Listings include showings at ATENEO Drive-In and local theaters with varying start times and durations across multiple entries.
Rosemary DeCamp and Leon Ames will portray Doris Day's parents in Warner Bros Technicolor musical 4 By the Light of the Silvery Moon. The roles are repeats from On Moonlight Bay with Gordon MacRae co starring.
Boston interview with Russell Crouse reveals Irving Berlin kept the song They Like Ike in the musical Call Me Madam after Eisenhower’s 1952 GOP nomination. Berlin originally wrote two verses at an Army base, then added two more for Broadway, adapting lyrics to I Like Ike when the campaign shifted. If Taft had been chosen, the song would have been cut.
Columbia Store marks its 1951 founding with a picnic at Haughton Park hosted by Vice President and General Manager I Sukman. More than 200 employees and families will attend games races prizes and meals including barbecued hamburgers and hot dogs along with usual contests.
A short instructional item presents a daily guidance game. It lists zodiac signs with date ranges and a number key to circle letters in a chart read left to right, top to bottom, to reveal a message. It references an Aladdin lamps motif and provides example date ranges and numbers for each sign.
A collage of gossip and sports notes features Rocky Marciano’s near heavyweight title status, Barbara Marciano’s anticipation of a November baby, and Watcott’s quick exit as Matthews lands a knockout. Parole issues with Willie Sutton, a looming Hollywood life story for Esther Willams or Florence Chadwick, and industry chatter from Toots Shor’s paint a vibrant postwar scene.
You can start solving everyday problems with Press Telegram Classified ads. The notice invites readers to respond by phone at 6066 to learn how ads can help and promises a happier, problem free day once information is engaged.
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis finish Scared Stiff then take a Carmel golf break. They resume engagements at Chez Paree Chicago Mastbaum Philadelphia Paramount Los Angeles Roxy New York Dallas State Fair. They plan 10 days of one-nighters before returning to Paramount for The Caddy, plus television and radio work in the fall.
Paramount hires Philip Wylie to write the Turmoil screenplay based on Lester del Rey novel. Pat Duggan produces and visits New York for conferences. Wylie, known for A Generation of Vipers, Opus 21, and When Worlds Collide, collaborates on the project with Kdwin Balmer.
Frank Mc Bee, a 70 year old retired oil driller from Stewart Ohio died July 26 in Torrance. He left 75 percent of his estate to a nephew and the remaining to a brother under a will filed for probate yesterday in Superior Court. The estate valued in excess of 10000 dollars. Hope Ease filed the probate petition. The will was completed June 7 1948.
City Building Inspector E. K. Grant declares Shafter City Hall condemned after the July 21 quake and aftershocks, saying it is no longer safe. The city council plans a bond issue to fund a new municipal building.
Four in corpse role assignments for the Warner color comedy Stop, Youre Killing Me have been announced. Broderick Crawford and Claire Trevor star with Frank Richards Ralph Peters Phil Arnold Mushy Callahan in the ensemble portraying characters Black Hat Gallagher The Stranger Little Dutch No Nose Cohen.
A young brown and black beagle with white speckled feet and chest has been reported missing from 5544 Flagstone Street. The Kennedys, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Kennedy, say the dog left home July 30 and is longingly missed.
Concert program from the municipal band lists dates August 2 Sunday and August 3. Conductor Latarre leads the ensemble with solos by AAMPK EB and Subolok on cornet. Pieces include Grand March Fantasia intermezzo and an arrangement titled Tie Free Lisace.
Hollywood gossip notes Tyrone Power appears poised to play the lead in The Robe after acquiring casting approval rights via Douglas estate. The piece also touches on Japanese cinema tastes, director-driven appeal, and reviews of South Pacific and The Fourposter touring casts with Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn enhancing The Fourposter.
Tony Curtis is enthusiastic about his turn as Houdini at Paramount. He reports daily for sleight of hand practice and magic trick study, consulting with producer George Pal while remaining unpaid for another week. This marks his first loanout from UI after four years and two months under contract.
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