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Died. Alice Joyce, 65, oldtime glamour queen of silent films (Beau Geste); of a heart ailment; in Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 17, 1955 | 10/17/1955 | See Source »

...times to help any of their 200-odd fellow members. But it is the church itself that seems to be the most help. "I was touched by the look of forlornness on these people," said Hollywood Presbyterian's Pastor Raymond I. Lindquist. "There's no glamour about them, just a climate of failure. You could call it a parade into darkness. But as soon as they get religion to fit into their needs, you see them brightening up. Suddenly, there's a twinge of hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Divorcees Anonymous | 9/26/1955 | See Source »

General Motors, whose car-studded Motoramas have become one of the brightest offerings in auto showmanship, decided last February to bring belated glamour to the plain-Jane diesel engine. Beside Soldier Field on Chicago's lake front, the company strung out eight miles of electrical conduits, laid 500,000 sq. ft. of reinforced paving, built a permanent, 204-ft.-long bridge over busy Lake Shore Drive. This week General Motors was ready to raise the curtain on "Powerama," a $7,000,000, 26-day, seven-day-a-week diesel opera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Diesel Dazzle | 9/5/1955 | See Source »

Like Hollywood itself, the movie beat has grown since Goodman first started the rounds. "Today it ranges from the movie studios all the way out to Las Vegas, which has become a supercenter of glamour, and back to the new television studios. Hollywood no longer means just the movies," says Goodman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Publisher's Letter, Aug. 29, 1955 | 8/29/1955 | See Source »

...gloves and stockings had about as much sex appeal as sackcloth. Board Chairman Feinberg set out to woo the hard-to-sell, fashion-conscious college and career girl, hired top designers to turn out fetching new trifles, e.g., red "mambo" panties. He also revamped Kayser advertising to emphasize girlish glamour instead of spinstership thrift: "Be Wiser-Buy Kayser," its longtime slogan, became "You Owe It To Your Audience." When Kayser's new-looking 1955 lingerie collection was shown last June, it drew the biggest crowd of department-store buyers in Kayser's history, spurred a 50% spurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Going Steady | 8/29/1955 | See Source »

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