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Everything else in Hollywood may change, but after 23 years at work, Russell Birdwell, 55, remains the flashiest flack in the business-the man who happily takes credit for inventing Jane Russell, rescuing Norma Shearer from being treated like a superannuated widow, nearly succeeding in making Rumania's ex-King Carol popular. To launch unknown, 25-year-old Diane Hartman (Birdwell calls her 22) in that white silk rig, he has concocted some accompanying ad copy to the effect that Hollywood is empty of female glamour-except, of course, for Diane, who is described thus: "An untamed animal...
Poor-Rumped Relatives. Every Harris relative proved a flack's bonanza. There was Roy's father, "Big Henry'' Harris, a 237-lb., 47-year-old bear who has been called "the best fist, knee, knife and heel fighter in the territory." Big Henry raised his two sons, Roy and Tobe, as fighters, roamed saloons for daring comers, now tells Roy to whip Patterson "or I'll whup...
Resigned last week: Percival F. (for Flack) Brundage, 65, earnest, tightfisted director of the Budget Bureau since April 1956. Lest it be concluded that his quitting was prompted by disagreement with the Eisenhower Administration's handling of the recession, Percy Brundage, in his letter to the President, explained that "my immediate predecessors set an example of resigning after a few years to give opportunity for administration to others with a fresh viewpoint. Since I have now served somewhat longer than either of them [i.e., Joseph Dodge. Rowland Hughes] and since I must attend to some personal matters that have...
...working for Dwight Eisenhower. Hagerty thumped the tub for Ike throughout the preconvention campaign and the general election. The day after Eisenhower's inauguration, Hagerty was sworn in as White House press secretary. The President discovered early in the game that he was hiring no sycophantic flack: Hagerty got stubborn about some since-forgotten point of press policy, and the Eisenhower temper flashed. After several minutes of colorful language, Ike paused for breath, regarded the uncowed Hagerty. Said he: "You don't scare very easily...
...higher price range, dwarfs the sales of adult bestsellers. Where an adult novel usually achieves its peak sales within six months of publication and then drops off to virtually nothing, the successful children's book-e.g., Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden (1909), Marjorie Flack's China-flavored The Story About Ping (1933), E. B. White's gentle Charlotte's Web (1952)-goes right on selling a steady 10,000 to 20.000 copies a year. One of Simon & Schuster's Little Golden Books, The Poky Little Puppy (illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren...