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...want to emphasize that we don't plan to discontinue having traditional registration day movies," said Leo J. DaCosta '83, chairman of I.S.C. "but today we wanted to avoid a direct confrontation...

Author: By The TECH. Fib. ., | Title: No Porn at MIT | 2/23/1983 | See Source »

...tidy profit of $14 million plus millions more for his patented outfit: black hat, black pants, black shirt and a calling card that read "Have Gun, Will Travel. Wire Paladin, San Francisco." One viewer, however, thought he must be seeing his double. Rhode Island Cowboy Victor DaCosta, who had been making a hit since 1946 at New England fairs (his cards read: "Have Gun, Will Travel. Wire Paladin, Oaklawn, R.I.") found Boone to be his dead ringer, right down to the black outfit and the derringer tucked up the sleeve. Last week, after 17 years' litigation, DaCosta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 29, 1974 | 4/29/1974 | See Source »

...hard to believe that this tasteless gaffe-riot is Producer-Director Morton DaCosta's third picture. But the other two were taken from stage successes Auntie Maine and The Music Man- and on those he had outside help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Greek Travesty | 7/5/1963 | See Source »

...diver who inspected the sunken wreck of the 1946 Plymouth, and Joann's father wondered at Harvey's agility in getting out of the car unscratched and at his failure to try to rescue his wife and mother-in-law after his own escape. Said Diver Steve Dacosta: "At that speed and short distance, it seemed unlikely that a man could get out of the car before it struck the water, unless he was ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sea: The Bluebelle's Last Voyage | 12/1/1961 | See Source »

...Detroit, will probably have several more before it finishes its two months on the road. The Detroit Times found the "situations and dialogue so uniformly funny . . . that even the most racy moments are disarming." ¶ Saratoga has been dressed up by Designer Cecil Beaton, but Morton DaCosta's musical version of Edna Ferber's Saratoga Trunk does not yet live up to its magnificent settings. With a $1,500,000 advance sale, Saratoga is sure of a long Broadway run, but Harold Arlen's music needs all the help it can get from Singer Carol (West Side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BROADWAY: Report from the Road | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

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