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...what the Berlin critics liked best about the American show was the modern realism. Wrote one critic: "The most interesting American artists to us Germans seem to be those whose convictions are most different from those of the School of Paris [Picasso, etc.]" Singled out for special cheers: Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth...
Then Columnist Hedda Hopper, archrival of Hearst's own Louella Parsons, broke the big news: on Nov. 5, 1950, Hearst had called in Miss Davies, his companion through 32 years, and with her signed a voting trust agreement. It provided that on his death, she would become the sole voting trustee of the Hearst Corp., the empire's top holding company, and would remain so for life...
When Hedda Hopper's bombshell burst, the lawyers who had drawn the agreement for Hearst promptly confirmed it-and so did Marion Davies. The news brought a quick and bold counterattack from the Hearst estate's special administrators, Son Randolph Apperson Hearst and Lawyer Henry MacKay Jr.: "This so-called agreement . . . was never executed and for this and many other reasons has no more effect than if it never existed." Snapped Filmland Lawyer Gregson Bautzer, who had helped set up the agreement last year for Hearst: "The document will speak for itself when filed...
...until 7 the next morning. A growing number of influential admirers were fascinated by Lanza and felt a sense of mission to play some role in bringing his voice to the world. Among them was Frank Sinatra, who invited Mario to stay at his house during the furlough. Hedda Hopper and Walter Pidgeon also boosted him, and an RCA Victor agent signed him to a recording contract with a $3,000 bonus. Soon afterward, in January 1945, Mario got a medical discharge (reason: postnasal drip). He returned briefly to Hollywood to marry pretty Betty Hicks, sister of an Army friend...
With the Korean truce talks on, official Washington has begun to plan educational adjustment for future veterans. There are already more than 30 new G.I. training bills in the legislative hopper...