Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1959: Sophia Loren was starring in “The Black Orchid,” playing at Clovis’ Lyceum theater.
“Bad? Sure, I’m bad,” her character said in promotional advertising.
“It takes someone bad to tell you what it’s like at the bottom of hell.”
Anthony Quinn was Loren’s co-star.
Across the street at the State theater, Audie Murphy and Sandra Dee were starring in “The Wild and the Innocent.”
“He’s twenty ... untamed by law or lady,” the promotional advertising told us.
“She’s sixteen ... and scared ... of the facts of life.
“Together ... they shared a fighting adventure as they tamed a rough new world.”
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