THE GALAX NEWS
August 30, 1956
PAGE 8
!GIFTS AND ANTIQUES
I FROM AN OLD SOUTHERN HOME
I
i Dixie Hall (built I830-I860) now offers a wide selection of old and new treasures,
Plus a complete decorator service:
Fabrics for slipcovers, curtains,
upholstery from my New York shop.
Lampshades in both silk and
parchment made to your order•
Lamps of many types, prices.
EVELYR hiOPE DflniEL
S
MAIN STREET
Historic "Dixie Hall”
»>THE COBWEB"
An impressive cast of stars has been
assembled by M-G-M for its filmization of
William Gibson’s best-seller noval, **The
Cobweb, ” playing V/ednesday, Sept. 5, at
the Galax Theatre,
Dealing with the intense drama and
conflict of personalities behind the
scenes of a psychiatric clinic, the pic
ture, filmed in CinemaScope and color,
offers an unforgettable gallery of char
acterizations, some of them strong and
courageous, others weak and conniving—
but all brought vividly to life by Rich
ard Widmexk, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boy
er, Gloria Grahame, Lillian Gish, John
Kerr, and Susan Strasberg.
The principals of the storj^ are Dr.
Stewart Mclver (Richard Widmark), head of
The Castle, as the clinic is known, who
feels that the patients can best be re
habilitated by being encouraged to take
over responsibility; his wife, Karen
(Gloria Grahame), who is making a last-
ditch effort to save their slipping mar
riage; Meg Rinehart (Lauren Bacall), the
activities director to whom Mclver turns
for the warmth and understanding he can
no longer find in Karen; Dr. Devanal
(Charles Boyer), fromer clinic head whose
authority has been t*?ken over by Mclver
and Victoria Inch (Lillian Gish), the
clinic *s high-haJided business manager,
torn between loyalty to her former boss
and the new one.
The acting in ”The Cobweb” is on a
par with the best the screen has ever
offered, with Widmark and Boyer as the
rival doctors. Miss Bacell as the girl
who convinces Mclver that he must set his
own house in order before he can become
a good psychiatrist, and Miss Grahame
as the taut, unhappy wife, ell meriting
praise* The celebrated Lillian Gish, in
her first appearance on the Metro lot in
27 years, comes close to stealing every
scene in which she appears as the sharp-
tongued Victoria Inch, ?nd there are two
outstanding film debut performances on
the pajft of John Kerr ajid Susan Stras
berg, respectively. Kerr, who scored on
the Broadway stage in "Tea and Sympathy, '•
gives a dynamic portrayal of the confused
and sensitive Steven Holte, with Miss
Strasberg playing the appealing Sue
Brett.
Franklin, N. C.
GUESTS OF THE POTTS HOUSE
W. E. McNair, Lanford, N.C,; Howard
Hotart & James Doskey, Gretna, La»; Mr.
& Mrs. Howard Hotard, Gretna, La.; Mr.
& Mrs. G, VJ* Lewis, George & Faye Lewis;
14rs. W. A. Burgess, Jr. & daughter,
Spartanburg, S.C.; Don Barnes, Charlotte
N. C.; Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Mugruder, Aug
usta, Ga.; Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Chandler,
Southern Pines, N, C.; Dr. W. 0. Burn
ham & family, Hopeville, Ga*; John B.
Tsching & family. West Palm Beach, Fla.
Mr. & Mrs. L. E, Wagenon, West Palm
Beach, Fla.; Mr, & I'irs, R. J. Murden,
Norfolk, Va«; Mr, & Mrs, Noah Eads &
friend, Georgetown, Ky.; Misses Lila
Lumpkin & Isabel Richter, Maccn, Ga.;
Mr, Ǥr. I-irs. Leroy Faulconer, Ky.; Mr. &
Mrs, B. P. Milner; Mrs, W. T. Middle-
brooks. Perry, Ga.; B. L. Chalker,
Wrens, Ga.; Thomas H. Plemons, Chicago,
111.; J. E. Burns & family, Bitam, Ma.
Mr. & Mrs, Paul Fouy & family, New
berry, S. C*; Mr. & Mrs, Harold Fouy &
family, Newberry, S.C.; Mr. & Mrs. E,
M, Epply, Greensboro, N.C,; Mr. & Mrs.
VI, T. i'ikloy. East Point, Ga,; Miss
Marguerite Lehmann; Mr, &Mrs, W, H.
Eaddy, Florence, S, C,; T. E. Ragsdale,
Atlanta, Ga,; ^Irs. Mabel G. Smith,
Sarrosota, Fla.; Mr, & Mrs, W, S,
Harrison, East Point, Ga,; Mr. & Mrs.
R. E. Flownoy, Atlanta, Ga«; Mr. & Mrs.
T. M. Johnston, Green Cove Spring, FLa*
I'ir. & Mrs, Bill Johnson, liilledge-
ville, Ga.| Mr. & Mrs, Lewis Edge, Col
umbus, Ga*; ^^r, & Mrs, E, B, Barrett,
Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. & Mrs. E. W. Newman,
Green Cove Springs, Fla.; Florence
Morow, Milledgeville, Ga. 5 Mr. & ^^rs.
F. B. Leathers, Athens, Ga.; Palmer
Phillips, Orlando, Fla.; I^Ir. & Mrs* Bill
(Con*t* pagell)
BELK5 DEPT STOR.E
SERVING
MACON counts:
Franklin, N. C*