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...CAME FROM HOLLYWOOD Directed by Malcolm Leo and Andrew Solt Produced by Susan Strausberg and Jeff Stein
...shows, Presley did it every which way but his. He began as an original-a white man who sang like an angry black and moved like a bad woman-and ended as a bloated amalgam of Liberace and Judy Garland. It was the standard show-biz tragedy, which Andrew Solt and Malcolm Leo document in delicious detail. Today Elvis remains a thriving industry, like Disney; this film is both a comment on that industry and (through the authorization of Presley's mentor, Colonel Tom Parker) a part of it. The remark of the Hollywood cynic, upon hearing of Elvis...
Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll, a time capsule of peak moments and joyous traditions, is also a first-rate primer of rock history. Malcolm Leo and Andrew Solt, who produced, directed and co-wrote the show, pay particular attention to getting the roots-in country and rhythm and blues-right. Before they talk about Buddy Holly, they show Hank Williams. Elvis storms on only after due notice has been paid to Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Muddy Waters and Ray Charles. To underscore the point, and to illustrate how threatening this music once seemed, Leo and Solt include some...
...Boston Braves announced yesterday the assignment of pitchers Bob Chipman and Bert Thiel and second baseman Bill Reed to their Milwaukee farm club in exchange for infielders Hank Ertman and Bob Mainzer, outfielders Bill Brnton and Luis Marquez and eatcher Jim Solt who played for Atlanta last season...
...punctured 55 cans of her rationed fruit and vegetables. She won a divorce. In Chicago, Mrs. Nellie Vileta, freshly divorced, told the judge that her husband had swiped her false teeth and used all the meat coupons for himself. She got the teeth as alimony. In Kansas City, Walter Solt, who had had trouble with the maid service at his hotel, was fined $1 for taking his jampacked wastebasket down to the lobby and dumping it out on the clerk's desk. In San Diego, OPA investigators found a landlord charging roomers $2.50 a week for the privilege...