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...also has aims beyond taking a scalpel to the more peculiar states of Lone Star mentality. It is evidently intended to be something of an American epic, running, as it does, for well over three hours and covering a quarter century in the life of the ranch- owning Benedict clan. On the surface, these people would seem to make admirabe characters for a modern epic because they live on a large scale. Their "ranch," a domain of 596,000 acres, is the setting of some huge social affairs--mostly weddings and funerals--and a number of magnificent fights, all staged...
...points. Stevens' mastery of sweeping outdoor shots is as impressive as ever, even though the empty scenery of Texas lacks the grandeur of that exhibited in his Shane. The acting, too, is mostly excellent, particularly in the surprisingly effective performance of Rock Hudson as the head of the Benedict clan. His work in the past has scarcely suggested the insight and ability which he reveals in this film. Elizabeth Taylor, in the role of Benedict's wife, is at least satisfactory and still very lovely. The performance of the late James Dean as the cowhand-millionaire, while perhaps...
...Douglas Campbell, eleventh Duke of Argyll, 53, head of the Clan Campbell, Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, and of four assorted castles, burgeoned in U.S. magazine advertisements featuring his noble face, coat of arms and forceful autograph. The product: nothing less than Argyll socks for men, "authenticated" by the duke for the Burlington Hosiery Co. Asked about his remuneration for the plug, Argyll admitted: "I haven't the slightest idea at the moment. It depends on how many socks they sell, I suppose. But I don't suppose I'll get anything, anyway. When...
...family, which gave the city some of its best-known hotels, e.g., the old Waldorf-Astoria and St. Regis, last week promised Manhattan the biggest and glossiest project in the family's 150 years in New York real estate. Vincent Astor, 64, fifth-generation chief of the U.S. clan founded by John Jacob Astor, announced that he would build a block-square, 46-story office building at Park Avenue and 53rd Street, thus add to Manhattan's office space another million square feet, the air-conditioned, carpeted equivalent of 17 football fields...
...plain 12th century blacksmith, whose presence in the family tree the present Sir Winston has found "disquieting." The blacksmith's son married a widow a cut above him, and by dint of a few generations of such nimble marriages, the Churchills became gentry, landed but impoverished. The clan's private golden age began in the mid-17th century with Sir Winston Churchill, a loyal colonel in the forces of Charles I, whose budding career was clipped off in 1649 as neatly as his sovereign's head. But with the agility of his 20th century namesake, he snatched...