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Stamford American

Location

Stamford, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1949

Page

14

Snake Pit Opens With Star-Studded Cast at Grand Theatre

The Snake Pit opens Sunday at the Grand Theatre. Olivia de Havilland stars under Anatole Litvak with Merk Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Glenn Langan and a large ensemble cast. Warner Zanuck guides a dramatic, non documentary treatment praised by Louella Parsons and Samuel Grayson as among America's best.

Mary Jane Ward Darry F. Zanuck Granda Theatre Louella Parsons Sample Samuel Graton America Heeda Hopper Anatole Litvak Olivia de Havilland England Hollywood Zanuck Pr. Rik Genn Henry Vth Celeste Holm Grace Glenn Lanegan Perfor Rominees Margie Dra“opwyck Leo Genn Mas Helen Craig Leif Erickson Mark Stevens Olivia DeHavilland Deve Grand Theatre

Stamford Area Personal Notes From Community Events

Two Stamford youths were delegates to the Methodist youth fellowship assembly in Abilene at McMurry College June 6 to 11. Ea Docsen returned from Fort Worth to Stamford Sanitarium, heart attack patients and travel details noted. Families visited, weddings and hospital stays mentioned, plus trips of Rev. Fitzgerald and Audrey and Jean Batchelor grandchildren highlighted.

Stamford Methodist Youth Fellowship of the Northwest Texas McMurry College Abilene Robert € Dickenson Louise Garth St. John's Methodist Church Ea Docsen Fort Worth Stamford Sanitarium Warren High Timothy Griffin High Memphis

Reburial Rites Planned Friday at Lueders

Pfc. John How ard Reves killed in action in Belgium at 21 will be reburied Friday at 3 p m in the Rockdale cemetery with Kinney Funeral Home in charge. Lueders American Legion post will handle military rites. Reves, born June 8 1923 in Lueders, married Erma Tabor and leaves two sons. He joined the army July 4 1944 and died on a merit patrol between Gouvy and Beho Belgium after serving in England and France.

Lueders Pfc John H. Reves John Howard Reves Belgium Stamford Kin Tey J C. Eubanks Church of Christ Melvin Byrd Cecil Fox Rockdale Kinney Erma Tabor Luecers John Howard, Jr Billy Ray Camp Hool Fort Meade England France Gouvy Beho Neuville En Concroz United States Haiti

Criss Cross Opens at State Theatre for Three Days

Universal-International film Criss Cross opens Sunday at the State Theatre for a three day engagement. Burt Lancaster stars as the armored car driver torn by a doomed romance with Yvonne De Carlo, with Dan Duryea as her husband and antagonist. The Los Angeles setting features a crime plot told with flashbacks and strong performances.

Yvonne de Carlo Burt Lancaster Dan Duryea Universal-International Universal-International Ottering Criss Cross State Theatre Lancaster Miss de Carlo Los Angeles Duryea Pitate Robert Siodmak

Mystery thriller drives crowds at Grand Theatre debut

Drummond stars in 13 Lead Soldiers at the Grand Theatre opening Friday and Saturday. Tom Conway plays the suave amateur detective in a gripping whodunit filled with unusual clues and high tension as a deadly game unfolds.

Bullrog Drummonds Grand Theatre Tom Conway Drummond

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