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...Faith Baldwin Theater of Romance (alternate Sats. 11 a.m., ABC) hopes to mirror the rosy view of U.S. life & love that has enchanted the Baldwin millions. The first show opened with harp strings, cloud formations and a lyric hymn to Maidenform ("The dream of a bra . . . the largest-selling brassiere in the world!"), illustrated with sexy shots of bra-girls skiing, stretching, or just standing around in half-dressed hauteur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Rosy View | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

Last week, 47-year-old Arthur Stanley Talbott told the Los Angeles Advertising Club the results of his survey on "How to Open Women's Purses.." Certain words in ads and sales talks are "repulsive" to women, he said. Examples: habit, bra, leathery, sticky, parched, calisthenics, crust, matron, clingy, model. Good sales words, which "appeal to women's hearts, emotions and vanities": poise, charm, graciousness, dainty, twinkle, hope, blush, bloom, bachelor, crisp, fairness, garden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Be Repulsive | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

Must a fan dancer don bra and panties in a newspaper advertisement even though she doffs them in her act? Should a newspaper refuse to accept ads for a controversial bestseller? Could Macy's guarantee to undersell Gimbels on Page 23, while Gimbels guaranteed to beat Macy's on Page 24? Should the new antihistamine drugs be allowed to advertise that they can "cure" colds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Rhapsody in Blue | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

...were lashed securely round one's waist. Last came the ample habit-coat of heavy cloth, topped by a linen rochet and a stiffly starched barbette of cambric . . ." Discarding this medieval costume, Monica donned the fashions of the '403, beginning with "an airy nothing" and an uplift bra. "Frankly, I was appalled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Monica's Coming Out | 1/30/1950 | See Source »

...Duhamel, Pas d'Orchidées pour Miss Blandish was as different from the old Grand Guignol classics as a Tommy gun is from a thumbscrew. Amid knifings and kneeings, kidnaping and murder, the meaty blonde Miss Blandish (Nicole Riche) spent most of two hours in panties and bra, successfully pursued by drooling Gangster Slim Grisson (Jean-Marc Tennberg). A moving touch for Grand Guignol fans: Old Ma Grisson, the boss of the gang, beats Miss Blandish into submission with a rubber hose so that Slim won't be annoyed by her cries when he rapes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Paris Writhes Again | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

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