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SATURDAY EBRUARY 19 4955 STATESVILLE RECORD LANDMARK PAGE 8 Record Landmark Theater Market 4 Shop Save and Bank in Statesville Drive In Theaters Become Big Business In Hollywood afternoon! He got in 29 in a must nave HOL avsb ILC i cam aun Af vAnr MTS ClKtnmPTS drinks hamburgers chili and what to bo th of your ears Cu 2 eatures Tonight Only GREEN EIREi Ce Stomnf TODAY ONLY an9 Starts SUNDAY BIG OUTDOOR A MB3KWKWM9 2 Shows Nightly Starts 6:45 OU wweoti Pl AV HO no sons possible are popular in indus where father comes at the end of the day take everyone includ Now Showing Lone raternity Man Toasts Absent Names TONIGHT ONLY Double eature JUNGLE PROWLER! Sleek jungle jaguar with death in its langs! JJILLCRES'p Drive In Theatre NEW YORK (UR) Charles II Blair lifted 9 martini glass Wednes day night and downed the pale liquid quietly All alone He set the glass on the bar and studied the lemon peel left in the bottom He stood a few moments his eyes on the lemon peel Then he went home to bed He drank alone although he was in the crowded men's bar of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel with the conversation and laughter washing heavily around him He may have felt a throng of ghostly eyes upon him as he drankand heard a ghostly echo of young voices raised in Above He may have But if he did he gave no sign of it Blair in his 80th year' had kept his 61 ycar old pledge of reunion Twenty eight Cornell University undergraduates had vowed in 1891 to meet every five years as long as they lived Blair alone showed up Wednesday night precisely at 8 as per the signed pledge mean to live this he said before he left Thirtei boys in the Psi Upsilon fraternity house at Cornell origin ally made the pledge getting the ide'a from a novel popular in the 90s The word spread and soon 28 in all had signed They pledge to meet at the Old Waldorf Hotel gathering first in 1900 And because of the year of the first meeting they called them JAMES STEWART JOANNE ORU GILBERT ROLAND DAN DURYEA Villa Heights MINI CAVI IN! Terrible peril in A the heart of a lost mountain! Iran Royalty Held Prisoner ROME A 7 year old dark eyed boy who may one day be shah of Iran and his mother were prisoners of Italian police today in one of swankiest hotels The police action was an out growth of a dramatic tug of war between attractive Christiane Cho lesky Pahlevi and her brother in law who is the present shah Rome authorities explained they had been called into the case after an official of the Iranian ministry of education who was traveling with die prince and his mother with their passports In an exclusive interview with the United Prers in her closely guarded hotel room Mrs Pahlevi explained that she had been living in Iran for several years but now wanted to return to her native rance with her son am she said want to go back to my home in Paris But they will not let Tears brimmed in her eyes as she spoke royal court says I must go to Switzerland where they want to put the boy in school The po lice even let me out onto the street with little Prince The father Ali Reza Pah levi who was a brothtr of the Shah was killed last Oct Iranian airplane crash The reigning shah So little Prince Ali heir to the throne extremely important of his uncle and the royal court Little Prince Ali was undis turbed by all the fuss He sat on the floor nibbling a breakfast roll and laughing The Shah and Queen Soraya currently are en route back to Iran from the United States where the Queen who has not yet pro duced an heir to the throne un derwent a medical check up has as has become in the eyes HOLLYWOOD (NEA) Hol lywood on TV: The original Amos Andy reeman Gosden and Charles will take the TV plunge next fall in a novel home screen experiment Instead of slapping on blackface do all of their famous Neg ro characterizations and many voic es as their white faced selves a visual version of their radio show as seen for years by radio studio audiences A telefilm series Amos Andy starring Negro players has been on the air for some time and will not be dropped because of the new live show if I read of two more TV performers going to the BANDIT HORDE! The bandittos of El Moro on a blood thirsty rampage! Va Walt shrewd home screen blending of his old film screen blending of his old film with preview celluloid of his new theater bound movies has opened the eyes of major studio bosses to what can be done without inspiring cries from exhibitors GREATEST OUTDOOR COLOR