Hollywood profits rise as cinema adapts to television
The piece notes a strong year for Hollywood financially since 1946 with 20th Century Fox posting a massive net gain and VistaVision titles such as White Christmas breaking records. It highlights CinemaScope success, actor producers like Don Hartman, and the shift toward TV premieres as TV becomes an ally to film. It cites global demand, especially Germany, and quotes industry leaders on print advertising and the enduring importance of story and acting.
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Water Front
Sabrina
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Don Hartman
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
Germany
Life Magazine
Television King
Movie Show Times Menu From Historic TheaterSchedule
Listings show LOEW'S STATE featuring Deep In My Heart with showings at 11:15 1:45 4:20 and 7. Eckel presents Hansel and Gretel at 11:30 2 4:45 7:30 10:15. Paramount offers No Business Like Show Business at 1 1:10 3:25 5:35 7:47 10 12:10. REO KEITH'S shows 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea at 10 32:25 2245 5:10 7:30 9:55 12:40. LOEW'S STRAND presents Vers Cruz at 3 3:55 6:55 9:50. MIDTOWN runs Can Can Fol lies at 2 4:10 6:25 and others. Giant Screen now at MIDTOWN.
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Loew's
Cabinet Men See Gains In Economy
Washington officials forecast a moderate upswing in business activity and higher living standards for 1955. Secretary Weeks and Secretary Mitchell stressed renewed economic strength in late 1954 with rising employment and production, strong purchasing power, and record savings, noting consumers bought more than factories produced in 1954.
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Sam Warns Against Assembly-Line Film Production
The speaker urges fellow producers to abandon mass production and asserts that quality films drew audiences from homes to theaters, a sentiment voiced at the close of 1954.
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Sam
East Syracuse Masons Elect New Officers
ROBERT RHOADES was elected master of Onondaga Lodge F. and A. M. at the East Syracuse Masonic Temple. Other officers include Lewis Perunko senior warden Roy Knudsen junior warden Maurice H. Sharp secretary Leonard Boast treasurer and Duard T. Hale trustee for three years. installation set for Jan 6.
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Onondaga Lodge
East Syracuse
Masonic Temple
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Roy Knudsen
Maurice H. Sharp
Leonard Boast
Duard T. Hale
1955 Economic Outlook Sees Growth Path Ahead
The commerce secretary projected steady growth for 1955 with the economy gaining steam. Unemployment in 1954 averaged about 3.5 million, or 5 percent of the civilian labor force, and some groups expect higher unemployment next year due to population growth and increased output. Industrial production advanced, housing construction rose rapidly, employment increased, and business plans for heavy outlays on plant and equipment continued into early 1955.
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Aatoeh Keane
Weeks
Tetionn
Loves Not Wisely But Too Well Sentenced for Freeing 110 Dogs
In Cleveland John Hircek pleaded guilty to intoxication and freed 110 dogs from the Animal Protective League kennels Wednesday night. He told Judge Lillian Westropp his poodle was killed by a car just before Christmas and that he acted after seeing the dogs caged. He received a 30 day workhouse sentence.
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John Hircek
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Animal Protective League
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