Word: titanically
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Died. William E. Scripps, 70, publisher (since 1929) of the Detroit News (founded by his father, James E. Scripps, a half-brother of Newspaper Titan E. W. Scripps), and founder (in 1920) of the world's first commercial radio station, Detroit's WWJ-first to broadcast U.S. election returns, one of the first with symphony concerts, play-by-play accounts of ball games; of a heart ailment; at Lake Orion, Mich...
Last winter Arturo Toscanini, the white-maned little titan, was beginning to look and move like a man nearing 84. Because of his ailing left knee, he was forced to cancel eight of his NBC concerts. When he flew off to Italy last spring, few of his musicians expected to have the privilege of trembling under one of his tirades again. Moreover, in midsummer came more bad news: the death of his wife Carla, 73, who had been his caretaker and counselor for 54 years. His friends feared he was through. They misjudged their man. Last week the old Arturo...
...Titan," the absorbing story of Michelangelo, and "Beaver Valley," the fascinating tale of an anonymous animal kingdom, are also featured at the Beacon Hill. The marquee boasts that all three films are Academy Award winners. And all three speak well for the value of the award itself...
...Best documentary feature: The Titan...
...best director, the National Board named Scripter-Director John Huston (for MGM's The Asphalt Jungle), and as best actor, Alec Guinness (for his eight-ply role in the British Kind Hearts and Coronets). The best foreign movie, according to the board, was The Titan, a Swiss-photographed art film, re-edited by craftsmen in the U.S., starring the works of Michelangelo. The New York Critics gave the foreign-film laurels to the Pagnol-Renoir-Rossellini omnibus Ways of Love...