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...might be the material for a winner. For example, you might show genuine interest by this offering, "Canada, the land of Rose Marie, interests me because I want to know just why Fernando Lamas was cast as a rugged Canadian trapper." You could use the same technique with Howard Keel as a Mountie, or with any of the production staff...
...half of the competent performances in Rose Marie are the work of evergreen and sparkling streams. In fact, one giant ponderosa pinc should get an Oscar for the best supporting role. It is visible, in Cinema-scope, in every third scene, and performs equally well with Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, and Fernando Lamas, which, everything considered, is quite an achievement...
...Japan, the boom tide was receding and the nation's economy was touching its keel in the shallow waters of inflation. For three years, the war in Korea had made work for millions of Japanese, spelling the difference between profit and bankruptcy for hundreds of Japanese firms. U.S. military purchases, and spending by U.N. soldiers on leave from Korea or stationed in Japan, more than made up for the annual deficit in Japan's foreign trade. In the big cities, fishtail Cadillacs, gaudy nightclubs, air-conditioned office buildings and huge geisha parties reflected the boom...
...July 1951 Rickover was passed over by a selection board consisting, in this case, of nine admirals. This was bad for but not fatal to his career. He went on with his work. In June 1952 the keel of the Nautilus was laid in the yard of the Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. President Truman presided over the ceremonies, along with the Secretaries and Chiefs of Staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force, and the chairman of the AEC. Captain Rickover, in civilian clothes even for this occasion, kept in the background, but his work and vision...
Kate's familiar plot shuttles actor-producer Howard Keel between 'Broadway and sixteenth-century Italy. Keel plays Fred Graham, battling to produce The Taming of the Shrew with his fiery ex-wife in the title role. Wisely following note for note the lead of Alfred Drake who played the part on Broadway, Keel is robust in voice and bearing...