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Shocked. Gravel-voiced Lionel Stander, long type-cast by the movies as the rundown heel, strode into the hearing room with two luscious blondes and a lawyer, demanded that the television lights (for films, not live TV) be turned off. "I appear on television for entertainment or philanthropic purposes only, and this is neither," he rasped...
With his eyes (one green and one brown) glaring, Stander roared that the real subversives in entertainment are "a group of fanatics [who] would deprive artists of life, liberty and property and due process of law." When Chairman Harold Velde finally interrupted the tirade, Stander said he was shocked that the com mittee didn't want to hear about that kind of subversion. With obvious refer ence to Bandsman Shaw, he rumbled: "I'm not a dupe, dope, mope, moe or schmoe...
...author, not the reader, has failed. To blame that failure upon the critic Instead of the author is a classic maneuver, and, of course, is in some cases justified. But not, I believe, in this instance. In a conflict between critic and author, a good thing for the by-stander to do is consult an impartial authority on the subject--and in this case most of those questioned agree with the reviewer. But the best thing to do in such a case, is for the reader to consult the story itself. I invite all those stirred by the controversy...
...snarled plot lines and falls flat. But Rex Harrison gives a sly, buoyant performance in a tough, wordy role. And some of Writer-Director-Producer Sturges' whimsy and brisk dialogue are worth the wait through the dull spots. In a cast heavy with "characters," Edgar Kennedy, Lionel Stander and Rudy Vallee stand out. Vallee is especially good as a stuffed-shirt multimillionaire...
...director in mother's new producing firm. Actor Wallace Ford beat a drunken driving rap by explaining that he drove the way he did because his whiskers kept blowing in his face. Ex-Ziegfeld Beauty Boots Mallory, arrested for drunken driving, was freed to await trial. Actor Lionel Stander & wife filed petitions in bankruptcy, listing assets of $3,150, liabilities of $33,772.77. Actor Lawrence (Dillinger) Tierney, who had been spending his weekends in jail for boozing, fought his brother in the street over a girl and ended up with 90 days on the road gang. Columbia Pictures...