Word: bodkin
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...Danes melancholy, for the dramatic climax would, no doubt, be Marilyn as Ophelia frisking about the lily pads clad in a bikini for a real razzle-dazzle death scene. At this point, the profit-sharing prince would no doubt be moved to make his quietus with a bare bodkin...
...Hollywood, where tenth wedding anniversaries are almost as rare as 100th birthdays, newsmen converged on Cinemactor Humphrey (Beat the Demi) Bogart, 55, and his bodkin-tongued wife, Cineminx Lauren (How to Marry a Millionaire) Bacall, 30, asked them in bewildered tones how they had survived a decade of cinematrimony. Chorused the Bogarts blissfully: "We are oldfashioned. We believe in double beds." Explained Bogey in laconic tones: "It's pretty hard to sulk over something if you share the same bed." Philosopher Bogart, no great profile, gave Hollywood's fast-mating sirens the back of his hand: "Most...
...Tallulah's visit in the capital, however, was marked by such sweetness and light wit. Another Washington visitor, Britain's bodkin-tongued Lady Astor, was invited to share a platform with Actress Bankhead as a fellow guest of honor. Nancy Astor replied that she would never appear anywhere with "that perfectly horrible woman . . . I'm repelled by her!" Upon hearing of ex-M.P. Astor's unparliamentary affront, Tallulah snorted: "She probably disapproves of me as much as I do of her, the bitchy old hypocrite!" Urged to tone down her statement...
...Bodkin, in one meaning, was "a person wedged in between two others when there was room for two or two and a half at the most." It might be highly useful "in this age of crowded transport and of rush-hour massing of bodies...
Throughout the show it's always hard to remember there's anyone onstage except the leading lady. She charms you in the pink hoop skirts and ruffled lace of the lady in court; she practically seduces you in the bodkin and tights of the forester; and, then, in the chaste white of her wedding gowns, she melts you. Elizabeth Bergner, in the movie, was flighty enough for the forest scenes; but Hepburn was even more light-footed and still human too. Bergner was a haughty Rosalind; Hepburn just seemed to be in love...