Word: screens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...developed into an extraordinarily graceful giant. When his slow-starting teammates let St. Joseph's sneak into a first-half lead (26-23), Wilt took command, collected passes from all over the court, and showed his familiar skill at dunking scores. On defense, his long arms wove a screen in front of St. Joseph's basket. With time to regain their poise before the Wilt-worshiping crowd, Wilt's teammates turned to, added 35 points to Wilt's personal 31, and won the game...
...recording of Brahms's First Symphony, v. $3.98 for the same symphony on LP). A better prospect for a new revolution in recordings : sound-plus-picture. Engineers are now working on a disk that will be keyed to a picture to be played on a television screen. The audiophile will see Harry Belafonte singing at the Waldorf as he listens to him, will watch the great operas unfold onstage as the music pours from his phonograph...
Died. E. G. (Ernest George) Harcourt Williams, 77, deft, wizened character actor of the British stage (more than 200 plays), screen (Hamlet, Roman Holiday), radio and TV, who joined the Old Vic in 1929, produced (in four years) some 50 plays, revitalized Shakespearean production, introduced works of his old chum, Playwright George Bernard Shaw; after long illness; in London...
...offense Tufts, like the varsity, utilizes a high post with guards cutting off. If they can control the boards, the visitors will fast-break down court; if not, the Jumbos will try to set up drives off Stanley or screen for Muench and Shaw...
...Lampoon's own April Orlich, who plays a Uruguayan night club singer, is not on screen long enough to permit an assessment of her acting talents...