Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Conquests to Come. Three months ago, convoyed by a housekeeper, valet and chauffeur, Berle moved into a sumptuous nine-room bachelor apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side. There he keeps in touch with Broadway and Hollywood through two phones in each of four rooms. Aside from mellowing him, success has awakened some tony tastes that amuse old acquaintances. He has recently taken to Homburgs, dark, dignified suits, fancier restaurants, and an occasional pose of world-weariness...
...nightclub, have a disc jockey show from noon to 2, spend some time during the week with Dick Rodgers batting out a few tunes. Sandwiched in between, he'd direct and produce a play, stage some revue sketches, be a TV network consultant, be called to Hollywood to star in, co-produce, co-direct, co-write and edit a movie. In spare moments, at all state, national and international functions, he'd like to be toastmaster. He'd like to be abbot of the Friars [which he is], shepherd of the Lambs and president of the Players...
...troupers. He took good care of everyone but himself: in 1942 he went to jail for four months for perjury arising out of a $412,000 income-tax-evasion charge. When he got out, he took up where he had left off, and, in the opinion of many Hollywood-ians, is correctly billed as the grand old man of the movies...
Ingrid Bergman, wife of Dr. Peter Lindstrom, neurosurgeon, has a ten-year-old daughter and a pleasant Hollywood home. She has also had a smashingly successful career. But her last two movies (Arch of Triumph, Joan of Arc) did not measure up to her own standards of art. "I am willing to break my neck," she told a reporter, "to do something new." After she had seen the Italian-made prizewinning movies, Open City and Paisan, she wrote Director Roberto Rossellini: "If you ever need an actress with a Swedish accent, just call...
...Rose & Pink Stucco. Four months ago, Rossellini arrived in Hollywood and called on the Lindstroms. Husband Peter, who took a liking to the visitor, urged Ingrid to accept Rossellini's invitation to make a picture on Stromboli. Roberto, a balding, middle-aged (43) man with an estranged wife and a five-year-old son, joyfully hurried home. In preparation for the arrival of his famous star, it was reported, he took a course of reducing baths...