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...decided to enter the lists with a candidate of their own. He was Ludovic Kennedy, 38, Eton and Oxford, lecturer on current affairs and latterly a widely known television commentator. Kennedy cut a wide swathe through Rochdale, helped mightily by a glamorous fellow campaigner, his ballerina wife Moira Shearer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Prime Minister's Return | 2/24/1958 | See Source »

...prettiest campaigners in British politics, twinkle-toed Cinemorsel Moira (The Red Shoes) Shearer, made her maiden speech in Rochdale, England, was rewarded with such hearty applause that she predicted: "I'll be Prime Minister yet!" But Ballerina Shearer plugged for votes "as the candidate's wife and not as a political speaker." Her candidate: Writer and onetime TV Newscaster Ludovic Kennedy, standing for Parliament on the Liberal ticket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 17, 1958 | 2/17/1958 | See Source »

...history, it supplied Actress Katharine Cornell with a dashingly theatrical vehicle when she first played it on Broadway in 1931. Since then she has revived it twice on Broadway, besides road tours and a TV version. The present movie version is the second (the 1934 film starred Norma Shearer). It is still the romantic period piece it was, and though it seems a little tired for having been around so long, there is no apparent reason why it should not still attract large audiences. As the father, Sir John Gielgud is unrelentingly grim; as Browning, Bill Travers (in a wild...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jan. 21, 1957 | 1/21/1957 | See Source »

Famous Film Festival (Sun. 7:30 p.m., ABC). Moira Shearer in The Red Shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Program Preview, Apr. 2, 1956 | 4/2/1956 | See Source »

Famous Film Festival (Sun. 7:30 p.m., ABC). Moira Shearer in The Red Shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Program Preview, Dec. 26, 1955 | 12/26/1955 | See Source »

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