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Word: charm (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...witnesses a crime and cannot make the adult world understand has been written before, but rarely so well. Devil by the Sea is the season's most chilling tale, and British Novelist Bawden tells it with the devil's own gift of gab and style. She can charm as well as chill. The innocent childhood scenes she sets down, in contrast to the mounting horror in the background, are as engaging as any of the beach idyls sketched by Lewis Carroll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Charm & Chill | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

...enthusiastic performance, the large cast captured the spirit of this rollicking play and kept an appreciative Sanders audience at its fingertips. The evening was paced by the charm and voice of Vivi Thomas as Eileen and by the near-perfect performance of Jane Hallowell as the volatile Ruth. Miss Thomas' Eileen is saucy, gay, and captivating, and hers is the outstanding voice of the show. In the rare moments when the play lagged, Miss Hallowell's forceful humor picked up the action and lent the show new life. Perhaps the most triumphant moment came in the second act when Ruth...

Author: By James W. B. benkard and Bartle Bull, S | Title: Wonderful Town | 3/14/1959 | See Source »

...Fair Lady, with inimitable charm, The Music Man, with glorious corn, and West Side Story, with riotous drama, add up to a memorable trio of musicals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Time Listings, Mar. 2, 1959 | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

...Fair Lady, with inimitable charm, The Music Man, with glorious corn, and West Side Story, with riotous drama, add up to a memorable trio of musicals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Feb. 23, 1959 | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

...Fair Lady, with inimitable charm, The Music Man, with glorious corn, and West Side Story, with riotous drama, add up to a memorable trio of musicals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Time Listings, Feb. 16, 1959 | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

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