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...dark and cluttered, in the late Victorian style, that he acquired an early appreciation of the austere forms of 20th century architecture. With affectionate detail he recalls his maverick mother, a shabby-genteel domestic in the house of a New York lawyer, who met the man's nephew and bore young Lewis out of wedlock. The boy's German grandfather, a retired headwaiter at Delmonico's, became the dominant figure of Mumford's early years, taking him on long walks about the city...
...Magda Dettke, the infant from Berlin, appears in his office. Her mother, the woman Jake had seen in the museum 20 years ago, is dead. Magda now works for British intelligence, and she has startling news. Giles wants to redefect, but he will do so only if his nephew helps him cross from East to West Berlin. Jake realizes that his visitor and he are still children, possessed by the "ghosts of his father and her mother." Somehow they are both fated to complete "our parents' business...
...refreshing to read about things like sentiment, affection and even loyalty. Like a stubborn aunt and a boisterous nephew, our two countries have differences at every turn, but it remains the same family...
Estimates of his fortune vary. The last count was one multiplujillion, nine obsquatumatillion, six hundred twenty-three dollars and sixty-two cents. He may or may not have more money than anybody else, but one thing is certain: he is the richest duck in the world. Donald, his nephew, has more marquee value, but, much in the manner of movie stars, he has squandered his earnings. Uncle Scrooge McDuck, of Scots ancestry and American pioneer tradition, has never let go of a dime-not even the first one he ever earned, which he often carries, tied to a string...
...Disneyed version of the Charles Dickens tale. Due out at year's end, the fully animated, 24-min. featurette reunites Mickey with some old friends, including Minnie Mouse as his wife, Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge, Goofy as Marley's Ghost, Donald Duck as Ebenezer's nephew, Jiminy Cricket as the Ghost of Christmas Past and Daisy Duck as Scrooge's girlfriend. Newcomers may not notice, but age has changed Mickey's voice. His creator, Walt Disney, spoke for him for the first 19 years of his life, and Disney Sound Effects Man Jim Macdonald...