Word: shirt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Movies are pre-eminently a director's medium, and of the Hollywood directors most actors would don a hair shirt to work for, William Wyler is near the top of the list. His own record as a director is unsurpassed: three Oscars (Mrs'. Miniver, Best Years of Our Lives, Ben-Hur) plus eight Oscar nominations. But what impresses actors is not so much that his expertise ranges from costume epics to light comedy; it is that under his guidance no fewer than a dozen stars have won Oscars for themselves.* Not that working under Willie Wyler is easy...
Help or Hair Shirt. In Britain, contracts are brief, often oral, and sealed with no more than a handshake. Though the Germans rarely strike (only 34 strikes all last year), the French have a way of striking at any time without warning; wildcat walkouts are especially prevalent in Britain, where the courts have little power to intervene. U.S. businessmen are often taken aback by the anti-capitalist polemics, greater militance and puzzling multiplicity of the labor unions. The British have 190 unions, and a company such as Ford must negotiate with more than 20 on each contract go-round...
...influence on wage policies. Under the complicated French labor code, special labor courts handle all grievances, and each plant is required to have an employee committee sitting as advisers to management. Called the Comité d'Entreprise, it can be anything from a great help to a hair shirt, meets at least monthly with plant managers and can have the company's books audited at any time...
...bailed her boy out of jail while he was waiting to enter a hospital for addicts because she could not bear to have him wash his own underwear. Some mothers even encouraged their sons' habits by giving them $5 for a $1.50 haircut, or $15 for a $5 shirt, knowing that the money would...
...PUSSYCAT. This couple isn't so weird but is funny all the same, as a light-minded prostitute (Diana Sands) deflates a heavily stuffed shirt (Alan Alda...