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Raised in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and educated at Dartmouth ('39), Ellis took his first five plays directly to Broadway, all losers. The last was a 1953 disaster called Two's Company (with Bette Davis) that sent him into retirement at the age of 35. He went to Bucks...
Bumps and grinds are a relatively new phase in the Howard's history. During the first 25 years of its existence, the theater produced only legitimate plays. Then, around 1870, the advent of the new Boston Theater cost the Howard its status as the city's major playhouse. From that...
Show of the Month (CBS, 9:30-11 p.m.). "The Lincoln Murder Case" follows the argument set out by Theodore Roscoe in his book The Web of Conspiracy, which put the finger on War Secretary Edwin M. Stanton as a master plotter who hired John Wilkes Booth to assassinate the...
In early March some of the squad goes to West Point for the Freshman Eastern Tournament. In the Wilkes Open Tournament over Christmas, Keeler, Perrera, and Cadin all did well, Keeler eventually losing 8-2 to the 123-lb. National Champion, who placed third in the Rome Olympics.
Kirby's father made his money in nickels and dimes, starting as a bookkeeper in the Watertown, N.Y. country store that launched the Woolworth chain. His father soon took the Woolworth gospel to Wilkes Barre, Pa., opened his worth own store there. Young Allan went to Lawrenceville preparatory school...