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...came with a checkbook, but he made it. He is in the theater. And his contribution is unique. You described him the opening night of a hit. Closing night of a flop tells a lot more. He blew in from somewhere (London? Washington? Detroit?) to catch the author. "I'm glad...
...reasons: "It's practical; it's economical; and it's romantic." Some time next year, the Gurians will bring their play to the radioactive sidewalks of New York, but by then, they will be able to view critical reaction philosophically. "A moderately good show might flop in New York," muses Manning, "but it might entertain the nation...
...tours in 1951, an ill-advised concert manager placed them on the same program in Rio, and Tebaldi slipped in several encores-in flagrant violation, Callas claimed, of a no-encore agreement. At a supper party, Callas charged Tebaldi with this and other sins, lectured her for her recent flop in Traviata. "We parted," says Tebaldi, "with a certain coldness...
...when the Nazis invaded Poland. He was 13 when the Communists took over. He worked as a bellboy in a Warsaw hotel, put in six years as a taxi driver. Out of his experiences he wrote savagely realistic short stories that made Polish Reds wince. A tall, blond, flop-haired youngster who resembled the late Hollywood hero, James Dean, Hlasko headed a coterie that was analogous to Britain's Angry Young Men and the Beat Generation of the U.S. The difference was that Hlasko had more to be beat about-a fact that gave his work authority...
...cars wheeled into showrooms, the big question was: How well will they sell? If the '59s catch on, they could lead the U.S. economy to its greatest boom. If they flop, recovery might be plodding. Last week, even discounting the usual dealer enthusiasm, the cars looked mighty hot. Government economists, weighing such factors as auto prices, population growth and the age of cars now on the road, predicted 1959-model sales...