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Lundsgard the Magnificent. "Oh, let yourself be happy!" cries Hayden to himself, and falls in love, first with the city of Florence, and second with a Midwestern female scholar named Dr. Olivia Lomond. The affair with Olivia reaches its decisive stage in a chilly mountain inn. Gushes Hayden: "I'm not fit to love you!" Counters Olivia: "The wild highlander in me has come to life again . . . thank God. Dearest Hayden . . . quit smothering yourself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Valedictory | 3/26/1951 | See Source »

...Hollywood's Olivia de Havilland Juliet was a gallant try but a double miss. She is neither a good enough actress nor a magical enough Juliet. She never seems to feel the part-only the importance of it. She never seems in love with Romeo-only with Romeo and Juliet. She recites poetry where she should radiate it; and goes through the role as though following a score marked presto or lento, ff. or pp. It is a thoroughly modest, painstaking performance, but it just never seems to matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Old Play in Manhattan, Mar. 19, 1951 | 3/19/1951 | See Source »

...ladies of the Hollywood Women's Press Club compared notes on their year's work, voted Loretta Young and Alan Ladd the "most cooperative stars," Olivia de Havilland and Robert Mitchum the "least cooperative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Dec. 25, 1950 | 12/25/1950 | See Source »

Typical of the settlements is the Olivia James House, the majority of whose 1,160 members are youngsters from 3 to 17. It is run by a staff of 15: four College men, two paid, full-time workers, and nine other volunteers. The funds necessary to run the activities come from the Community Chest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: P.B.H. Volunteers Assist Children In 33 Boston Settlement Houses | 12/7/1950 | See Source »

After her year-old son, Benjamin Briggs Goodrich, was christened in San Antonio's St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Cinemactress Olivia de Havilland (Mrs. Marcus Goodrich) announced that little Ben was to grow up to be a Supreme Court Justice "because justice is so important in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Thoughts & Afterthoughts | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

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