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...Pimley. Then it transpires that even his death was phony. He is very much alive, a slightly hangdog young minor spiv and con man who has happily dropped the burdens of authorship in favor of marriage to a sprightly American divorcee with silver hair and a white and gold yacht. Powell has a truly English wariness toward women, whom he seems to regard, at best, as dangerous domestic pets always ready to slip their leash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Powell's Piano Exercise | 4/26/1963 | See Source »

...Jordan, Spiegel, who is Jewish, bearded the country's ambassador to Washington. "I explained the aim of the picture, and the King got me a visa right away. We became quite good friends, the King and I," says Spiegel. "He visited me on the set and on the yacht...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood: The Emperor | 4/19/1963 | See Source »

Love Is a Ball reaches way back to those zany rich-girl-marries-chauffeur comedies of the '30s for its plot. To give Ball new bounce, Director David Swift (The Parent Trap] has transferred the action to the Riviera, hustled in a bagful of props: a pink yacht with matching luggage, a custard-cake skyscraper for dessert, a floating baby grand for the pool. But to keep this kind of souffle inflated is primarily up to a bubbly blonde. Hope Lange. She is the chauffeur-chasing American heiress who keeps a sports-car engine in her bedroom, a collection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Pink Baggage on the Riviera | 4/12/1963 | See Source »

Sunburned and smiling. Queen Elizabeth arrived at the port of Darwin in Australia's remote Northern Territory, clearly enjoyed an easygoing interlude in her Commonwealth tour Down Under. At a luncheon aboard the royal yacht Britannia, Elizabeth and Philip entertained 20 guests, among them a full-blooded aboriginal from the local Rights Council, who departed happily with his souvenir menu but wanted to know just one thing: "What was that stuff that looked like water but didn't taste like it?'' That stuff, someone explained, was a martini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 29, 1963 | 3/29/1963 | See Source »

...dodged newsmen in The Netherlands, Henry Ford II, 45, must have had something big in the works. A new auto design for Europe? Nope. A new yacht for Ford? Yes! Under construction at a Hague shipyard, the 100-ft. yacht has twin diesels for 18-knot cruising speed, a saltwater conversion plant, sumptuous guest cabins, and a master's suite with an Italian terrazzo-tile bath fitted with gold taps. Rumored cost: close to $700,000. "If one of my friends gets details about this boat," Ford told his builders, "he'll immediately order a bigger, faster, more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 22, 1963 | 3/22/1963 | See Source »

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