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...hungry i last week Sisters Mary and Helen Grandison and Cousin Dottie Webster, hips swaying under plain blue dresses, had every bottle on the bar rattling as they belted out old gospel favorites with poise and trombone clarity. The Grandisons have had little musical training. They left the sawdust trail only this year, after singing in churches all over the South, to try the nightclub circuit. The four write their own arrangements, frequently substitute new words in standard spirituals-e.g. Swing down, sweet chariot/ Stop and let me ride/ Rock me, Lord/ Rock me, Lord/ Rock me, Lord/ Calm...
...short-lived. At 7 ft. 2 in., Brumel went over on his first jump. Three times Thomas leaped, and three times he carried the bar with him into the sawdust-filled pit. Still not finished, Brumel asked officials to raise the bar to 7 ft. 3 in.-and cleared it by a full 4 in., tying Thomas' world indoor record. Hurrying now, he made three quick attempts at 7 ft. 5 in., missed them, all narrowly. But Russia's Brumel had shown more than enough for a still-improving 18-year-old. Another day, another record...
...first show, he had "Mr. Clutterbuck" paged in Manhattan's busiest hotels. For the benefit of the 1,600 newsmen boring themselves to death at Princess Grace's wedding, Merrick skywrote above Monaco, WHEN IN NEW YORK, SEE "FANNY." Some of his schemes are ordinary (he scattered sawdust and cowboys under the Destry marquee), and some are bizarre; this week he plans to send half a dozen men about Manhattan wearing berets and carrying green pissoirs plastered with red signs for Irma La Douce. His most publicized feat occurred when Look Back in Anger seemed tottery and Merrick...
ELMER GANTRY. Burt Lancaster, faultlessly directed by Richard Brooks, roars down the sawdust trail like hell on wheels in this trashy, flashy but grandly entertaining cinemadaptation of the classic Sinclair Lewis satire on that old-time religion...
...years the premier arena for prizefights and political rallies, ice shows and sawdust revivals, Manhattan's Madison Square Garden will soon sport a new look in a new location. Admiral John J. Bergen, chairman of the Graham-Paige Corp., the holding company that owns the Garden, last week announced plans to build a mammoth, three-block, $38 million new sports and entertainment center to replace it, on the west side of Manhattan at a site yet to be chosen. To be privately financed, the new Garden (which will retain the old name) hopefully will be ready...