HOLLYWOOD: Content with Mediocrity

It is probably true that Western civilization could have muddled on without an autobiography of George Sanders; but the same might be said of the new precracked bottles of guaranteed-foaming nonchampagne for E-Z ship hunching. Uncorked this week by G. P. Putnam's Sons, the champagne in Actor Sanders' Memoirs of a Professional Cad ($3.50) is at least genuine, and it foams fairly often.

By maintaining a sharp crease in his pants and a permanent wave in his upper lip, handsome Actor Sanders has caused spasms of resentment and loathing among the viewers of some 70 movies (in his most notable villain's...

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