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Meanwhile it seemed that every actor in the world who was over 35 - and some men who were not actors - was scowling into his mirror and jockeying for the plum role in the picture: the Godfather himself, Don Vito Corleone. Under consideration were prospects who ranged from George C. Scott to Laurence Olivier to Italian Producer Carlo Ponti, Sophia Loren's husband...
...good that the field is now more open, that creative people are no longer so often slaves to the system, to the Mom-ism of a Louis B. Mayer or the sexism of a Harry Cohen. The production head's wife isn't automatically given plum roles any more, and there seem to be more and better opportunities for new, unknown talent, both on and off screen. Writers may more often direct their own pictures and directors write theirs; or the two--writer and director--may work in close collaboration, the result being, ideally, a tighter film, with a more...
CALIFORNIA, JUNE 6. By the time this primary rolls around, some candidates are likely to have left the race. It will probably be hotly contested, nevertheless, because the winner takes all its 271 delegates-the juiciest plum along the campaign trail. So far, Muskie holds the lead. The latest field poll shows him ahead of Humphrey, with 28% to 23% of the vote. Lindsay and McCarthy are each given 9%. McGovern trails with 7%. Only Muskie and McGovern have as yet been doing any serious campaigning in California. Still, in a state that appreciates a dazzling personal campaign style, Lindsay...
...however, typifies the new mobility better than lithe, mod Ozawa. Last week, at 36, Ozawa grabbed off one of the biggest plums in American orchestral life: the august, auburn-sounding Boston Symphony, which he will take over in 1973. Since he already has another juicy plum in hand as conductor of the San Francisco Symphony and has no plans to give it up, Ozawa has instantly become one of the most powerful and busy men in American music...
That event, however, seems a remote calamity. As he celebrated his 90th birthday and the publication of his 90th-odd book last week, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse-known as "Plum" to his friends and "Plummie" to Ethel, his wife of 57 years-was still in good form, working on a new novel and surrounded by the inevitable dogs and cats in his house at Remsenburg, a serene little town on Long Island's south shore...