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EASY.

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The Pan Am Shuttle Shortcut.
The Pan Am Shuttle's Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia gives you a head start at the New York end of your trip.

Easy traffic.
Separate parkway entrances mean that the Marine Air Terminal escapes those infamous LaGuardia traffic bottlenecks.

Easy to find.
Bold Pan Am Shuttle℠ signs clearly guide you from all approaching roadways with plenty of advance warning.

Easy to get a cab.
Cabs find it easier to get to the Marine Air Terminal too, so plenty are always waiting. Bus and limo services to city and suburban areas are on frequent schedules.

Easy by water.
The Pan Am Shuttle's exclusive Water Shuttle℠ between the Marine Air Terminal and Wall Street can cut your total travel time still more.

The Pan Am Shuttle makes it easier on you.
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SOME SHOW BIZ NAMES

and how they got that way

I remember once reading about a girl in Pellston, Michigan, whose name was Aleatha Beverly Carol Diana Eva Felice Greta Harline Io Joanna Karen Laquita Maurine Naomi Orpha Patricia Queenie Rebecca Shirley Teresa Una Valeeta Wanda Xelia Yoland Zoe Kalkofen. Thinking about that added a modicum of pleasure to an otherwise humdrum day. Imagine if she had become an actress and had demanded top billing, with her full name above the title?

Other names are a bit more straightforward. Ed Wynn, for example, known throughout the world as "the perfect fool," was born Osaiah Edwin Leopold. His stage name came from the two syllables of his middle name.

Zasu Pitts, the well-known comic actress, possessed one of the more unusual show business names. Her name was created to honor two of her aunts—Aunt Eliza and Aunt Susan.

In her autobiography, Lillie Langtry commented upon her name as follows: "My names are really Emilie Charlotte—both dreadful, to my way of thinking—but, happily, perhaps on account of my skin being unusually white, I was nicknamed 'Lillie' very early in life, and that sobriquet has clung to me ever since."

Actress Eve Arden was born Eunice Quedens. She took her name from a jar of cold-cream manufactured by Elizabeth Arden. The name of the cold-cream was called 'Evening in Paris,' and so, after deciding upon the name Arden, she chose Eve from the first word in the product's name.

Actor Jack Lemmon refused to change his given name, but he ran into some trouble with it when he met film producer Harry Cohn for the first time. Jack Lemmon, in Walter Wagner's book, You Must Remember This (G.P. Putnam's sons, 1975), told the story:

(...HARRY) "There's no way you can keep your name. You've got to change it."

"I don't want to change it. But if I did, what would you call me?"

He said, "We'll call you Lennon."

"That's worse than Lemmon," I said. "Do you want to name me after a Russian revolutionary?"

He was ready for me, or so he thought. "I looked that up. He pronounced it Leneen."

Of course, some entertainers call attention to themselves by choosing unusual names—Chill Wills, Slim Pickens, Chubby Checker, Fats Domino. And, of course, there is Rip Torn, but that name is the genuine article. It is the actor's given name.

Sometimes prominent performers are known just by a single name—Madonna, Liberace, Twiggy, Dagmar, Odetta, Cher and Cantinflas.

And sometimes a name can simply be appropriate. Thomas Oboe Lee, for example, is a contemporary composer and clarinet player.

Let us end this brief overview of names and nicknames with a short quiz. Can you match each performer with his or her real name?

1. Sandra Dee 2. John Wayne 3. Boris Karloff 4. Jack Benny 5. Alan Alda 6. Mel Brooks 7. John Denver 8. Joan Crawford

A. Benny Kubelsky B. Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. C. Alexandra Zuck D. Alphonso D'Abnuzzo E. Lucille Le Sueur F. Melvin Kaminsky G. Marion Morrison H. William Henry Pratt

ANSWERS:
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1-C, 2-G, 3-H, 4-A, 5-D, 6-F, 7-B, 8-E
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by Louis Phillips

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