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...debacle of George Earle* and his dazed administration, a succession of Old Guard Republicans had moved, like a procession of pelicans, into the governor's chair, led by Arthur James, whose conservatism extended to his high-button shoes. In 1946 it came the turn of James Duff, a bristle-thatched bird of another feather. Midway in his term, Duff led a coup d'état against Boss Joe Grundy and his Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association. In 1950, what was left of Pennsylvania's Republican power was picked up by a group of county leaders called the Blue...
Lloyd Wood was presented as a "harmony" candidate, agreeable to all factions of Pennsylvania Republicans, from Duff to Owlett. But he had no organization, no campaign director, and the guidance he got from the headless group of bosses was conflicting and shifting. At first he was to be dignified, and act like a statesman. Later in the campaign, he was ordered to attack the Democrats. In the end, he was to be constructive. When Wood invaded Pittsburgh, where Dave Lawrence's unpopular wage tax was a sitting duck, Wood ignored Lawrence, overlooked the burning issue. When Leader challenged...
MADAME DE, by Louise de Vilmorin, translated by Duff Cooper (54 pp.; Messner; $2.50), is a literary visit from the frail, salon-bred French writer whose fans think that she may succeed to Colette's place as first lady of French letters. Author de Vilmorin has a wonderful flair for wacky as well as genuine elegance, and writes with a kind of passionate superficiality rarely attempted since the courtly novel died with the French court. Madame De, already known to some U.S. moviegoers in an excellent screen version (TIME, July 26), is a high-society triangle in which...
Private Hell 36 (Filmakers) is a family picture-in a peculiarly Hollywoodsy sense. The romantic leads, Ida Lupino and Howard Duff, are Mr. & Mrs. in private life, but in the picture they make love to different people. Furthermore, the picture was produced by Collier Young, Ida's next-to-last husband and still her partner in Filmakers. Inc. This perhaps partly explains why Steve Cochran, who has never been married to Actress Lupino, keeps darting uneasy glances over his shoulder while he bounces her around on the studio couch...
...Playhouse audience rating took a serious dip (usually it has been in or close to the Top Ten), and that, apparently, gave the admen enough leverage to ease Coe's control of the show. Coe has been moved upstairs to the job of supervisor of production, Gordon Duff will replace him as producer...