People, Aug. 29, 1955

Names make news. Last week these names made this news:

Husky Cinemale Kirk (Ulysses) Douglas, luxuriantly equipped to play his second bearded film role in a row (as tortured Dutch Artist Vincent Van Gogh), was the hairy centerpiece of a trio of singers while rehearsing before a polio benefit on the terrace of Monte Carlo's Summer Sporting Club. His deep voice blended commendably with the husky baritone of Grandma Marlene Dietrich and the lilting tremolo of Italian Cinemactress Gina (The Wayward Wife) Lollobrigida.

On the eve of her "coming-of-age" birthday, the 25th, Britain's Princess...

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