Word: star
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scene of a major development in East-West relations. It will become the first Communist capital ever to play host to an American President. The Rumanian capital is already busy getting ready for the 20-hour state visit. The Rumanian army band must learn to play The Star-Spangled Banner, a notoriously difficult capitalist number...
Such dialogue-this one occurred last week-reflects the state of the contemporary film. In the U.S., movies are known by their titles or their stars. Overseas, the director is becoming the star. There may always be the Catherine Deneuves and Marcello Mastroiannis who are billed above the titles of their films. But increasingly the actor in Europe has become less important than the man who calls the shots. When France's Jean-Luc Godard makes a film, the title is virtually irrelevant. Satyricon is the official name of a forthcoming fantasy about the sexual excesses of ancient Rome...
...pathos and childish innocence. There were no singing lessons to mar her delivery, nor any acting lessons to ruin the uninhibited intensity of her stage presence. "She was so sweet," recalls Jack Haley, who played the Tin Man. "I would say, 'Well, Judy, if you ever become a star, please stay as sweet as you are,' and she would say, 'I don't know what could change me, Jack. Why would anything change...
Astronomers have long known pre cisely how fast the earth moves as it cir cles around its own star, the sun (66,500 m.p.h.), and how fast the solar system revolves around the core of its own galaxy, the Milky Way (481,000 m.p.h...
...staff. The agency is a partnership between Raymond League, a former account executive at J. Walter Thompson, and Joan Murray, a correspondent for Manhattan's WCBS-TV. Their biggest account is the national campaign for All-Pro Chicken, the franchising chain headed by Brady Keys, retired professional football star. Zebra's admen are not the least self-conscious about using heavy Negro dialect in their ads. Sample from an All-Pro radio commercial: "Good-lookin', don't shout. Go 'head on. Tell me 'bout it." League sees his agency's future in aiming...