Most Honors And Awards Go To
Spectacular Film “Ben-Hur”
"Ben-Hur,” which has been mak
ing history almost since the day in
1880 when it was first published as
a novel, has been produced by Met
ro-Gold win-Mayer as one of the
most spectacular motion picture
achievements of all time.
Since its completion and release,
it has received more honors and
awards than any film in the history
of Hollywood. From the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sci
ences it received a total of 11
“Oscars,” more awards than any
motion picture has ever received
in Academy history.
“Ben-Hur” won in the following
categories:
Best Picture of 1959; Best Direc
tion (William Wyler); Best Actor
(Charlton Heston); Best Support
ing Actor (Hugh Griffith); Best
Musical Score (Miklos Rozsa); Best
Color Cinematography (Robert L.
Sturtees); Best Editing (Ralph E.
Winters, John D. Dunning); Best
Costume Design (Elizabeth Haffen
den); Best Art Direction (William
A. Horning, Edward Carfagno, Set
Decoration by Hugh Hunt); Best
Special Effects (A. Arnold Gilles
pie and Robert MacDonald for Vis
ual (Effects, Milo Lory for Sound
Effects); Best Sound (Franklin E.
Milton.)
“Ben-Hur” also was honored by
the British Film Academy as the
Best Picture of the Year; was
named Best Picture of the Year by
the All American Press; was cited
as Best Produced Film by the
Screen Producers Guild; as Best
Directed Film by the Screen Di
rectors Guild; and won the New
York Film Critics Award, the Fed
eration of Motion Picture Councils’
Award and the Hollywood Foreign
Press Association’s Golden Globe
as the Best Motion Picture of the
Year.
In addition it has received spe
cial plaques from the National Con
ference of Christians and Jews,
from a number of magazines, and
has been named as Best Picture of
the Year by nearly every newspa
per critic in every city in which it
has opened.
Filmed in Italy and among other
locales in which the story is set,
“Ben-Hur” is the most ambitious
motion picture ever undertaken by
any company.
More Than 300 Sets Constructed
More than 300 sets were con
structed, the most dramatic being
the arena for the chariot race se
quence. Covering more than 18
acres and with 1.500-foot straight
aways alongside the Soina in the
center, this was the largest single
movie set ever built. Four statues
atop the Spina stood oO feet high
each. Almost three months were
devoted to filming of tne race, one
of the most exciting and nighly dra
matic sequences ever recorded on
celluloid.
Ten square blocks, representing
the ancient city of Jerusalem, rose
miraculously on the studio’s back
lot. These were dominated by a
huge replica of the architecturally
impressive Joppa Gate, which leads
into the walled city
A man-made lake was dug out
of the earth and two full-sized
Roman galleys placed upon it for
close shots of the tremendous sea
battle sequence.
On the largest sound stage in
Europe, a courtyard containing 40
fountains was built around a floor
covered with a mosaic created out
of millions of tiny pieces of colored
glass.
Thousands upon thousands of
costumes (it was impossible to
make an accurate count), including
1,000 pieces of armor, were assem
bled from all over the world. A bolt
of rare silk, for instance, for one
of Ben-Hur’s costumes, was pro
cured from Siam. More than a mil
lion props to decorate the sets were
assembled by a staff that worked
in Rome some two years before the
picture began filming.
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Rowlinsr Tourney
During; Festival
A doubles Bowling tournament
will be staged at the Elk’s Bowling
Lanes during the Kodiak King Crab
Festival starting at 12 noon Satur
day, May 6, and concluding May 7.
This tournament is open to all
A. B. C. and W. A. B. C. bowlers.
Handicap will be based on % of
200, with highest average as of
April 1, 1961. Anyone without an
average will bowl scratch.
Information on prizes, line fees
and other data may be obtained by
calling Russ Panchot, phone 486—
5222, or calling in at the Bowling
Lanes.
An added attraction this year will
be the awarding of king crabs in
the following categories:
Men: High series scratch; high
game scratch; high series w/hdcp,
high game 2/hdcp.
Women: High series scratch;
high game scratch; high series
w/hdcp; high game w/hdcp.
NURSES CONVENTION IN JUNE
The annual Nurses Association
Convention for all of Alaska will
be held in Anchorage this year,
June 12th through June 16th.
The Millikens Present
" Mirth Around the Earth *’
(A VARIETY SHOW FEATURING
LOCAL TALENT) AND
KING CRAB CORONATION BALL
Coronation of Queen at Midnight
DRAWING AT 12:30 A. M.
SATURDAY, MAY 6,1961
KODIAK ARMORY
Showtime: 8:00 P. M.
Dancing From 10:00 P.M.
ALL-INCLUSIVE PRICE PER PERSON: $2.00
CHILDREN UNDER 12: 75 CENTS
Cauvel-Durley
Wedding In July
The engagement of their daugh- ’
ter, Anita Mae to Ralph Durley
was recently announced by Mr. and
Mrs. 0. S. Cauvel, of Port Angeles,
Washington. The couple plan a
July 15th wedding.
The groom-to-be is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Durley of
the Kodiak Naval Station. He is ,
now attending Seattle University.
Funeral Held
For Wesley McKee
Funeral Services were held
Thursday, April 13, at Afognak for
Wesley McKee, aged 40. who died
April 9. He is survived by his wife,
Eleanor, brother Skip, and four
stepsons, Rodger, Michael, Kath
leen and Bobbie Painter.
Mr. and Mrs. Stone
Convention Bound
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stone leave
today for Seattle, where they will
attend the Northwest Regional
Conference of the Child Welfare
League of America, which will be
held at the Olympic Hotel, begin
ning Sunday.
The Stines are official delegates
of the Kodiak Community Baptist
Church to the Washington State
Convention of the American Bap
tist group to be held in Spokane,
beginning Friday of next week.
POLICE SLOGAN
Will you 'help save a life? Then
walk carefully today so that you
can walk tomorrow.
THIRTY-SEVEN CHILDREN were in attendance at an Easter
party given for children of the Coast Guard Wives Club. The party
was complete with the little red school house, and prizes given for
finding the lucky egg.
Recently a steak dinner was held at the E. M. Club featuring Miss
Dunbar, a Max Factor consultant. Wives in the Club and their hus
bands were present together with 8 guests.
*DORALEES *
Club Cafe
Special for this weekend.
Chicken Dinner — Complete
S2.50
Open 6 A. M. to 1 A. M.
OPEN MONDAYS
Closed Sundays Until Further Notice
_Phone 486-2898_
Coming May 4
Spectacles of Sight and Sound
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the world's all-time best
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an empire to love a slave!
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