The biographical facts about André Previn are the sort that make for interesting publicity stories. He was born in Berlin in 1929 and came to America in 1938. He is the youngest musical director in the film industry, being only twenty-one years old. He was "discovered" by Jose Iturbi at a concert of the California Junior Symphony Orchestra. He is a triple-threat musician, working with distinction as pianist, composer and conductor, and in one or more of these roles he has had a hand in some twenty films at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. His first album of recorded piano solos sold 52,000 copies. He has played at the White House. He has also played at Benny Goodman's, having been invited there recently to spend a friendly musical evening with the clarinetist and Gene Krupa. The trio is said to have steamed up the house with hot licks until the small hours. Previn's favorite authors are Somerset Maugham, Thomas Mann, Aldous Huxley, and Oscar Wilde. He will earn more than fifty thousand dollars this year. He was r