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...Beverly Hills, Cesar Romero flunked a sobriety test after wrapping his Cadillac around another car; a few drinks later, a few blocks away, Bruce Cabot wrapped his Cadillac around a tree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Kith & Kin | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

Whatever the reason, the Russian teamwork ("They pass without even looking," said one awed coach), plus a clowning Georgian named Otar Korkija, made the Russians look invincible last week, as they crushed eight straight opponents in the European basketball championships. Korkija, 28, balding and sporting a Cesar Romero mustache, convulsed the crowd by jumping for nonexistent balls, plunging feet-first into the crowd, and faking stomach cramps. But whenever the chips were down, husky (6 ft. 2 in.) Otar Kor-kija dominated the backboards, and his deadly shooting (30 points in one game) gave the Russians a big lift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: European Champions | 5/21/1951 | See Source »

Last week Mexico City film distributors, bent on reviving Viva Villa, ran into some new objections. Government censor Salvador Romero balked above all at one scene showing Villa disobeying a superior officer and capturing a town to oblige a U.S. newsman who has written the story in advance. "An abuse of history," cried Romero angrily. "Villa is not a national hero, but he was a soldier and would not disobey orders." The showing was banned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Villa Revisited | 3/12/1951 | See Source »

...Jean turns out to be an aspiring singer who can wiggle her assets on a nightclub floor-and switch right back to being as prim as Little Red Riding Hood. Douglas' problem: to go straight for her sake without inviting trouble from his arch rival, Pretty Willie (Cesar Romero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jun. 26, 1950 | 6/26/1950 | See Source »

...years, said Massolo, he had led a Jekyll & Hyde existence. His respectable life he lived with his brother in Buenos Aires. The other part he played in Don Torcuato with Matilde Romero, his mistress, mother of his three children and the confidante of his secret. One day, Massolo said, Matilde threatened to expose him. In a rage, he clubbed her to death, dumped her body into the river, placed the children with relatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Case of the Captain's Mistress | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

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