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...massive array of promising eyes, perfect legs and pneumatic bosoms, he finds nothing that can quite match his favorites of yesteryear-Theda Bara, the archetype of the Vamp; Gloria Swanson, with her passion for spangles and feathers; Clara Bow, the original "It" girl; Greta Garbo, the incomparable Swede, still a legend after a decade off the screen; Jean Harlow, whose platinum-blonde petulance and provocative lisp still agitate nostalgic memories in thousands of aging males...
...also scored some notable firsts. Margaret Truman made her TV debut on the show. So did Bob Hope, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, Sam Levenson, Faye Emerson, Vaughn Monroe. Charles Laughton used the show to launch the Bible readings that are now a staple of the lecture circuit; Gloria Swanson publicly revealed her belief in God, and Hedy Lamarr renounced the role of seductress long enough to sing RockaBye, Baby exactly as she does to her own children...
...Roger Swanson, John Tangen, Lew Cowan, Dick Upjohn, Al Cohn, Tom Hoya, and Pen White won their matches for the Deacons. Eliot, Kirkland, and Lowell are now tied for first place in the league...
...whole show was as formalized as a high-school commencement. The main actors of Academy Award night were gathered in a smoky nightclub on Manhattan's West 52nd Street. There, Nominee José Ferrer was host at a party to celebrate the 52nd birthday of Nominee Gloria Swanson, his co-star in Broadway's Twentieth Century. Host Ferrer never got a chance to deliver the speech he had planned in honor of Actress Swanson's Oscar. After the news came over the radio from Hollywood that Judy Holliday had won the best-actress award (for the dumb...
Twentieth Century, still another revival, heads the list of comedies. Jose Ferrer and Gloria Swanson perform remarkably, an the script is a classic. Edward Everett Horton is the whole show is springtime for Henry, at the Golden until Monday, then down a door on West 45th to the Booth. Celeste Holm and others appear in Affaire of State at the Music Box on 45th...