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Smart, ambitious little Billy Rose has spent most of his 40 years writing songs, producing shows, collecting money and curvesome Swimmer Eleanor Holm, whom he married after a divorce from Fanny Brice. Last week Showman Rose revealed himself as a collector of art. Mr. Rose has some 20 canvases, mostly Old Masters, which he began buying a year aro to hang in his house on Manhattan's swank Beekman Place...
...Showman Rose last week showed repoiters a Rubens, a Titian, an Ambrosius Holbein (elder brother of the more famed Hans the Younger), which he bought from Manhattan's E. and A. Silberman Galleries. The Rubens, a portrait of Elizabeth of Bourbon, Queen of Spain, had been until lately in one of Europe's ex-royal families. The Titian, Portrait of a Nobleman, came from a Vienna museum. Said Mr. Rose: "The money that I have made has come from the public. If my collection grows important enough to warrant turning it over to the public after my death...
...British, who think they like nothing that is not staid and conservative, rise to colorful leadership as enthusiastically as any other people. Since May 10 Churchill has proved himself a superb showman, has popped up photogenically with his cherubic face on as many scenes and occasions as Eleanor Roosevelt or Mayor LaGuardia...
...last five years, bushy, bespectacled Showman David Oliver Selznick and bland, bespectacled Socialite John Hay ("Jock") Whitney have been partners. Their firm: Selznick International Pictures, Inc. When Whitney invaded an industry long monopolized by a small clique of specialists, Hollywood veterans smirked, knowingly predicted he would singe his finger tips. But Whitney stuck to his desk as SI's chairman, this year laughed last as S-I brought out two of the season's most profitable films-Gone With the Wind and Rebecca...
...Showman Lindheimer is determined to make Chicago again conspicuous in U. S. racing. In addition to renewing the American Derby, he has this year dug up another old favorite: marathon racing...