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Funny, incisive and stylish, the film fea tures Frederic Raphael's script and Stan ley Donen's direction...
After 17 months of reserved-seat showings at a $2.40 top in Manhattan, Hamlet played a three-day booking last week in 55 New York City neighborhood theaters. Some exhibitors nervously double-billed it with a Lionel Hampton "musical fea-turette." But though prices were advanced (90? to $1.20), the results were boffo: standing room only, bigger popcorn sales and a whopping $300,000 gross. Total U.S. receipts...
...death, Rosenman packed up for Manhattan and a private law practice (possibly a partnership with ex-FEA attorney Oscar Cox). But someone had to help out Harry Truman. Resignedly, Rosenman briefed the new President on the Roosevelt work and policies, helped write Truman's first message to Congress and his foreign-policy speech, was soon reported to be exercising more influence over Truman than he had over FDR. But Rosenman was not interested in influence. Also, Democrats were beginning to talk about that shadowy figure again. This time, "Sammy the Rose" said he was gone for good...
Moreover, the President had let tried and experienced men such as Economic Stabilizer Will Davis and FEA Boss Leo Crowley slip out of the Government just when he most needed men with governmental training and background...
There were reports that Crowley may have written a separate letter about FEA. Whether he did or not, insiders surmised that he was furious on two counts: 1) because FEA's handling of surplus property abroad had gone to the State Department; 2) because he had been fighting a minority battle against easy terms to the British. Banker minded Leo Crowley, who had suggested the brusque termination of Lend-Lease to Britain, wanted no part of arrangements with England such as grants-in-aid or non-interest-bearing loans...