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...scriptwriters: Reporter Ryan, Novelists James Jones and Remain Gary, Scenarists David Pursall and Jack Seddon. The directors: Elmo Williams, Bernhard Wicki, Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald. Among the advisers: General d'Armee Pierre Koenig, Lieut. General James Gavin, Lord Lovat, General Gunther Blumentritt, Frau Lucie-Maria Rommel. A few of the stars: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Jean-Louis Barrault, Curt Jurgens, Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Richard Beymer, Mel Ferrer, Jeffrey Hunter, Peter Lawford, Kenneth More, Richard Todd, Leo Genn, Stuart Whitman, Eddie Albert, Edmond O'Brien, Red Buttons, Sal Mineo, Tommy...
...greater challenge to an American ambassador during the coming years than Paris- where the man representing the U.S. will have to cope with the rapidly evolving community of European nations and the stubborn aspirations of Charles de Gaulle. Last week, as his choice to succeed retiring Ambassador James A. Gavin in Paris, President Kennedy chose a handsome, seasoned career diplomat who has already made his name as a Russian expert: Charles E. ("Chip") Bohlen, 57, Ambassador to Moscow from...
...call on an old comrade-in-arms. France's President Charles de Gaulle was waiting on the steps with a rare smile and a warm "cher ami." Then the two old warriors, both 71, went inside to lunch with 14 guests, including U.S. Ambassador James Gavin. "It was a quiet, small, very friendly, almost a family affair," reported Mrs. Gavin. Flying on across the channel for more of the same, Ike lunched at Buckingham Palace with Queen Elizabeth, paid a 15-minute visit to another wartime companion, recuperating Sir Winston Churchill, 87, who broke out the brandy...
Rosemont, Ill., O'Hare Inn Theater: Heaven Can Wait (your plane might not), with John Gavin...
...basic reason for Gavin's resignation involved neither policy nor performance. It was mostly a matter of money. A career soldier, who had served only briefly (1958-61) as a top executive of the industrial research firm of Arthur D. Little, Inc., Gavin, at 55, was worried about educating his four young daughters and building an estate. As ambassador, he drew an annual salary of $27,500 and had been given an increased expense allowance of $25,650−but in today's era of mass wine-and-dine diplomacy, he was losing money...