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Word: achillean (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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When the Roman Catholic Legion of Decency recently demanded that he change the title and almost everything else about Forever Amber, Cinemogul Skouras took a strategic fit of Achillean sulks, and changed nothing. The old publicity campaigner guessed, correctly, that Legion disapproval would whet public pruriency and boost attendance as nothing in the juiceless film itself could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Greek Gift | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

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