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...cheery, puckish smile. His family brought him to the U.S. from Russia when he was only a year old, and not long after that, decided that he should be a violinist. In the course of time, Isaac dutifully obliged. Trained wholly in the U.S., he has become the special idol of a big following of younger American musicians; he feels that they have gained hope from his success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Buttered Beethoven | 1/18/1954 | See Source »

Died. Jorge Negrete, 42, top-drawer singing star of Mexican cowboy films and one of Latin America's favorite cinemactors, fourth husband (since last year) of Mexico's tempestuous Movie Queen Maria Felix; of a liver ailment; in Hollywood. As Mexicans openly mourned Film Idol Negrete's death, his widow declared "unsuitable" a two-engined transport plane sent by Mexico's President Ruiz Cortines to bring his body home from Los Angeles, instead chartered a four-engined American Airlines DC-6, planned an elaborate public funeral in Mexico City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 14, 1953 | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

...Gawd! What a Night!" Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was a legitimate child of the theater. His father, James, was a matinee idol of the '80s who discovered a milk & honey of a role in The Count...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Trouble with Brown | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

...Between (London Films; United Artists) features a famous cine-magician, British Director Carol Reed, using the same old saw that worked so well in Odd Man Out, The Third Man and The Fallen Idol. Again, Reed's biting suspense all but slices the moviegoer in half. But this time Director Reed does not quite manage to put him together again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 7, 1953 | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

...possible-is all in regal slow-motion, like a Coronation rehearsal. Actress Martin cannot fail to be personally engaging, but her portentous pauses and rather statuesque poses are a mistake. Boyer's role allows an excellent actor no chance to act, and he can only exert a matinee-idol charm. Except to watch its two stars at far from their best, there can be no reason to see Kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Nov. 16, 1953 | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

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