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Among actors of Italian and Spanish background, for example, Dino Crecetti opted to be Dean Martin, Margarita Cansino became Rita Hayworth, Anna Maria Italiano is now Anne Bancroft. Anglicizing their names, Anthony Benedetto became Tony Bennett and Giovanni de Simone became Johnny Desmond. Among Jews, Izzy Itskowitz probably needed to sandpaper that a bit; yet he stayed with a Jewish name: Eddie Cantor. But most-from Jerry Levitch (Jerry Lewis) to Nathan Birnbaum (George Burns), Emanuel Goldenberg (Edward G. Robinson), Pauline Levy (Paulette Goddard), Rosetta Jacobs (Piper Laurie), and Melvin Hesselberg (Melvyn Douglas)-have preferred the Anglo-Saxon angle...
...varsity heavyweights are faced with an entirely different problem. The crew which was suddenly "veteranned" at Redtop last year has six men returning from the boat that beat Yale by more than seven lengths. Included in this list are Al Hager, John Hodges, Nick Bancroft, Larry Timson, Spen Borden, and Captain John Higginson...
Levin's doctoral thesis analysed the histories of the 19th century masters, George Bancroft, William Prescott, John Motley, and Francis Parkman, all of whom were contemporary to one another, and all of whom where Harvard graduates, members of Boston's Brahmin caste, and writers of superb narrative gifts. Out of this thesis came Levin's first book, History as Romantic...
Love will send to the sprints virtually the same boat that raced in the Adams Cup last week. Captain Perry Boyden will be stroking, with John Hodges at seven, Larry Timpson at six, and Spencer Borden at five to round out the stern four. In the bow half, Nick Bancroft will row at four, John Breckindidge at three, John Higginson at two, and Al Hager at bow. Jim Rosenstein...
Hager, Holcombe, and Bancroft are the new additions who will help the crew...