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Word: alvadorez (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...legged Ray Bolger to that durable old 1892 romp, Charley's Aunt, to make a merry cinemusical. As Oxford Undergraduate Charley,* Bolger sings & dances in his ingratiatingly gawky style. And to get himself and his pal out of a romantic dilemma, he also impersonates Dona Lucia d'Alvadorez, his rich aunt from Brazil, "where all the nuts come from." Decked out in a long black dress and a red wig, "with a face like a hatchet, a voice like a duck and a figure to match," Bolger makes a highly amusing if improbable lady-something like a cross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 7, 1952 | 7/7/1952 | See Source »

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