Word: haver
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...added up to a sharp, funny encyclopedia on the film industry in the 1940s. Though he occasionally lapsed into salesmanship through brilliantly subtle swami glamour (Henry V, the Ingrid Bergman cover story), Agee would be wisely remembered for quick biographies and reviews, particularly about such happy garbage as June Haver musicals and an early beatnik satire Salome Where She Danced, where his taste didn't have to outrun a superabundant writing talent...
DIED. JUNE HAVER, 79, wholesome actress of such 1940s film musicals as The Dolly Sisters and Look for the Silver Lining, promoted briefly as the next Betty Grable; in Los Angeles. A tumultuous personal life led her in 1953 to join a convent briefly, before returning to Hollywood and marrying actor Fred MacMurray in 1954. Their marriage lasted until his death...