Our Town
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| Initial release | May 24, 1940 |
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| Directors | Sam Wood |
| Adapted from | Our Town |
| Composers | Aaron Copland |
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| ID | 775922 |
About Our Town
For the residents of Grover's Corners, daily life proceeds at a predictable pace. The milkman (Stuart Erwin) arrives like clockwork, the neighbors perpetually gossip about nothing and children contemplate their future. Two of these children, George (William Holden) and Emily (Martha Scott), fall in love as adults and, despite last-minute nerves, get married. Their happiness does not last, however, as Emily dies during the birth of a child. Returning as a ghost, she ponders her existence.
Luis Díaz: Colombians march for release of footballer's father
... " It s an injustice that someone from Our Town, a son of a local family should be suffering this pain and sadness, " she added...
Rising tide of homelessness could bankrupt seaside town
... " Our Town is too poor to reach the prices they re trying to charge...
Medway: Christmas lights cancelled by council
... " " We will continue to work closely with Our Town centre businesses to explore further ways to support them this Christmas...
Luton Town: How Premier League football is uniting the area
... " The buzz in the local town has been amazing and having a Premier League club in Our Town will inspire young people, " she says...
The Syrian girl whose parents were deported while she was at school
... We can t return to Our Town because of the situation there, " says Raghad s father, whose identity we are protecting due to safety concerns...
Jack Teixeira's hometown of Dighton reacts to his arrest
... " Daniel Barone, who s one year older than Teixeira, says his grandmother called him at work " and she was, like, someone from Our Town just got arrested by the FBI! It s pretty crazy...
Stafford MP deselected one week after maternity leave return
... She added: " Our Town will soon see investment from the Levelling Up Fund and the Shared Prosperity Fund is already transforming the town centre with the Shire Hall due to fully reopen soon...
Ohio train derailment: Rail firm pulls out of meeting with residents
... " It was like a bomb went through Our Town...
Luis Díaz: Colombians march for release of footballer's father
By Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC News
Residents of the Colombian town of Barrancas have held a candle-lit march to demand the release of The Father of Liverpool footballer Luis Díaz.
Luis Manuel Díaz was kidnapped At Gunpoint along with his wife on Saturday.
The Player 's mother was Left Behind in a car by The Kidnappers as police closed in, but The Gunmen dragged away his father.
Specialised police units are searching the area with sniffer dogs.
Shouting " freedom" and dressed in white T-shirts emblazoned with a photo of Luis Manuel Díaz, hundreds of people marched through Barrancas on Tuesday afternoon.
" I feel a pain deep in my soul, " resident Alis Amaya told local station Caracol news.
" It's an injustice that someone from Our Town , A Son of a local family should be suffering this pain and sadness, " she added.
Luis Manuel Díaz, also known as Mane, is a well-known and popular figure in Barrancas, where he trains young footballers.
CCTV footage broadcast by local media appears to show men on motorcycles following the couple's car just before they were seized at a petrol station in Barrancas on Saturday.
The Deputy head of the Colombian police, General Nicolás Zapata, told journalists that " when something like this happens, it's not spontaneous, there is prior planning".
The Colombian authorities have stepped up their search for Luis Manuel Díaz.
Barrancas is located in La Guajira province, in the extreme north of Colombia, an area where several guerrilla groups and armed gangs operate.
Police and soldiers are focusing their search on the Perijá mountains, a dense forest straddling the Colombia-Venezuela border.
Police Chief William Salamanca announced on Tuesday that two sniffer dogs with experience of searching for people in jungle areas had been flown to the area to Join In The Search .
Elite police units are using helicopters and planes equipped with heat-seeking cameras to fly over The Forest .
They have also dropped leaflets with a photo of Luis Manuel Díaz and the offer of a 200m-peso reward ($50,000; £40,000) for information on Luis Manuel Díaz's whereabouts.
On Monday, police said that they had identified A Number of individuals " linked to the kidnapping" but did not say who they were.
They have, however, said that he appears to have been seized by a criminal gang rather than a guerrilla group.
There are A Number of gangs which engage in smuggling, extortion and people-trafficking on both sides of the porous border.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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