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James Stewart, Judy Holliday, and Jose Ferrer are as successful on the screen as they were on stage in three recent seleases. Harvey is at the Astor, Broadway and 45th; Born Yesterday at the Victoria, one block north; and Cyrano de Bergerao at the Bijou, 45th Street west of the Great White...
...London, outspoken Lady Astor spoke out again: "I hope the English have not lost their power of protesting, for protesting against what is wrong made us great. My husband says I protest every time I get on the railways. Well, it's our job to protest. When I see some of our railway people with their jackets undone, I say to them: 'Who do you think you are -Italians? Button up your jackets...
...first-class openings mark the New York scene. Mary Chase's Harvey starts Thursday at the Astor, Broadway and 45th, James Stewart plays the lead role, as he did on Broadway for quite a spell. Another superb comedy returns to the Great White Way in movie form: Judy Holiday won a screen test derby to retain the part which made her famous on the stage in Born Yesterday. Broderick Crawford and William Holden have the supporting roles. The premiere is scheduled at the Victoria, Broadway and 46th, a week from today...
Last week Lady Astor drove down from London to pay him a visit. "Oh, Nancy," Shaw murmured to his longtime friend as she sat gently stroking the parchment skin on his still defiantly bearded white head, "I want to sleep, to sleep." These quiet words were among the last that voluble Bernard Shaw was heard to speak. When the end came, Shaw met it with a faint quizzical smile that might have been construed as satisfied...
...close friends and no clergymen were present. A sprig of rosemary from the garden of his famed correspondent, the late Actress Ellen Terry, lay on his casket during the trip to the crematory. "I want my ashes mingled with those of my wife," Shaw had told Nancy Astor. "After that, you may bury me wherever you like." Likeliest resting place: Westminster Abbey...