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Died. Bernard E. ("Sell 'em Ben") Smith, 73, onetime $3-a-week Wall Street delivery boy who made and lost thousands on market tips, parlayed a string of good ones into a $150,000 New York Stock Exchange seat in 1926, reportedly made $10 million selling short in 1930; of complications following heart surgery; in Houston. Smith earned his nickname when the market collapsed on "Black Thursday," Oct. 24, 1929. by rushing into his office shouting: "Sell 'em. They're not worth anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: May 19, 1961 | 5/19/1961 | See Source »

...Made'em recoil as they would from a goad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AD PRAESIDEM HARV ARDIAN AE DEDICATUR | 5/4/1961 | See Source »

...little bit of all right (Shirley Anne Field), makes a date for picture night, spends the rest of Sunday fishing and elaborating his philosophy of love: "Marriage costs too much. A lump sum down and yer wages a week for life. Nobody's got to marry 'em to get 'em. Not if they're already married...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Saxon Revolt | 3/31/1961 | See Source »

...Mexico. Nevertheless, many spectators will wish that a little less of the beauty had been created by God and a little more by Brando, and others may realize that, if it were less pretentious. Jacks would be easier to recognize as. on the whole, a dang good shoot-'em-up show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The $6,000,000 Method | 3/24/1961 | See Source »

...producer and one of the current wonders of the American entertainment industry. Most of his friends call him "Herm," but he likes to refer to himself at times as "ol' H.C."--as in, "If Konga flops, you can bet ol' H.C. isn't going to say, 'Let's give em another one.'" Herm made his name in the entertainment world when he wrote and produced the legendary I Was a Teenage Werewolf for American International Pictures. He followed that success with several more--including I was a Teenage Frankenstein, Blood of Dracula, How To Make a Monster, and Horrors...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Herman Cohen | 3/23/1961 | See Source »

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