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...Siren Talmadge vamped her way to high-salaried high living (up to $7,500 a week) in a low-tax era, became one of Hollywood's top-rated movie queens in the '20s under the shrewd guidance of first husband Joseph M. Schenk (through such films as Smilin' Through, Camille), retired in 1930 with wealth intact after an unsuccessful try at the talkies (and a Mexican divorce from Schenk), stormily wed (in 1934) and divorced Comic George Jessel, later, a victim of arthritis, lived in Nevada seclusion with Dr. Carvel James, her husband since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 6, 1958 | 1/6/1958 | See Source »

...Rockin' in the Rocket Room), mellowing (43) Songstress Frances Longford hove up to a Manhattan pier on the 118-ft. Chanticleer, an air-conditioned pleasure dome captained by her husband, Outboard Motor King Ralph Evinrude. On hand to greet the yachtsmen was Rockin's most conspicuous author, smilin' Cartoonist Zock Mosley, who normally writes the overage dialogue of comic-strip hero Smilin' Jack. Why had he ventured into the teenagers rock 'n' roll rhythm? Drawled well-preserved Mosley: "I'm hepper than most bobby-soxers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 23, 1956 | 7/23/1956 | See Source »

...admir ingly at the feet of their new President. Author Keith suffers from the conviction that every least thing that happens to her, her husband and their only son George is of overwhelming interest, and she records their conversation in some of the least plausible dialogue to appear outside Smilin' Jack. Her saving grace is an ability to see men of many colors not as quaint objects but as individual human beings, and a warm faith in Asian friends which is refreshingly free of condescension...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Asian Friends | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

...heart artery in front of the TV cameras. Medic, sounding less and less like a Dragnet-in-bandages and more and more like daytime soap opera, told a pathetic story about a young girl with breast cancer. Robert Montgomery presented a full hour of smilin' through muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis. But while he recuperated, the televiewer was able to find cheerier fare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Review of the Week | 12/20/1954 | See Source »

...shows is reserved for the very youngest: NBC's Ding Dong School, featuring Dr. Frances Horwich and making life easier for mothers and their pre-school young. From here, the moppets are expected to progress by easy stages through Du Mont's Magic Cottage, ABC's Smilin' Ed's Gang to NBC's Pinky Lee Show and the bedlam of Howdy Doody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 10/18/1954 | See Source »

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