THEY STUDIED RELIGIOUSLY
1. Joseph Stalin - studied fior priesthood.
2. Mussolini - dismissed from religious academy.
3. Charles Darwin - studied for ministry.
4. Franz Listz - lived in a monastery.
5. Casanova - studied for priesthood.
Source: World Features Syndicate
WHEN THE TYPE-WRITER WAS YOUNG
1. First called - "typograhper."
2. First practical version called - "Literary Piano."
3. Doctors' opinion - "causes schizophrenia."
4. Mechanics - couldn't see text as it was typed.
5. First electric version - made by Edision.
Source: "Great Inventions Through History," Gerald Messadie, W&R Chambers Ltd., 1991.
5 REVIEWS OF PAUL NEWMAN'S FIRST MOVIE APPEARANCE*
1. "a poor man's Marlon Brando" (Saturday Review).
2. "excessively sullen Brando" (N.Y. World-Telegram).
3. "resembles Marlon Brando" (The New Yorker).
4. "striking resemblance to Brando" (N.Y. Times).
5. "is no Marlon Brando" (Hollywood Citizen-News).
*1954; Director said Newman "reminds one of Rudolph Valentino."
Source: "Opening Shots," Damien Bona, Workman Pub., 1994.