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...have played five Macbeths, three Mark Antonys, one El Cid, a cardinal and three Presidents," intoned Actor Charlton Heston. "But never have I played such a role where my own equipment served me so little." Heston's latest brush with the big boys is as King Henry VIII in Director Richard Fleischer's film The Prince and the Pauper. The actor needed plastic in his makeup plus padding on his body to effect the appropriate regal bearing. "My eyes are deep set; his were close to the surface," observed Heston. "My face is angular; his was square...
...time of his arrest he was working as a cultural attache for a Western embassy (unnamed), reporting on rationing measures, worker's gossip, and so on. In this last position his prying, even if routine, rankled the new government and, while his function in the CID wasn't especially incriminating, he knew of and had gone along with activities of which the Communists disapproved...
...Harvard ski team members had an idea. Knowing that the spirit of a valiant combatant often lives after the body is gone and vaguely remembering a movie of the late fifties based on the legend of El Cid they contracted a noted New Hampshire tinsmith. The tinsmith fixed up some metal and rubber braces for Carter's knees and riveted his body into proper racing position...
...first run, captain Ben Steele carved deep ruts through the snow so Cid could follow like a bobsled. The second run was more awesome than the first and although freshman Eric Jewett tried to dethrone the mythical figure he managed only second, while sophomore Gordon Adler was properly respectful in third. El Cid, hardly a living legend, took the Beebe Trophy by a comfortable margin...
...Government, paradoxically, is getting tougher with banks. Last week the Committee on Interest and Dividends asked ten large banks to justify increases in their prime lending rates to 10% from 9¼%. If CID concludes that the hikes violate voluntary guidelines, it could bring strong pressure to roll back the increases...