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...Helen Hayes took a good smash from Miss Bisset-and the scene worked. Back in Hollywood, after a 13-year absence, for the filming of Arthur Hailey's bestseller Airport, the great lady of the stage still scorns a standin. In her role as chronic stowaway Ada Quonsett, she even insisted on doing a wrestling scene with the mad bomber, played by Van Heflin. It was something of a reunion for the two veterans, who last worked together in. the film My Son John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 8, 1969 | 8/8/1969 | See Source »

...will be understandably inclined to refuse the opportunity to spend a couple of hours tonight in a quonsett hut in England, among khakied men, listening to khakied talk. You don't want that "Carmen" is nicer. But such an opportunity is being offered nightly here at the Wilbur Theater, and the purpose of this review is to tell you not to miss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Command Decision" | 10/2/1948 | See Source »

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