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Mary's little leg of lamb is an unusual weapon, but no more unusual than Roald Dahl's plots. Someone Like You is a collection of 18 of the 37-year-old Briton's quietly savage tales. They are.often macabre and always bizarre, involving chicanery, murder, dismemberment or some more commonplace drawing-room horror...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: British O. Henry | 12/28/1953 | See Source »

Paris police picked up a pilot and a former stewardess, accusing them of stealing a reported $34,285 in gold from the Swissair plane to which they were assigned last October. The pilot owned up that he was the same Harold E. ("Whitey") Dahl, 44, American, sometime soldier of fortune who was shot down while piloting a fighter plane for the Spanish Republicans in 1937 during Spain's civil war. Dahl had been sentenced to death, but his wife sent her photograph and a plea for mercy to Generalissimo Francisco Franco, who pardoned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 21, 1953 | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

...Hope Show (Tues. 8 p.m., NBC). With Fred MacMurray, Arlene Dahl, Janis Paige...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Nov. 16, 1953 | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

...first-run movies with name bands and singers, was called in as chief talent scout. Showman Weitman brought home a choice selection of what he calls "flesh": Dancer Ray Bolger, Professional Toastmaster George Jessel, Hoofer Paul Hartman, Nightclub Comedian Danny Thomas, Child Star Brandon De Wilde, Cinemactress Arlene Dahl. All began their ABC labors during the past month in sponsored programs which are, on the whole, first-rate. Except for De Wilde and Jessel (who roams the network with two TV shows and one on radio), they appear on film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Rich Third | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (Fri. 8:30 p.m., ABC). A new series with Arlene Dahl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Oct. 5, 1953 | 10/5/1953 | See Source »

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