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There are several explanations for France's movie mania. The simplest is the deplorable state of French television, which is vastly inferior to that in neighboring countries. "People are fleeing their homes in search of entertainment," says Daniel Toscan du Plantier, president of Gaumont, the country's biggest film conglomerate. "Everyone knows that our television is the most boring in the world. The Socialist government has programmed intellectual talk shows for Saturday night at 8:30. Even Socialist countries in Eastern Europe wouldn't dream of doing that. There would be riots in the streets...
...trying to attract a whole generation of listeners who have been raised on visual entertainment," says Executive Producer Richard Toscan, "people who think of radio only as background...
...president's chair went to Roy Francisco Geotenberg '50 of Cambridge. The vice-presidency will be held in '48-'49 by Ulric R. G. Neisser '50, of Leverett House and Floral Park. Long Island. John Toscan Bennett '50 of Apley Court was chosen treasurer...
...John Toscan Bennett; University Committee on Discrimination; Society for the Preservation of Free Enterprise; Harvard Liberal Union, co-chairman labor rights committee...