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Daily Biillttln, Endicott. N. Y.
Saturday^ Nevtmbtr 24, 1951
Film S t o r y o f G e r m a n Marshall
- Saga o f Fight A g a i n s t T y r a n n y
James Mason
In Top Role
Of Rommel
• " T h e Desert f o x , " T w e n t i e t h
Century-Fox'* dramatic atory o f
the man who defied Hitler. Field
Marshall Erwin R o m m e l , starring
James Mason in the title role, wJU
have- its local premiere Sunday
at the Strand Theatre.
Based on the best-selling biog­
raphy "Rommel the Desert F o x "
by
Brigadier Desmond Young,
which won wide acclaim in Eur­
ope and the United States during
the past year, the Nunnally John­
son screen play traces the career
of the commanding general of
the Afrlka K o r p s w h o became a
legend in his o w n lifetime, a man
whose exploits on the field of
battle captured the imagination
of the entire world, friend and
foe alike
# O* Tke Watch James Mason, as the Nazi Marshall Erwin Rommel, matches battle ac­
tion in Twentfcth-Century Fox film based on the life of the famous German military lead­
er defeated bythe British in North Africa.
Secret Files o f 'Desert Fox*
skunk Scores
F o u n d H i d d e n in Brick W a i i
Direct 'Hit,'
Stops Tank
• S h t j t f aiiMiinaal light on the ftory of Field Marshal Erwin
Rommel
the m a n who defied Hitler, the General's complete file of
private papers wm» discovered recently b y hl» biographer, Brigadier
Deamond Young.
H e r e Is thp adventurous ac­
count o( thr fabulous Desert Fox
who rhaspfl his hunters back and
forth across North Africa as"
often as they chased him. the
w i l e y Fox whose trirks and turns
made even the British Tommies
chuckle
It is also the story of a man
who
forfeited his life in a plot to
assassinate Hitler and In docu­
menting his story Twentieth Cen­
tury- Fox pulls the curtain >&side
on the corruption and duplicity
of the entire Nazi regime.
"The
Desert F o x " Is expected
to t a k e its place with the great
screen dramas which speak elo­
quently against
totalitarianism,
military conquest and tryranny
o v e r the'minds of men.
S> Nature turned up a potent
new
anti-tank weapon during
Ttmm^f* b**k, "Romm«l-The Desert Fox," which has long been the filming of Twentieth Cen­
bi top poaltlon .beat-seller waa the basis for Twentieth Centurytury-Fox's "The Desert F o x , "
The
film's director,
Henry
Fox** "The.Deeert Fox."
the dramatic story o f Field M a r ­
H a t h a w a y , traveled to Germany
shal R o m m e l
The • r i » a * J t r , wfio waa captured by Rommel's forces In North
and France for special on-theArmored tanks manuevering
Africa, « M aided .by Rommel'* widow in locating the long-missing
scene* footage and then urfde?for
battle
sequences
on
location
documents*
took the biggest project of his
at Borrego Springs, California,
papair wan found cemented into a brick wall of a building suddenly came an abrupt halt career when he went on loca­
tion at Borrego Springs, Cal­
mar tha Rommel home. They contained the Field Marshal's perwhen the lead vehicle, manned
ifornia, to recreate the famous
»onal reacttona to Hitler's erratic supervision of military affairs, and
by James Mason, w h o plays the
• battle of El Aiamein In all it*
.also gave hi* views on the ill-fated North African, campaign, as
title role, encounted an Unex­
fury. Difficult location tasks,
well a* the Normandy invasion.
pected foe.
however, a r e old hat to Hath­
A spotted skunk whose home a w a y whose screen credits in­
_
,
the papers over to Captain Llddell Hart, noted
w a s invaded by the tanks re­ clude "Trail of the Lonesome
war hktorian, for editing and eventual publication.
taliated In time-honored fash­ P i n e , " " L o v e s of a Bengal Lan­
ion,
scoring an olfactory bulls- cer," "Brlgham Young." "The
eye.
Needless to say, t£e cam­ Black R c « e " and "Rawhide."
eras stopped grinding until the
air cleared.
