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Born. To James Mason, 39, romantic villain of British films (The Seventh Veil, Odd Man Out), and Pamela Kellino Mason, 32, novel-writing cinemactress: their first child, a daughter; in Los Angeles. Name: Portland (after Portland Hoffa, wife of Radio Comic Fred Allen). Weight...
...tested medium, it was already the most expensive. Young & Rubicam's Director of Research Peter Langhoff estimated that a half-hour television show in New York cost an advertiser $60.17 for every 1,000 sets reached. Though not exactly comparable, the radio network cost is only $2.40. The villain was production expense. For example: production costs of Ford's hour of radio drama are $10,000 a week. Besides actors, ten production people are needed. Production costs of a similar Ford show on television (the Ford Theater) are $17,000; and a production staff of 40, including...
...loyal Socialist I'm going to listen." Glowing with pleasure at the words, Belgium's Premier nevertheless had to get to the broadcast. Still concealing his identity, he waved a banknote at the reluctant driver. "Ah," said the latter, "step in, step in. After all, that villain Spaak has been repeating himself for 25 years...
This Sword, by the way, was a most unusual villain. He was obviously cultured, owned a vaguely-British accent, and frequently employed such radio invective as "you scoundrels" and "treacherous dogs." He also discussed his schemes with his mother, a creepy old sadist whose pulpy tones probably sent dozens of little tykes howling...
...villain in the piece was bureaucracy; minor officials of the two countries were involved in a prolonged haggle over wages and terms of employment. Meanwhile the braceros milled about in Juárez, restless, hungry and shelterless. Juárez' Mayor Carlos Villarreal pleaded for help. He got it-from an unexpected direction...