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...annual "April in Paris" ball at the Waldorf (for Franco-American chari ties) were suntanned Mrs. John F. Kennedy, wife of Massachusetts' junior Senator, Radio-TV Chitchatter Sloan Simpson, estranged wife of ex-Ambassador to Mexico William O'Dwyer, and comely Actress Celeste (The King and 7) Holm. Amateur Mannequins Kennedy and Simpson modeled dazzling new Paris gowns, while Actress Holm warbled a song...
...general individuality of the thing itself is braced by the expertness of the production: by the crisp pacing of Director Norman Lloyd, the lively performing of a likable cast, the fresh, amusing Hanya Holm dances, the clean simple, vivid William and Jean Eckart sets. Most of the time The Golden Apple is not only more adventurous and more sophisticated than Broadway; it is also decidedly more amusing...
Divorced. Billy Rose, 54, bantam Manhattan showman (The Immoralist); by his second wife and onetime aquastar, Eleanor Holm Rose, 40; after 14 years of marriage, two of court battles, no children ; in Las Vegas...
...Noel Coward, whom Dorothy disliked, to a party and later "we both flew at each other like wildcats." But the countess will always be remembered by Elsa as the "great broncobuster of the banal, bathos, pathos and hypocrisy-that makes up what we call modern society." From Manhattan. Eleanor Holm Rose, estranged wife of Showman Billy Rose, flew off to Nevada, where by lingering for six weeks prior to April 10 she can divorce Billy, thus qualify for a settlement jackpot of $30,000-a-year alimony, plus a $200,000 bonus...
...momentary antidote. On a purely comic basis, His and Hers never really gets off the ground. So little free will is allowed the plot that something specially gay is needed in the writing; and the writing is so metallic as to seem mirthless. Beyond pleasant performances by Celeste Holm and Robert Preston, His and Hers offers only a certain smoothness...