Word: arden
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...perfect medium for her ability, she had it Monday night in Shakespeare's "As You Like It." The play is full of witty yet wise side remarks that need her kittenish sophistication; she, in turn, is at her best in the vaporous atmosphere, the half-fantasy world of Arden Forest. The combination--Shakespeare and Hepburn--is nearly unbeatable for producing an evening's enjoyment...
Elizabeth Arden Graham, shrewd careerist of paddock (Maine Chance Farm) and beauty parlor, observed: "Women and fine horses are much alike. It is strictly a matter of conformation...
...only way you can get a really honest opinion of your work is to get in front of an audience that pays to see you. Then you know in a minute if you're bad." Among the players who have kept the audiences paying for Broadway revivals: Eve Arden, Barry Sullivan, Ruth Hussey, Guy Madison, Diana Lynn, Sylvia Sidney, Reginald Denny, Jane Cowl Ann Harding, Laraine Day, Martha Scott the late Dame May Whitty...
...very week before the races. Those who were accepted were mailed a crown-embossed badge of cardboard admitting them to the coveted square of turf upon payment of ?10 for gentlemen, ?7 for ladies. Holders of mere owners' cards (like Rita and Aly Khan and Beautician Elizabeth Arden Graham) sat in boxes overlooking the Royal Enclosure-but that was a long way from being inside it. These underprivileged souls had some crumbs of comfort. Ladies in the Royal Enclosure may not smoke cigarettes and are forbidden to lean across the fence to place bets with bookies. Last week...
...plot is too complicated to worry much about, but there are several pleasant songs (by Harry Warren) sung with tireless bounce by Doris Day, and some mildly astringent lines about radio advertising, mostly delivered by Eve Arden...