Word: simone
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...acting with and for a group-"just a few old friends"-whose identity he kept secret. But at least three were tentatively identified as New York Investment Brokers David Baird and Charles Allen and Theater Tycoon Simon H. (Si) Fabian, president of Stanley Warner Corp., to which Warners sold its theater chain in 1953, in accordance with an antitrust decree separating moviemakers from exhibitors. While Semenenko denied that old friend Fabian, "a wonderful executive." had invested in his new deal, he admitted that he would "like to see the legalities ironed out, so that Fabian could get into the picture...
...Panama, last week sent an amiable invitation to a golfer named Dwight ("Ike") Eisenhower -and to the chiefs of government of the 19 other American republics. Come to Panama, said Dickie, on June 25 and 26. Occasion: the anniversary of the Congress of Panama, called in 1826 by Liberator Simon Bolivar. *Motive: nothing more than a get-acquainted meeting of the Presidents' club, with whatever dividends of good will and better understanding that might flow out of such newly made friendships...
...plot: Simple-Simon Gobel, heir to a frankfurter fortune, is dogged by Fortune Hunters Niven and Gaynor. In mid-picture, Gobel concludes that Mitzi wants his pelf, instead of his self, and renounces her. Producer Paul Jones liked this idea so much that he has it played all over again, but it is not much funnier the second time around. About the only bright note: the catchy title song neatly handled by Gobel and Gaynor...
...WICKED VILLAGE (304 pp.)-Gabriel Chevallier-Simon & Schuster...
...MacVeagh, has a warmth and vitality that flags only when seduced by drink and the perfume of Carlotta Cortez (John Britton), whom, the program notes, is the "Peace of the Villan." He is always enthusiastic and never overdone--a tribute to his and the director's taste. The demons, Simon Darkway and Dirk Sneath, are slimy and deplorable in a hissable maner. As played by Paul Haskell and Jonathan Keyes, they are very successful in linking the whole show together. Marshall Schwartz, who plays the helpless daughter of "Purity, Body and Flavor," is tolerably sweet...