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...Ancient Mariner!-the debut was dampened by another hard-luck story. Off Hewlett Point lay a disabled cabin cruiser with smoke pouring from its engine compartment. t was the Bobbilee II, owned by Investment Banker Robert Lehman, and aboard as Lehman's guests were Movie Mogul Samuel Goldwyn and his wife...
Drip-Dry Adventure. "I've made pictures with less excitement in them," huffed Goldwyn. "There we were in the middle of the ocean trying to stop boats. My wife was very disturbed. I was wondering how I was going to swim ashore. Finally, this odd-looking boat came along-something new. It swung around and picked us up. Later on, the fellow who picked us up fell in the water...
...Hero of Goldwyn's sea saga was Albatross Owner Ira E. Dowd, president of American Hydrofoil Lines. During a subsequent stop in the East River, flagged down by a Coast Guard patrol boat, Dowd clambered topside to report details of the rescue, lost his footing and slipped overboard. It was 9:55 a.m. when the Albatross spewed her tardy commuters into Wall Street, 45 minutes late. All declared themselves staunchly in favor of hydrofoil commuting, though it takes nearly as long and costs approximately three times more ($100 a month) than commuting from Port Washington via the overland route...
Broad-Minded. It was Hedda, Hedda says, who, after all, told Mike Todd how to make a movie, told Sam Goldwyn how to cast one, and helped Bernie Schwartz become Tony Curtis. By reasoning with Actor James Dean she saved the production of Giant at a time when Dean was absenting himself from the set in a fury at Director George Stevens. By Hedda's testimony, practically the only Hollywood personality she has never been able to charm, bully or cajole is Marlon Brando. Her single, memorable interview with him lasted half an hour, during which...
Poor combat-fatigued 20th Century-Fox may lose The Battle of Leyte Gulf. The studio needs an obsolete cruiser, an obsolete flattop and two obsolete submarines with deck guns. The Pentagon has refused to help with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Follow the Boys, even though M-G-M agreed to take out a scene that shows an admiral getting seasick. The Pentagon is, by and large, against comedies...