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Stuart has been looking forward to running her two papers since her father died. Left to her in trust, the Bee and Register have kept to a middle course under able, greying General Manager Andrew Alfred Farley and troubleshooting, middle-aged Secretary Sarah Colleen Powell, who stands guard during press interviews to curb Stuart's impulsiveness...
...Eire. He painted Queen Victoria in 1888, Shirley Temple in 1936, and between times did more U. S. millionaires than any other artist in history. Deeply devoted to the late, Chicago-born Lady Lavery, one of the beauties of her time, Sir John used her as model for the colleen on Eire's banknotes, hung a new portrait of her at the Royal Academy nearly every year. Observed he in his autobiography: "I doubt if there are a more heartless crew than poets, painters, or composers...
...best pictures of the year. The flamboyance of Laughton and the high-strung tension of Hitchcock direction complement each other perfectly. The result is high adventure worthy of Dumas combined with the trip-hammer pace of a first-rate detective story. Maureen O'Hara, Laughton's much-heralded colleen, is not, however, the sensation that one might expect. While she is admirable as a wide-eyed adventuress, it is hard to imagine her as a big-time all-around actress,--but then, you never can tell...
Last week there was a coy smile on the face of New York's Tammany tiger for on its back sat a fair colleen named Winifred C. O'Leary...
...Most successful 19th-Century playwright was famed Irish-born Dion Boucicault whose The Streets of New York played 2,800 times in all, London Assurance 2,900 times, The Colleen Bawn...