For
hi- role In " T h e Desert
Directed by H e n r y Hathaway Fox,"
the usually suave Mason
lfca^alasjrfisssr jpssss of Mr* guests w e r e M r s . Mabel Muckey and produced by Nunnally John­ sheds his well-kept locks for a
and M r s / W / C . Mclntyre were of Blnghamton and Mrs. Jose­ son, "The Dessert F o x " is based military style haircut which he
Mrs. James* Harder and Mr. and phine Grasipictsch. T h e Scofletds on the best seller b y Desmond good-naturedly regards as a posMrs,
Ralph THarria and Kath- leave Monday f o r A r i z o n a ^
Young.
lble opening for an entirely
Dinner guests o f M r . and Mrs.
new
film career.
T h e English
Mrs; John Martin of Pittston, T h u r Russell w e r e M r . and Mrs.
actor, star of such noted films as
Pa., is with her son and daugh- R a l p h Baldwin* Sr.. of Utlca, Mr. t e n a P t t y Ann and Kathleen and " T h e
Seventh Veil," "Odd Man
ter^gaWj^Mr. and Mr*. John and M r s . Ralph Baldwin Jr.. ot her brother-in-law and rister. M r . O u t " and the current "Pandora
Endicott and M r . and M r s . Har­ and Mrs. William Formanek of
and the Flying Dutchman" was
Corson and Sandra and Ken­ Johnson C i t y .
''•''•jto. and .Mrs. Leonard Bul­ old
Mr. and Mrs. E. P . Blackwell awarded a seven-year contract
neth and M r s . D o y l e McKittrlck.
lock and Srenda were gueati of
Twientieth
Century-Fox
Mrs.
Leona R o s e and Marilyn of Nantlcoke w e r e guests of M r . w i t h
Mr.
sad ,Mrs. Archie Allison, and
Ralp|T spent the holidays and Mrs. Durward Dence. P a t r i ­ at the conclusion of his perfor­
Nantfeofc*.
Other gueats wets w i t h M r s . B. F . Rose in C o m ­ cia Dence came home from F r e - mance as R o m m e l
Pfcvassl Mrs. Donald RUsy.
donls S t a t e Teacher's College f o r
ing.
—Its****- JTetiii MeG6fiHftr~of • Roas
t h e holidays.
For
Mason'* supporting play­
Mrs.
In
a
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an
visited
M
r
.
Corner* spoke mt the Thankser*, Nunnally Johnson, who alMr, and Mrs. L e o n Andrews of
a
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M
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s
.
L
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g
h
A
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s
.
firing sorvfc* at the Baptist
Endicott visited M r . and Mrs. t o produced " T h e Desert Fox.''
Mr.
and M r s . M e r t o n K e t - Robert T y l e r .
Church,
assembled one of the most tal­
cjiurn
and
son
L
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r
y
w
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r
e
Mr.
and Mrs. Byron Haynes ented casts on record, headed
Mr*.
I . D . Brougham of E n guests
o
f
Mr.
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n
d
M
r
s
.
Louis
and Rodney and Judy of N e w a r k
dioott spent Thanksgiving with
by
Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica
Valley w e r e guests of M r . and
her brother and sister-in-law,- Ketchum, Union Center.
Tandy, who won plaudits on
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Clayton
Ames
Mrs.
Jim
Mlkels.
Mr. and M r s . O . L . Ketch urn.
B r o a d w a y in " A S t r e e t c a r Nam­
spent Thanksgiving w i t h their
Mr
and Mrs. Carl Swan and
ed Desire," Luther Adler. Ever­
Mr,
and M m . Edward P o m •on
•
and
daughter-in-law.
Mr.
son
David
and
daughter
Shirley,
eroy' are entertaining his par­
ett
Sloane. L e o G- Carrol).
and
M
r
s
.
Ross
A
m
e
s
,
Virgil.
of
Syracuse.
Mrs.
M
y
r
t
l
e
Mlnturn
ents, M r . and M r s . A . R. PomGeorge
Macready.
Richard
Mr. and Mrs. E d w a r d Czekala
and Mrs. Leonard Grlffis and Boone and Edward Franz.
- eroy of Ken*tn*ton, Conn., and
w e r e guests of M r and Mrs. daughters Eleanor^ Carolyn and
h e r aunt, Mr*.
L*. B . Parkhurst,
Johnson also persuaded auihnr
K a t h l e and sons R o g e r and M a r k
Ellis Payne.
of Springfield, Mass.
