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Died. William Starling Burgess, 68, famed naval architect, designer of three successful America's Cup defenders (Ranger, Rainbow, Enterprise), pioneer airman and aircraft designer (winner of the prized Collier Trophy in 1915 for developing a self-stabilizing airplane); of a heart ailment; in Hoboken...
...Summary; Saber: Gay (H) defeated Burgess 5-1 and Tofani 5-4; Stirling defeated Gay (H) 5-4; Elis (H) defeated Stirling 5-2, and Tofani 5-2; Burgess defeated Toenges (H) 5-3; Edelman (H) defeated Stirling 5-4 and Burgess 5-3; Tofani defeated Edelman...
David Niven, a thin, sprightly Englishman, plays Aaron Burr, and although he does not carry a label of the variety commonly employed by political cartoonists, he is easily recognizable as the scoundrel. Burgess Meredith, as "Father of the Constitution" and name-giver to a high school in Brooklyn, does the only reasonable...
...killed off in a yellow fever epidemic. Ginger and her mother open a genteel boardinghouse. The scene is Philadelphia, where the 3rd U.S. Congress is in session. Who should turn up as the young widow's star boarders but Senator Aaron Burr (David Niven) and Congressman James Madison (Burgess Meredith)? Of course, both celebrated statesmen fall promptly and hard for their pretty landlady...
...Playboy of the Western World. Burgess Meredith in an agreeable revival of the finest of modern folk satires (TIME...