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...earlier America seemed to have many eccentrics, such as Johnny Appleseed and Thoreau, both of whom heard "a different drummer." The Boston Brahmins produced Eleonora Sears, a ferocious walker who once hiked 110 miles nonstop. Mrs. Isabella Gardner shocked Beacon Hill by practicing Buddhism, drinking beer and strolling down Tremont Street with a lion. Until he died in 1957, "Silver Dollar" Jim West was Houston's favorite millionaire. He owned 30 cars, lived in a $500,000 castle, often wore a pistol and a diamond-studded Texas Ranger's badge. He lugged his own butter to expensive restaurants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE SAD STATE OF ECCENTRICITY | 3/14/1969 | See Source »

Yellow Submarine--A good cartoon about the Beatles not to be confused either with The Road Runner or Joyce's Ulysses. The drawing leans overly on contemporary advertising art, but the 85 minutes are provocative and occasionally moving. At the BEACON HILL, Tremont between Beacon St. & ovt. Center...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Movies and Plays This Weekend | 12/13/1968 | See Source »

...version of the musical, with nothing but the splendid score and the magnificent Fred Astaire to recommend it. The director, Francis Fred Coppola, has a bad habit of chopping people's hands and feet off; stars Petula Clark and Tommy Steele ought to act their age. At the SAXON, Tremont and Stuart...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Movies and Plays This Weekend | 12/13/1968 | See Source »

...Millions--Peter Ustinov and Maggie Smith are just fine in this gentle suspense-comedy written by Ustinov and Ira Wallach. At the ASTOR, Tremont St. near Boylston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Movies and Plays This Weekend | 12/13/1968 | See Source »

West Side Story--Much, much worse than the show. Badly dubbed and drippily sung, but funny in places. At the SAVOY, 163 Tremont...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Movies and Plays This Weekend | 12/13/1968 | See Source »

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