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While the latest twists and turns in Soviet missile bargaining strategy were being pondered, some Muscovites were more interested in a drama that was being played out along Kalinin Prospect, the broad boulevard that leads to the Kremlin. There, Western diplomats last week were atwitter over the reappearance of a morning-and-evening official convoy that has not been seen for nearly four months: two black ZIL limousines, the sort reserved for the Soviet elite, protected front and rear by Volga security sedans. Atop one of the ZILs were red and blue lights, apparently an indication that Andropov was inside...
Many, of course, are familiar: Paul Henreid lighting Bette Davis' cigarette in Now, Voyager, a hungry Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert waiting for a lift in It Happened One Night, a mad Gloria Swanson posing for the cameras in her final scene of Sunset Boulevard. Others come as welcome surprises. There is a very young (26) Gary Cooper making an early film appearance in Wings (1927), and in a still from The Picture of Dorian Gray, we finally see what Dorian's naughty escapades did to that portrait in his attic. Sennett has the perhaps obligatory shot...
...milkshakes. Gloria Swanson often dropped by in a chauffeur-driven limousine, and celluloid myth has it that Lana Turner was discovered there (she was not). Last week, 51 years after it opened its doors and became a tinseltown landmark, Schwab's drugstore dimmed its neon sign on Sunset Boulevard for the last time. Citing financial pressure and what he called a "family dispute," Leon Schwab, 72, the brother of Founder Jack, decided it was better to close than sell. For its many loyal patrons, news of the demise was a real Hollywood tearjerker. "Everybody's trying to figure...
Multi-National Force were cooperating closely during the emergency. The Italians were providing medical assistance for the Americans, and the British took over from the Marines the guard duty on the airport boulevard. As the grim rescue operation continued, a state of shock prevailed in the city. On this day, which had followed a night of artillery duels in the hills, most people remained indoors, anxious and apprehensive...
Marine guards took over the seafront boulevard in front of the British Embassy, crouching with guns leveled at those who ventured nearby. The U.S. Embassy has had its temporary offices at the British Embassy since terrorists blew up the American Embassy April 18, killing 17 Americans and 32 others...