Desmond Young, who fouRht
Sl/cGeorge Ludington was of Blnghamton and Max Welch
Mrs.
Lena Lewis was hostess
R o m m e l In North Africa and
home f r o m Boston for the holi­ and Merton Welch of Endicott
for a family, dinner Thnksglving
later w a s taken prisoner, to piny
visited W r i g h t s and Welches.
days w i t h his parents, M r and
day.
Guests were M r . and Mrs.
himself in addition to nar-at nc
Mrs.
Henry
Ludington
Rr
Mr
and Mrs. Leon Apcar and
Stanley Emerson and B o b of
the film.
*
Other guests w e r e M r and Mrs. M r
and M r s . Carl TBylor and
-. Glendale D r W * . M r . and M r s . A l ­
sons David and Dqnnle w e r e
H e n r y Ludington Jr and Pirtty.
ton Lewis and Dennis and Linda
guests of M r and Mrs. Earl Van
Jeanne Jimmy.
of Endicott, M r . and M r s . Ralph
0 A m b e r g r i s la a solid, fatly and
Arkel. Varna.
Frank Stevens w a s the Third
I n g a l K Bryant Lewis and M r .
Inflammable substance found in
Supervisory
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t
delegate
Mrs.
Annie
Clark
and
Evelyn
and M r s . Elwyn Lewis and Jo­
the intestines of whales.
and Harry visited M r and Mrs.
to thp Teachers' Conference In
anne and Ronnie.
/
Russell
Clark
In
Endicott
Rochester
Thanksgiving guests of Mrs.
Mr
and Mrs L e o Welch and
Mrs.
Ina Marean was a truest
Helen Guiles w e r e M r . and Mrs.
of Mr nnd Mrs. Leigh Ames
Leon and Klaine have moved
"KB
Davis of Endwell and M r .
and M r s . Roger Russell and sons into their new home purchased
t
Maine Notes
"--"Jey=e*4*ewlpVsney."- — ~ » '
Miss Bonnie Pfaff of Johson
City was a. holiday guest of Mlts
Joyce Ludington.
Mrs.
Louise Zimmer and Mrs.
Carl Dyer visited M r s . Annie
' H o a g _ a i H e a l Hospital. M r s .
Hoag is moving to her daughter's,
Mrs. Oliver Rose. Endicott
Gladys Gates of Endwell spent
Thanksgiving with M r s . William
Gabriel.
, Mr. and M r s . Joaeoh Carson
entertained at a family dinner.
Mr and Mrs. Ed Corson. M r . and
Mrs. Harold Corson and Kenneth
and Sandra, M r s . E m m a Turner
and Wanda. Mrs. Doyle McKlttrlck and M r and M r s . William
Corson and Billy.
Mr
and M r s Alfred Dunham
were Thanksgiving guests of M r
and
Mrs. Robert Scofield and
Sue at West Corners. Other
L
'W**
C e t i ^ r V f t "t)unharn* and* " a ^ o ^ u ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ U ^ w l t h Mr.
son R o g e r of L i s l e visited Mrs.
and Mrs. W a r r e n Zimmer
C l n f n c e Berry
Mr
and Mrs. Durward Pence
entertained at a family dinner
Thanksgiving D a y M r and Mrs.
Harold Knapp and son John of
Johnson City,
Mr
and Mrn.
Nathan Young and Bobby. Judy
nnd B e t t e of N e w a r k Valley.
Mrs.
Marjorle Gifford and Patty
Dence.
Mr
and Mrs. M o r r i s Corson
and Carol, Benni** and Ronnie
w e r e guests of M r and Mrs.
I v a n Corson.
Mrs. Raymond Colvln and Bry­
an, Linda and Surnnne o f West
Endicott visited M r s . William
Corson.
Thanksgiving guests of M r . and
Mrs
F r a n k S t e v e n s w e r e her
brother and sister-in-law. M r and
Mrs. W i l l i a m Ciganek and daugh-
f) Judy Back (International)—Singer-dancer Judy Garland
r e g i s t e r s joy aaginst a background of congratulatory tele­
g r a m s in h e r dressing room at the Palace Theatre in New
Y o r k w h e r e she made her~,"comeback" all over again. The
ac h v s s s h o w s no trace of the nervous exhaustion that sent
nor 1 0 a sanitarium for four days. Judy was greeted thun­
d e r o u s l y by a typicalfirst-nightaudience at the former mecca of vaudeville.
