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...will of her mother, who died last November, titian-topped Cinemactress Greer Garson, already passably well off as the wife of millionaire Texas Oilman E. E. ("Buddy") Fogelson, will inherit an estate of about...
...Garson, who subbed briefly for Rosalind Russell in the Manhattan version. Buckled back into the plane some 44 hours later, tireless Hostess Lillie was still crying for more ("I want to continue the party all night. To hell with Auntie Mame"), next day breathed plans for another weekend. New target: Rome...
...survives a deadweight glossary of Hollywood stars--including Marlon Brando, John Gielgud, James Mason, Edward O'Brien, Deborah Kerr, and Greer Garson, a number of them wasting their talent and experience on bit-parts and walk...
...Hollywood. He knew exactly what Americans wanted and he gave it to them, by ballyhooing unknown kids into superglamorous movie stars. He found Robert Taylor at Pomona College and Joan Crawford in a chorus line. His star system, soon copied by his competitors, developed Gilbert, Murray, Gable, Tracy, Garson, Garbo, Powell, Astaire and Turner, clustered them and others in such big-money films as Ben Hur, The Good Earth, Grand Hotel and Dinner at Eight. If need be, Mayer could alter his proclaimed moral standards to fit the freewheeling '20s and '30s, turned loose Gilbert and Garbo...
...playwriting: what's not comedy is sentiment. And at the end, anything knotty or disconcerting just goes down the drain: Pop may play fast and loose, but he loves his son; Uncle may rant and roar, but he eventually writes out a check. There are amusing enough moments; Garson Kanhvs staging is brisk, and Paul Douglas' father surprisingly believable. But as a new theater form-the problem farce-A Hole in the Head falls decidedly short...