Word: star
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Mary Eaton, 46, Ziegfeld Follies star of the '20s (a Broadway hit at 16, she also starred in Eddie Cantor's 1923 Kid Boots'); of a heart ailment; in Los Angeles...
...Acting," confided Robert Morley, Co-Author-Star of Edward, My Son, Broadway's latest British import of delectable British corn, "is as easy as selling beer or vacuum cleaners." Being your own playwright, added Actor Morley, really makes the whole thing "quite simple. You write a large part for yourself, as I did . . . and wear the audience down. By the end of the evening they're reconciled...
...Date with Judy, starring Jane Powell and Wallace Beery, is an innocent little lollipop of a cinemusical. Rachel, which opened late in the month and netted top grosses for the last two weeks, is a pretty good historical drama whose star, Robert Mitchum, was recently arrested in a marijuana scandal. The critics were lukewarm to Good Sam, but it flourished, regardless. The Babe Ruth Story was thoroughly panned, but it profited from the wide public interest in Ruth's death. Sorry, Wrong Number and Rope, greeted with critics' cheers, rated ninth and eleventh...
...Kenary, star halfback of 1947 and one of the finest passers in New England, is ready to step into the lineup whenever Valpey sees fit; defensive tackle Rocky Stone, injured in pre-season practice, is fit again; and Paul Shafer, who took a pummeling at Army, will be available for work at his regular fullback slot...
Other features of interest include a newsreel resume of the world series and another sporty movie entitled Sports Golden Age, playing at the South Station. The Old South is featuring an epic entitled Dreams That Money Can Buy, which Seymour Peck of the New York Star has described as "surrealist, Freudian, and disturbing...