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...GENERAL MOTORS. Chevrolet's Impala and Bel Air, the standard models of the line, are unchanged in basic dimensions, have new, squared-off silhouettes. Similarly, the Corvair-still the only U.S. car with a rear engine-has only a new insignia and a little more ornamentation; contrary to widespread gossip, there will be no Corvair convertible for the fall. Chevy's intermediate (110-in. wheelbase and 183-in. overall length), will have single headlights, sculptured side, horizontal bars on the grille and a squared-off back fender. A pizazz version will get the bucket-seat treatment...
...Barabara Bel Geddes, as the wife, is clearly the star of the show. She handles the wisecracking and mugging demanded of her with consummate skill. Miss Bel Geddes is very nearly matched by Barry Nelson, as her husband, who is appropriately bewildered by all the activity around him. He probably can't help the fact that he looks 20 years old, instead...
Michael Rennie does well as the matinee idol who makes a play for Miss Bel Geddes, and he looks the part. John Cromwell, as Mr. Nelson's crusty old tax lawyer, is another bright spot. In fifth and last place is Betsy von Furstenberg, the fiancee. Miss von Furstenberg is fun to look at, but occasionally agony to listen...
...couldn't help wondering whether Mrs. Kerr created the wife in her own image. Miss Bel Geddes portrays a wisecracking terror, who is forever turning innocent remarks into fodder for her machine-gun bursts. She sounds about the way you'd expect Jean Kerr to be. Old Walter must have a hell of a time...
Brazil reacted as if it had been handed a hot potato. U.S. planes, which had been refueling at Belém and Recife while keeping an eye on the Santa Maria, were suddenly ordered grounded. Trying to keep on the right side of everyone, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry announced that if the Santa Maria entered Brazilian waters she would be returned to her Portuguese owners, but that Galvão and his 70 men could have political asylum...