Word: blodgett
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...George Cukor's superb musical reworking (1954) both shared the same sure-shot story (written originally by Wellman and Robert Carson). Norman Maine, an actor at the apex of stardom and about to slide into an alcoholic decline, meets, loves and marries a young woman named Esther Blodgett, whose fame gradually surpasses his own. Less out of bitterness than from shame, Maine commits suicide by walking into the surf at Malibu...
...Blodgett and Ed Kuchar singled in the inning and Ken Beytin reached on a rare Durso error to load the bases. Kaufman then served up his second hit of the day to drive in the tying and go-ahead runs. It almost looked as if O'Malley would be saddled with another undeserved loss, but the Crimson bats were able to put the ball where they wanted it in the sixth to earn...
Brown finally got on the scoreboard in the fourth quarter when Tim Blodgett took a handoff from Bruin quarterback Kevin Dare and plunged over from the one. Dare failed in the two-point conversion attempt, however, and Harvard retained a comfortable nine-point lead...
...maintains her excellent figure with exercise and ensures a degree of mental stimulation with such ticklish malapropisms as "He's quite a piston," "defoliating" virgins, and (referring to bisexuals) "AM-FM." When Dolly divorces Smackenfelt for Zap Spontini, an advertising man and lousy Sunday painter, Blodgett is rewarded. Smackenfelt marries his aunt-in-law and settles down to an excellent relationship, sexually and otherwise. Ginger pays the bills, leaving the unemployed actor time to sharpen his theatrical skills...
...With Blodgett domesticated, Smackenfelt seems to develop an unnatural desire to be helpful. Dressed as a priest for a part in a play, he wanders into an automat between shows and starts dispensing spiritual advice to a woman at his table. During a brief job at a large corporation, he impersonates a vice president and summarily fires those who seem unhappy in their work, He is finally caught and dismissed for "malversation of coffee break...