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Shortly after Vellucci's pamphlet appeared, several paper-back editions disappeared from Cambridge newstands. Among them were John O'Hara's A Rage to Live, and Torres' Women's Barracks, and Calder Willingham's Geraldine Bradshaw. In addition, a magazine called Art Photography was lifted, under the watchful eye of Cambridge police...
Illinois. Republican Richard B. Vail of Chicago, another former member of the Un-American Activities Committee, was the only Congressman closely identified with anti-Communist activity to be defeated. The man who beat him: old (70), breast-beating Barratt O'Hara, who was the youngest lieutenant governor in Illinois history in 1913, who beat Vail in 1948 and lost...
Died. Hattie McDaniel, 57, cinemactress, radio's "Beulah," first Negro to win an Oscar (for her portrayal of Scarlett O'Hara's mammy in Gone With the Wind); of cancer; in Hollywood...
...maybe a fourth or fifth: Wind Producer David O. Selznick announced that he has bought the stage, radio and TV rights to the book. Package price: a $3,500 down payment, plus generous royalty percentages. First up, said Selznick, will be a musical version called Scarlett O'Hara, which, in accordance with his contract with the estate of the late Author Margaret Mitchell, will be produced on Broadway within two years...
...acting varies from too much to none at all, McLaglen successfully straddles the two extremes, though his face permits the widest scowls and leers ever seen on a movie screen. Fitzgerald, of course, serves up his hoary characterization of the Lovable Old Irishman. Miss O'Hara looks fine herding sheep, but the scene in which she's frightened by lightning is probably the year's worst bit of acting. Wayne as usual is a capable hero...