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...future king" either. They may be true, but they sound a little stiff somehow, something his music never was. So -- taking a cue from the music itself -- let's just salute the memory of Nat King Cole with one bright "flash!," a loud "bam!" and a reverent but resounding "alakazam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Off on A Cashmere Cloud | 12/16/1991 | See Source »

...Alakazam the Great! (Toei-American International) is a wild, nonsensical, hack-chop-you're-dead fairy story, cartooned in Japan and dubbed in the U.S. It is not as well drawn as the cartoons Walt Disney used to do, but Disney has neglected the field for live films and amusement-park management, and six-year-olds should howl happily at the replacement. The hero is an emetic little monkey (U.S. adapters thoughtfully assigned Crooner Frankie Avalon to provide his voice) who sets "out to conquer the world. Along the way he collects some traveling companions, including a prince...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Morte de Gruesome | 7/28/1961 | See Source »

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