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...general confusion, the new telly system gives much better reception than the old, a number of rooms have been let to film folk, some of the locals have been hired as extras-and Rex Harrison and Samantha Eggar are due to arrive any day now. Says Mrs. Nan Tresilian, proprietor of an antique shop called the Unicorn Gallery, and a leader in the save-the-village movement: "The people most shocked are the American tourists. They come in here with their hair standing on end, asking, 'How could you let it happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: 19th Century Fox | 7/8/1966 | See Source »

...winners also were the work of the News's able camera staff. To Philip Levine went second prize for a close-up of one fear-filled eye of the late Jack (''Legs") Diamond peering over the shoulder of a detective (TIME, Jan. 12, 1931). To John Tresilian went third prize for an action shot of a Communist riot on Manhattan's East Side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Prize Shot | 12/23/1935 | See Source »

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