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Costing only $50,000 apiece, the canned-burlesque films seemed to be just the answer in towns deprived of the real article. The two versions of International Burlesque-the "cold" one for strict towns, the "hot" or "farm" one for wide-open spots-have already played to audiences in some 350 U.S. theaters, have been exported to several distributors abroad. Said one Washington exhibitor: "It was better than sensational. It was dynamic. There were lots of celebrities who came around, too. You'd be surprised...
...McNaughton pitched into crime reporting soon after he left the University of Missouri School of Journalism. In Oklahoma's wide-open '30s, when 23 Public Enemies roamed at large through the state (among them "Machine Gun" and Kathryn Kelly), he covered three "Pretty Boy" Floyd bank robberies and several shooting scraps between police and gunmen...
Superintendent of State Police John A. Gafmey admitted that he had bottled up a report on Saratoga's wide-open gambling, but pleaded it was contrary to policy to take action in cities. Tobey exploded like a rusty pinwheel. "You did nothing. You were a cipher, a zero!" he roared. "If I were the governor of this state, I would give you just five minutes to get out of the place or I would kick you out." Mumbled Gaffney humbly: "I am glad you aren't the governor...
...Charlie Binaggio offered him $50,000 to withdraw his rival candidacy to now-Governor Forrest Smith, told him: "I have to have a governor." After election, Binaggio was seen so often leaving Governor Smith's office that reporters dubbed him "BackDoor Charlie." But Binaggio failed to get a wide-open state from Smith; for his unforgivable failure, he died untidily at the hands of his bosses. Said Estes Kefauver: "I don't think we have hardly scratched the surface in showing up officials who are actually linked to and supported by organized gambling...
Bayreuth, operatic shrine erected by Richard Wagner to himself, is getting ready for its first wide-open festival since 1939-and this time under the direction of grandsons Wieland Wagner, 33, and Wolfgang Wagner, 31, both sharp-nosed images of Grossvater. Last week they had workmen hammering & sawing away on the vast stage of the red brick festival house. By July, brand-new sets will be ready for six operas: Parsifal, Die Meistersinger and the Ring...