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...bachelor apartment that would do for "Baby" Pignatari; 2) a girl friend (Lola Albright) who sings in "Mother's" cabaret and waits languidly on his couch so she can boil a couple of eggs whenever he gets e; 3) a rampant palship with every list, pool shark, trigger man and le in town. But Producer-Director Blake Edwards, 36, who also writes about the Gunn scripts, believes that Pete a little extra going for him. Says ards: "We tailored him in high style, man is intelligent, dresses well and is much at home with hoodlums as high society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Top Gunn | 12/29/1958 | See Source »

...animal tumors are now known to be caused by viruses, although the definition of viruses (ultramicroscopic particles on the borderline of the animal and chemical kingdoms) may have to be revised to cover them all. It still seems that something more than the virus alone is needed to trigger the outbreak of cancerous growth, e.g., chemical or physical irritation. But the importance of the virus can no longer be questioned. Still unknown is whether any human cancers are similarly caused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: From a Sick Chicken | 10/27/1958 | See Source »

...Michigan State (2-1-1)-recovered five fumbles, but could never find the trigger of its offense, made only 103 yds. all day in losing to Purdue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Disbelief & Disaster | 10/27/1958 | See Source »

...February, industrial prices rose to a new 1958 high every day in the week. The London Financial Times's index stood at 205.4, only 7.9 points below the alltime high of July 1955. Transactions in a single day totaled 16,599,000 shares, highest in 17 months. The trigger was Britain's resoundingly successful effort since 1957 to protect the pound by raising interest rates, which has increased gold and dollar reserves by about $1 billion. Though British industrial production is falling and unemployment is rising, the big institutions have confidently moved back into the market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: Optimism Unlimited | 10/20/1958 | See Source »

Unfortunately, there are a few squares loitering in the tall grass. Actor Granger strides up answering to the name of Harry Black, a famed hunter hired by the government to dispatch the tiger. He quickly corners the beast and is squeezing his finger on the trigger when a Land Rover roars by and scares it away. Drat! To make matters worse, behind the wheel of the Rover is an old war buddy (Anthony Steel), whom Harry Black treats with untropical coolness. After a couple of flashbacks, the viewer learns why: not only did Steel's cowardice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Oct. 13, 1958 | 10/13/1958 | See Source »

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