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...that richer and more ambitious Broadway scores don't. The numbers in Young Frankenstein seem more generic, off-the-rack items: a tongue-in-cheek buddy duet for the doctor and Igor, "Together Again (for the First Time)"; a Dietrich send-up for Frau Blucher, "He Vas My Boyfriend"; a predictable parody of '30s dance crazes, "Transylvania Mania...
...Western was by far the most prolific genre in the Hollywood 50s. It put virtually every big star in the saddle: old Hollywood types like Gable and James Stewart, younger rebels like Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Brando and most of the Stanislavski crowd from Broadway. Top actresses - Stanwyck, Dietrich, Crawford, Monroe - they all went West...
...leadership entered palliative care, Rudd was already laying out his claim. While other Labor players and pollsters were occupied with Beazley's fate, Rudd was trying to take down Howard. In an essay about faith in politics for The Monthly magazine last October, Rudd eulogized a personal hero, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian and martyr who opposed the Nazi state. Rudd's targets were the Christian right and the incumbents in Canberra. He claimed Howard employed "radioactive soundbites" to manipulate the truth and called for "a new premium attached to truth in public life." In the next issue...
...Cleef & Arpels has designed an exquisite collection, Une Journée à Paris. The house?founded in 1906 by Alfred van Cleef, son of a diamond merchant, and his brother-in-law Charles Arpels, son of a precious-stones wholesaler?has long been a favorite of celebrities like Marlene Dietrich, Princess Grace and Uma Thurman. This new line was inspired by landmarks in the City of Light, including the Tuileries, Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower. The Etincelles minaudière, left, in white gold with onyx and diamonds, pays homage to the elegant parties held in the jeweler...
...Pender's company and decided to stay on. He failed his first screen test, then got a contract, his "nom de screen" and not much more from Paramount, where he made nearly a quarter of his films and no strong impression. He was noticed opposite Mae West and Marlene Dietrich, but it was in 1936, on a loan-out for an RKO flop, Sylvia Scarlett, that he finally "felt the ground under his feet," as George Cukor, the film's director, would put it. He played a type he had known in his past, a Cockney con man with...