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...result is "idealistically unrealistic" marriages and "hyperemotional eroticism," complained Father Cervantes, and cited a recent poll, conducted among 20-year-old marriageable girls in twelve cities, that disclosed that their choices for an "ideal" husband, in order of popularity, were 1) Perry Como, 2) William Holden, 3) Rock Hudson. Tied for fourth place were President Eisenhower and Tab Hunter; Elvis Presley tied Tony Curtis for fifth. Classed together as good No. 6 husbands: Marlon Brando, Jeff Chandler, James Dean, Senator John F. Kennedy, Jerry Lewis, Vice President Nixon. This sort of "romantic cult" nonsense, concluded Jesuit Cervantes, is the basic...
...most pervasive voice in radio or television belongs neither to Bing Crosby nor Perry Como, but to a pretty, twinkly, auburn-haired girl named Gloria Wood. Blessed with a four-octave range and a gift for mimicry, Gloria can sing high or low, squeaky or sweet, on demand and to order. And the demand for such special talents is tremendous. In just the past three years, Gloria has recorded for more than 2,000 singing commercials. All day, every day, she warbles as the Schlitz Beer girl ("You'll be the kiss of the hops in every glass...
...beautifully gowned woman would stand in the corner of my living room tearing toilet tissue," complained Vancouver Province's Columnist Eric Nicol last week. He had tuned in on Seattle's Station KOMO just in time to see the commercial for Delsey tissue during the NBC Perry Como show...
...thigh-slinging Crooner Elvis Presley made his way from Hollywood to the family home near Memphis to wait out his Army summons, Pollster Eugene Gilbert, a specialist in probing teen-age minds (TIME, Aug. 13, 1956), announced-to no one's surprise-that Pelvis fans, rated against the Como-Boone-Sinatra crowd, are all shook up indeed. Researcher Gilbert's findings: in school, most Presleyans don't give a twang for getting good grades. Average grade for the Elvis lover is C; for the Booneite, B or better. Thirty percent of ardent rock 'n' rollers...
...actor Lanza shows in this picture considerable improvement. He remembers almost all his lines, and he gives some imitations (of Perry Como, Frankie Laine, Dean Martin, Louis Armstrong) that could easily have been worse. He seems to enjoy the jokes they have assigned to him ("You're Italian?" "No. Only on my father's and mother's side"), and he generally plays as though he thought the story-something about an American crooner who gets stranded in Rome-rather interesting. The scenery, as a matter of fact, is fascinating. At one point, while the camera takes...