People, Apr. 29, 1957

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

In an outburst of whimsy, with gesture to match, veteran Comedian Charlie Chaplin, celebrating his 68th birthday at his Swiss chalet, piped: "When you're 68, you don't want to cut a birthday cake. You want to cut your throat!" Chaplin's devoted wife, Oona O'Neill Chaplin, 31 and soon expecting her sixth child, laughed nervously as Chaplin displayed a frighteningly realistic flash of his old pantomimic genius, faintly tinged with ham.

France's precocious Novelist Franchise (Bonjour Tristesse) Sagan, 21, owner of a Jaguar, a Buick,...

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