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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1955
Page
18
Elmer C. Rhoden heads a 50 million audience award poll by 10,000 theaters nationwide. From October 1954 to October 1955 nominees will be announced, with ticket buyers voting over 11 days from November 17 to 27. The plan covers top picture, actor, and actress categories and aims for 50 million ballots.
Coldstream England UPI reports Plooden Field once tied to Henry VIII era battles is up for sale. Col James Collingwood from a Hollywood linked family says Dolores Del Rio intends no movie here and will stay a brief visit, selling the 1,000 acre estate around the field as part of the deal. Doors open 10 AM.
Dolores Del Rio returns to Hollywood after a 12 year absence amid visa delays blamed on regular processing by the American embassy in Mexico City. She denies rumors of Communist sympathies, asserting she is Catholic and not political. Del Rio has worked in Mexico Spain and Argentina since leaving the United States and notes she was set to appear in Broken Lance with Spencer Tracy but missed out due to visa timing.
Hollywood progress star George Gobel is making a film remake tied to The Lady Eve under Paramount, with Mitzi Gaynor in a Barbara Stanwyck role. Norman Taurog directs, Paul Jones produces, and Gobel’s TV fame is expected to aid foreign sales. Gobel jokes about leaping off screen as a danger in comedy bits.
Richard Goldberg sues Lady Luck Corp and two Los Angeles investors for 200000 in damages alleging promise of a high salaried executive position at an unfinished Las Vegas hotel. Clif ford Jones named as a defendant along with J Carleton Adair and William J Davies. He seeks an injunction to halt stock disposals.
In Eta Jima a U S Army rescue attempt ended in tragedy as Sgt Willis dived for a Japanese girl in deep water and drowned. The incident followed a fishing boat collision and the recovery of Willis's body days later. Willis, 21, is named as son of Mrs. Haney Willis of Elberton Georgia.
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