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...train's backers might well have assumed that their project would be as free of criticism as the Barnum & Bailey Circus. But no; the attacks had already begun. Michigan's Congressman Clare E. Hoffman, a hard-shelled, far-right Republican, at once denounced it as a Democratic "buildup for 1948." Illinois' 81-year-old Adolph Sabath, a Democrat, complained because no copy of the Wagner Labor Act was included in the exhibits. In Henry Wallace's New Republic, Langston Hughes, Red-winged Negro poet, heaved a shrewdly aimed rock...
...already is intent upon seeing the picture, for no particular reason other than having heard its name so many times. And a good many of them are liable to be very disappointed with what they see; not only because it will come as such a letdown after the huge buildup, but because intrinsically "Duel in the Sun" is no great shakes by any standard. And despite his propaganda and his jacked-up prices, Mr. Selznick seems headed for financial disappointment...
Evelyn stayed at the Blue Angel for her customary three years, began building a radio name with appearances on the Lanny Ross Show, the Chesterfield Supper Club, the Bourjois Powder Box Theater, et al. Last week, the buildup paying off big, she mused: "I sometimes wonder why I studied singing. I became such a huge success when I stopped using my voice...
Last week, the new Berle show, despite a choice time spot (Tues. 8 p.m., NBC) and a whopping publicity buildup by Philip Morris, got a not-so-hot Hooperating of 11.1. The reason was as plain as the remodeled nose on Milt's face: he has to be seen. His gags need his visible leers and risible nudges to get across...
...tightrope to perfect their balance when they took over as stewards on the royal train. Snapped the New Statesman's Kingsley Martin when this news reached London: "Buckingham Palace needs a sensible public-relations department. The King and Queen have a sufficiently burdensome job without this tomfool buildup...