Word: gardners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Bessie Gardner du Pont, 85, first wife (1887-1906) of Chemicals Millionaire Alfred I. du Pont, biographer (Du Pont de Nemours, 1933) of the Du Pont clan; at her home near Wilmington...
Stay-at-homes will be able to participate in Beacon Hill carol singing and visit the Ice Capades, Gardner Museum, John Hancock building, Ford Motor Factory, Christian Science Monitor, and other points of interest...
...tired of hearing Hollywood stars like Ava Gardner [TIME, Nov. 21]; complain that they hate . . . "cheesecake." It seems most of them built their fame by what they now hate. If they had real acting talent in the beginning, they would not have become famous for posing with practically nothing...
Hollywood's well-turned Ava Gardner issued a firm announcement that she was "through with 'cheesecake.'" "For eight years," she said, "I did nothing but leg art ... I spent all my time . . . posing with practically nothing on. I've portrayed all the seasons, all kinds of weather conditions ... I deserve a change...
...deep thought, Hollywood Art Director Emrich Nicholson concluded that glamour girls look their best only against exactly the right backgrounds. For example, he said, Betty Grable shows up fine in a curlicued Louis XV setting, and Jane Russell seems to "go with a haystack." Nicholson found one exception: Ava Gardner. "With that face and figure? Heavens, she'd stand out in front of almost anything...