Word: stardom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Blushing Raves. Dennis does have something undeniably magnetic. She made a splendid young social worker in 1962 with Jason Robards Jr. in A Thousand Clowns, winning a Tony award for it. Now 27, she has moved into her stardom in the theater as easily as if her place had been reserved by celestial decree...
...lured his good friend Arturo Toscanini back from Italy to conduct for NBC, became what some called "vice president for Toscanini," stayed on after the maestro retired to create topflight TV opera, commissioned Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors, started Leontyne Price on her way to stardom; of heart disease; in Manhattan...
...Street restaurant. In the partnership, Older Brother Sam was the producer and Middle Brother Lee the businessman; "J.J." touched both sides of the business, playing backer to Florenz Ziegfeld, producing more than 500 shows, and sending Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, Marilyn Miller and Bert Lahr on their way to stardom. Until 1956, when the U.S. Government settled an antitrust suit, the Shuberts controlled half of all U.S. legitimate theaters; the business (24 theaters in Manhattan and four other cities) is still worth an estimated $50 million, and two days before J.J.'s death, the Government moved...
...closes in on him about the postage money he has pilfered. Girls are a problem too. He is engaged to Rita and Barbara, but loves his beatnik playmate Liz, portrayed by Julie Christie, an actress so brimful of careless charm that she parlays a few brief scenes into instant stardom...
...importance of team play cannot be underestimated in rugger. With rules against blocking and forward passes, individual stardom is much less likely than in football. Only the ballcarrier can be tackled, making it essential to keep play open so he can pass...