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...came $3,000,000, to be used on a 1,200-seat repertory theater. For the general fund covering construction expenses, one member of the Philharmonic's board of directors anonymously kicked in $500,000. Total gifts so far: $28,550,000, largely from the Ford, Rockefeller and Avalon Foundations. Still needed...
...lungs hauled out through the opening. Otherwise, it is the story of a Danish slave boy, Ogier, who wins his freedom and roves with the Viking freebooters from Iceland to Italy. In the end, he marries a princess and sails with her to discover a land that Ogier called Avalon, but that sounds very much like America...
...Route. In Phoenix, Ariz., Howard Lampton advertised in the Phoenix Republic's "Lost" column: "Teeth, uppers near Avalon on South Central; lowers near Riverside ballroom...
...makers of Margie had the good taste, good sense and steady hands to avoid cuteness, undue hokum and the extremes of either patronizing burlesque or sticky sentiment. The acting is restrained and sometimes touching, the color pleasant, the music nostalgic (Avalon, I'll See You in My Dreams, Three O'Clock in the Morning). As Jeanne's grandmother remarks somewhere in the story: "At your age, child, everything is wonderful." Margie's camera somehow manages to look at things with a 16-year-old's wonderful perspective. Oldsters now crowding 40 can be grateful...
...best-seller cigaret among U.S. troops in London last week was Chelsea, a comparative newcomer, which outstripped all combined old-established brands 2½-to-1. The best-seller in Australia was a onetime "10?" brand called Domino, followed by Wings, Raleigh and Avalon. Reason: there were few if any Camels, Chesterfields, Lucky Strikes, Old Golds and Philip Morris available. At the Army canteen nearest MacArthur's headquarters, Avalons had been for a fortnight the only cigaret available...