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- DIED. Helen Deutsch, 85, prolific screenwriter (Lili, I'll
- Cry Tomorrow, The Unsinkable Molly Brown); in New York City. The
- first major success of her scriptwriting career was in 1944 as
- co-writer of National Velvet, a tale of training a horse for the
- Grand National Steeplechase. The hit film, named one of that
- year's 10 best, catapulted a young Elizabeth Taylor to stardom.
- Deutsch's 1953 script for Lili -- about an orphan, played by
- Leslie Caron, under the spell of a carnival magician -- won a
- Golden Globe Award.
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