Word: oscars
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...newcomer in the story, however, is anything but childlike. Anne Baxter portrays her as a conniving liar who bides behind an assumed front of innocence. Miss Baxter manages to make the sudden transitions in characterization appear smooth and effortless. George Sanders, though, won the only Oscar for acting in All About Eve. His is the supporting role of a cynical critic, a suave and predatory animal which feeds off the talents of others...
...throw, the Faustling gets himself a fortune, wins the siren, judos her bruiser husband through a window, captures an Oscar, contrives a 1958 Pulitzer Prize script for the playwright. This unearned future honor brings the playwright to his senses; shouting "Excelsior " he first saves young Faust from Hell, then saves himself from Hollywood...
...Married. Oscar Ross Ewing, 66, Federal Security administrator (1947-52) who helped lead President Truman's unsuccessful fight for a compulsory national health insurance bill; and Mrs. Mary Whiting Thomas, 49; in Durham...
Died. Arthur Hammerstein, 82, old-time Broadway producer (Rose Marie, Naughty Marietta), son of Impresario Oscar Hammerstein, uncle of Librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (Oklahoma!, South Pacific); in Palm Beach...
Oklahoma! (Magna Theater Corp.) shows how far a man can go with one word of Choctaw. The Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein musical opened on Broadway on March 31, 1943, and enjoyed the longest run (2,248 consecutive performances) of any musical in world history. Counting the road companies (four) and the foreign productions (six), Oklahoma! was seen by more than 10 million and made more than $30 million. But that, as Rodgers & Hammerstein were well aware, was only the beginning. If Oklahoma! could make $30 million from 10 million theatergoers, what Mississippis of money might not pour back from...