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...BARBARA BULLOCK...
...shape another human being. He pities her vulnerability, admires her gift for living in the present without justifying her actions or impulses. To her he is a wondrous king-of books. Each weds his own deepest inadequacy, his for love, hers for learning. In an exquisitely modulated performance, Barbara Loden never mimics Marilyn Monroe so far as to mock her, and when the self-destructive ordeal of drink and barbiturates begins, she becomes as pitiably touching as the drowning Ophelia...
...wife, Barbara Gushing Paley, is one of the three beautiful daughters of Boston's great Neurosurgeon Harvey Gushing. She is much more celebrated than he is, always appearing on lists of the ten best-dressed or -coiffed or just looking out from a photograph with a coolly amiable glance that makes men instinctively straighten their ties. Because she reads widely and far more than he has time to, he seems to look to her for literary judgments in much the way he depends on men like Jim Aubrey for first opinions about new gumshoes, comedians and hillbillies. The Paleys...
Without trying to emulate the breathy voice of La Monroe, Barbara Loden gives an exhibition of shattering virtuosity as the ill-fated Maggie. Salome Jens brings vibrant strength and an authentic accent to the role of Holga, and Mariclare is deeply affecting as Louise. Zohra Lampert is delightful as the starry-eyed young dancer Felice, whose infatuation with Quentin leads her to have her nose bobbed...
...outspaced the riots in Panama. The Los Angeles Times gave it 44 running ft. of coverage in a single issue. John Connors, the Miami Herald's two-pack-a-day science writer, handed himself a cruel and inhuman assignment: stop smoking. The Detroit Free Press set Reporter Barbara Stanton behind a hotel tobacco counter to see if local smokers were still buying. They were. The Houston Press offered $200 for the best letter on "Why I Quit Smoking" and $25 for the best letter on "Why I Won't Quit." In San Francisco, the Chronicle published a tongue...