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...Lake, Calif. An early champion of location shooting who flew his own small plane to scout the areas he used, King had an especially sharp eye for spotting undiscovered talent and helped to launch careers for such stars as Tyrone Power, Gary Cooper, Jennifer Jones and Ronald Colman (whose dapper trademark mustache King first drew on the actor with a retouching pencil...
Toddy, who is played with great good spirit by Robert Preston, speaks too soon. For the old queen is anything but an object of pity. Since his new pal looks so dapper in the suit she borrows from him after her clothes have been ruined in a rainstorm, he shrewdly conceives the idea of having her become a female female impersonator: in other words, a woman who plays a man playing women...
...early morning blizzard worries Commencement officials, but sunshine breaks through and the temperature climbs into the low 40s for the ceremony. Actualy, ceremonies, since seniors A-M are graduated on the University Hall side of the Yard canyon. Honorary degrees are awarded to Albert "Dapper" O'Neill, Ed McMahon, Fred Jones (founder of S&H Green Stamps), Jack Webb ("crimefighter and character actor, he has contributed to the growth of UHF television"), and Timothy Leary ("ahead of his time, he has served the Supreme Court well this winter...
...Bing Crosby picture. Steve plays a hapless sheet-music vendor who wants to live in a world "where the songs come true." Co-star Bernadette Peters, 31, Steve's oft reported main squeeze offstage, provides the love interest. With Depression-era recordings backing them on the soundtrack, the dapper duo lip-sync their way through 15 songs and six lavish production numbers. As for the dancing, says Peters: "At least I got to use my own feet...
...biggest name in merger making at the moment is Morgan Stanley, which is representing Conoco. It will earn a record fee of nearly $15 million on the eventual agreement, no matter which company is successful. Morgan Stanley's merger team is led by Robert Greenhill, 45, a dapper dresser who wears wide suspenders dotted, appropriately enough, with large dollar signs...