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...some point early in the proceedings, studio thinkers must have decided that the film as it stood was not going to make history or much money. The solution was to ring in two bit-players-Ingemar Johansson and Mort Sahl. Heavyweight Johansson sings a campfire song prettily in Swedish, and his two basic expressions (faintly amused and faintly serious) beat Actor Ladd's range by one. Comic Sahl, the only warrior shown who looks grubby enough to be a real G.I., very nearly saves the show with one line. He cheers his mates up with a few jokes during...
...settled: Heavyweight Boxing Champion Floyd Patterson would fight Swedish Challenger Ingemar Johansson in a third bout for the title. Date: Nov. 1. Place: Los Angeles. But last week, the man who counts most threw a haymaker at the plan. Said Champion Patterson: "I might fight Johansson before Nov. 1 or after Nov. 1, but I'll not fight him on Nov. 1." Why was he so sore? Well, for one thing, Patterson first heard the news from a gas station attendant, who heard it on the radio. Then there were the promoters, Feature Sports, Inc. and their counsel. Lawyer...
...Amato for his fighter, World Heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson, that D'Amato outdid his customary generosity in giving Patterson a little something befitting the man's rank. At a testimonial banquet in Manhattan, Boxer Patterson, who regained his title in June from Sweden's Ingemar Johansson and plans to defend it in Los Angeles Nov. i, starred in a coronation ceremony witnessed by such fight fans as U.S. Attorney General William P. Rogers, New York City's Mayor Robert Wagner and Grand Old Democrat James A. Farley. His gift, symbolizing good behavior and pugilistic excellence...
Next day Critic Reston followed up with a scalding satire on the President's report, in the form of a mock letter to Ingemar Johansson, recently deposed heavyweight boxing champion...
Only a week before the fight Ingo passed the white-glove test for Vitalis. Jayson shirts is perhaps the advertiser caught with its chin farthest out: market-bound beyond recall, complete with ads and collar labels, is an "Ingemar Johansson Shirt," due to go on sale in stores Aug. 25. Quipped General Sales Manager Paul Groetzinger: "I wore a black armband when I went to the office last Tues day." But, in the best tradition, he is counting heavily on a rematch: "I still think he's a hell of an asset...