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...GREAT BRAIN, by John D. Fitzgerald, illustrated by Mercer Mayer (Dial; $3.95). In Mormon Utah in 1896, Tom ("The Great Brain") is the craftiest kid around. Whether figuring a way to make money when his father gets the first flush toilet in town or teaching a one-legged boy how not to be "useless," Tom is very funny; the illustrations are excellent...
...More Habit. As in the days of Goldwyn and Mayer, the studio goal is to make money-but the customers are now willing to pay for a different product. "The main change has been in audience," argues Robert Evans, head of production at Paramount. "Today, people go to see a movie; they no longer go to the movies. We can't depend on habit any more. We have to make 'I've got to see that pictures...
...being brought out at that time. He was just as opposed to censorship movements, and has done his bit to bring the taboos tumbling down. As something of a sequel to two earlier books (The Lion's Share and Hollywood Rajah: The Life and Times of Louis B. Mayer), he has just published The Great Films: Fifty Golden Years of Motion Pictures...
...Birmingham (2) 2. The New Industrial State, Galbraith (1) 3. Nicholas and Alexandra, Massie (3) 4. A Modern Priest Looks at His Outdated Church, Kavanaugh (4) 5. Twenty Letters to a Friend, Alliluyeva 6. Incredible Victory, Lord (5) 7. Anyone Can Make a Million, Shulman (6) 8. The Lawyers, Mayer (9) 9. At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends, Eisenhower (7) 10. Happiness Is a Stock That Doubles in a Year, Cobleigh...
...Lawyers, Mayer (9) 10. Everything But Money, Levenson...