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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Strong-willed María del Carmen Franco y Polo, 23, only daughter of Spain's Generalissimo Francisco Franco, finally wore down her dad's long opposition to her leaving home. She was reported engaged in Madrid to Cristóbal Martínez Bordiu y Bascará...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Tough All Over | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

"I was offered a part last month, but ... I was too busy," mused photogenic Maureen O'Sullivan, 38, onetime movie mate of Tarzan and wife of Director John Farrow (Two Years Before the Mast) as she posed for a picture in Hollywood with 6-month-old daughter Stephanie (see...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Tough All Over | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Tough All Over | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Poodle-haired Mary (South Pacific) Martin faced water-pinched New York's Dry Friday like a good pressagent. When it came time for her famous onstage shampoo scene (I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair), a fellow actor poured a gallon of club soda into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Tough All Over | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

"We are now taking three steps back to jump over the wall that leads to the unknown," said Painter André Marchand. An exhibition of four dozen new Marchand canvases in a Paris gallery last week underlined his words. Critics praised the pictures to the skies ("one of the most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Over the Wall | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

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