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Revueltas: Sensemayá (London Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Argeo Quadri; Westminster). Composer Revueltas was a tragically short-lived Mexican (1899-1940) who wrote a few large and richly tinted works. This one is a fascinating, grunting, growling number that sounds like a bolero by Tarzan in bobbing ⅞ time. It is presented in Westminster's hi-fi "Laboratory Series," wrapped in a fancy plastic zipper bag, and accompanied by a second-by-second description that is good for testing ears and playback equipment. The disk includes Soviet Modernist Mossolov's once notorious Iron Foundry...
...went three nights a week to a nearby Police Athletic League center, designed to keep boys out of trouble. He liked to box, but he was small: 5 ft. 4 in., 126 Ibs. He hoped to be heavyweight champion of the world, and he wanted to be called Tarzan. Recently, he had been insulted by a member of the Golden Guineas gang; the murder was intended to avenge his honor...
...moody and scared. He said that he got the gun originally because he was afraid of damaging his fists in street fights. When he and another youth were moved from the station house, three waiting girls, about 14 years old, waved and cheered. "I'll always love you, Tarzan," one shrilled. Another one of the girls speculated that Frank might be sent to Warwick reform school. "Everybody we know is at Warwick," she pouted...
...slashing that American films undergo in foreign countries may somewhat pacify those who grumble whenever the impassioned scenes in French imports are suddenly cut short. Bathing suit sequences that wouldn't make an American Grandma blush are scrapped minutes after they reach the Irish censors' office, and Tarzan has never appeared in Spain without a full suit of clothes. Since nearly 40 percent of Hollywood's profit comes from abroad, the film czars have gathered legions of experts to remove objectionable parts before they leave this country. But it's impossible to out guess foreign whims, and the film companies...
Hollywood's gay young marrieds, Lana Turner and Lex (Tarzan) Barker, were reported to have kissed and made up, after a spat at a recent party. To celebrate the occasion, they did what any other sensible couple might do-if they were Lana and Lex. Reported Columnist Sidney Skolsky: "Lana and Lex, who just bought sports cars exactly alike, caused a sensation ... as they cruised down Sunset Boulevard side by side in their creamy-white convertibles with black and white upholstery...