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...James Stewart, changed his name to Stewart Granger. Frederick Bickel-rhymes with pickle-changed his name to Fredric March. Frederick Austerlitz was just too hobnailed a surname to weight the light soles of Fred Astaire. Gary Grant, of course, would have been unstoppable with any name from Pinky Fauntleroy to Adolf Hitler-even, for that matter, with his own name: Archie Leach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Egos: Melting the Pot | 3/23/1962 | See Source »

...innocence, Pendleton enters with a buck-teeth smile, horn-rimmed glasses, and short pants. This is all very well, but his demeanor does not convey the pent-up pressure that will later burst into deeds of violence. In this Jonathan's makeup there is too much Little Lord Fauntleroy and too little James Dean...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: 'Oh Dad, Poor Dad,' etc. | 3/21/1962 | See Source »

Violinist Ruggiero Ricci appeared on the stage at Carnegie Hall for the first time dressed in a Little Lord Fauntleroy suit with flowing white bow tie and velvet kneepants. He was nine years old, and his hair flopped over his ears. With such classic equipment, he could scarcely have failed to make it as a prodigy-and he made it big. The more uninhibited critics, recalls Ricci. "called me the greatest violinist playing, which meant that I have had to fight Ricci ever since." Now 41, Ricci is still fighting Ricci. He seems to be doing nicely. During a lull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Prodigy at 41 | 9/15/1961 | See Source »

...tame Indian is crotchety, dry-witted Manager Jimmie Dykes, 64, who came to the Indians last year in a mid-season managerial swap that sent Joe Gordon to Detroit. Says Indian General Manager Gabe Paul: "You can't ever expect Pier-sail to be a Little Lord Fauntleroy. He has his moments. But with Dykes around, he's under control at all times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tame Indian | 6/23/1961 | See Source »

...mere females, but I love all artists." To prove it, Shaw wrote Major Barbara for her. At the top of her profession, the 30-year-old actress married 57-year-old Banker-Philanthropist-Sportsman August Belmont after making a Pollyannaish farewell appearance as Glad in Frances Hodgson (Little Lord Fauntleroy) Burnett's Dawn of a Tomorrow. Actress Robson's last stage line: "I'm going to be tuk care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Tin Cups at the Met | 10/24/1960 | See Source »

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