Protest High Prices
f
were made at average
budgets, so It* can't be argued
that the upped scale is necessary
to defrav the cost.
The principle of the road show
has lone been attacked by some
ohservers who argue that movie
patrons are expected to take the
cood with the bad throughout the
%ear Then, when a superior pic­
ture romps along, the patrons are
reauired to pay extra for i t . . .
films
Xhnnda P I - h M I V n
Mark STE\ENIS
Scottr BECKKTT
Jimmy I.VDON
"Corky of Gasoline
Alley"
STARTS SUNDAY *
AND
M-G-M'i Spectacular Outdoor
Technicolor Dram*! . . .
JAMES
CAGNEY
PHYLLIS THAXT
RAYMOND MASSEY - JAMES REASON • GIG YOUNG
* SUIT. & MON. *
MONTALBAK - HOOIAX
L'
1
Saturday
Come Fill *
JheCupj^
The Folks
Tesj Folks, It's pleasant to Shop In Union — So easy
—
convenient too — Plenty of Parking Spaces.
For
LYRIC—Corky of Gaollae Alley,
Z:0«,
5:04, 8 : « ; Lady from
Texas. IM, «i44,
HERE'S A
GUY
WHO
UKES
TWO
THINGS
IN LIFE...
You'll Like to Trade
Friendlier!
Thefater Time
Schedule
My, how times change. A cou­ STRAND—You Never C a « T e l ] ,
2:00, 4:15, 6:50, *:M; Xidln*;
ple
of vears ago, you would
the Outlaw Trail. 316, S:5S,
never expect the king of one
8:80.
studio and the queen of another
to be off salary. But that's true
today. B e t t y Grable and Clark STATE—Corky of O H O I I M A l ­
ley, S:37, 5:S», S:46; Little
Gahle afe not drawing their
Egypt. 4:10, 7Ml. 10:12.
weekly stipends from 20th-Fox
and M G M , respectively.
ELY IN—Iron Man, S30. »:42;
BannerUne, 8:12.
A w a r d for optimist of the week
goes to slugging Frankle Sinatra,
For Sunday
the newlywed. T h e crooner did
his first television show from the L Y R I C — Come Fill the Cup,
W e s t Coast this week and Invi­
2:21, 4:89, 6:49, »:0S.
tations were sent out for a cock­
tail p a r t v for his friends of' the S T R A N D — Desert Fox, 2:25,
press. I'm told that both of them
4:45, 7:00, 9:18.
showed up . . .
STATE—Across the Wide Mis­
Eye-opener on the cost situa­
souri, 8:00, 8:18, 7:25, 8:85.
tion was offered by figures on
"the Fourposter." The picture
E
L
V I N — Painting the Clouds
was filmed on one set with two
with 8unshlne, 2:50, 5:04, 7: IS,
(count ' e m ) players—Rex Harri­
9:80.
son and Lllll Palmer Cheap, you
t h i n k ' T h e bill came to $600,000 . .
C e n s o r s h i p Relaxed
Best news of the week was the
announcement that M a r y Pick- •
8lngapore^n — The colonial
ford will be returning to pictures. secretary has authorized the M a ­
Today's youngsters may not have lay
daily newspaper, *Melayu
seen her on the screen, but their Raya," to resume publication. The
parents remember her as a sym­ secretary withdrew the printing
bol of a nleasant era
license last January because of
Speaking of Grable reminds me the publication of certain article*
of the report that Marilyn Mon­
dealing with the court fight over
roe, the atomic-age pin-up queen custody of Moslem-reared Dutch
will star In the recently purchas­ "Jungle Girl,'' Maria
Bertha
ed "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Hertogh.
Miss Monroa thinks she's going
to eet the role
Miss Grable
Tests have shown that all cathasn't been heard from, buf you
can expect fireworks.
tie are virtually color blind.
"Little ERj-pt"
because . . .
•
."IN".