DRAMA! "ESCAPE ROM ORT JOHN ERICSON murwn we Written tor the Screen by Photographed in WAN GO BEN ROBERTS EASTMAN COLOR LATE SHOW TONIGHT 10:30 WEDNESDAY Cow pastures across the country have gone theatrical with the creation of 4512 new drive in thea ters since 1948 new business new entertainment and a diversion for acres of farm land now pro ducing a new crop of movie fans The drive in theater is new and great treat for the whole family strictly a family pro position for any car gains admit tance with two paying adults and all children under twelve years of age are free Curiously all child ren who seek admission to drive in theaters are under twelve ac cording to their parents But the drive in operators have learned to ask the youngsters how old they are they tell the truth In any given carioaa oi Kias someone wm quickly say that is thir teen and and so forth One little sister explained that her brother was twelve but today was his birthday and he was born very late in me okay Drive ins trial areas home tired and he can ing Grandma and the family pets in the car without changing his clothes It saves hiring a baby sitter for the small fry can sleep through the pictures if they prefer it that way One smart drive in theater manager always has a free Hna biscuit for the family nooch It makes for good will and en courages the sale oi reiresnments at intermission Even if the car is loaded with only two adults to pay admission the whole aggregationmnet have hnt rings ice cream soft ULUtJl' 11U 11 innv i idiiuu lu svi vuii not for their outdoor theater par ty no casual or inexpensive op eration to build a new drive in theater these days It costs upwards of $150000 to get any sort of pre sentable result rom ten to fifty acres are required for the entire estate Traffic authorities demand that drive ins be located off the highways in a manner that prevents congestion either arriving or leav ing Usually this means a fairly long private road as an entrance plus ample parking space before entering and a diversified egress that spill the outgoing au dience into the traffic stream on a crowded highway all at once It Gorgeous Grace Kelly beautiful actress of many hits now in her most exciting romantic role! GRACE KELLY goes very out doorsy in her new picture filmed in South America wearing frocks with a Latin motif This rust wool blouse has a pleated neck and is set off by stark Indian design embroidered in brown black and beige ull length sleeves can be rolled to the elbow opens Late Show Tonight at the Playhouse pearance tour He was once a floor walker in the lingerie department of a Buffalo department store The Witnet: Red Skelton attend a meeting of the Los Angeles coun ty supervisors was asked what changes make if he were a supervisor Said Red: oil these chairs The squeaking keeps me MARK TONs aWWt In color BTeahntaoloir says Gosden do the show on Hollywood hears the Jackie Glea sons may kiss and make up Lots of quiet dinner dates recently Martin Milner who plays the new son in law on the Stu Erwin show is looking at rings The reason is blonde Jouey Stilson special ser vices beauty at ort Ord Not on the teleprompter Ruth Roman on becoming a TV come dienne: think it would be good emo tional balance for me to do com edy on television and save my emotional outbursts for motion This Is Television Mrs Jones Reed Hadley asked for a stop over in Buffalo on his personai ap gBaoaKassuxamsi GUNS TO THE BORDER" in Technicolor with RORY CALHOUN MICHAEL i CURTIZ 2 Shows Nightly El JAMES CBAIG gf HI No 2 HI Speakers are worth from twelve real loss if they are stolen Angela Through With Roles 18 THEATRE HOLLYWOOD (UP) Many an aspiring actress yearns to leave roles behind her on the theory that until she plays I mean unpleasant plotting women never really get anywhere in Hollywood It may come as a blow there fore to learn that an established actress wants no more parts I The actress Angela Lansbury said that things were just one un happy characterization after an other She finally made a switch but it easy really describe how tired I am of playing bad she said got my break as one in I know And I was a cruel one in Winter and an out and out heel in Har vey One of the worst was in to be in which I was an absolutely horrible schem ing murderess Where Soon See Many More Big Hits! "Many Rivers To Cross" in Cinemascope and Color with ROBERT TAYLOR ELEANOR PARKER STAMING TONY CURTIS qlORIA DEHAVEN SENE NELSON CORINNE CALVET PAULqilBERT MARA CORDAY MISS UNIVtgSt Of IfSV USA OX UJC CHRISTIANE