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Shelley was born in East St. Louis, Ill., went through Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, modeled in Manhattan's garment district, had a fling at musi-comedy and horse operas. In Larceny, she worked with a young director (George Sherman) and two writers fresh from radio (Herbert Margolis and Louis Morheim) who let her try Tory her own way. She gave it a strong blend of sex, humor, loneliness and desperation. A fair percentage of males in any audience might be scared of Tory, but few would run away...
...Once the Duchess of Queensbury came to a Nash-managed dance wearing a white apron (contrary to the Nash rules). He untied the offending garment and flung it to a group of maids in waiting-with profound protestations of respect for Her Grace...
...imperfections. To avoid waste motion, production has been so simplified that, says Carl, "our employees can work blindfolded." Lee Skirt treats its 50-odd employees well, and except for oral agreements on wage boosts has never had to alter its nine-year-old contract with the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union...
...happy result: a pat on the back from the National Retail Dry Goods Association. Though "it is not our normal function to advertise any manufacturer," said a N.R.D.G.A. bulletin, Lee Skirt is providing "a reliable garment at a price which should . . . help overcome the public dissatisfaction over the price situation." A happier result: the company expects to gross more than $1,000,000 in 1948, a 100% increase in a year...
...didn't want him to write from textbooks"), Saudek chose 34-year-old Morton Wishengrad to do the script. Wishengrad is a radio writer who also happened to be an anti-Communist veteran of David Dubinsky's successful fight against the Commies in the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union...