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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1955
Page
12
A new Los Altos drive-in theater opens tonight on a 25 acre site at Bellflower Blvd and Spring St. It accommodates 2100 cars and offers CinemaScope Vistavision Superscope and other innovations. Opening night features Rage at Dawn and Son of Sinbad in Technicolor and CinemaScope.
Twenty African students in Ootacamund walked out of a local cinema in protest of scenes in Mogambo that they described as portraying Africans as savages. The protesters, part of a camp funded by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, urged India to support Africans freeing themselves from colonial rule. The film, starring Clarke Gable and Ava Gardner, was shot in Africa.
Attorney Nathaniel Willis and actress Andrea Jing welcomed a daughter named Deborah Anne weighing seven pounds two and a quarter ounces born Thursday at an undisclosed location. The couple already have a family and the newborn adds to their public profile in Hollywood.
Noel Coward says he will perform only his own songs during a Las Vegas appearance at the Desert Inn next week. The 53 year old British star, arriving amid a Hollywood party welcome, plans a four week Las Vegas engagement with a CBS TV special later in the season. Coward notes he finds Las Vegas enchanting and distinct from Monte Carlo, aims for clear audience reach, and will begin rehearsals at Clifton Webb’s home.
The Portland City Council voted to ban uninvited telephone solicitations for goods or services as a nuisance. The ordinance makes such calls illegal after July 2, citing fraud risks and a serious annoyance to residents.
Harry Douglas Buckley, 68, vice president and director of United Artists Theater Circuit, died Thursday at St. Luke's Hospital.A native of St Louis he started in business at 21 and became manager for the Garrick and Columbia Theaters.
Hollywood editor notes future home tech as seen in Forbidden Planet. Cedric Gibbons describes glassless windows, lucite furniture, built in screens and electronic controls transforming living spaces. Copper walls and high frequency beams reshape floors and walls into synthetic, maintenance friendly forms. Margaret Mayer estate probate details follow with bequests to relatives and Th. The Sar was 600 in bequests dated Aug 12, 1854.
De Cannis announces new chain beauty shop aboard the Mazatlan. Bud de Cannis and Mrs Cayinis will sail from San Diego to Acapulco to supervise the shipboard operation. The opening marks the first anniversary of the de Cannis shop in Lakewood Center.
Listing of theater showings in Long Beach with various film titles and times, including unreadable fragments and garbled characters. The readable items point to a mixed lineup and schedule updates with multiple entries and venues.
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