MARTEL MYRNA HANSEN determined we are (Nationalist China and the United States) to stand together anti exactly what consequences will fellow their ac tions they will certainly think twice before he said Reds Will Lose Claims Chiang TAIPEI ormosa Goner alissimo Chiang Kai shek predicted today his Nationalist troops can de feat the Communists on the China mainland even though the Reas cutnumber them four to one He said that few of the Communist soldiers are while the Nationalists possess ab solute guarantees for victory Chiang also predicted Russia would support Communist China per in any invasion of ormosa but would not fight itself He said he is convinced the Pei ping regime will attempt such an invasion as it has threatened for so long 'However when they know how determined RAGING LOOD! A roaring river on a riot of destruction Jg Soviets Plan Lengthy Life LONDON (UP) riends do 1 you want to live to be 100 or 150 or even 180 years old9 I Then listen to this amazing dis covery brought you by a group of i outstanding Soviet scientists: a long time the question of increasing the span of life of hu man beings has been studied by a group of Moscow Leningrad and Kharkov scientists Prof Mironov charge of research says the available evideree both torical and clinical shows that the normal expectation of life lies between 150 and 180 You believe it? Well Leningrad radio in a broad cast monitored here today said there already are 1500 Russians who are more than 150 years old and 35000 that are over 100 this respect it is important to preserve the vitality and ac tivity of the central brain which is responsible for the major life pro the broadcast said or further information on this amazing scientific discovery send a card or letter at once to Mironov spelled I in care of Radio Leningrad There is no cost cr obligation Guizado Will Stand Trial PANAMA (UP) The National Assembly ignored former President Jose Ramon protestation of innocence and voted that he stand trial before the body for com plicity in the machinegun assassin ation of his predecessor President Jose Remon The assembly by a vote of 48 to 1 approved the recommendation of a special commission which inves tigated the allegations against Gui zado It set March 21 for the open ing of the trial The commission reported to the Assembly last week that its investi gation showed Guizado was impli cated by the testimony of the con fessed triggerman playboy lawyer Ruben Miro It recommended Gui zado stand trial before the Assemb ly as provided by the Panamanian constitution Remon was machinegunned to death Jan 2 while attending a horse race Three other members of his party also were killed Guizado as vice president auto matically succeeded Remon ol lowing confession he wasimpeached and arasted lUrCT VUK I Io AAkiur non i I UfU BtTTGEW I SUNDAY ONLY Providing the two stars with definitely off beat roles and film ed in and around Glacier National 1 Park against some of the most mag nificent scenery ever presented Technicolor this RKO Benedict A' Bogeaus production is an attraction with strong popular appeal She wk no she wk i creepin' cnwMA cursable tank! Urrinj SCOn BRADY A COLUMBIA PICTURE TONY CURTIS and Gene Nelson flank curvy Gloria De Haven here and they both make a play for her heart in this technicolor musical romance This Is which also stars Corinne Calvet and the new comedian Paul Gilbert The picture features nine new song and dance compositions This Is starts today at the State STATE A 0AYGl0M0VSB0MWCE0S0NC4flC0 The Wonderful Story of THREE SAILORS ON LEAVETHREE GIRLS IN LOVE and ive little Orphans in Trouble! 'i PHILIP DUNNE m' cwMM Starts at 6:45 takes a lot of figuring to solve this problem The construction of the ramps is a paving job with as much grad ing and landscaping as are requir ed for a private estate Cars are angled to look up at the screen to drive onto the ramn and off with out obstructing traffic Ushers with flashlights see that you take the proper path and make your i entrance and exit as you should You are safer on these premises than you are entering your own driveway at home The drive in manager is all over the place usu ally in a jeep or scooter that takes him everywhere in a hurry His responsibility is to the family the traffic authority and his boss all I at one time He runs a substantial merchandising business on the side intermission time in a drive in is the time to stretch take a walk visit the rest rooms and buy things at the concession counter Drive in theaters average 