Word: boyers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Charles Boyer is 65, having reached retirement age at the end of August, and he has accepted it in much the same way that Maurice Chevalier did eleven years ago, Albert Schweitzer 24 years ago, Jack Benny five years ago, and Bernard Baruch...
...series is being produced by Four Star Television. Boyer is a co-owner of Four Star, along with David Niven. They are both in the series, which NBC describes as "a comedy-melodrama about a family of jet-set jewel thieves and con men who are masters of separating the pompous rich from their ill-gotten gains . . . played against a backdrop of Riviera beaches, palatial villas, beautiful women and green felt gaming tables...
...this has a familiar purr. The beautiful women now have names like Brooke Hayward and Senta Berger, but the whole scene recalls the young Boyer of Algiers, the fathomless possibilities of Hedy Lamarr, and the line he is legendary for whispering to her: "Come wiz me to zee casbah." Actually, there was no such line in the movie, nor in any other movie Boyer ever made. It came from an old comedy-radio show. But Boyer wears it gracefully...
That invulnerable, mythical unit called the Yankee first string has only played 11 innings. Roger Maris, Mickey Mantie, and the supposedly more sturdy Tom Tresh developed injuries almost before the first ball was pitched. Tony Kubek is a recent newcomer to the line-up, and even Clete Boyer missed several days...
With the exception of Mantle and Maris while they're there, and Bobby Richardson, the hitting has been erratic. Until recently Joe Pepitone wasn't even hitting his weight, and a Boyer base hit is rarer than Kennedy half dollars...