Word: burros
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Pepe (G.S.-Posa Films; Columbia). Cantinflas, the 49-year-old son of a Mexican mail carrier, who in Charlie Chaplin's opinion has become "the world's greatest comedian," is a shy little ragamuffin with wide-apart innocent eyes like a newborn burro's, a mouth like a long, amusing sentence, and a silly little mustache that sets it off in tiny, hairy quotation marks. From the Rio Grande to Tierra del Fuego he is almost as popular as orange soda, and in Mexico he is the greatest national hero since Pancho Villa. His movies make millions...
...campaign train through the Cascade Mountains into California at the beginning of the two-day trip, Kennedy-and the trackside crowds-warmed to the oldfashioned whistle-stop idea. In tiny Dunsmuir, deep in the shadows of 14,000-ft. Mount Shasta, 500 chilly citizens and a tiny burro greeted the candidate and the new day with a rousing cheer that echoed up the canyon. At Redding the sun was warmer, and 1,500 citizens lined up under a fringe of trees along the siding while Kennedy trotted out the old nostalgia ("I follow here in 1960 the same trail Harry...
...blond wearing a robin's egg-blue dress. She smiled and asked "What's your name and where do you come from." "Panama, but we read the papers down there. I rode up on my burro but his feet got wet crossing the canal." "Oh, really? My father loves horses." They danced for a few minutes, and Gene became bored. "Excuse me, I have to go. Big polo match tomorrow and my horse kicks me if I'm late." "Oh really? My father loves horses...