Word: hustler
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Michigan (TIME, Feb. 23) - had no sooner turned turkey and folded its wings after two nights in New York than its visionary actor-president, George C. Scott, 34, turned tough with Hollywood. Up for an Oscar for his sup porting role as the cold-blooded gambler in The Hustler, the temperamental pride of Detroit became the first nominee in the 35-year history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to opt out of the competition. His announced reason: disgust with the lobbying and self-promotion increasingly expected of Oscar seek ers. Said Scott: "I take the position...
Last week the Air Force tested an enclosed escape capsule that may solve the problem. Chief Warrant Officer Edward J. Murray, a parachute tester, took off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in a B58 Hustler bomber. He was strapped into an elaborate device that looked a little like an old-fashioned baby carriage with a convertible hood. When the B58 reached 20,000 ft. and was flying at 565 m.p.h., Murray pulled a lever. The hood of his seat closed over him, sealing him into an airtight, 700-lb. capsule. Doors opened in the top of the cockpit...
...where West Side Storyand Judgement at Nuremberg continue, undiminished in stature (or length, helas; the Beacon Hill (CA 7-6676) where the not wholly successful, but not wholly unsuccessful One, Two, Threemay be seen; and our own UT (currently called the Harvard Square Theatre), where The Hustler should be seen...
...George C. Scott is an exception, a heavy who has achieved star status. In all media, his acting has earned soaring critical acclaim. He was, for example, the superbly cynical gambler in Hollywood's The Hustler. He was the ice-eyed police lieutenant who stalked Sir Laurence Olivier in TV's The Power and the Glory...
Married. Piper Laurie, 30, a cupcake in Hollywood confections until she walked out on a long-term Universal-International contract to search for more "challenging" roles (The Hustler); and Joseph Morgenstern, 29, New York Herald Tribune drama reporter, who met her on an interview; both for the first time; in Long Beach, Calif...