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Word: buttercups (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...humor in Island Rescue sometimes wears a bit thin. But the picture is zestfully acted by a cast that includes Glynis Johns as a pretty A.T.S. private, and Carrefour Buttercup from the isle of Guernesey as Venus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 21, 1952 | 7/21/1952 | See Source »

Joan Dexter is far too pretty and slim to play the role of decaying middle-aged Buttercup. To make up for this faulty casting she gives the part an interpretation that is spirited and novel, if incorrect. Robert Peters as Captain Corcoran, Roger Murphy as Dick Deadeye, and David Shapiro as Sir Joseph Porter, and all far better than average amateur performers. Nancy Ryan's Cousin Hebe is one of the finest that I have ever seen...

Author: By Brenton Welling, | Title: H. M. S. Pinafore | 4/15/1950 | See Source »

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