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...practice, few individuals feel rich enough to play against the whole table). The clubs, instead of taking a cut of winnings, charge membership fees that range from $1.40 to $115 (depending on how "exclusive" the club), and playing fees collected before a game begins. A single "shoe" at Chemin de Fer or Baccarat, for instance, costs a player from $1.40 on up to the whopping $1,680 charged for one high-stake game at Aspinall...
...same reason. Szigeti was made conscious of the rigors of communication because he had to translate everything from the relatively useless Hungarian of his youth. For him, the translation from written notes to sounds is entirely analogous. And it allows him to communicate with whomever he encounters en chemin...
...HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Maurice Evans plays the chief steward in a Deauville gambling casino, who tries to tutor an American businessman (Cliff Robertson) in the technique of winning at chemin...
...first book was based on his wartime experiences. James Bond is a composite of commando and intelligence types Fleming knew. The big gambling scene in Casino Royale was suggested by a wartime encounter in Lisbon, when Fleming sat down opposite the top German agent in Portugal at the chemin de fer table...
...dice, roulette wheels, chemin de fer and blackjack were going full tilt. At one table a gambler toyed with $1,200 worth of chips; hovering over the dice was a Sidney Greenstreet character who, they said, picked up $29,000 at the tables a few weeks ago. Former Light-Heavyweight Champ Joey Maxim was guarding the door. "Can't drink," he mumbled. "I'm watching for hustling broads and big-time gamblers." Cannes? Monte Carlo? Vegas? Not quite. Freeport, in tiny Grand Bahama Island, is not even marked on many maps. Yet Freeport boosters already call...