First Bathtub Scene In CinemaScope Is Filmed
Rita Gam stars in the first wide screen bathtub sequence for Sign of the Pagan at Universal International. The scene shows a marble sunken tub with slave girls and dramatic décor as Gam’s Attila the Hun’s daughter emerges in a tape-bathed costume. Gam later left MGM to freelance, citing family and location reasons.
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Hollywood
Rita Gam
Universal-International Studio
Cecil B. DeMille
Miss Gam
Attila the Hun
Jeff Chandler
Rita
MGM
New York
Tve
Metro
Around Corner Gun May Boost Oil Supply
Fort Worth experts predict a new gun that shoots around corners will vastly increase world oil supply by capturing petroleum that now eludes recovery in key fields, redirecting wayward oil flows back into pumping areas.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Approve Missions To Boost Farm Exports
The Agriculture Department backed Eisenhower plans to send trade missions abroad to expand U S farm product exports. A 15 member committee, led by Ezra Taft Benson, outlined mission makeup and schedules for Europe Asia and Latin America. Missions depart March return April with specialists in wheat cotton livestock dairy soybeans fruit and tobacco and will file official reports to Benson.
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Agriculture Department
Foreign Agricultural Trade Advisory Committee
Eisenhower
Ezra Taft Benson
Congress
Europe
Asia
Latin America
Benson
United States
England
France
Middle East
Mediterranean
Near East
Japan
Mexico
Panama
Cuba
John H. Davis
Lonely Pitcairners Hear National Band Visit
On Pitcairn Island the 134 residents heard their first brass band concert last October. The New Zealand National Band, returning from Britain with first prize in an international competition, performed aboard the S S Mataroa. Pitcairn long-boats circled the ship as the islanders watched the shipboard concert.
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Wellington
N. Z
Pitcairn Island
Britain
New Zealand
S. S. Mataroa
Pitcairn
Spike Jones Says TV Show Is The Toughest To Do
Hollywood based report notes Spike Jones calls his NBC TV program the toughest challenge of his career describing the need for visual tricks and gadgets. He explains dangers of live gun gags and describes stunts including exploding bagpipes and a tuba gag while fearing a breakdown and planning a sanitarium retreat.
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Spike Jones
TV Show
Hollywood
NBC
Spike
iSpike
Pecan Tree Grows Inside Dallas Living Room
In Dallas, a 50-year-old pecan tree grows through a roof cutout, encased in glass with branches forming an umbrella over the home. Leon Sutton and builder E. C. McClain preserved the tree when constructing around it. Rain and sunlight feed the shaft to nourish the tree as squirrels explore the trunk.
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Dallas
Tex
Leon Sutton
E. c
McClain
Sutton
X-Ray Treats Early Eyelid Cancer Findings Reported
Two specialists report that early eyelid cancer can be well controlled by radiation therapy. Dr Milford D Schulz of Massachusetts General Hospital and Dr Charles G Stetson of Englewood Hospital say satisfactory control is a record and that eyelid tumors respond to radiation whereas other eye region tumors favor surgery.
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Chicago
Milford D. Schulz
Department of Radiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charles G. Stetson
Englewood
N. J
Radiology
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