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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1953
Page
4
Hollywood gossip notes Judy Garland has moved to a hotel with husband producer Sid Luft amid her demanding role in A Star Is Born. They plan to stay until filming ends, visiting their children briefly each day as work continues.
Italy's fast growing film industry produced 146 full length films this year and grossed a record 112.6 billion lire at the box office. Production was 13 more titles than 1952, placing Italy second to the United States among producers. About one third of the pictures shown were Italian with the rest imports. Anica released the figures as the television industry began in Italy with few stations or receivers.
The Long Beach listings provide theater offerings with starting times amid a garbled blurb. Names and exact venues are obscured but the notice signals cinema showings and schedule updates.
Hollywood recollections from Bob Wise reveal a Christmas spent behind barbed wire in communist captivity. He recalls brutal marches, a chaplain’s comfort, and censored songs, then a relief feast during a truce, with a future as technical advisor for The Prisoner of War Story. Wise was captured January 1944 and Korea in December 1950, soon to reunite for a Christmas with his son in Tacoma.
A jumble of across and down clues detailing visitor gifts, roof finials, dyes, blemishes, golf terms, and festive items. Includes nationalities, plant names, and obscure terms, with references to Christmastide and seasonal objects.
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