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DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (MGM). A 110-piece symphony orchestra, reinforced with 24 balalaika players and a section of Japanese instruments including a samisen, a koto and a 6-ft. gong (valued at $3,000), plus organ, novachord, electric sonovox, harpsichord, electric piano, tack piano and zither, plays Maurice Jarre's Oscar-winning score. The variety of instruments would be more interesting if the listener could pick them out, but they all seem to play at once. One haunting tune, Lara's Theme, emerges-but just barely...
Tattered Memories. But that was all the show. Inside, as color-TV cameras recorded the event for 60 million viewers, the Oscar derby seemed more ticky-tack than ever. Even Bob Hope seemed off his feed ("I can't drink like Lee Marvin, grunt like Rod Steiger or enunciate like Sir Laurence Olivier. And when it comes to Richard Burton, I'm really in trouble"). What was billed as entertainment made The Beverly Hillbillies look good. The choreography was out of Busby Berkley; the filmed interviews with former winners seemed like tattered memories from a discarded album...
...junior right fielder contributed three singles to the Crimson's six-hit at tack, drove home two runs, stole a base, and scored the tie-breaking fourth run in the sixth inning...
...whipped George Royal into the lead, kept him there to win by a nose. The victory was worth $75,000 to George Royal's owner and $7,500 to Longden. But it was Johnny's last purse as a jockey. "I'm hanging up my tack," he announced. And so ended 44 years of riding horses for money, a career that began with county-fair trick riding in Canada and made Longden a millionaire. The mounts he rode earned their owners a grand total of $24,665,800. Not that retirement will make much difference in Longden...
Harvard compiled a 7-3 record overall, thanks chiefly to the efforts of wrestlers like Howie Henjyoji, Tack Chace, Ed Franquemont, Paul Padiak, and captain Gilmore. Even if the team doesn't finish any higher than fifth or sixth (which would itself be quite an improvement over past years), the Crimson may have a shot at some individual...