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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Games. In Texarkana, Ark., charged with aggravated assault for severely wounding her husband with a knife, Mrs. Hazel Washington stoutly maintained in court: "We play like that all the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 7, 1949 | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

Crosby himself harbored no ill feelings. Said he: "I'll be glad to play Loew's Prague any time . . . Where can I get a flak suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Pfui! | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

Playwright Tennessee Williams, who walked out on an M-G-M writing job before his Broadway success, returned to Manhattan from a second stint in Hollywood. "I had a lovely time," said Williams. "It isn't such a bad place, really." His assignment: writing a screen play from his stage hit, The Glass Menagerie. His latest experience: "I worked with [Warner Producer] Jerry Wold. We get along perfectly. We were in complete agreement on every point . . . Well, we did have to compromise on an ending. They wanted what they call an upbeat ending. I didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Nov. 7, 1949 | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

Novelist-Playwright Anita Loos was making the most of a good thing. Having cleaned up over $1,500,000 on Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as a magazine sketch (1924), a first novel (1925), a play (1926) and a movie (1928), she had collaborated with Playwright Joseph Fields to turn it into a musicomedy. As rehearsals began in Manhattan, a photographer recorded an unrehearsed resemblance between Author Loos and the 1949 version of her heroine, up & coming Comedienne Carol (Lend an Ear) Channing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Nov. 7, 1949 | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

Panel two shows the basic ground play with wingback George Sella (99) reversing to take the ball from fullback Davison (34) on a run around left...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tiger Attack Shows Shifts And Cunning | 11/5/1949 | See Source »

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