Word: ben
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Beaudine learned his trade in the silent days with such oldtimers as Marie Prevost and Ben Turpin. Says he: "We'd write 'em, shoot 'em and print 'em in a week." Nowadays, most Hollywood directors are apt to shoot one scene scores of times; but a lot of TV programs have happily reversed progress and gone back to the old slapdash days. Today, Beaudine has a budget of $25,000 a film, and it costs $10,000 a day to shoot. Beaudine seldom takes more than 2½ days to get a film...
...Dundee, Scotland, U.S. Open Golf Champion Ben Hogan, warming up for the British Open, arched Scottish eyebrows by posting consecutive scores of 69 and 70 for his first two practice rounds on the rugged, 7,200-yd Carnoustie course. Record for the course in tournament competition...
...last-minute fighting over the excess profits tax, U.S. Steel's Ben Fairless came out for a six-month extension, and President Eisenhower personally asked balky Dan Reed to let his House Ways & Means Committee vote on an extension bill. But Reed stayed firm in his resolve not to send a bill to Congress. Speaker Joe Martin still predicted that "We will get [the bill] passed," but the odds were against...
Round Two. Still wearing the sweater, Ben shot a par 72 on the second round and watched his leading margin narrow to two strokes as Sam Snead, sinking a chip shot on the 18th, fired a 69. Facing two tough rounds the next day, Ben announced, "I feel better than a year ago, and I'm not tired." How about his chances? He was still cautious: "Anyone within ten strokes of me now may be able...
Hogan's winning 283 whipped Runner-Up Snead by six strokes, Oakmont's par by five. Ben's fourth title tied the record first set by Willie Anderson just after the turn of the century, later tied by Bobby Jones when he completed his"grand slam" in 1930. Would Ben try for a record-breaking fifth next year? Maybe. But this week, concentrating on one title at a time, Ben was on his way to Carnoustie, Scotland for his first crack at one of golf's most venerable titles, the British Open...