MORGAN MAYO
NELSON 'rrs:
ALSO
Mareh of Tlme>—Cartoon
•MosDun
MAtlA
><xin " K i n
(UNA
2nd
DONALD
Feature
III
IIWOB
A N N l l t . l T H h in
"The
M e r r v Monahnns*'
M ilh
•
UAfC,
IIU lbs
T H E LYRIC W I L L
B E CLOSED)
xfES. thru F R I . f o r completion of]
Installation of n e w seats In the n e w balcony,
new
sound equipment, n e w screen, n e w carpet,|
new fixtures, n e w marquee, n e w decoration* .
In tact, nearly everything n e w from wall to|
w a l l , celling to floor:
REOPENING DATE: NEXT SAT.
Ends Today * "LADY FROM TEXAS" in Technicolor
and "CORKY OF GASOLINE ALLEY"
T*WM
«f
Calu—Loult
R
Mot*
ley and wife, lot 17, north »|de Rolv
lm St.' to David F Cole; Joteph D .
Rcnda. p a n lout 27. U north « l d »
Malverne R d . to Raymond L. B e r -nond and wife Louis KelderhouMi
and wife. Nantlcoke Creek Rd., t »
Vcrnelle N Thompson and wtt«;
Mlchari S. Smith et al, lot 20. Sub­
division 3. Mary Smith Property, t «
John A. Errigo and wife Michael S .
Smith, et al, lot S. Subdivision 3,
Mary Smith Property, to William R.
Oavlet, Ralph N AvU. lot 23. Sffady
Lawn, to Ralph H Avli and wife;
Beatrice Landslide!, lot 23. Shady
Lane, to Ralph N Avis Vnd wife.
Tew* of Veatal—{Catherine Bell. S
parcels. River Rd., to Merton K.
Nordland and wife, Leon A. Pruyn*,
lot 12, west side Winston D r . . to
Paul V. R. Babel and wile. Sari V .
Dennis and wife, 'lot 8, etc. Wlnana
Farm, to Stephanie Pachuck
Toira mt Marias—Donald Carr an4
wtfen Finch Hollow ft<L, to Carl M .
Alapcck arid wife.
By Bob Thomas, UP) Staff Writer
9 Hollywood 0—Glancing at the week's news in Movietown:
T h e President of the Theater Owners of America has declared that one of the biggest
p r o b l e m s of film house owners today is "more and more road shows," Some moviegoers
are beginning to agree.
In t h e Los Angeles area, for example, there are seven films being advertised at ad\ a n c e d prices. Patrons are forced to pay premium prices to see these pictures. Most of the
Kaane That Shook
the World! . . .
In Technicolor
in UNION
Broome Property
Transfers
Road Show' Films Attacked
ENDS TODAY
The
# Lis sod Friend Arrive (International Soundphoto) —
Denying a new romance, film actress Elizabeth Taylor holds
her pet poodle "Gee Gee" as she arrives at Los Angeles Air­
port accompanied by British actor Michael Wilding. "Love,"
said' the star in response to newsmen's queries; "I never
touch the stuff."
Eagles to Attend
Elmira Session
% Five representatives of Owcgo
Aerie, 2333, Fraternal Order of
Eagles, will attend a special
meeting of area Eagle units in
Elmira on Tuesday, November
27.
The meeting will be In charge
of M . L . Brown, former head of
the organization and present ad­
ministrative director. Topics to
be discussed at the group meet­
ing
will include membership,
membership security, operation
of aerie social rooms and the
Aerie benefit fund.
Owego Aerie representatives
at the meeting will be V . Harrlngton^ president, Francis Bonney, Secretary, Harold Dunham,
steering committee
chairman,
Edward Hubbard,
membership
security chairman and Lester
Sparks, auditor
Area lodges ot be represented
at the session Include Blngham­
ton, Endicott, Johnson
City.
Corning. Watklns Glen. Waverly.
Hornell and Ithaca.
0 Population of Caracas, Venezuela
p w
'-^m ""st.OOO in
1941
tq
662,000 Is
1950.
ENDS T Q N U E
" A w l s r OntfkiM"
AND
"Tht Ttll Target"
S T A R T S SUTTDAT
And
• Sixth largest "city" in the U :
S. Is a mythical community call-)
ed
"Trailer City" A survey
shows thAit nearly 1,500.000 peo-|
pie live In mobile homes.
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