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Edward Everett Tanner III is the Schweppesman of U.S. letters; his books have the sparkle, and he has the beard...
...Tanner bottles his bestselling fizz under polypseudonymous labels. As Patrick Dennis he created the madwoman of Beekman Place, Auntie Mame. As Virginia Rowans he examined The Loving Couple and its five-year itch. Again as Dennis, he wrote (with Barbara Hooton) Guestward Ho!, the saddle-slipping saga of a Manhattan couple turned dude-ranch managers. On the assumption that the public is now hopelessly Tanner-Dennis-Rowans-addicted, his publishers are currently offering two seasonal pick-me-ups, one a reissue entitled House Party (originally published in 1954) and the other a collaboration with Dorothy (The Crystal Boat) Erskine called...
Currently, "Pat" Tanner has little to fear from Hollywood scouts or from critical sharpshooters. For weeks last year he set a record by having three of his books on the bestseller lists at the same time. Since January 1955 the wackiest aunt since Charley's has been Tanner's fairy godmother. With sales of more than 1,000,000 copies in hard and soft covers, Auntie Mame's book, play and screen loot has grossed 36-year-old Tanner most of his first half-million ("After taxes, I have an incrumb of 15? on the dollar...
...Chuck Tanner hit his first home run of the season last night to give Milwaukee a 4 to 3 victory over Philadelphia in the 13th inning. Cincinnati defeated Brooklyn, 8 to 1, on a fivehitter by Johnny Klippstein...
Holiday Edge. In Jacksonville, Joe Tanner, out under bond on a charge of shooting a man on Christmas Day, was jailed again, charged with stabbing another man on Easter...