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LONGVIEW. TEXAS. SUNDAY. APRIL 7. 1963 THE LONGVIEW SUNDAY NEWS-IOURNA1.

'Jumbo' Attraction To Opan Tonight the-century story and also entered a lion cage alone to face seven of the snarling beasts, any one of which could have reached him with a single leap. "I'll try anything once," he says, "like any good Irishman." thus be able to continue working with Dominguin. His courage was displayed on several occasions while appearing in "Jumbo." To name only two, he piloted an ancient 1909 model Bleriot monoplane in the tura-of- Having established himself as a powerful dramatic actor as Mes-sala in the epic "Ben-Hur, Stephen Boyd recently proved that he is equally at ease in the rarefied air of screen musicals when he played opposite Doris Day at Metro-Gold wyn-Mayer in "Billy Rose's Jumbo," opening at the Twin Pines. Boyd enjoyed the plum role, which is certain to add a new dimension to his reputation as one of I the screen's top male "I swing on the trapeze, ride bareback and walk a tight-rope." said the Irish-born actor who, in addition to romancing Doris Day. also worked with co-stars Jimmy Durante and Martha Raye.

"Doris and I sing a duet on a revolving merry-go-round. Then we do a waltz all through the empty circus grounds. This way my favorite scene in the film. Boyd, who built a home in the San Fernando Valley two years ago, now considers himself an American, although lately he has if .1 -VS Bau MT 1 M. rTaaiiMirf BSa ir -7i-.

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What could be more American than that?" The youngest of nine children, he was bitten by the acting bug at an early age and used to entertain patrons of Belfast's famous meeting places by acting out scenes from plays. "At the time, my favorite movie actor was John Wayne, declares Boyd, "and he still is." His favorite actors of the stage are Sir Laurence Olivier and Michael Redgrave. The Litter helped him when he was a struggling young actor in London and the two still exchange letters. "I'll never forget his kindness or the trouble he took to help me when I had nowhere to turn." Boyd says. Director William Wyler, who selected Boyd to play the role of Messala in "Ben-Hur" when he was still an unknown, gave his career a meteoric upward turn.

"I had played several small parts upuntil that time," he says, "and needed that one big role to achieve recognition." After his performance hi the triumphant film, which earned him honors throughout the world, he was signed to play opposite Elizabeth Taylor in "But delays kept "me waiting around for a year," states Boyd, who was to play Marc Antony. "So I obtained my release and went right into Following this film, he portrayed Sam Rawlins in "Jumbo." then flew to Rome to star opposite Gina Loilabrigida in "Imperial Venus." Off the set, Boyd spends much of his leisure lime playing golf. But he became interested in a new bobby, bullfighting, when he acted opposite Bi igitte Bardot in "The Night Heaven Fell." most of which was filmed in Madrid. The famous Spanish matador. Luis Miguel Dominguin, who fought in the bullring in the picture, awakened Boyd's enthusiasm for the sport.

"Luis taught me how to manipulate the cape," he says," and I was almost ready to fight a small bull when I had to leave." But Boyd is slated to return to Madrid to star in "The Rise and the Fall of the Roman Empire" and will 'II TONITE Open 6:30 TRAPEZE ARTISTS Doris Day and Martha Raye perform on the trapeze in a dazzling aerial act of "Billy Rose's Jumbo." spectacular musical with a circus background, also starring Stephen Boyd and Jimmy Durante. The film opens tonight at the Twin Pines Drive-In theater. First Loarriew Sbowinc First Feature the Filmed-Ag-1t-Happened Story ef tha avert man who afi. lived one of the moat XT: incredible sagaa of our time! SPECIAL FOR SUHDA i koast txc or iamb fell i i i i DINNER r.rsley Be-- ti rres Tany Ml 4 aw m. daw rrnwii IT a- A 'Ullffi "ir 4 0.

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