Word: blyth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...riches story of a great opera star who, after his triumphs all over Europe, supposedly had to put up with a cool reception at the Met and the social snobbishness of the man (Carl Benton Reid) who was both its chief patron and the father of the girl (Ann Blyth) he loved. It is a story full of the kind of quaint dialect which, designed to sound like a literal English translation of Italian, sounds only like pure Ruritanian...
Most phenomenal is the special popularity of Ann Blyth, 22, who draws half her mail from Korea. Ann's fans want to see her photographed just from the neck up. Sample: "Please send us a head picture with that certain dreaminess in your eyes, just a sweet, simple picture...
Last week, Hoffman became the kingpin of West Coast radio. With the help of Oilman Edwin Pauley, the Los Angeles branch of the investment firm of Blyth & Co. and R. H. Macy's, he anted up $11,200,000 and bought the 45-station Don Lee Broadcasting System, the West Coast's biggest radio network. The chain was founded by another super salesman, the late Don Lee, who made millions selling Cadillacs to Hollywood film stars...