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...First Gentleman, also known as the Prince Regent and George IV of England, is shown chiefly as a father in Norman Ginsbury's period piece. For two acts the rakish, selfish, stylish Regent insists that Princess Charlotte marry the Prince of Orange, before giving her the Prince Leopold she loves. There are gaudy family scenes-the best one between an unhappy, runaway Charlotte and her unhappier, cast-aside mother-preceding Charlotte's death in childbed...
...Horns. Other selections: a concerto in which the piano soloist is under the impression that he is supposed to be playing Grieg, while the conductor is concentrating on Tchaikovsky and the orchestra is working on Roll Out the Barrel; a second concerto, written by Mozart's father Leopold for alpenhorn and played on two lengths of garden hose by Britain's distinguished Hornist Dennis Brain; a set of variations for wheezy winds, featuring Hoffnung himself playing a tuba so big that it runs on wheels and requires built-in bellows to supply enough wind...
FAIRBANKS, MORSE PROFITS are rising fast, says company in reply to Director Leopold Silberstein, who is driving to take over heavy-equipment maker on charges that its earnings, management are poor. Although sales rose only 4%, F-M's first-quarter profits hit $660,507 v $200,271 in January-March of 1956, thanks to "a more realistic pricing policy, and realization of some heavy investments made in plant...
...fight for control of Fairbanks, Morse & Co. left everyone still in suspense. In Chicago last week, the company's annual meeting was held as scheduled, but it produced no winner. Led by President Robert H. Morse Jr., F-M's management hurled a lawsuit against Financier Leopold Silberstein and his Penn-Texas Corp., alleged that Silberstein acquired thousands of F-M shares and voting rights "illegally" through Swiss banks and other mysterious sources (TIME, March 25), is not entitled to vote them. Hearing the preliminary arguments, a U.S. District Court halted further proxy solicitation by either side...
...fight for control of Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Financier Leopold Silberstein operated with all the cloak-and-dagger tactics of international intrigue. He masked his buying of F-M stock by using Swiss banks, which are forbidden by law to reveal names of customers, and by making purchases from a handful of mysterious sellers who collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for helping Silberstein. All told, said Silberstein last week, his Penn-Texas Corp., a grab bag of 20 companies has bought-or agreed to buy-some $35 million in F-M shares. He can count...