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*9 Eva Marie Saint and husband Jeffrey Hayden parade down the walk from the Brown Hotel to the Brown Theatre, solidly lined by an Honor Guard from the University of Louisville and the Kentucky Military Institute.
nan behind the men who engineered ville shindig, Metro's vice-president of advertising and publicity, How, joins star Jane Powell in flashing i the cheering throng at Louisville's Mr. Dietz, who played the genial erfection, had much to smile about e affair went off in grand style.
4 Louisville's Mayor Broaddus (top) and Millard Kaufman associate producer and screenplay writer, address theatre front crowds.
4 Scenes outside the Brown Hotel and the theatre the night of the premiere give an indication of the great crowds that turned out to hail the visiting celebrities. Note white hats of the Honcr Guard that was hard put to keep the surging fans back from parading stars.
The day of the premiere, October 2, was a signal one for both the visitors and the Louisville hosts. The high spol of the afternoon's pre-premiere activities was a fabulous barbecue at the famed Matt Wynn Williamson horse farm, where the nation's greatest thoroughbreds are groomed. As the guests arrived at the Kentucky blue grass site, white-coated waiters met them with trays stocked with the traditional frosty mint-juleps, kept the spirits high throughout the afternoon as the \isitors were treated to burgoo, the incomparable Kentucky taste treat served in sil
INTEGRATION NOTE
Not even the burning problem of integration marred the junket. Riding down Louisville's Main Street in the motorcade, a northern newsman noted a schoolyard full of wide-eyed youngsters, with a sprinkling of dark skins among the white faces pressed against the fence bars. "Is that a parochial school'/" . the press member asked his young driver. With quiet pride, tin blonde young man replied: "So. sub, that's a public school. We've had no fuss with integration. The law's the law." It was a perfect start for a faultless visit to a congenial Southern city.
ver cups from a tremendous vat, and succulent barbecued chicken and beef.
It was the evening that truly capped the hoop-la. Following a buffet dinner, stars, press and celebrities in full formal dress stepped from the hotel to be greeted by pressing, shouting crowds that filled the streets, bright as daylight under the klieg glare. Lining the blocklong pavement between the hotel and the theatre stretched an Honor Guard in spit-and-polish dress uniform from the Kentucky Military Institute and the University of Louisivlle, as police were hard put to hold back the surging ( Continued on Page 24 )
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