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Word: broadway (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...constant repetition in the repertory theatre makes for great plays, which are not constantly criticized as they are in Boston, Philadelphia and Broadway; and it is great pity there are not more such theatres...

Author: By Anna C. Hunt, | Title: Johnston Considers Position of Dramatist | 8/14/1957 | See Source »

Died. Alfred Cleveland ("Blumey") Blumenthal, 66, Broadway and Hollywood playboy, onetime millionaire real estate speculator in cinema chains; of a cerebral blood clot; in Beverly Hills, Calif. A restless, imaginative developer of entertainment properties, Blumenthal made a fistful of millions by selling Cinemagnate William Fox the idea of a theater chain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 12, 1957 | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

Sweet Smell of Success. A whiff of the rat-tat-tattle machinations of a poison-penned Broadway columnist and his hatchetman; with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis (TIME, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Aug. 12, 1957 | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

Estelle Winwood recreates delightfully her original fluttery Broadway portrayal of Mme. Constance, the Madwoman of Passy, who keeps an imaginary pet dog and won't open her door unless a caller knocks twice and meows thrice. Maureen Hurley is amusing as the chaste Mlle. Gabrielle, the Madwoman of St. Sulpice, who hears voices in her sewing-machine and hot-water bottle. And Adele Thane brings the vigor of Margaret Rutherford to Mme. Josephine, the Madwoman of La Concorde, who still goes every day to wait for Woodrow Wilson...

Author: By C. T., | Title: The Madwoman of Chaillot | 8/8/1957 | See Source »

Sweet Smell of Success. A whiff of the rat-tat-tattle machinations of a poison-penned Broadway columnist and his hatchetman; with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis (TIME, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Aug. 5, 1957 | 8/5/1957 | See Source »

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