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...last weekend of 1963, the scythe went through six Broadway shows, and at least $500,000 of investors' money disappeared with them. Mary Martin's new musical Jennie was the biggest money loser, since its nut was $550,000 and it ran only ten weeks. The best play to fall was Jean Anouilh's The Rehearsal (it lost $40,000). Other foldees: Terence Rattigan's Man and Boy ($90,000 down), The Irregular Verb to Love ($35,000), Love and Kisses ($100,000), Double Dublin ($45,000). This crop was quickly followed by Tennessee Williams...
Simple Refusal. When the loser is insured, as is general in the auto-accident cases that make up the bulk of civil damage suits, payment normally is quick. In those liability and libel suits where huge judgments make huge headlines, the uninsured loser may pay up, post a bond and appeal - or resort to pure procrastination. Appeals are a prime source of delay and hold great promise for the loser's pocketbook. Only a few weeks ago, a New York appeals court lopped nearly $3,000,000 from the $3,500,000 libel verdict won in July...
...other matches, 123-pounder Pete Keeler was trapped in a near-fall in the first period, but rebounded to score a 6-6 tie against Tom McAuley. Jack Daniels (157) was Harvard's only loser, but he gave Engineer captain Mike Williams a rugged battle before bowing...
...country's most notorious hoods-Al Capone, Kid Twist Reles, Pittsburgh Phil Strauss. He fought for the Mad Dog Killer and the Bread Knife Murderess, and of more than 100 defendants charged with first-degree murder, Sam saved all but one from the electric chair. The loser made the unforgivable error of leaving his fingerprints behind...
...time loser dourly dedicated to his craft, Gabin comes out of prison and plunges right into a plot to lift 1,000,000,000 francs from the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes. But suspense-wise the film fails to break even until Accomplice Delon takes up a tommy gun, crawls on his belly through an air conditioning duct that appears approximately as long and tortuous as the Grande Corniche, and shinnies down an elevator cable into the casino's vault-just in time to break the bank...