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...follows his code of don't-give-a-damn with snakelike charm on the cattle ranch where he lives with his decent old father (Melvyn Douglas) and his idolizing 17-year-old nephew (Brandon de Wilde). Hud sleeps with married women, blitzes the countryside in a pink Cadillac convertible, and devils the ranch's devoted and attractive housekeeper (Patricia Neal) with whispered propositions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Panhandle Punk | 6/7/1963 | See Source »

Sent to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of a British agent there, 007 in less than 24 hours finds himself 1) abducted by a Chigro (Chinese Negro) chauffeur, 2) attacked by a furry Caribbean tarantula, 3) rammed by a hit-and-run Cadillac hearse, 4) waylaid by a sinister Chinese cutie, 5) smershed by the six-gun of a sneaky geologist. 007 senses that somebody is out to get him. Could it be the mysterious Doctor No, the mad scientist who lives in a mountain of bird droppings on Crab Key? 007 paddles over to have a look around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hairy Marshmallow | 5/31/1963 | See Source »

...tell by the milk's taste what the camel has been eating and where it was in the desert. For the best milk, he explains, "we feed camels on sea mangrove and dried fish. This gives the milk a slightly fishy freshness we appreciate." Shakhbut once owned a Cadillac, but when it finally broke down he just abandoned it. Now he makes his state visits in a bone-jarring Land-Rover, but without enthusiasm. "I did all my traveling by camel in the old days," he sighs, "but now I have to go by car because if the ruler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Sheik Jackpot | 5/3/1963 | See Source »

Speed Line Chrome. The bucket seat is everywhere; Cadillac's special Eldorado achieves the ultimate in conspicuous consumption of space by putting buckets in the back, thereby sacrificing an extra passenger for the bucket's thronelike comfort. Racing-style stick shifts sprout from car floors, even when they are really only disguised automatic transmission levers. Tachometers stare from dashboards to dazzle the Sunday driver with precious information as to how many revolutions per minute his motor is delivering. And where car nomenclature once connoted carriage-trade-victoria, brougham, landau-the new names and models now smack of high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Wheels of Fortune | 4/19/1963 | See Source »

...Chief Semon Knudsen, who recently reported that only three of Chevy's 6,800 dealers failed to make money last year. So far this year, more than half of Chevy's sales are top-of-the-line Impalas (average price delivered: $2,850), and almost half of Cadillac's buyers are choosing one of its higher-priced models, the de Ville. In the first quarter, Pontiac sold 19,600 of its expensive ($4,200 and up) Grand Prix models, which Detroit considers to be this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Selling Them Big | 4/19/1963 | See Source »

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