Word: pampered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Business of moviemaking can no longer afford to pamper its temperamental stars. This simple fact of Hollywood economics was made abundantly clear last week to Tenor Mario Lanza, Who rode to movie stardom on the success of the musical, The Great Caruso...
Self-Service Beauty. Manhattan working girls can now freshen up at the "Pamper House," near Rockefeller Center, before going on a date. For $1 a year, 25? a visit and dimes in slot machines, a tired secretary can take a shower, wash and curl her hair, manicure her nails, look at television...
Christie's attitude toward audiences on performance days, however, is stiff and strict: no one may enter the auditorium after the overture has begun; evening dress is a must, however embarrassing to midafternoon commuters. Says he: "I refuse to pamper them." One concession: a 90-minute interval after Act II for dinner in nearby dining halls, where hungry operagoers can order chicken, Scotch salmon or cold lobster, buy choice wines from London caterers...