Big Hand for the Little Lady opens at Grand Theatre
Warner Bros western A Big Hand for the Little Lady stars Henry Fonda Joanne Woodward Jason Robards and others in Technicolor. The story follows a gambler husband who bets the homestead money in a poker game while a couple and their young son travel west toward Texas. The ending delivers a humorous surprise.
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Warner Bros
Grand Theatre
Warner
Henry Fonda
Joanne Woodward
Jason Robards
Paul Ford
Charles Bickford
Kevin McCarthy
Burgess Meredith
Robert Middleton
John Qualen
Gerald Michenaud
Texas
Hoyle
Notable Cast Highlights in A Big Hand for the Little Lady
The film marks Henry Fonda's 60th motion picture and 30th acting year. Joanne Woodward appears as his wife in her first postbirth film after Claire Olivia. Jason Robards portrays the loudmouthed rancher Harry Drummond who interrupts a daughter's wedding to poker. Paul Ford sports long sideburns as a 1890s banker, then shaves them off after filming. Charles Bickford plays Texas' richest undertaker in the Western.
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Fonda
Joanne Woodward
Claire Olivia
Jason Robards
America
Harry Drummond
Charles Bickford
Texas
Johnny Belinda
Visitors of Mr and Mrs F J Musil listed by families
Mr and Mrs F J Musil hosted relatives with children and families from El Campo Wichita Falls Dallas Friona and a baby named Frank Joseph. Attending were Mr and Mrs Gilbert Rod and Family Mr and Mrs Emery Musil and family Mr and Mrs Leon Musil and Mr and Mrs Pete Jesko and baby.
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F. J. Musil
Gilbert Rod
el Campo
Emery Musil
Wichita Falls
Leon Musil
Dallas
Pete Jesko
Frank Joseph
Friona
Academy Winners At Stamford Drive-In Double Bill
The H H Drive-In Theatre in Stamford presents a three day program featuring Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffanys and Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou. The showing pair highlights Hepburns iconic Holly Golightly and Marvins dual role in a mix of romance humor and western spoof.
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H&h Drive-In
Stamford
Breakfast At Tiffany
Lee Marvin
Cat Ballou
Audrey Hepburn
Filmfare
Paramount
Breakfast Art Tiffany's
Truman Capote
Tiffany’s
Martin Jurow
Richard Shepherd
Blake Edwards
George Axelrod
Miss Hepburn
New York
Holly Golightly
Breakfast At Tiffany's
George Peppard
Patricia Neal
Buddy Ebsen
Martin Balsam
Mickey Rooney
Holly
Peppard
Miss Fonda
Lee Martin
W. C. Fields
Marvin
Jackie Buske Wins Convention Awards
Jackie Buske of Tuxedo Hamlin FFA won the National FFA Foundation Livestock Farming Award and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Award at the Area II FFA Convention. Gil Lain representing Stamford District was second runnerup in the Area II Stay Green Hand contest.
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Jackie Buske
Tuxedo
Hamlin
FFA
National Ffa Foundation
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raiser
Gil Lain
Stamford
Motorist Leaves Wife at Station in Texas
A Kansas man stopped at Wooten's service station in Haskell to service his car and unknowingly left his wife behind. Upon reaching Noodle, Texas, he discovered she was absent, called back, located her there, and sent his parents to bring her home.
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Kansas
Wooten
Haskell
Noodle
Texas
Albert Russell Named Church Organist In Washington
Albert Russell son of Mr and Mrs I A Russell assumed the position of organist and choirmaster at St John s Episcopal Church La fayette Square Washington D C known as the Church of the President. He comes from Hartford Connecticut where he served as organist choirmaster at Asylum Hill Congregational Church and chaired organ music at Hartt College of Music He will also teach organ at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore Maryland.
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I. A. Russell
St. John's Episcopal Church
Lafayette Square
Washington, D. c
St. John’s Church
Russell
Asylum Hill Congregational Church
Hartford
Conn
Hartt College of Music
University of Hartford
Peabody Conservatory
Baltimore
Stamford Woman Receives Alpha Chi Certificate at HSU
Mrs. Jo Ann Pritchard wife of Stamford local Bill Pritchard received an Alpha Chi Certificate of Membership during Hardin-Simmons University awards day. The honor recognizes juniors and seniors in the top ten percent with at least 30 hours at HSU. Pritchard is an English major with education minor.
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Jo Ann Pritchard
Stamford
Bill Pritchard
Alpha Chi
Hardin-Simmons University
HSU
Hardin-Simmons
Pritchard
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