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...lovers, Countess Geschwitz, who fools the authorities by changing clothes with Lulu and taking her place ("Now," muses the ungrateful Lulu, "the poor monster sits in prison instead of me"). Lulu decamps to Paris, philanders with gamblers, procurers and swindlers. The end comes in a sordid London garret, where Lulu, now a common prostitute, makes the mistake of bringing home Jack the Ripper and is disemboweled...
...success with portraits, but Rembrandt preferred to paint religious subjects, which failed to interest Calvinist Amsterdam. Before his death, Rembrandt devoted 600 known drawings, 80 etchings and 160 paintings to Biblical subjects. Living with his common-law wife, Hendrickje Stoffels, and his ailing son Titus in a ghetto garret, pitied by some and scorned by others, the fat old man was working joyfully, devotedly and profoundly for the ages. Among his inspirations was the warm and simple faith of the Mennonites. who taught direct recourse to the Bible, and the mystical writings of Jacob Boehme, who constantly employed the symbolism...
...wife loves him despite his ambition to "stand up in your tears, splash about in them and sing." But finally she has had enough and goes home to her parents, not telling Jimmy that she is pregnant. Her friend Helena (deftly played by Claire Bloom), a visitor in their garret, remains. Jimmy calls her an "evil-minded little virgin," but she becomes his mistress. In the end, his wife returns; the baby has miscarried and Alison is now broken enough to resume in resignation the aimless life in the attic flat...
...from a short stay at Manhattan's Juilliard School of Music after his World War II service (Navy gunnery officer), he did not do much about it. Instead, he set out to make his mark in business. Says Oliver: "I never had much taste for living in a garret. And I guess, too, that I've still got the cautious instincts of a peasant...
...Over a sports story in which Prince of Peace, a softball team in the European Athletic Association, defeated its opponent with the help of a three-run homer by Rightfielder Garret Christ...