The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 12, 1954, Page 5

: ——e E KEY WEST CITIZEN = Page 3 ai of e untamed animals, scenes in which! Friday, February 12. 1954 THE KEY \ crnize WERING KEY WEST WITH Wildlife In The American [de animals could react saturaly. oving Citizen Reporte oe Movie [usserstimae ues sr Wilderness Shows In ovie of wild timberland for the “stage” THERE ARE many little news items about Key West that often miss the headlines but and all the untamed animals of Gre still of interest to Citizen readers. We're trying an experiment by putting them all 1 One of the most remarkable pic.jin the High Sierras, but this is no|the region for the “players.” i A ten-acre compound was built gether in this new fecure. 1 you like the idea, let us know. tures ever filmed by Metro-Gold-!ordinary screen romance. It is aif: the animals as well as two DID YOU know that one of our |wyn-Mayer is brought to the Strand story in which drama is played by smaller compounds and a small Rewest charterboat captains is 2 just exactly how he meant that/new sightseeing tour is turning in-/screen Tuesday with the showing not only such human members of corral. In the corral were herded former World's Champion Caif Ro- statement), but he didn’t seem to to one of the more popular events of “Sequoia” (pronounced “See-|i+, cast as Jean Parker and Rus- scores of animals that had been Der? He held the title in 1941 and think too much of Dick as a sports- sa quo-yah”), which unfolds a love|.o Hardie but by such wild ani-\trapped — a mnciintaie sine: bake 1942, His name is Curtis Ryan. (man. The news had gotten out!" the:Istand. It isn't surprising 10). ‘blended into a saga of Am- 121s as the puma and deer, coy-|cats, raccoons, a wolf, coyotes, an Curt, as most of the folks call about the celebrities being on his VieW of the fact that even many erican animal life. otes, bears, raccoons, eagles, rat-lordinary hound dog and a fawn. him, rode the major radeo circuit/boat and a little friction develop- Key Westers have not been in the Nearly two years in the making, tlesnakes and other denizens of As time passed. this motley for years. He was just hitting his ed at the docks with photographers|Yard since World War II caused the picture, an M-G-M Hall of sequoia National Park bunch of animals became friends stride by winning the above men-|—Dick was very resentful of their'strict security measures to be Fame Hae Lafoeciayinel i nies eset is the bye played together = not one tioned mpionships wi ; ; ions of the High Sierr who proved the apparent im-/o! er ever attem to harm War I peas along Paar PPaul (Black Pau,) Carballo is placed into effect. ee photographed by a camera pasties He made Tooal compan-janother. As the ae called off to a much rougher kind of con- mate on the “Gilda.” He is recog-. ENTERTAINMENT. . .“Be- and shows such startling scenes as jyne of the puma and the deer. He|Gato grew up, the fawn,’ Malibu, test. After the war, Curt went back nized locally as one of the best ineath The 12 Mile Recs” is a pic-'a mountain lion and a deer, na- recorded their natural — or un-|was growing up with him, and as to the rodeos for awhile but the the business and how Curt ever ture none of us want to miss. ture’s most deadly enemies, playing natural — lives in a motion pic-|the months passed, the puma and old thrill wasn’t there He came|won him away from the other, moré Folks familiar with Key West who together like lambs; lion's and wol- ture that has been acclaimed as/the deer became boon companions down to Florida, worked in Miami established charter boats is a mys-have seen the picture tell us that ves stalking animal prey; and in- one of the finest nature studies to|They displayed temperament only for awhile and landed in Key West tery along the waterfront. it doesn't do justice to our town’s timate records of the daily life of reach the screen. lwhen they were separated. in 1951. | history but since so many of us such wild animals as coyotes, rac- The actual making of the story) Finally, not an animal was in- It wasn’t long before Captain! IF YOU are new in town and Observed the filming of the picture, coons, bears, eagles, rattlesnakes, of “Sequoia” was accomplished |jured or destroyed in filming “Se- Ryan, (to give him his official have never visited the Navy Yard, Wild horses couldn't keep us away baby fawns and small lion cubs. with one factor uppermost, the quoia” although for dramatic ac- title for once), discovered that here is your opportunity. from seeing the finished product. Other highlights are scenes in creation of natural scenes for the|tion such things were simulated. fishing in Gulfstream waters and There is a bus that leaves the It will soon be shown at the Strand.|which a herd of two-hundred deer meeting scores of visitors was as\Chamber of Commerce building at There is sista aa eae we ae eyes a winebrenk nee bles thrilling as ridin; y Saturday and Won't want tv miss—The Key West ty feet high on a migration into listening to the presi pe Poet oh piper rebic of Players’ “Bell, Book and Candle.” the mountains; a mountain lion fans, He secured a job on the the Naval establishment. No reser- It is being presented at the Barn and deer actually “kissing’ 3 More Yacht Eillen III as mate and after vations are made for this tour but Theatre starting Monday, February than a dozen specimens of wild life he had learned local waters, pur- the Chamber of Commerce issues 15, and according to all reports, together, being bottle-fed like ba- chased bis own charterboat—“Gil- tickets first-come, first-served be- is a rip-snorting wich story with bies; a death struggle between da.” \ginning at 1:30 p. m. The bus the aceent on comic rather than giant five-point bucks fighting for Rita Hayworth and her husband leaves at 2 Pp. m. jevil deeds. supremacy of their herd, and other Dick Haymes chartered the “‘Gil-- The lady at the C of C tells us| slemaneal phases of jaan life da” when they visited Key West that forty-seven tickets are availa- J ° rarely seen by human eyes. a few weeks ago. Curt mars Rita ble Haare that it is best to come Lincoln Students Bokae pares a0 astell peraly wasn't too bad, (we didn't inquire early to be assured a seat. This) k F Hidd Sab wo Tote perala mbna See or en love amid the breathtaking beau- ty of Sequoia National Park, the ° world’s largest forest of giant Materials Now trees. Also in the cast are Samuel CHICAGO (#—Is the well of facts|S. Hinds, Paul Hurst, Ben Hall, about Abraham Lincoln going dry? Willie Fung and Harry Lowe, Jr. Researchers have been dipping} “Sequoia” is based on the novel, into it for decades. \“‘Malibu,” by Vance Joseph Hoyt. WHAT You HAVE Tons of material about him have|It was directed by Chester M. been printed. |Franklin and was produced by The Chicago Civil War Round|John W. Considine, Jr. BEEN LOOKING FOR Table, an organizatiop which in-| Side by side, a puma and a deer a eludes a number of Lincoln schol-'— hereditary enemies — walk ars, has summoned its members|through life. They are inseparable to a meeting next Friday night to,;companions. They fight gach discuss these questions: lother’s lives. “Has the Lincoln theme been ex-) Is such a feast possible? The an- ® E xX T wy E & K hauted? Have all the Lincoln books|swer is to be found on the screen been written? Has Lincoln been|where M-G-M is showing “Sequo- | covered so thoroughly that therejia,” a Hall of Fame release, and is no need of more?” lone of the most remarkable pic- For Home or Commercial Use... We Are Prepared To Furnish You With Clean, Pure Cube Mo Crushed ICE Thompson Enterprises, Inc. 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