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Ruisdael's most popular paintings, however, have always tended to be the ones of "natural vision": the vast pearly expanses of flat Dutch land, richly differentiated in light and shadow; and the woodland scenes. Without straining for effect, he hit the exact note over and over again. Even a self-conscious device, like the ocher scar on the old oak that anchors the radiating composition of Hilly Landscape with a Great Oak Tree and a Grain Field, circa 1654, is perfectly assimilated to the other elements of the painting. Such a canvas is pure Ruisdael: the precise...
DIED. Virginia Bruce, 71, willowy, ash-blond actress of the '30s and '40s who played opposite such leading men as Robert Taylor, Fredric March and Melvyn Douglas; of cancer; in Woodland Hills, Calif. Often cast as a glamorous schemer, Bruce scored an early triumph in 1932 as an adulterous maid who shared her favors with villainous Chauffeur John Gilbert in Downstairs (she married him the same year). A veteran of 55 films, Bruce is best remembered for her portrayal of a chorus girl in The Great Ziegfeld...
...Woodland Hills, Calif...
DIED. Harry Von Zell, 75, portly announcer who played the jovial neighbor on the Burns and Allen radio and television series; of cancer; in the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif. Von Zell started his career in 1927 as a singer for a small California station. As a CBS announcer, he achieved notoriety when he introduced President Herbert Hoover as "Hoobert Heever." Von Zell was a commentator on early March of Time programs and his quick wit won him roles on the radio shows of Will Rogers, Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor and Ed Wynn...
Jackson allegedly entered the house after shattering a sliding glass door, Hanna M. Hastings, co-master of North House, said yesterday, adding that she and J. Woodland Hastings, co-master of North House, were at home when the break-in occured...