Word: burtness
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...miffed again. The Rainiers were entertaining the players in a pro celebrity tennis tournament and had failed to include him. Next day, several hours before he was due to sing, Sammy boarded the Silver Gate and sailed away. Comic Bill Cosby retrieved the evening with the help of Burt Bacharach, Desi Arnaz Jr. and Josephine Baker. Grace remained serene. "When people get that pampered," she sighed, "there's not much...
...Gordon Liddy . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .Burt Reynolds...
Directed and Written by ROLAND KIBBEE and BURT LANCASTER
...misfortune to discover a murdered coed on his rounds. Jim Slade is a onetime top cop who has just done time for killing his cheating wife and has taken this job only because it is the closest thing to police work the parole board will allow. Portrayed by Burt Lancaster -who is turning into an attractive, hard-working actor as superstardom fades-he is a functionary trying to suppress his old hunter's instincts in order to keep his job security intact...
Adapter-Director Burt Shevelove and Composer-Lyricist Stephen Sondheim have teamed up to employ Aristophanes as a springboard for the sort of romping farce that they achieved together with a Plautus original in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. The result this time, while thoroughly amiable, is more tentative and less hilarious, chiefly because the Aristophanic model does not offer as robust comic material as the Plautine...