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Toys in the Attic. Lillian Hellman's new play about a weak ne'er-do-well slaps a lethargic Broadway season into awareness, is written with power and insight...
Laid in New Orleans, Toys in the Attic pivots on 34-year-old Julian Berniers, a weak, likable ne'er-do-well who has been protectively kept going by two adoring old-maid sisters who toil and stint for him. Recently he has married an odd, unbalanced rich girl who is possessively happy with him only when they are hard up. Suddenly and mysteriously, Julian manages to get hold of a lot of money. He comes home, cocky and excited, to fling money about, shower everyone with presents, give his sisters passages to Europe and a paid-off mortgage...
...compacts is slowly beginning to ease, but many dealers are still crying for more compacts, especially on the West and East coasts. Rambler led the January compact-sales parade with 35,000 cars, followed by Ford's Falcon (32,000), Chevrolet's Corvair (19,000), Studebak-er's Lark (9,100) and Chrysler's Valiant (8,200). In overall sales, Chevrolet pulled ahead of the field with 122,000 cars, v Ford's 113,000. Many foreign cars were already feeling the competition, and imports, though still big, were down more than 20% since last...
Charles E. Burchfield, 66; The New Yorker's distinguished Talk-of-the-Town-er E. B. (for Elwyn Brooks) White...
...remark calls up many an obligatory movie scene about the crucial creative moment in the lives of great artists (Wench: "What's troubling you, Will?" Shakespeare: "Oh, nothing, I'm just a little sicklied o'er ... I think I shall go home and write Hamlet"). But in this instance, the offhand remark is real; it was set down by James Boswell in his journal on March...