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Heroine's Biography -- Other Items By STEPHEN WATTS LONDON. New York Times 23 Mar 1958: X5.
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Mellows Toward Movies--Full SlateAt Ealing--Addenda Boom Fast Work Pot-Pourri By STEPHEN WATTS. New York Times 23 Dec 1951: X5.
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Musical: 'Best Dancer' May Get Oscar; Scripts Pile Up for Johnson Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times 9 Dec 1957: C13.
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