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...wonderful that it may be creating a strange new breed of U.S. expatriates. "I'd like to go back and live in the States," a musiu may sigh, thinking wistfully of the soft green hills of home. Then, more likely than not, his eyes harden a little and he adds: "But of course I couldn't face those taxes...
...seven-day absence, three large leather pouches, chained and padlocked, had arrived in Denver. Dozens of letters, written and typed up in Washington, awaited his approval and signature. The two-foot pile of "urgent" papers before him was higher than the length of the rainbow trout. With an audible sigh, Dwight Eisenhower settled down to work...
...Army orientation films during World War II did he discover the real purpose of his craft. Says he: "I learn to write ... not just for concert but for screen, combine music with sound and dialogue. Sometimes you give a little help to film." But he adds with a sigh and a shrug: "Motionpicture composer not write music for eternity or for symphony orchestra...
...heart-shaped face was teaching U.S. moviegoers last week a lesson they already knew and loved -i.e., that the life of a princess is not a happy one. Balcony bobby-soxers for years have shed pleasant tears at the plight of trapped royalty, and breathed a happy sigh of relief when at last the royal one escapes into a commoner's arms (Olivia de Havilland and a handsome pilot in 1943's Princess O'Rourke; Vera-Ellen and a tap-dancing reporter in 1953's Call Me Madam). As the princess in Paramount...
...York critics heartily agreed. Paramount Pictures and William Wyler, who had decided to keep their $2,200,000 production waiting for Audrey on the hunch that her play would not run a month, were obliged to twiddle their thumbs for half a year while audiences packed the Fulton to sigh and smile at the enchantingly gawky Gigi...