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Four of these experts were consulted: John K. Fairbank '29, professor of History, member of the Committee on Far Eastern Studies, and director of Regional Study Program on China; Bruce C. Hopper '24, associate professor of government, instructor in the Regional Program on the Soviet Union, and teacher of a course on "Russia and Asia in World Politics;" Edwin O. Reischauer, professor of Far Eastern Languages, member of the Committee on Far Eastern Studies, and instructor in the Regional Program on China; and Benjamin Schwartz, instructor in History and member of the Russian Research Center, Far Eastern Division...
Hollywood Gossipist Hedda Hopper led with her chin, bravely recorded the result: "When I wrote that I didn't understand why Louis Calhern and Nina Foch wanted to do King Lear on Broadway," she reported, "I got the following note from James T. Burns Jr. of Columbia University: 'The reason artists like Calhern and Foch choose to star in Lear instead of staying in California to portray defunct cattle barons and brilliantined cuties is approximately the same reason a gifted writer would prefer to become a Wolcott Gibbs instead of a Hedda Hopper...
...extravagant advance publicity. His personal eccentricities, as well as his acting skill, had the film colony agog. He appeared to be the first genuine "character" since Garbo. Dressed in his usual cotton T-shirt and greasy jeans, Brando shunned the big stars and their glittering parties, brushed Hedda Hopper aside with a few vague grunts, spent most of his time roaming the back alleys and bars, sometimes without shoes. The $150 weekly allowance from his father (who invests the rest of Brando's earnings in Nebraska cattle) was always gone in a few days, much of it handed...
...Ralph W. Sullivan of Boston, urged that any institution found by the Commissioner of Education to harbor communists on its faculty be deprived of its tax exempt status. His bill was defeated after several changes in form, but others like it have since been dropped in the General Court hopper...
Excellent characterizations are given in supporting roles by Minor Watson, as Rickey, and Richard Lane, as Clay Hopper, a Mississippi who managed the Montreal Royals when Robinson played for them. It is unfortunate that all of the baseball scenes could not have been filmed in the parks where they occurred, but this is a minor criticism. The same can be said for the facts that Robinson was slightly overweight when the picture was made and that Robby's batting stance had to be altered for the purposes of the camera. These are hardly noticeable and they certainly do not detract...