Word: conrade
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Birdie. This adolescent operetta loses a lot in translation from stage to screen. Ann-Margret, as the girl from Sweet Apple, Ohio, who gets involved with mush-mouthed rock-'n'-roller named Conrad Birdie, can't fool anybody into believing that she is 16 years old. But then she doesn't really...
...begins well enough by turning the screen into a mosaic of telephoning teen-agers ("Hello, Mrs. Miller, this is Harvey Johnson, can I speak to Deborah Sue?") that climaxes with every kid in town chattering into enough Princess phones to make A.T. & T. swoon with pride. The arrival of Conrad Birdie in Sweet Apple to plant a symbolic farewell kiss on a local teen-ager (Ann-Margret) before joining the Army is a gas. Platoons of maidens march with placards reading "Spare HIM, Take Me," and Conrad (Jesse Pearson) rides his motorcycle, rough-tired, right up the steps...
...Brunei-and he found it "the most fascinating assignment in nearly three years out here." He felt like James Brooke, the "white rajah," landing in Sarawak in the 18405 and seeing "what no educated eye had ever gazed on." In the jungle frontier, he retraced the steps of Conrad and was disconcerted to find characters still liv ing who might have stepped out of a Conrad novel...
...CONRAD ROSENBERG Philadelphia...
...Blanche, known in the trade as "Carte Rouge" for its steady deficits. Beginning operations in 1959 after its two competitors had already started. Carte Blanche imprudently handed out cards to poor credit risks, ended up with an inordinate number of bill dodgers. In a rescue operation two years ago, Conrad Hilton eased his son Barren out of the presidency, replaced him with veteran Hotelman Benno M. Bechhold, 60. Bechhold weeded out poor risks, cut the number of cardholders by 100,000 (current membership: 425,000) and installed an IBM 1401 computer to speed up billing operations. As a result, Carte...