Author Guthrie Criticizes Westerns Yet Loves Them
A. B. Guthrie, author of The Big Sky and The Way West, argues that film Westerns and Western fiction recycle cliches. He cites scenes of corrupt bosses, lone strangers, and violent towns, praising the real work of settlers and wary of glamorized lawmen. He admits liking singing cowboys despite calling them phony and notes his enjoyment of Westerns remains intact.
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Audrey Totter Slapped Seventeen Times in Film Scene
In Universal-Internationals Under the Gun actress Audrey Totter endures seventeen blows to her face from costar Richard Conte under director Ted Tetzlaff. The dramatic highlight required a full day of filming with rests between takes, shot twelve times for angles.
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Lucille Ball Rebuffs Brunette Siren Myth in Film
Lucille Ball challenges the widespread idea that only brunettes are sirens in the Columbia fantasy Magic Carpet. Producer Sam Katzman had urged a brunette wig for her role as Princess Narah, but Ball argues redheads can be dangerous. She cites Cleopatra Helen of Troy and Poppaea Sabina as counterexamples.
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Homey Visits by Everyday People Lift Veterans Morale
Hollywood singer Margaret Whiting argues that wounded vets value personal visits from home folks over glamor. She says a housewife or businessman dropping in for a few minutes to chat by a bed boosts morale more than big star shows, and urges thousands of nonperformers to visit hospitals locally.
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