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Died. Clarence Edward Mulford, 73, prolific author (Bar 20, On the Trail of the Tumbling T), creator of the durable Hopalong Cassidy series; after a chest operation; in Portland, Me. When Hollywood turned Mulford's plug-ugly, hell-for-leather Hoppy into a handsome, clean-living dude (played by William Boyd since 1935), Author Mulford let out a pained cry ("an absolutely ludicrous character''), saw only six versions on celluloid, none on TV. Fifteen years ago, after grinding out more than 100 western novels and short stories, stay-at-home Author Mulford rebelled at high federal income...
...18th century Swedish scientist and philosopher who professed to have received a revelation of the Second Coming of Christ. He believed that God Himself was the Divine Man, that through infinite love Man could become the image of his Creator. The Swedenborgian Church still claims 5,647 U.S. members...
...woman who dreamed in her younger days of dedicating her life to something rare and wonderful. But just when she was getting the hang of Kafka and the tang of Joyce, she married Harold, a chartered accountant who regarded life as a sort of income-tax return and his Creator as an Inspector of Internal Revenue. The Inspector, as Harold sees Him, is not a Kafka type. He expects a human being's accounts to be extremely businesslike, and not entirely dishonest. If the main items - church at tendance, Rotary, propriety - are in order, the Inspector is sport enough...
Lemmon's college acting career was marked by his performance in "The Playboy of the Western World," a play which had been banned in Boston. He also starred in "Adam the Creator," and several Hasty Pudding productions...
...Mielziner, creator of sets and lighting, extraordinary, adds another triumph to the growing list of shows he has decorated this season. The stage displays a variety and imagination which would be difficult to achieve in a less professional show. The entire production has a Radio-City sheen that is often hard to resist. A couple more rousing songs, and some chopping of the dull ones, would raise the material to the technical level of the production...