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Guys and Dolls (Samuel Goldwyn; M-G-M), as a Broadway musical, had all the vulgar swagger of a fink* with his mink at 4 a.m. on the crosstown, and a lot more salt than the lox in Lindy's. It was not really Runyon, just as Runyon was not really Broadway, but as a pinstriped fairy tale with garlic on its breath, it made an honest-to-Gotham hit, and it ran for three years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Nov. 14, 1955 | 11/14/1955 | See Source »

...opponent's thumb. There are some stereotypes-Buddy Ebsen has the familiar role of the trusty pal, and Hans Conreid plays a cowardly gambler with synthetic W. C. Fields flourishes. But, all in all, Davy makes his giant-sized legend come as truly alive as that of Mike Fink, the river boatman, or Paul Bunyan, the peerless woodsman of the Northwest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jun. 13, 1955 | 6/13/1955 | See Source »

...JACK E. FINK San Jose, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 7, 1955 | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

...streets and sidewalks, without going into debt. In 1951 he won a second term without campaigning. A shirt-sleeve executive, Millsop lives in the workingman's neighborhood: his office door is open to any steelworker. He takes over as National's president from crusty, autocratic George R. Fink, 67, who founded Detroit's Great Lakes Steel Corp., now a National subsidiary. Board Chairman Ernest T. Weir, 78, one of National's founders, continues as chief executive officer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Changes of the Week, may 10, 1954 | 5/10/1954 | See Source »

Susannah Alden '57, Jane Borden '57, Estherann Fink '55, Jewelle Taylor '55 and Sheila Tobias '57 have been named to run for the post of Radcliffe delegate to the National Student Association. An alternate delegate to the N.S.A. will also be chosen, along with a new Council secretary, treasurer, and electoral chairman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Council Announces Nominees For Student Government Positions | 3/6/1954 | See Source »

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