Word: bert
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...worth of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer props and costumes, Debbie Reynolds tried to buy her own brass bed from The Unsinkable Molly Brown, but just didn't want to go as high as $3,000. The day belonged to unknown buyers, who put up $2,400 for Bert Lahr's cowardly-lion suit from The Wiz ard of Oz and $1,250 for Clark Gable's battered trenchcoat. Grace Kelly's gowns from The Swan were a fire-sale bargain at $150 and less, but another nameless fan had to go to $15,000 for Judy Garland...
...papers in other big cities will be indirectly affected the next time their contracts come up. In New York, the 80 Daily News may settle for a 20 raise, but the Times will be tempted to match the Post's new price. After all, as Typographical Union Leader Bert Powers said last week: "If the Post is worth 150, the Times is worth, what...
...preparation for the Masters, Casper refreshed himself with a five-week layoff and just one tune-up tournament to put a high gloss on his game. It paid off as he out-putted Bert Yancey and Gary Player in the final round and went into a play-off with his old boyhood friend Gene Littler. Relying again on his trusty mallet-head, Casper one-putted seven of the first eleven greens, holing snaking shots from 15 and 30 feet. He went on to win by five strokes. Throughout the 90 holes of play, Casper needed only 145 putts while Littler...
Playwright Arthur Kopit and author John Lahr, son of Bert Lahr, both scheduled to give speeches at the Quiney House Arts Festival at 8 p. m. last night, instead disappeared into the street with their wives...
There was some real humor in the show-Bert Bacharach, coming up stoned to get his second award and muttering, "Two of them? That's just too fantastic"-and even a little honest sentiment. John Wayne did seem sincerely moved to receive an Oscar at last. But the show as a whole consisted mostly of light and trivial chit-chat between the stars who were presenting the awards, followed by the announcement of the winners, who generally gave the expected and uninteresting "I'd like to thank all those who made this award possible" speech. (Making films involves...