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STUART WHITMAN
Two-fisted rebel
Ever since he teas a youngster, Stuart Whitman thought he had to fight his way through life; then he learned a lesson that he never forgot
►JTUART WHITMAN is a man today instead of a number — thanks to some lessons he learned in time.
All his life he had headed towards trouble. It was a life built on the power of fists, of wanting to be an insider and not an outsider, of believing you had to fight for every inch you gained. A life peopled with gangs and hums.
Some of the kids Stuart associated with when he went to high school are in San Quentin now. "And there hut for the grace of God I might be,"' Stuart has said.
It has been a strange life, a tragic life in many ways. But the young star of 20th Century-Fox's "These Thousand Hills" and "The Sound And The Fury" found the right track just in time.
His story goes back to his early childhood when he was taken to the first grade one morning by his mother. His parents were young — his father only 25 and his mother 24. He still recalls that first day in school, the shyness he felt around his teacher, his resentments, his "dukes up" attitude where the kids were concerned.
It was a school in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn. N.Y. — and when he walked inside most of the teachers thought to themselves. "'Oh, no — not another Whitman." His dad was one of a family of 13 and all had gone to this same schooL And each had had to face a challenge similar to that which faced Stuart.
After school, a group of boys calling themselves the Banana Gang lined up to make it tough for any newcomer. The new student could only hope to run past the line so fast that they couldn't catch him. Stuart made it the first day.
But then he decided not to run any more. So on the next day he walked jauntily past the gang, yelled, "Hi, Banana noses!" And he got what he looked for — a fight.
That was the beginning of many fights for Stuart. His parents started moving to so many different places that Stuart never felt he belonged anywhere. His father was studying law hut was in the construction business on the side and went where his jobs took him. For Stuart to complete one semester in the same school was amazing.
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STUART courted his wife, Patty, in blue jeans and T-shirt though she was a lady.
By JACK HOLLAND
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