40 cents in food sales for every dollar in admissions Down South they sell chili in cones or cups and all right for if you spill it on the seat your seat cover that suffers Drive in theaters have as much van dalism as is prevalent in conven tional theaters The young audience is better behaved and less chance to be destructive Every car is equipped with a loud speaker and in these days of round sometimes two speakers Thse hang on posts con venient to the parking ramp and are inserted inside the car win dows If vou deal in modern Stere ophonic Sound hear four separate sound tracks delivered soiHvLinivS lorgei vo QibvuiiiixJCL liic speakers These hang on posts con them off the posts Good managers tell their patrons not to but to turn them in at the exit gate and everything will be all right Some speakers are stolen but they are really no good for any other use and this constitutes about the only form of pure vandalism Speakers are worth from twelve to twenty dollars each so it means a real loss if they are stolen Id ft Morse States I Vote Policy WASHINGTON The Dem ocratic Party had Oregon Sen Wayne Morse officially signed up as a member today but Morse warned he still plans to vote as he sees fit No party or economic pressure eroup will tell him how to vote any party label Morse said in announcing he would seek re election as a Dem ocrat Mmse bolted the Republican Party in 1952 and campaigned for Democrat Adlai Stevenson for president He then became an inde pendent and by so cioing gave the Democrats control of the Senate in this Congress With Morse officially on the Democratic side the Senate now has 49 Democrats and 47 Repub licans Morse said he feels his decision to run as a Democrat is the best way advance the cause of liberalism in American politics The Democratic program he told a Portland Ore rally is the best interests of the independent farmers small businessmen work ing people white collar and civil service workers indeed the over whelming majority of the people of He said is no question that during the last eight years I have tried to liberalize the Re publican Party but the task was Amity News The Women of the Church of Be thesda met Saturday afternoon ebruary 12 at the home of Mrs reeland Nine members were present The missionary society of Amity Tuthoran churcii met with Mrs Deaton Saturday ebruary 12 Mrs loyd Tolbert was pro gram leader Twelve members were present Mr Deaton who has been con fined to his home for several mon ths is improving James Moss a mmistral student from theological seminary of De cateur Ga was guest speaker at Bethesda church Sunday at the morning worship service Mr Moss was an overnight guest in the home of Mr and Mrs Roy McNeely Saturday bight and was the dinner guest of Mr and Mrs Carl Cook Sunday night O' Rev and Mrs Clyde Yates of Charlotte snent Monday with Mr and Mrs Cook Miss Ernestine Owens a student nurse at Rowan Memorial hospital spent the weekend with her par ents Mr and Mrs Ernest Owens Cleveland and Mt Ulla firemen were called to the home of Jess Horton of Cleveland route 2 Saturday The fire was caused by a defective chimney and did considerable damage to the house before the fire could be brought tinder control Mrs Neil Morrow recently visit ed her brother 1 Eugene Blankenship at ort Belvoir selves 1900 You could get two martinis for a quarter at the Old Waldorf bar that year Blair recalled as big as The pledge was unvarying irst a drink at the bar Then everybody stand and sing the song about their noble alma mater ar Above Cayuga's Waters then to table Every five years they met their ranks dwindling as the years passed They toasted the memory of those who dropped away and kept on meeting The Old Waldorf was torn down They transferred to the new one Before his silent toast Wednes day night Blair said: start ed dying on me nobody That was not precisely cor rect Only three attended the 1950 meeting Seven still live But ill ness or extreme distance kept them from this reunion Blair skipped dinner feel hungry Before his lone lifted glass he said: ullern one of our group once said be sorry we started this thing you know be cause when you get to the last Was he sorry? Blair downed his toast he said happy been a happy Screen Scoreboard Approved by City Council PLAYHOUSE: Saturday: rom ort Adults Young excell ent Children mature Late Show Saturday Monday Wednesday: Adult Young en tertaining Children no Thursday ridav: Queen Of Young good Children no STATE! 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