The Bridges at Toko-Ri’ Hailed as
Film of Breath-Taking Power
The intensely human anc high
ly suspenseful story of our fight
ing Naval jet flyers who so gal
lantly fought the recent Korean
War, is the subject matter of
Paramount’s brand new Techni
color production, “The Bridges at
Toko-ri” which is due to open at
the Theater Wednesday.
Based on the James A. Michen
er best selling novel of the same
title, the film stars William Hol
den, Grace Kelly, Fredric March
and Mickey Rooney.
Filmed on location in Tokyo
and o'f the Korean coast aboard
the massive aircraft carriers that
just a few months before were
locked in deadly combat with the
enemy, “The Bridges at Toko-ri”
is a hard-hitting, searing docu
ment on modern warfare. Never
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before in the history pf film-mak
ing have such startling scenes of
aerial warfare been filmed.
In addition to the scenic excite
ment, the picture abounds with
the taut and explosive drama of
men in the midst of death and
destruction. It is also the story of
the fleet admiral, Fredric March’s
relationship with his men, partic
ularly that with a young flying
lieutenant, William Holden, whose
family has just arrived in Tokyo
from the States. It is Holden’s
duty to fly a mission regarded as
the most dangerous of the entire
campaign.
How these events are pictured
on the more important canvas of
the Korean War is the great story
so magnificently related in “The
Bridges at Toko-ri.” Produced by
William Perlberg and George Sea
ton and directed by Mark Robson
from a screenplay by Valentine
Davies, this very human celluloid
document is heralded as the finest
war film to have come from Hol
lywood in many years.
With its fine cast, its inspiring
story based on the Korean War’s
most important novel, “The
Bridges at Toko-ri” emerges as a
highlight of the new cinema sea
son. Its arrival is eagerly awaited.
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Festival of Music At
Anchorage Will Feature
Five Noted Musicians
Alaska’s Governor Heintzleman
said he believes the first annual
Festival of Music to 'be held in
Anchorage Aug. 27 - Sept. 4,
“will be very constructive” in
creating better Stateside under
standing of Alaska’s cultural and
educational development, as well
as its population growth.
He said he is pleased that the
demand for good music by Alas
kans and the organized talent of
civilians and military is bringing
to Alaska the famous Robert
Shaw and four other noted guest
artists.
The Anchorage Festival of
Music is sponsored by the An
chorage Community Chorus of
125 voices, the Anchorage Sym
phony Orchestra of a half-hun
dred instruments, and the An
chorage Community College, af
filiated with the University of
Alaska.
Approximately half of the
Chorus and Symphony are mili
tary stationed at Fort Richardson
and Elmendorf Air Force Base.
Many of the military now doing
their “service stretch" are well
known names in the States as
choral, choir, school, church and
orchestral leaders and night club
headliners.
The Festival is part of the
world-wide commemoration of
Mozart’s birth. Arriving with
Shaw to conduct the Festival are
Blake Stern, head of the voice
department of Yale University;
Julius Herford, musicologist and
music consultant to RCA Victor;
Robert Gerle, professor of violin
and chamber music at the Pea
body Conservatory in Baltimore,
and concertmaster of the San
Diego Symphony; and John Wust
man, vocal coach and accompan
ist who assists Robert Shaw in
the Workshop of Choral Arts in
San Diego.
Thieves Took Everything
But the Kitchen Sink
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., UP>—
Thieves left the kitchen sink in a
home owned by Mrs. William
O’Sullivan, but not much else.
Police reported someone stole
all the inside doors, furniture, hot
water tank, cast iron porch rail
ings, a $1,700 heating unit, and a
built-in bathtub.
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Alaska Highway Tourist Travel
Breaks All Records This Summer
FAIRBANKS, (A>>—1Tourist tra-'
vel to Alaska via automobile has
broken all records this summer,
it was reported at the Tok Junc
tion Customs and Immigration
Station on the highway.
The largest number of tourists
ever to enter Alaska in a single
month by vehicle was recorded in
July when 2,331 cars and trucks
carrying 6,803 persons passed
through Tok Junction.
This month traffic is showing
the usual August decline, but an
average of 200 travelers a day are
still entering Alaska via the high
way through Canada. The figures
this year are the highest since the
Tok Junction Customs and Im
migration Station was established
with the opening of ttye Alcan
Highway, since renamed the Al
aska Highway.
Silas M. Packard, Immigration
Service Officer who has been
stationed at Tok since 1947 said
that this year most of the travel
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PARIS, UR— Dog star Rin Tin
Tin saved six more lives last
night.
Liliane Bonnel, 7, called her
parents and grandparents and
younger brother in from the gar
den to see Rin Tin Tin on tele
vision.
A few seconds later the whole
top, floor of a house being built
next door crashed onto the gar
den terrace where they had been
sitting.
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ers are tourists in contrast to past
years when construction workers
predominated.
Tourists Given, Visitor's Kits
Packard said that this year
each tourist entering Alaska is
being given a letter of greeting
from the governor, a lapel pin
and Alaska Visitor bumper stick
ers for the automobile. The wel
coming kit was provided by the
Alaska Vistors Association.
“Virtually all tourists demand
two stickers, one to display in
Alaska and a fresh one to put on
the car when they return back
home in the States. They want
everybody to know they’ve been
to Alaska,” he said.
Packard said the most common
remark he has heard from tour
ists who arrive over the highway
goes something like this: “I’ve
been wanting to make this trip
for years.”
He said Alaska suffers in com
parison to Canada because of the
absence of highway camping
areas. “Most of the tourists have
camping gear. They can’t afford
to spend every night in a lodge.
They remark on the absence of
free campsites which are spaced
all along the highway in Canada.”
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