Word: quits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rough, and they were both poor skaters. There was no chance for a good talk, but Roosevelt kept saying, "Isn't this perfectly bully?" Not to be outdone, Welling had to agree. "I gritted my teeth," Welling said later, "resolved not to be the first to quit. It took every ounce of grit in me. One hour we skated or scuffled about, then a second hour, and not until well on into the third, with obvious regret, did he suggest home...
...contract for Look Homeward, Angel will allow him to leave the show next June if he wants to. If Perkins decides to quit, he will not lack for employment. One likely job: playing Gene in a Paramount production of the Wolfe novel. Another possibility: bringing to life the bewildered young romantics in the early books of F. Scott Fitzgerald...
...beer in the icebox, a pension in prospect, a month's vacation every year, and enough cash in his pocket to finance it. Thanks to his Air Force training, he knows he can walk into a big-pay position in the aircraft industry any time he decides to quit the service. On top of that, the sergeant, who is a line chief, has the satisfaction of doing a job that is vital to his country's survival, and on top of that he has the pleasure of rigging the craziest kite a grown-up boy ever...
...squadron, a lieutenant colonel (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.), falls in love with the sergeant's daughter (Natalie Wood), but the sarge does not think the colonel is good enough for his girl. So one day at the base he chews the C.O. out and threatens to quit the Air Force if the thing doesn't stop. The colonel turns pale. The general turns pale. They realize only too well that without the sarge the preparation of the B-52 for combat will be seriously delayed, and without the B-52 ... In short, it is all pretty silly...
First, Singer Harry Belafonte turned down an offer of a part. Then Actor Sidney (Edge of the City) Poitier quit his co-starring role as Porgy, declared that the show was a "classic," but "as a creative artist, I just do not have enough interest in the piece." Goldwyn's version of the incident: Poitier quit after his demand to approve the script had been refused. Said Goldwyn: "If Poitier had seen a script and the way we are treating Porgy and Bess, he would be excited to do it." Goldwyn would name no names of other entertainers...